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Model A1419 / EMC 2806 / Late 2014 or Mid 2015. 3.3 or 3.5 GHz Core i5 or 4.0 GHz Core i7 (ID iMac15,1); EMC 2834 late 2015 / 3.3 or 3.5 GHz Core i5 or 4.0 GHz Core i7 (iMac17,1) All with Retina 5K displays

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iMac are actually sealed and actually unrepairable?

I'm deciding to buy a new iMac 5K retina display and I asked a few questions in Apple community and now I am really worry about it as people saying iMac are sealed and cannot be repair or replace anything except RAM.

Because I am thinking about a long term usage like 10 years.

Does it last long?

I am using my MacBook Pro mid 2009 for 6 years already.

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Apple usually supports a Mac for 6 years and then says it's at the end of life. I have 21 year old Macs that run just fine. Repairs on this model are difficult, adding RAM requires a logic board removal but I have done it on the 2012-13, you just need the proper tools and gaskets. Frankly I'm putting my high end customers in the 2012 MacPros because they are so well built and easily upgradable.

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So it's more like new version of iMac hardly or required experience to upgrade then? As I look into the ifixit repair guide I see these new version of iMac really tough to upgrade.

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