iMac: Good deal or not

[TVreporter]

Someone selling late 2016 iMac for $2000:
Good deal or not (yes Fusion drive):

27-inch iMac with Retina 5K display

With the following configuration:

• 4.0GHz quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 4.2GHz

• 24GB 1867MHz DDR3 SDRAM - two 4GB

• 1TB Fusion Drive

• AMD Radeon R9 M390 with 2GB video memory

• Magic Mouse 2

• Magic Keyboard (English) & User’s Guide

• Accessory Kit

 

[ggibson913]

That doesn’t sound that good to me. A bit overpriced

 

[TVreporter]

That doesn’t sound that good to me. A bit overpriced

Should have mentioned $2000 Canadian... so $1500 US.

 

[Gravydog316]

That sounds pretty good to me...

 

[Jamers99]

Is that someone locally or do you have to pay shipping? Does MacRumors have a "For Sale" forum?

 

[TVreporter]

Is that someone locally or do you have to pay shipping? Does MacRumors have a "For Sale" forum?

Just a posting on Facebook in my city

 

[Velin]

• 1TB Fusion Drive

Pass. I've owned a lot of iMacs (personal + business). The only way to go is iMac with an SSD. For our older iMacs, we pay to convert them to SSD -- the difference is astounding. Avoid Fusion Drive, you will regret it -- because in 2018, all platters suck. Period.

 

[dfs]

Pass. I've owned a lot of iMacs (personal + business). The only way to go is iMac with an SSD. For our older iMacs, we pay to convert them to SSD -- the difference is astounding. Avoid Fusion Drive, you will regret it -- because in 2018, all platters suck. Period.

Yup, Velin has it exactly right. Once I learned we are talking Canadian dollars I started reading down the specs thinking "hm, this is a pretty good deal" -- until I hit the Fusion.