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The 2018 Macbooks had already 8 or 16GB, I'd argue in 5 years the average space needed for a program has significantly risen since then, causing greater wear no
by bergen 3y ago
The 2018 Macbooks had already 8 or 16GB, I'd argue in 5 years the average space needed for a program has significantly risen since then, causing greater wear now then in 2016/2018.
https://everymac.com/systems/by_year/macs-released-in-2018.html https://everymac.com/systems/by_year/macs-released-in-2018.h...
- foldr 3y agoExactly, so those old MacBooks' SSDs should be failing en masse by now, if indeed there is something to worry about. There are plenty of them still in use.
- ttfkam 3y agoWhen my 2015 MacBook Pro's SSD died, I could still book off an external and replace the original. All storage dies eventually. There's a huge difference between needing to replace a broken or obsolete part and needing to replace an entire bricked laptop.
- foldr 3y agoSure, but all laptops have loads of parts that can break and that can't easily be replaced. The question is whether SSDs have become reliable enough that the advantages of making them replaceable no longer outweigh the disadvantages.