Comment by JSR_FDED
19 hours ago
It’s super annoying. I’m salivating over all the new announcements but my M1 16GB 1TB will likely last another 5 years.
19 hours ago
It’s super annoying. I’m salivating over all the new announcements but my M1 16GB 1TB will likely last another 5 years.
As a side note, I absolutely cannot imagine being upset of having a machine lasting long.
Sure it's nice the shiny new thing but has capitalism infiltrated people's mind that much? All my previous laptops died on me several times and became frankestein's monsters before I let them rest for a final time (to be often repurposed to other family/friends' machines).
With intermittent use one may get a lot more life out of the SSD than other users, but eventually flash will run out of spare-sectors and start to fail.
Most M1 systems I saw use on-board BGA110 NAND flash, and thus maintenance/upgrades on the SSD are difficult. Most users don't have a hot air rework station or x-ray inspection machines to do this modification correctly.
The MTBF statistics can move around a lot depending on the use-case, but eventually people will run out of luck ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_time_between_failures .)
Not sure why people get upset by this fact, as not all Apple hardware models were built to be disposable. =3
Same here. I've never had a machine feel so great for so long before!
The SSD don't last forever, after about 3 to 4 years of daily use the drive/system should be replaced. At >5 years, one could hit retention issues and corruption losses.
Good excuse to upgrade though, as a $1500 recovery bill would not be cool. Best regards =3
This advice brought to you by the "change your oil every three months" crowd.
I removed my anecdote and flash wear explanation, because of cranky folks like yourself.
The corrosion inhibitors in petrol engine oil get fully depleted within about a year with most brands. One may certainly sell the machine before you see acidified lubricant related problems, but the motor will not reach its full operational lifespan ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_curve .)
I do agree that anyone with a CVT style transmission likely won't have to worry, as that entire section will probably need replaced before you see significant hydrodynamic bearing damage.
"Buy cheap, buy twice" as they say...
ymmv, best of luck. =3
Never used a computer less than 8yrs and never had an ssd have an issue in that time.