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Hello guys, my name is Cristiano, this is my first post here on iFixit. I would like to know, where i live one iMac 5K as an example, costs much more than it’s MSRP on US. I saw that iFixit and Ebay sells some Parts from iPhones/iMacs/MacBooks and others. Is it possible for me, as an Electrical Engineering Student, build the entire product using those Separate Parts? If yes, i would love to do it for the sake of studying, i love Hardware and would certainly be an incredible experience for me.
@hoyzon in theory, yes you could. In practice you may run into plenty of issues related to obtaining all the parts. The cost may ultimately be higher by piecing it together. The good thing would be that you can take your time and build a pay-as-you go iMac. I would also foresee that, even so the inner parts might all be available, the chassis may present a challenge. So I’d check on availability of that first.
@hoyzon , Cristiano Siqueira , First of all I would like to say good for you! I think you may have success as long as the parts you buy are indeed good parts and understanding of assembly. I myself do not have a Mac but there are a lot of Mac experts here at ifixit that are usually willing to give a helping hand to a student. Hopefully other’s can join in and give further suggestions @mayer , @oldturkey03 , @jayeff , @jimfixer. Good luck on your future endeavors. I hope this helped you out, if so let me know by pressing the helpful button. http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-bu… http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-You…
