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Oldmopars

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Aug 5, 2025
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I have the option of buying a 2011 A1311 EMC 2428 iMac. It is the i7 2.8GHz with the Radeon HD6770M, 1TB HDD and 4GB RAM.
I already have a few other computers, so it is really not needed. But, for the price $30, it is really tempting.
Is it upgraded as far as it can go as is, or is there more that can be done to it?
Is this the kind with a removable glass screen or the ones that are glued down?
Looks like it comes with 4gb RAM, it it able to be upgraded to more, or is the CPU limited to that?
It just seems like a fun project for $30. I suppose worse case, I have a NUC and an Optiplex 3090 that are both much newer and very small. I could get an adapter for the screen and put the guts from one of those inside.
 
Well, it may have been a dumb idea, but I bought it. $30 free shipping. I figure I can always sell it local and get my money back.
 
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