Yes, Apple! :-) Obviously Apple doesn’t have the win margins to put proper parts in their hardware…
Just yesterday I realized my Thinkpad Edge 330 is running w/o any trouble for 11 years now, cost me little above 300€, brand new back then. :-)
Thanks, that would be a valid approach and my last resort.
As you said, I hope someone knows a more elegant solution, though!
I stand corrected!