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  • Upgrading an Apple Silicon Mac mini SSD is possible, but a slog

    mayflymayfly
    "Over $1000 laptop or desktop died due to just SSD failure."

    "    AppleCare+ does mean much it only cover up to 3 years. SSD hardly break within 3 years. These days not many windows PC either.

    You said both. Which is it? And are you happy that someone actually reads what you write?
    watto_cobra

  • Apple TV+ plans to milk all it can out of Lionel Messi

    mayflymayfly
    jcc said:
    Too bad I don’t give a flying f$#k about sports. I wish there was a way the remove all this meathead garbage off of my Apple TV+! having this actually makes me like Apple less. I know I’m not the only one who feels this way.
    Begs the question, exactly what DO you give a flying f$#k about?? Rolling donuts?
    watto_cobra

  • USB-C in iPhone 15 is all but certain as more components surface

    mayflymayfly
    Is there anyone left who doubts that USB-C is replacing Lightning in every Apple device?
    fred1grandact73Alex1Ndarkvaderwatto_cobra

  • Mac Pro in danger after fumbled Apple Silicon launch

    mayflymayfly
    Pretty simple business solution. Making money, keep. Not making money, drop.
    Alex1Nwatto_cobra

  • Upgrading an Apple Silicon Mac mini SSD is possible, but a slog

    mayflymayfly
    avon b7 said:
    mayfly said:
    avon b7 said:
    mayfly said:
    Apple has 4 tiers of flat rate repairs for OOW (out of warranty) Macs. A failed SSD on a MBP is a Tier 1 and will cost you a very reasonable $280. Tier 4 is for Mac with observable damage, such as broken screen, large dents indicating a drop, or water damage. At that point, you're almost always better off dumping it.

    That is way too much for what is an SSD change. Well, what should be at least. 

    As Rossman has been pointing out for ages now, Apple soldered SSD is a design defect. I agree with that opinion especially as some machines were supposedly engineered to kill the entire board when the SSD goes south and in doing so, not even allow the machine to boot from an external SSD.

    Those prices are obviously US prices. I would imagine the EU pricing is way higher. 

    He is currently claiming he sees two or three 16 inch MBPs a day with failed SSDs. 
    So $280 is way to much to replace an SSD with a new one regardless of capacity? What year are you living in, and what would consider a reasonable price to install a brand-new logic board with a new SSD on a MBP? Less than $280?
    You're citing the opinion of a YouTube personality about the reliability of MBP SSD's. And since he has to either do this repair himself, or send it in to Apple for replacement and upcharge for it, it would cost far, far more than that $280. You have no complaint.
    Stardate: 2023

    I can not find the equivalent of your US pricing in the EU unless it is with AppleCare+. 

    In that case the price might be 259€ but you would also be paying over 100€ per year on top of that (AC+) or a 299€ for a three year plan.

    Totally absurd for a part that should be easier to swap out and, assuming, Louis is on the ball with his comments, the failure should not kill the rest of the board in the process (making booting off an external drive impossible).

    The latest video from him on this very subject was pushed over to me by YouTube just two days ago. 
    With Applecare+, it's $50 for damage. For defects, it's no charge. Pretty simple. Let this one go.
    watto_cobra