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Well, I finally broke down and picked up a new 2011 iMac (27 " 3.1 GHz, i5 model). I didn't think the new model would be that big of a difference between my last iMac (late 2009, 27" 2.66 GHz), but it moves allot faster from boot-up to shut down. I think the biggest reason I went back was for the screen size. Photo editing is a dream with this iMac. How many people have also bought a MBP or MacBook Air, but then sold them and went back to the iMac?

Take Care and May God bless.

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Well, I finally broke down and picked up a new 2011 iMac (27 " 3.1 GHz, i5 model). I didn't think the new model would be that big of a difference between my last iMac (late 2009, 27" 2.66 GHz), but it moves allot faster from boot-up to shut down. I think the biggest reason I went back was for the screen size. Photo editing is a dream with this iMac. How many people have also bought a MBP or MacBook Air, but then sold them and went back to the iMac?

Take Care and May God bless.

Ed

I bought the same one as my first MAC and I am honestly loving it! I also just did an upgrade to 12gb of RAM.
 

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Well, I finally broke down and picked up a new 2011 iMac (27 " 3.1 GHz, i5 model).

The BIG question is...how long will it be before you sell this iMac???;)

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I bought the same one as my first MAC and I am honestly loving it! I also just did an upgrade to 12gb of RAM.

Nice move. How does it perform with 12 gb's of RAM? Can you tell the difference?

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Definitely: It really comes in handy when you have a lot of apps open (iTunes, Dreamweaver, Safari, etc.)
 
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Definitely: It really comes in handy when you have a lot of apps open (iTunes, Dreamweaver, Safari, etc.)

Eventually I will do the same thing you did. How come you just didn't max the RAM out at 16 GB? Just curious? Was it hard to upgrade.

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That would have involved buying another 8gb of RAM. I left the stock RAM in there for now. And no it wasn't difficult at all. There's three screws at the bottom that are for RAM access. It was a 70 dollar upgrade.
 
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That would have involved buying another 8gb of RAM. I left the stock RAM in there for now. And no it wasn't difficult at all. There's three screws at the bottom that are for RAM access. It was a 70 dollar upgrade.

Did you buy the RAM at OWC?
 
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That would have involved buying another 8gb of RAM. I left the stock RAM in there for now. And no it wasn't difficult at all. There's three screws at the bottom that are for RAM access. It was a 70 dollar upgrade.

What was the first iMac you owned?

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I bought it at Crucial actually. And the 2011 iMac in my specs is my first Mac. Made the switch back in June.
 
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I had a custom desktop that i build about 5 years ago and a 3 year old Thinkpad. Both still ran fine, but I was tired of maintenance and daily updates. And I needed new hardware anyway.
 

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