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<blockquote data-quote="thisoldmac" data-source="post: 1638167" data-attributes="member: 339682">I checked out Apple's list of refurbished Macs...For the same price as the pre-owned 27&quot; from 2009, I found a 21&quot; 2.7GHz quad-core i5 from 2013. I also saw the 21&quot; iMac that chas_m had mentioned with Intel HD graphics 5000 for $929.I'm still deciding on which one I'll choose, I'm just unsure about the difference between the processors and graphics. Might any of you be able to explain, (in your own opinions) the differences between the 3 and how they rank as far as performance goes? It will probably help me out quite a bit.Here's the specs (in one place)21&quot; iMac (Jun 14)1.4GHz dual-core i58GB RAM, 500GB HDIntel HD graphics 500021&quot; iMac (Sep 13)2.7GHz quad-core i58GB RAM, 1TB HDIntel Iris Pro graphics27&quot; iMac (Oct 09)2.66GHz quad-core i516GB RAM, 240GB SSD, 1TB HDATI Radeon HD 4850</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thisoldmac, post: 1638167, member: 339682"] I checked out Apple's list of refurbished Macs... For the same price as the pre-owned 27" from 2009, I found a 21" 2.7GHz quad-core i5 from 2013. I also saw the 21" iMac that chas_m had mentioned with Intel HD graphics 5000 for $929. I'm still deciding on which one I'll choose, I'm just unsure about the difference between the processors and graphics. Might any of you be able to explain, (in your own opinions) the differences between the 3 and how they rank as far as performance goes? It will probably help me out quite a bit. Here's the specs (in one place) 21" iMac (Jun 14) 1.4GHz dual-core i5 8GB RAM, 500GB HD Intel HD graphics 5000 21" iMac (Sep 13) 2.7GHz quad-core i5 8GB RAM, 1TB HD Intel Iris Pro graphics 27" iMac (Oct 09) 2.66GHz quad-core i5 16GB RAM, 240GB SSD, 1TB HD ATI Radeon HD 4850 [/QUOTE]

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