Re: The thing is, would you even want to preserve it?
My earlier iMac died after 7 years. Wasn't worth the cost to fix versus buy a new one.
My 2012 macbook pro is still kicking, albeit after I accidentally trashed the monitor... I think it will last another couple of years... (This has seen 3 continents, and traveled w me on average of 45 weeks in the year. ) None of my windows machines have lasted that long.
I think Apple made a goof with this. It would mean buying a service contract and then swapping the guts out if something fails.
To the author's point, w Thunderbolt 3, you can use an external raid box, which is what many people do. Would love to upgrade my Promise R4 to something using NVMe or 2.5" SSDs to get a smaller faster package.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
