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How are mid 2011 and older machines holding up?
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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 😛
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
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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.
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.
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!
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
macrumors G5
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.
My 2011 screen just died, frighteningly close to warranty expiring...
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1599921/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1599921/
MultiFinder17
macrumors 68030
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.
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.
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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!
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
macrumors regular
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.