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And yes, Professionals 100 percent care about repairability. A component goes down, it's a matter of less money and time to replace the part and you are up and running again, instead of tossing your system and getting another. A drive craps the bed in my systems, I get another drive and in a couple of hours my system is right back where I was. If it happens with a mac, it's oh to the scrap heap with you and buy another. Champions for the environment? Not even close, but thats a different topic.