Can I do this?

There is a 14-day return policy. If you're out of the 14 days, you're out of luck.

 

How do you figure that? If it breaks they'll fix it. They won't upgrade it.

 

Maybe try selling it on eBay?

 

Just buy another one and then you'll have two.

 

And if they can't fix it, they'll replace it with one of their many 2011 refurbs of the same specs.

Craigslist or eBay is the way to go.

 

be happy you have a imac,

I got a 2008 imac and mac book and im okay with it.

Might be slow at times but its fine.


also upgrade you imac I would max the ram out first!

Ram 16gb for $109.99 USD DDR3
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/1333DDR3S16S/
The ram you just pop the little door on the bottom off.

I remend owc ram, I have it in my macbook and its very nice. best ram I ever had!


Now the harddrive is another operation (I'd recomend hardrive SSD only if you need it but in reality most don't)
Western Digital
2.0TB Caviar® Black Hard Disk Drive for $229.99
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Western Digital/WD2002FAEX/

Driver kit to open and take apart imac
http://www.ifixit.com/Tools/54-Bit-Driver-Kit/IF145-022

Suction cups for the screeen
http://www.ifixit.com/Tools/Heavy-duty-Suction-Cups-Pair/IF145-023


The guide to replace the HDD
http://www.ifixit.com/Device/iMac_Intel