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Sorry but you are simply mistaken. My dad still has a functional 2007 iMac 24”. That’s a 14 year old computer. Still working, albeit very slowly. Even 5-7 years of usage is great for a computer when looking at the rate of change in technology.
Well, I am hoping that Apple gets some what smart again and creates a Mac mini Pro that would have some upgrade capability. M.2 SSD slots which is cheaper than a Thunderbolt 3/4/5 and save ports for video, and other older USB devices. I don't need a HDMI port, when thunderbolt 4/5 can do it. Ram upgradable, Apple does not stop upgrading the OS of the systems and applications keep getting larger, we have not even gotten into AR/VR yet and they are ram hogs.
A 600 watt power supply a 100 watt will not do for upgrading, unless you want to spend $150 for a thunderbolt 4 hub which I have done and I love it, but more money because of power and ports needs. A couple of PCI slots, they come in handy as a system gets older. Hey I need a Thunderbolt 5 ports now because I need faster than 2500mbps read and write, I need 5000mbps SSD. or 8 a couple of 8k displays, put in a Thunderbolt 5 PCI card done.
Wow I would like to upgrade my graphics after 4 years, pull out the old video card plug in a new video card. You might not need this for a home or small home office but for office production systems it is very handy or a video game player who want to video game on a PC and not a Xbox or PS5. There is my take on it. Yes the system might be cheaper in the beginning but with more frequent system replacements are you really saving any money? And the old hey Apple value on Mac's is great because they could upgrade them will be gone.
A 600 watt power supply a 100 watt will not do for upgrading, unless you want to spend $150 for a thunderbolt 4 hub which I have done and I love it, but more money because of power and ports needs. A couple of PCI slots, they come in handy as a system gets older. Hey I need a Thunderbolt 5 ports now because I need faster than 2500mbps read and write, I need 5000mbps SSD. or 8 a couple of 8k displays, put in a Thunderbolt 5 PCI card done.
Wow I would like to upgrade my graphics after 4 years, pull out the old video card plug in a new video card. You might not need this for a home or small home office but for office production systems it is very handy or a video game player who want to video game on a PC and not a Xbox or PS5. There is my take on it. Yes the system might be cheaper in the beginning but with more frequent system replacements are you really saving any money? And the old hey Apple value on Mac's is great because they could upgrade them will be gone.
that’s not true
it just became more of a pain when they switched from magnets to adhesive
I know you "could" do it. But for the average person they are were just as un-upgradeable as the current models.
well if that’s what you mean then you’ve never really been able to upgrade an imac. nothing substantially changed in 2012
Yeah, even when upgrading a Mac was super easy, barely an inconvenience, very few people ever took advantage of that.
Glueing the screen was pretty substantial as it went from being a 15 minute moderately easy upgrade to potentially costing $600 replace the entire display panel assembly if you screwed up just a tiny bit during disassembly (experience talking) and voiding your warranty, where you could get away with replacing the stock parts in the old ones.
As the post I was responding to stated that mac's were easily upgradeable in the recent past. When in reality they really weren't designed to be upgraded at all for ages outside of maybe some ram or hdd (which was still not often the case outside of enthusiasts).
Basically my point was that nothing has really changed in relation to the longevity for probably 95% of folk buying an iMac in the past 10+ years.
/rant
that’s a bummer
i destroyed the display port ribbon connector a couple times on the 2011s but they were only a few bucks. i think i still have some spares even though i don’t have anymore imacs
I managed to chip the top corner while un-glueing which created a hairline fracture 30% down the right bezel.
I was semi-lucky in the sense that the machine was "unrepairable" at that point anyhow (logic board damaged beyond repair). Took what was useful (ram/cpu/hdd/airport) and sold the chassis for scrap.
Still, lack of tinkering wouldn't stop me from buying one of the the new models if my Optiplexitosh starts showing its age. I think for what you get in terms of looks and function there's nothing currently that tops one.
yeah i just built a 9900k hack last year, but i could imagine buying whatever the new large imac is used in a couple years. especially if it’s 32”