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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1842035" data-attributes="member: 396914"><p>There is a distinction between durability and usability. I have a 10 year old iMac running my home automation. Doesn't need fancy graphics, or high speed CPU to do that task. My wife also uses it to pull up recipes (The iMac is on a desk in the kitchen.) and to play videos when she is cooking. Works find for that. So, durable.</p><p></p><p>But usability is limited on that system. I would not try rendering video on it, or do anything that requires a lot of CPU/GPU work as the processor is very slow compared to more recent machines. Also, the system is limited in the OS, and I think it's out of the security update window, so it is stuck in time. And when I have to do anything with it, it is pokey slow at everything. Slow boot, slow opening applications, slow to respond. I certainly would not want to have that be my main machine, after working on a more modern system. </p><p></p><p>So, while a 10 year old machine is capable of running (durable), it may not be up to a heavy computing task (usable).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1842035, member: 396914"] There is a distinction between durability and usability. I have a 10 year old iMac running my home automation. Doesn't need fancy graphics, or high speed CPU to do that task. My wife also uses it to pull up recipes (The iMac is on a desk in the kitchen.) and to play videos when she is cooking. Works find for that. So, durable. But usability is limited on that system. I would not try rendering video on it, or do anything that requires a lot of CPU/GPU work as the processor is very slow compared to more recent machines. Also, the system is limited in the OS, and I think it's out of the security update window, so it is stuck in time. And when I have to do anything with it, it is pokey slow at everything. Slow boot, slow opening applications, slow to respond. I certainly would not want to have that be my main machine, after working on a more modern system. So, while a 10 year old machine is capable of running (durable), it may not be up to a heavy computing task (usable). [/QUOTE]
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