Former Genius here. Apple's approach is to support hardware models up to 5 years old and anything past that is gravy but not guaranteed. You'll find that in mo

Former Genius here. Apple's approach is to support hardware models up to 5 years old and anything past that is gravy but not guaranteed. You'll find that in most places (except where the law says otherwise) Apple stops stocking replacement parts for models more than 5 years old.