Especially if it’s a 12”, parts to straighten that thing out are dirt cheap. Last time I did display work on the old late 2012 12”, the owner wanted a whole new upper assembly, top clamshell and all and it was ~$100.

Depending on the specific model, an Intel Mac running Linux is a very sustainable and repairable choice for a computer.

In my experience repairing all kinds of equipment, it doesn’t matter how long it’s officially supported or if the company made a bunch of boards to sell as parts, but instead how many are available on the second hand market!

Good ol -xvjpf

Okay, I’ll bite: how do they come up with that number? What in a computer is actually dissipating that much power and for how long?

What are you actually gonna be doing? Not 10 virtual machines or whatever you said, what actual services are you gonna be running?

Ty🫡