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Posts: 2364 from 2003/2/24
There is no bulletproof HW.
Have an X5000 (or SAM) fail under warranty -> lot of hassle and time to get it fixed
Have any obscure HW (A1, Peg, SAM etc) fail after warranty -> you'll be spending big ($)$$$ IF your lucky
Have an old Mac fail -> spend <200$ to find parts or a full replacement on ebay
Now there is a simple and trivial solution for all this. One that had been kinda demonstrated 5 years ago, but......