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mattchamb | 2 years ago

Not sure if related, but my 2020 M1 macbook air bricked a week or so after upgrading to Sonoma. I was suspicious if this was related to the update. Luckily the logic board was replaced for free under warranty laws here, though it put me off switching to iphone which I was a day away from doing.

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bscphil|2 years ago

Upgrades bricking hardware seems to be a common failure mode for macOS. For example Big Sur bricked a bunch of 2013 and 2014 MBPs: https://www.macrumors.com/2020/11/15/macos-big-sur-update-br...

I was affected by this and like many users the problem was fixed after replacing the I/O board. In my case, I did it myself using a $10 part from Ebay since the machine was well out of warranty at that point.

aetherspawn|2 years ago

FWIW I have been using iPhones for 10+ years and not once has an update ever failed or had any issues.

But my Google Pixel phone used to brick itself all the time, I think twice in the two years I had it.

kelnos|2 years ago

I've never had an Android phone brick itself in 13 years of owning them. I have friends whose iPhones have gotten bad updates. Not sure if they were bricked, though, or if they "only" needed a factory reset to get things going again.

Kuinox|2 years ago

In the same period, 10-12 years ago, both androids and iPhones bricked themselves if there was no storage left on the device. Both needed somes bytes on boot and if they couldn't write on disk, they failed to boot.

dehrmann|2 years ago

Phones are Apple's main business. At this point, Macs are second-tier. With Google, I suspect it's their engineering practice. Google doesn't like to make engineering mistakes.

windowsrookie|2 years ago

The logic Board failed in my 2020 M1 Air as well. Opened the lid one day, and it wouldn't power on. I have AppleCare on it, otherwise it would have been a $500 repair.

About two weeks ago I'm sitting in a hotel room with the air on bed with the lid open. I grab it by the screen to slide it closer to me and the screen shatters from the light pressure of my finger.

There are instances of both these things happening to the Air all over the internet. At first I really liked the M1 Air, but it has now proven too unreliable for me.

theodric|2 years ago

My 2020 M1 Air generally requires a hard reboot if left closed and on a charger overnight, but that's been the worst of it until now (besides the rapidly degrading battery that seems calibrated to hit 79% a month after my AppleCare+ expires, while my 2015 Air's is still going strong).

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VagabundoP|2 years ago

My wife is still rocking a 2012 Mac air and uses it regularly. Apart from never rebooting it - WHAT ABUT MY TABS - its a sturdy little fellow.

Shame to hear the build quality in the latest is so poor.

teaearlgraycold|2 years ago

Seems like a weird rationale. Any manufacturer is going to have its share of software and hardware issues.