Comment by gck1
6 hours ago
Isn't that NVME also very expensive to replace because it's tied to hardware identifiers? If you keep swapping all the time, surely NVME would be the first part to fail
6 hours ago
Isn't that NVME also very expensive to replace because it's tied to hardware identifiers? If you keep swapping all the time, surely NVME would be the first part to fail
This was heavily debated in the 11.4 timeframe because there was risk that this version of the OS could excessively wear NVME.
https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/06/04/apple-resolves-m1...
The issue was subsequently resolved but the consensus was with modern wear leveling this isn't so much a thing.
I have a 2021 MacBook Pro with the original drive. I use it heavily for development practically every day and just dumped the SMART data.
Model Number: APPLE SSD AP1024R
=== START OF SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
Available Spare: 100%
Available Spare Threshold: 99%
As always, YMMV