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iMac shopping for wife. - Bernie - 02-28-2018
Memory:
8GB PC10600 1333 MHz DDR3
Storage:
1.0TB 7,200RPM hard disk drive
256GB Solid-State Drive
Watches DVDs, uTube, and iMessages.
Also Minecrafts.
I have ram I can pull from the same vintage iMac for the gaming I just ......
My, OUR first SSD booting.
In for a penny but... lets not nickle and dime either.
MUST stay with the 2011 built in SuperDrive.
SSD curious.
E-Shopping @ OWC
2GB video card
Re: iMac shopping for wife. - Buzz - 02-28-2018
One of our friends needed an iMac upgrade awhile back, and also wanted the superdrive, but I talked him into a refurb 2013 and gave him an external SD that has worked out well. Wife may be able to adapt to external SD, as it opens up lots of possibilities for her. Good luck.
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Re: iMac shopping for wife. - jdc - 02-28-2018
Not sure why superdrive has to be a deal breaker, external optical drives are $20...
By watches DVDs -- as opposed to say, HBO go, or netflix, or DIrectTV now, Amazon, etc? DVD content isnt online?
Seems like a lot of mac for what shes doing? 27" i7? And all the storage?
Does she want/need the big screen?
Re: iMac shopping for wife. - C(-)ris - 02-28-2018
That video card isn't going to be great for gaming... I'd suggest a newer iMac and either rip all her DVDs ahead of time or get an external. You could even use 3M strips and attach it to the side if necessary.
Re: iMac shopping for wife. - Bernie - 02-28-2018
Trust me.
At the moment the internal SuperDrive is a deal breaker. My wife will get this one and her old one will replace my Mothers dead 24 inch iMac.
Re: iMac shopping for wife. - jdc - 02-28-2018
Bernie wrote:
Trust me.
At the moment the internal SuperDrive is a deal breaker. My wife will get this one and her old one will replace my Mothers dead 24 inch iMac.
Sounds like the deal is done then?
What is she using now? Minecraft isnt really "gaming" so not a big deal on video card. 8 GB and a SSD can be pretty quick. I swear my 2010 iMac with SSD feels as snappy as my 2014 iMac with Fusion.
FWIW: Slot load optical drive, $24: https://www.walmart.com/ip/LG-AP70NS50-DVD-Writer-Silver-DVD-RAM-177-R-177-RW-Support-24x-CD-Read-24x-CD-Write-24x-CD-Rewrite-8x-DVD-Read-8x-DVD-Write-8x-DVD-Rewrite-Double-lay/53478471?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=9027&adid=22222222227041457548&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=c&wl3=90491790770&wl4=pla-212524499570&wl5=9032543&wl6=&wl7=&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=115780113&wl11=online&wl12=53478471&wl13=&veh=sem
Re: iMac shopping for wife. - NewtonMP2100 - 02-28-2018
.....so you are shopping on your iMac......for a wife.....???
Re: iMac shopping for wife. - Bernie - 02-28-2018
I am at work presently on a PeeCee.
My Mac is a 2008 cheese grator with about all the enhancments of its time. A little low on RAM as it has the most expensive that OWC sells.
One 23ish inch monitor.
Re: iMac shopping for wife. - hal - 02-28-2018
that first one is just fine and all, but you can get a brand new 2015 5k Retina model for $1299. Full warranty - applecare eligible...
27" Retina 5K IPS Display
5120 x 2880 Screen Resolution
3.3 GHz Intel Core i5 (Skylake)
8GB of 1867 MHz DDR3 RAM
2TB Fusion Drive
AMD Radeon R9 M395 GPU (2GB GDDR5)
802.11ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0
Thunderbolt 2 + USB 3.0
Magic Keyboard & Magic Mouse 2 Included
https://www.ebay.com/itm/173160281487
It doesn't have a DVD player and I understand that is a dealbreaker, but... this is crazy... I won't explain why you don't need an internal DVD, I'm sure you know...
and I'm sorry owc - I don't mean to take money out of your pocket, but for once, we're actually talking about mac deals.
Re: iMac shopping for wife. - sekker - 02-28-2018
I use an external optical BluRay drive with my iMac. It’s far easier to load and unload tha the Apple slot-loading and SLOW ‘super’drive.
Get the good optical drive and move on.
Did I mention the Apple drive is speed challenged?