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Originally Posted by iMind
also, not sure soldering a display port or any of the other parts that are sensitive and built right on to that motherboard are things the average user can service...
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no, but you could probably pick up a spare parts machine real cheap on eBay or something, cannibalize what you need and swap them out. This is no different than what the windows folks are always touting as a "benefit" to PCs over macs.... the ability to open them up and modify or fix things, well iMacs are no different in that sense, just a little different physically.
i realize this particular instance might entail full replacement of the motherboard for parts that cannot be removed from it, but that's also no different than PC motherboards with similar issues. If a user can't do it on a PC, they can't do it on a Mac either.
and yes of course replacing a card from a slot would be much easier... but Mac Pros are nowhere near as affordable as iMacs. The Mac Pro I have in my shopping cart right now is configured in a way that runs it's cost up to $14k.