Yes.
My general sense is that the Pis themselves do last (essentially) forever. Obviously, they won't survive when the sun expands and swallows up the first 3 planets - which is expected to happen in about 5 billion years.
But power supplies have a distinct limited lifetime. I accept that periodically, my machines will crash because the power supplies have died and need to be replaced. Mind you, we are talking years here.
BTW, LED light bulbs have the same problem. The LEDs themselves will last forever, but the power supplies built into the bulbs have distinctly limited lifetimes. So, the net result is that LED bulbs don't last nearly as long as they should.
My general sense is that the Pis themselves do last (essentially) forever. Obviously, they won't survive when the sun expands and swallows up the first 3 planets - which is expected to happen in about 5 billion years.
But power supplies have a distinct limited lifetime. I accept that periodically, my machines will crash because the power supplies have died and need to be replaced. Mind you, we are talking years here.
BTW, LED light bulbs have the same problem. The LEDs themselves will last forever, but the power supplies built into the bulbs have distinctly limited lifetimes. So, the net result is that LED bulbs don't last nearly as long as they should.
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