Happy 6th Birthday to my iMac

6 years ago I took the plunge and bought a 27" iMAC replacing a long line on PC's dating back to my Commodore PC-10 circa 1986. Since then I have religiously updated my software, added 8 GB of RAM to the original 4 GB (total of 12 GB) and run Time Machine back ups.

Aside from a short period where I was afflicted with the infamous Beach Ball Of Death (it went away on it's own) my iMac has operated flawlessly and NEVER failed to operate. While it's not a "gamer" in the true sense my iMac (27-inch, Mid 2010) 3.2 GHz Intel Core i3 with 12 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 memory and a ATI Radeon HD 5750 1024 MB has no difficulty running X-Plane X in it's highest resolution. I'm operating MS Office 2011 and work from home frequently have never been unable to open or modify documents.

I used my Apple Care ONCE during the BBOD period and that's it, it looks brand new not a nick or scratch on it. I'm probably jinxing myself but 6 years and still performing every task I ask of it.

It still impresses folks when they see it. A fabulous piece of engineering, design, performance and manufacturing.

Cheers

Nice. Always good to hear someone else getting a lot of longevity out of their machines. I've got an '08 MacBook Pro that is finally showing its age a bit. It's starting to slow down a bit but could still get things done for me in a bind.

my old 2007 iMac which I gave to my sister a few years back is still chugging along nicely and still looks like it came out of its box yesterday

nickyr said:

my old 2007 iMac which I gave to my sister a few years back is still chugging along nicely and still looks like it came out of its box yesterday

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As is our slightly used mid-2007 24" when we first got it that my wife then inherited from me. RAM added to its maximum and a WD Black replacement installed a few years ago when the original just suddenly died with a very high pitched squeal one afternoon.

It even has various ports being used, and no adapters needed, and an internal optical drive that gets occasional use. No extra clutter, just as my wife likes her old oak desk.





- Patrick
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Congrats TomServo.

- Nick