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   From: brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com   
      
   On Jan 30, 2026 at 9:04:06 PM MST, "Gremlin" wrote   
   :   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Not relevant. I have shown multiple specific examples where people have jumped   
   to the exact thing I noted:   
      
   This is more proof of what I have been noting:   
     -----   
     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.   
      
     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.   
     -----   
      
   Not hard to see this game playing out for anyone who is looking.   
      
   > I'm not pushing anything.   
      
   So you are not suggesting that, overall, Macs do not remain usable as long or   
   longer than PCs.   
      
   Good!   
      
   The evidence suggests they tend to last longer (though with the M-series maybe   
   that is changing).   
      
   > I was simply disclosing some pitfalls concerning Apple hardware decisions   
   > and how fucked you as the consumer are when certain situations happen.   
      
   If you have any SSD fail you can lose data... backups are important. But,   
   sure, there are tradeoffs which you understandably do not like, though I am   
   not sure you understand both the pros and the cons. What do you think they   
   are?   
      
   > If the issues I've presented were as rare as you mistakenly think they are,   
      
   What comment of mine are you referring to?   
      
   ...   
      
   >> 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.   
      
   This is a direct lie on your part.   
      
   > As I wrote in a previous post, I don't see any   
   > point in continuing to try and interact with you.   
      
   What you "see" is not the point... no part of your mental health issues are,   
   until you make them the focus.   
      
   ...   
   >   
   > Since we both know from previous discussions that component repair at the   
   > pcb level isn't your thing   
      
   Never suggested it was!   
      
   >  and you already don't understand the majority   
   > of what I've already written   
      
   MID? Quote.   
      
   Oh.   
      
   You just are not understanding what you read.   
      
   >  AND you don't make repairs like this yourself,   
   > what is the point of you interjecting into the conversation?   
      
   You fail to get the point of what I have noted about the tech. Fair. You often   
   have very narrow vision in tech and get lost on the broader topics.   
      
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