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Yeah, the fusion drive would be from a 2015 model, if that's the case and you are correct, 24gb is less than ideal. You've all given me a lot to think about, I'm not sure which way to go, really. I guess if I had to boil it down, my priorities is to have it come in under 2100 dollars, have a base of at least 16 gbs of ram, and run at least as fast as my current setup (which shouldn't be a problem) It's not the fastest but I don't have many issues aside from the hard drive is dying and generally it's just slow as balls but I still manage mainly cause i'm just used to it at this point. I can get an external SSD to compensate and hopefully that should all do the trick. If I were to bump up to the 27 inch, I'd be able to comfortably get this one:

http://www.apple.com/ca/shop/produc...ed-27-inch-imac-34ghz-quad-core-Intel-Core-i5

but i'd need to get more ram, which wouldn't allow me to get an external SSD right away

Something that I forgot to mention is that I have a cintiq as well, not sure if that factors into this so much.

Thoughts?
24 was just a starting point. 2015 iMacs can go to either 32 or 64 depending on the model number. 32 for around $200.

Link to Other World Computing:https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple/memory/iMac?_ga=1.185767403.371191880.1453307869

Dale
 
Thanks Dale, I pulled the trigger on the one bent christian poster earlier and feel really good with that choice. Unfortunately, as with almost all the refurbs currently in stock, I won't have it til mid July, hopefully earlier if I'm lucky so here's hoping my old dog holds it together for that much longer....ugh.
 
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