[pibefision]

It is a great opportunity to ask about ssd lifespan in the M1. At the moment it's top secret and nobody knows what will happen in a year of normal usage with Big Sur.

Maybe they could change your entire motherboard if it fails after guarantee for a small fee?

[rapsey]

Why would be different to older models with ssd?

[hundchenkatze]

There were reports of higher than normal writes on M1 based macs not long ago.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26244093

[mrkstu]

They cannot truly boot externally- even when you do boot external there is an initial dependency on the SSD, so if it fails you have an expensive brick.

[pibefision]

Older models where not soldered on the motherboard.

[hundchenkatze]

They've been soldering them on since the 2016 MBP[0]. I thought you were referring to the reports of unusually high writes on M1 macs, thus shortening the life of SSDs[1].

[0] https://www.macworld.com/article/3144532/revealed-the-macboo...

[1]https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26244093

[trollied]

Yes they were, just look at the teardown for a model from the year before: https://9to5mac.com/2019/07/12/2019-13-macbook-pro-teardown/

[DVk6dqsfyx5i3ii]

Unless by older you mean over 5 years old that is incorrect.