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I’m still doing great even with an M2!

by Choco31415 7mo ago

xandrius 7mo ago
Still loving my M1 to be honest!
- JSR_FDED 7mo ago
  It’s super annoying. I’m salivating over all the new announcements but my M1 16GB 1TB will likely last another 5 years.
  - joemi 7mo ago
    Same here. I've never had a machine feel so great for so long before!
  - Joel_Mckay 7mo ago
    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
    - markdown 7mo ago
      Never used a computer less than 8yrs and never had an ssd have an issue in that time.
      - deleted 7mo ago
        [deleted]
    - silversmith 7mo ago
      This advice brought to you by the "change your oil every three months" crowd.
      - Joel_Mckay 7mo ago
        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 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
  - xandrius 7mo ago
    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).
    - Joel_Mckay 7mo ago
      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 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

I’m still doing great even with an M2!

xandrius 7mo ago

Still loving my M1 to be honest!

JSR_FDED 7mo ago
It’s super annoying. I’m salivating over all the new announcements but my M1 16GB 1TB will likely last another 5 years.
- joemi 7mo ago
  Same here. I've never had a machine feel so great for so long before!
- Joel_Mckay 7mo ago
  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
  - markdown 7mo ago
    Never used a computer less than 8yrs and never had an ssd have an issue in that time.
    - deleted 7mo ago
      [deleted]
  - silversmith 7mo ago
    This advice brought to you by the "change your oil every three months" crowd.
    - Joel_Mckay 7mo ago
      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 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
- xandrius 7mo ago
  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).
  - Joel_Mckay 7mo ago
    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 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