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Issues With my Mac.
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<blockquote data-quote="Chilbear" data-source="post: 553254" data-attributes="member: 32643"><p>Not to contradict a terrific Moderator, but before spending money to get one of these great machine up to sub par, look and evaluate the costs of the upgrades before buying them. Ram and an external DVD are not expensive items.</p><p></p><p>As an alternative, it sounds like you are surfing and typing, light duty usage as I had a purple version 1 machine ago.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps a wiser move is to acknowledge it is time to move on an maybe look at a Mini or other 1 gen old machines. If you still have your PC maybe you can use a switch to hook the monitor to both machines (tricky I tried - Mac is USB and PC is not until older versions). I am thinking of a $$ spread of maybe 400 to 600 dollars between the band aid patch and almost new Mini.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes the best choice is to let the old go and jump up to almost current because you will be doing this kind of dance soon. Those machines wear out as well and I had to fix the power board or toss which I did sadly.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chilbear, post: 553254, member: 32643"] Not to contradict a terrific Moderator, but before spending money to get one of these great machine up to sub par, look and evaluate the costs of the upgrades before buying them. Ram and an external DVD are not expensive items. As an alternative, it sounds like you are surfing and typing, light duty usage as I had a purple version 1 machine ago. Perhaps a wiser move is to acknowledge it is time to move on an maybe look at a Mini or other 1 gen old machines. If you still have your PC maybe you can use a switch to hook the monitor to both machines (tricky I tried - Mac is USB and PC is not until older versions). I am thinking of a $$ spread of maybe 400 to 600 dollars between the band aid patch and almost new Mini. Sometimes the best choice is to let the old go and jump up to almost current because you will be doing this kind of dance soon. Those machines wear out as well and I had to fix the power board or toss which I did sadly. [/QUOTE]
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