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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1637969" data-attributes="member: 56379">You're always going to run into this sort of thing when buying a used computer (Mac).&nbsp; Just part of the &quot;Risk - Reward&quot; buying used equation.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; The 2009 27&quot; iMac can run Yosemite…and even if this 27&quot; iMac never had it's OS upgraded again…you would still probably get 4-5 years out of Yosemite (at least 3).&nbsp; So worst case scenario…you would run Yosemite on this iMac for 3-5 years.&nbsp; More than likely in that period of time…you would probably be thinking of getting a newer (possibly newer used) computer anyway.But to stay positive…I bet that you'll get OS compatibility with at least one more OS release (OS 10.11).<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />- Nickp.s.&nbsp; Plus with this 27&quot; iMac.&nbsp; It can be upgraded to 16gig of ram.&nbsp; So you have that an option as well.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />p.p.s.&nbsp; It all comes down to the display size (21&quot; vs. 27&quot;).&nbsp; From a performance perspective…the 21&quot; is better (CPU and GPU).&nbsp; And max. ram is higher (32gig).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1637969, member: 56379"] You're always going to run into this sort of thing when buying a used computer (Mac). Just part of the "Risk - Reward" buying used equation.:) The 2009 27" iMac can run Yosemite…and even if this 27" iMac never had it's OS upgraded again…you would still probably get 4-5 years out of Yosemite (at least 3). So worst case scenario…you would run Yosemite on this iMac for 3-5 years. More than likely in that period of time…you would probably be thinking of getting a newer (possibly newer used) computer anyway. But to stay positive…I bet that you'll get OS compatibility with at least one more OS release (OS 10.11).:) - Nick p.s. Plus with this 27" iMac. It can be upgraded to 16gig of ram. So you have that an option as well.:) p.p.s. It all comes down to the display size (21" vs. 27"). From a performance perspective…the 21" is better (CPU and GPU). And max. ram is higher (32gig). [/QUOTE]

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