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MacBook Neo Burns Through SSD Cycles At An Alarming Rate

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MacBook Neo Burns Through SSD Cycles At An Alarming Rate
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UFD Tech found that the MacBook Neo's 256GB SSD could have a lifespan of 414 TB due to swap usage. In a three-hour test, nearly 900GB was written to the SSD. The 512GB version has a higher projected lifespan.

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MacBook Neo's 8GB RAM leads to heavy SSD swap usage, burning through 5% of lifespan in 20TB writes.
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