I know this forum has lots of folks who are handy with maintaining/upgrading their own computers. And I think using what we have and maintaining it is the best solution!
But I'll be honest, I don't currently have the capacity to do any updgrades or research/learn about Macs, beyond a few hours a year so as you can guess im looking for a computer that's ready to go.
-I'm looking for
--- a low maintenance Mac for next 5 years,
--- used
--- (preferably used $500-$1200) and
--- that I can use for emails (several tabs open), updating my website and editing a few photos as well as printing shipping labels for our business.
In 2021 I bought a for $400:
- iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011). The guy I bought it from put Mojave on. I got it home and it was super slow opening/using chrome browser. I wondered if something was wrong. Guy suggested it was because of wifi card and he replaced which helped a little. Also suggested I use Safari which is considerably faster than Chrome. I am 30ft away from wifi and in a log building. Compare this to my cheap Dell laptop from 2019 and I did a time comparison and the Dell is 3x faster on opening browser or printing shipping label. Sometimes I can type regular speed and yes other times, for hours or even days on end typing is delayed by several seconds making it difficult to type as you can imagine.
Now, Safari won't open my shopify store website for updating it. Safari says I need to update it but when I go to do that I learn Mojave can't. I asked guy I bought computer from and he said I could bring it in and he would remove Mojave and replace with newer OS. He's 1 hr away and im not convinced he's solutions are worth my time. Hence why I want a newer/faster computer!
- Processor: 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7
- Memory: 32 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 (when I bought computer it was only 8GB. While using web browser with 2 tabs open I compared it was 3x slower than my cheap laptop. So I bought 32BG which did increase speed a little)
- AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB
I've learned this computer is too slow but some days its regular speed. I don't understand at all. Anyways, as you can tell my knowledge is low but
- I'd love to learn what you would suggest for a used up to $1000 Mac?
But I'll be honest, I don't currently have the capacity to do any updgrades or research/learn about Macs, beyond a few hours a year so as you can guess im looking for a computer that's ready to go.
-I'm looking for
--- a low maintenance Mac for next 5 years,
--- used
--- (preferably used $500-$1200) and
--- that I can use for emails (several tabs open), updating my website and editing a few photos as well as printing shipping labels for our business.
In 2021 I bought a for $400:
- iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011). The guy I bought it from put Mojave on. I got it home and it was super slow opening/using chrome browser. I wondered if something was wrong. Guy suggested it was because of wifi card and he replaced which helped a little. Also suggested I use Safari which is considerably faster than Chrome. I am 30ft away from wifi and in a log building. Compare this to my cheap Dell laptop from 2019 and I did a time comparison and the Dell is 3x faster on opening browser or printing shipping label. Sometimes I can type regular speed and yes other times, for hours or even days on end typing is delayed by several seconds making it difficult to type as you can imagine.
Now, Safari won't open my shopify store website for updating it. Safari says I need to update it but when I go to do that I learn Mojave can't. I asked guy I bought computer from and he said I could bring it in and he would remove Mojave and replace with newer OS. He's 1 hr away and im not convinced he's solutions are worth my time. Hence why I want a newer/faster computer!
- Processor: 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7
- Memory: 32 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 (when I bought computer it was only 8GB. While using web browser with 2 tabs open I compared it was 3x slower than my cheap laptop. So I bought 32BG which did increase speed a little)
- AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB
I've learned this computer is too slow but some days its regular speed. I don't understand at all. Anyways, as you can tell my knowledge is low but
- I'd love to learn what you would suggest for a used up to $1000 Mac?
