Reply #138: Parts for apples are hard to find?

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That oh so elusive ATI graphics card?
That damned near impossible to find RAM (which umm is that crazy wild variant of RAM, DDR SDRAM)?
That wild and wacky ATA HD technology?
That bizarre optical drive?

The only thing that's unique (and somewhat more difficult to locate as a result, although not too bad if you know where to look) on Macs in terms of hardware is the case, the mobo and the CPU.

If you had a problem with a motherboard on a x86 based PC, you'd have to take it to a shop as well, unless you know how to fix motherboards. And if you know how to fix motherboards, you'd probably take a crack at fixing the Mac one yourself.