On 2021-05-29 22:22, RichA wrote:
On Saturday, 29 May 2021 at 10:30:26 UTC-4, Alan Browne wrote:
On 2021-05-28 23:46, RichA wrote:
https://www.dpreview.com/news/371828...-2-10#comments

Yep just like many all-in-one computers from various companies.

Fortunately, Apple products are generally very reliable. This iMac
(2012) is going strong - its only shortcoming is video processing.

(Though I did go in to repair the stand spring mechanism and change the
HD at some point).

Waiting to see what Apple offer in the fall. Might break from the iMac
and go with a Mac Mini and separate displays. TBD.


I wouldn't be a good friend to Apple. My first computer (tower) I kept going via upgrades for about six years. Then the form-factor of cases changes so I finally changed it.

My last tower before I switched to Mac went about 12 years. I
originally bought it huge (for the day) and over time it saw 3 or 4
motherboards and uncountable HD's. Indeed I ran it for a couple more
years after I bought my first iMac. It very suddenly died for unknown
reasons. Sold it to some guy so he could harvest the parts.

My iMac (2007 bought in 2008) was opened by me once to replace a failing
hard drive. Easy enough to do. (Memory upgrade was via a port in the
back).
Sold in 2013 for this iMac which I've opened up to repair the (badly
designed) spring mechanism for the stand and replace the HD.

Sold the prior iMac (5 years old) for nearly $1K. Never see that with a PC.

I doubt I'll do as well trying to sell this iMac, however. The jump
from intel to Mx will make this a dinosaur fast. I'll keep it as a
server or something. The display is very nice too - so hard to decide
what to do with it. Give it to a school maybe?

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