You can save a copy of your old boot drive at least, and boot from that to access your projects. FWIW keeping an old machine around is not that outlandish of an

You can save a copy of your old boot drive at least, and boot from that to access your projects. FWIW keeping an old machine around is not that outlandish of an idea. A computer is a universal machine, and it comes with trade offs. If you want something that doesn’t change, don’t change it.