[Malte Müller]

Principally, I think electronic products should last 10 years, minimum, but I realize they’re not designed that way.

Sometimes they do. Until end of 2024 I worked with an iMac from 2011 including the original internal harddrive. It still works great but the lack of updates forced me to finally buy a new one. The longest time I ever used a computer actively. Harddrives – especially classic mechanical, non SSD ones – are said to have a lifespan from 5-10 years indeed which depends on the usage and other factors naturally.

Good luck!

Thanks for allowing me some German exercise at the end there, when it was just you, me and Nick.

That was a fun and unexpected finale! Thanks also to all that I could practice my a bit rusty spoken English a little, too 😉