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   From: nobody@haph.org   
      
   Brock McNuggets    
   news:697cceed$0$20$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com Fri, 30 Jan 2026 15:31:57   
   GMT in comp.os.linux.advocacy, wrote:   
      
   > On Jan 29, 2026 at 9:09:23 PM MST, "Alan" wrote   
   > <10lhatj$1qprf$3@dont-email.me>:   
   >   
   >>> Careful how you try to misrepresent what I've been writing about. :)   
   >>> I've stated that the SSD is soldered - which is correct. I've also   
   >>> stated that when the SSD dies, you won't be using external media to   
   >>> boot the machine and continue using it - Apple thought it was wise to   
   >>> move some much needed firmware from it's own chip onto the NANDs which   
   >>> makeup the SSD. Lose that firmware, lose the computer. You can't just   
   >>> desolder those NANDs and replace them. You won't have a copy of the   
   >>> necessary firmware. Apple doesn't want to sell you those NANDs. but,   
   >>> they did at one point offer a 1TB kit; you'd just have to manually   
   >>> remove all of the NANDs by hand and ever so carefully solder them to   
   >>> the affected board. Then, figure out some way to get the necessary   
   >>> firmware back into them. This easily turns the repair job into one   
   >>> that will cost the client 800 or more. Good luck with that.   
   >>   
   >> What you've yet to show is that Apple's SSDs fail completely in any   
   >> significant numbers.   
   >   
   > He is trying to push what may very well be be real -- that there is a   
   > specific tradeoff with a downside that bothers him -- and use it to   
   > suggest something: that Macs do not last as long. I have shown where the   
   > opposite is true.   
      
   I've asked you before not to try and put words in my mouth or otherwise   
   speak for what you think I'm doing or not doing. I'm not pushing anything.   
   I was simply disclosing some pitfalls concerning Apple hardware decisions   
   and how fucked you as the consumer are when certain situations happen.   
      
   If the issues I've presented were as rare as you mistakenly think they are,   
   there wouldn't be several of us Louis, Myself, the individual from   
   NorthRidge fix, etc, all reporting ways to deal with it, what to look for   
   to confirm that's the issue etc.   
      
   > When asked about this he stopped responding... he knows this is his   
   > game. He knows he has no real broad point. He is just playing games.   
      
   I'm not playing any games. As I wrote in a previous post, I don't see any   
   point in continuing to try and interact with you. You're a troll and you   
   aren't really here to discuss tech. You're attempting to play games   
   because you aren't getting the attention that you once were and that's   
   what feeds you. I've wasted a significant amount of time with you as it is.   
   I have tried to have reasonable adult conversations with you multiple   
   times. Your responses to those efforts always result in the reply that you   
   left above; where you essentially assumed I was doing this or that and   
   proceeded to accuse me of playing games because I'm not interested in a   
   circle jerk with you.   
      
      
   I've provided links, google c/p search results etc, all supporting what   
   I've written. Either accept the facts or continue to act like the extinct   
   dodo bird and just stick your head in the sand like they did when a   
   predater came around. It didn't really work out for them anymore so than   
   it actually would for you.   
      
   The tradeoff or downside which bothers me is that I shouldn't have to   
   practically get the house and congress (I'm using them as an example of   
   difficulty) to change out a damn display panel or a touchpad. It's not an   
   easy process with Apple because they like to mate various ICs. IE:   
   serialize them to other components on that board. So, even if you have a   
   brand new panel and suitable donor board for the driver IC, you can't take   
   it from the donor board to run the new panel you just installed.   
      
   Where as with a PC, because they don't mate components in such a manner,   
   it's not that difficult of a task at the end of the day to do a display   
   panel swap.   
      
   Since we both know from previous discussions that component repair at the   
   pcb level isn't your thing and you already don't understand the majority   
   of what I've already written AND you don't make repairs like this yourself,   
   what is the point of you interjecting into the conversation? You have   
   nothing to contribute. And I'm simply not interested in your efforts to   
   troll me. I don't think anyone else would be either. OTH, if you think you   
   have something you can contribute directly related to what I've been   
   writing, feel free to share it. Otherwise, just accept the fact I have no   
   significant use for you and don't intend to continue feeding you.   
      
      
      
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   Kangaroo done hung the guilty with the innocent   
   Liar, lawyer; mirror for ya', what's the difference?   
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