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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
New or Refurbished iMac for features and speed?
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<blockquote data-quote="dchrist21" data-source="post: 1488854" data-attributes="member: 290966"><p>I vote for refurbished. My first (and so far, only) store-bought mac is a late-2009 iMac refurb and I've never been disappointed. My experience so far is that OS X is much less resource hungry than Windows, and can therefore handle OS and software upgrades without necessarily upgrading to faster/newer hardware. That means their useful life is much longer, in my experience. In fact, my very first mac was a G3 iBook (Firewire SE, Late 2000) that upgraded to and ran OS X 10.3 (I think) just fine. And it still runs. That said, if you get a model with non-user upgradeable memory, make sure it is maxed out. That's the best way to ensure a long service life on any computer.</p><p></p><p>And just for reference, I currently run Win7 under Parallels on my iMac (3.06 Core2 Duo, 4GB DDR3) with no problems. No gaming or seriously demanding tasks, but Office 2007 and other windows-only productivity apps run without any noticeable lag.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dchrist21, post: 1488854, member: 290966"] I vote for refurbished. My first (and so far, only) store-bought mac is a late-2009 iMac refurb and I've never been disappointed. My experience so far is that OS X is much less resource hungry than Windows, and can therefore handle OS and software upgrades without necessarily upgrading to faster/newer hardware. That means their useful life is much longer, in my experience. In fact, my very first mac was a G3 iBook (Firewire SE, Late 2000) that upgraded to and ran OS X 10.3 (I think) just fine. And it still runs. That said, if you get a model with non-user upgradeable memory, make sure it is maxed out. That's the best way to ensure a long service life on any computer. And just for reference, I currently run Win7 under Parallels on my iMac (3.06 Core2 Duo, 4GB DDR3) with no problems. No gaming or seriously demanding tasks, but Office 2007 and other windows-only productivity apps run without any noticeable lag. [/QUOTE]
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