How are mid 2011 and older machines holding up?

[rottnjohn]

I have a mid 2011 22" imac i7 with a 256G SSD and 1TB hard-disk,
and 16 GB of Crucial RAM, running SL 10.6.8. I would like another.
My 2008 imac, 10.6.8, 6GB, c2d 2.66, still works great too.

 

[Dlanod]

My 2007 model died last Xmas. Hard drive failure. Replaced it with a new 21".

 

[SR20DETDOG]

My mid-2011 27" going great, not a single issue since I bought it. It was in the Seagate HDD recall, which I never did end up getting replaced, but still no issues with the HDD anyway.

The only "issues" I have with it are the lack of RAM (Which I'll soon be upgrading to 20GB and planned to from the beginning anyway) and some SSD envy

 

[beachmusic]

Have a pair of mid 2010 imac 27" and both are running great. one is a i7 with 32g of memory and the other is a i3 with 8g. both still have the stock 1tb hd that came in them.

 

[dwarnecke11]

27" i7 late 2010 iMac still runs like the day it was new. I upgraded the RAM to 12 GB last year but it's otherwise unchanged and running 10.6.8.

 

[kgian]

Have a mid 2011 basi 21.5 imac. I have installed a 256gb ssd a year now and it runs fine! I even game on it with bootcamp. Right now playing dead space 2 and it runs great!

 

[Habberkuk]

cool, i play a lot of mc on my 2011. 4 gb ram and a core i5. how much lag do you get?

Actually I don't get "computer lags" only internet lags (my internet is horrible).
With the graphics settings almost maxed out, I get ~60-90 FPS in multiplayer, and Im very pleased with that . Btw, what is you FPS in minecraft?

 

[aPple nErd]

Actually I don't get "computer lags" only internet lags (my internet is horrible).
With the graphics settings almost maxed out, I get ~60-90 FPS in multiplayer, and Im very pleased with that . Btw, what is you FPS in minecraft?

well on my 2011 base 21", i usually have between 60 and 72 fps on multiplayer. i also run the shaders mod, so thats not bad.

 

[QCassidy352]

2011 21.5", 2.8 i7, 12 GB RAM, apple 256 ssd. Just celebrated its two year anniversary and still running very strong. I'm having a weird issue with a black terminal screen on boot sometimes (have to type "exit" to boot the system), but perfect other than that. The only reason is thing about a new Mac is to go portable - won't need more power than this has for quite a while still.

 

[symber]

My 2011 screen just died, frighteningly close to warranty expiring...

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1599921/

 

[MultiFinder17]

My base model 21" 2011 iMac is charging along swimmingly

I've done a smidge of upgrading to it though, and plan on sticking in an SSD and building a fusion drive later.

Also, my old iMac G5 from 2004 (1.8GHz G5, 2GB RAM, 160GB HDD, 10.5.8) is still running perfectly well.

 

[thekiwee]

My mid 2008 in ticking over nicely

Brought my 24in 2.8GHz core 2 duo 500G H/D new mid 2008, all factory spec's apart from a 2G to 4G ram upgrade a couple of years ago!
OSX Snow Leopard 10.6.8
Never missed a beat!!!!

p.s- now I have said that it will break down!

 

[Wavell]

My 2011 screen just died, frighteningly close to warranty expiring...

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1599921/

My display did die, 18 months after I bought it. It's quite a well known issue with 2011 iMacs in the Apple forums, although Apple have yet to formally recognise it.