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These SSDs are going to be dropping like flies unless Apple produces a firmware update soon... has Apple responded?

by Beefin 6y ago

SilverRed 6y ago
The real problem here is that the M1 macbooks do not have a replaceable SSD. Even without this issue, SSDs do die sometimes and on every non Apple laptop you just buy a new m.2 sdd and everything is all good. I have had macbook SSDs die in the past and thanks to it being a swappable module back then, it was no big deal.
- rvz 6y ago
  > The real problem here is that the M1 macbooks do not have a replaceable SSD. Even without this issue, SSDs do die sometimes and on every non Apple laptop you just buy a new m.2 sdd and everything is all good. In the past, when the SSD dies on these older Macbooks, you just replace the SSD with a new one. Very important for long term use when it eventually goes out of warranty, since there would be no need to go to the Apple Store to get it replaced for a fee. On the M1 Macbooks, thats it. It's bricked and your data is lost and no way to recover it. (If you didn't backup in advance) You might as well buy another one. In my case, I will continue to use my old Macbook and wait until Apple fixes the excessive writes or swapping issues in a newer version of macOS. By then I would be getting a Macbook with a newer M1X or M2 processor that doesn't have the excessive swapping issues and the software ecosystem for Apple Silicon would already have caught up with it and will be optimised for the processor. I said it before with Apple products [0] [1] [2] [3], I always ignore the first generation unless you want to be a bleeding edge beta tester trying to get work done or you're after collector editions. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25066248 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25066248 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23638202 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23638202 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22852633 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22852633 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22300515 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22300515

These SSDs are going to be dropping like flies unless Apple produces a firmware update soon... has Apple responded?

by Beefin 6y ago

These SSDs are going to be dropping like flies unless Apple produces a firmware update soon... has Apple responded?

The real problem here is that the M1 macbooks do not have a replaceable SSD. Even without this issue, SSDs do die sometimes and on every non Apple laptop you just buy a new m.2 sdd and everything is all good. I have had macbook SSDs die in the past and thanks to it being a swappable module back then, it was no big deal.

rvz 6y ago
> The real problem here is that the M1 macbooks do not have a replaceable SSD. Even without this issue, SSDs do die sometimes and on every non Apple laptop you just buy a new m.2 sdd and everything is all good. In the past, when the SSD dies on these older Macbooks, you just replace the SSD with a new one. Very important for long term use when it eventually goes out of warranty, since there would be no need to go to the Apple Store to get it replaced for a fee. On the M1 Macbooks, thats it. It's bricked and your data is lost and no way to recover it. (If you didn't backup in advance) You might as well buy another one. In my case, I will continue to use my old Macbook and wait until Apple fixes the excessive writes or swapping issues in a newer version of macOS. By then I would be getting a Macbook with a newer M1X or M2 processor that doesn't have the excessive swapping issues and the software ecosystem for Apple Silicon would already have caught up with it and will be optimised for the processor. I said it before with Apple products [0] [1] [2] [3], I always ignore the first generation unless you want to be a bleeding edge beta tester trying to get work done or you're after collector editions. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25066248 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25066248 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23638202 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23638202 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22852633 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22852633 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22300515 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22300515