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Is this used iMac a good deal?
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panzer06
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Are you happy with this iMac. Does it do what you need? Do you feel you got a good value for your money? If so, then yes it was a good deal.
Cheers,
That looks like a very nice price and with 16GB of ram you are ready to do most anything. On the Apple refurb site the 27" 2010 and 2011 i5's start at $1,419 plus tax and have only 4gb ram. So with tax these cost over 50% more - so yes I think this is a great deal
For a comparison I just sold a 24" 2.66Ghz c2 duo with 8gbs ram for $800. I'd say you did ok but why didn't you research before you bought?
philipma1957
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yes you have the better graphics card and 16gb ram 1 k is a decent price.
here it is on the apple refurb store sold out but it lists for 1349 with 4gb ram
http://store.apple.com/us/product/FB953LL/a
notice the part number FB953LL/a this is the refurbished part number
this is a simple way of looking up older gear. the new model that came out in 2009 was MB953LL/a you can look it up on wiki but the apple store will say can't find it.
so put in the letter F instead of the first letter. in this case FB953LL/a and you find it as a refurbished model. try it with a lot of other models and it works a lot as long as the model is not really old 5 or more years. If I wanted an iMac i might buy your model for 1k to 1.2 k also that model runs snow leopard quickly for some users this is very important.
here it is on the apple refurb store sold out but it lists for 1349 with 4gb ram
http://store.apple.com/us/product/FB953LL/a
notice the part number FB953LL/a this is the refurbished part number
this is a simple way of looking up older gear. the new model that came out in 2009 was MB953LL/a you can look it up on wiki but the apple store will say can't find it.
so put in the letter F instead of the first letter. in this case FB953LL/a and you find it as a refurbished model. try it with a lot of other models and it works a lot as long as the model is not really old 5 or more years. If I wanted an iMac i might buy your model for 1k to 1.2 k also that model runs snow leopard quickly for some users this is very important.
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Can I ask how you manage to get an i5 on a 2009 model? Do you have to give it to Apple to upgrade your CPU? Only thing I could imagine...
The late 2009 iMac model's came with core 2, core i5 and core i7(as up grade option i guess).
Thanks! Now I installed Lion on it, are you sure snow leopard are much quick than Lion on this model?