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Upgrade an iMac? - Need Advice
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buy a newer iMac.

Last year I bought a used mid-2011 21.5" iMac w/ i5 processor for $400 off ebay, complete with all the accessories in the original box.

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/im...specs.html

Since it has 4 memory slots I added some leftover RAM to bring it to 8GB, but it could go to 32GB for about $120.

No problems running it from an external SSD, even via its USB 2.0 ports (has both FW800 & Thunderbolt if you want a faster, but more expensive external SSD solution)
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Upgrade an iMac? - Need Advice - by JoeM - 09-28-2016, 04:16 PM
Re: Upgrade an iMac? - Need Advice - by Gareth - 09-28-2016, 04:18 PM
Re: Upgrade an iMac? - Need Advice - by Robert M - 09-28-2016, 04:37 PM
Re: Upgrade an iMac? - Need Advice - by mattkime - 09-28-2016, 04:48 PM
Re: Upgrade an iMac? - Need Advice - by clay - 09-28-2016, 05:09 PM
Re: Upgrade an iMac? - Need Advice - by jdc - 09-28-2016, 05:54 PM
Re: Upgrade an iMac? - Need Advice - by Bill in NC - 09-28-2016, 06:10 PM
Re: Upgrade an iMac? - Need Advice - by JoeM - 09-28-2016, 06:44 PM
Re: Upgrade an iMac? - Need Advice - by Zoidberg - 09-28-2016, 07:01 PM
Re: Upgrade an iMac? - Need Advice - by jdc - 09-28-2016, 07:06 PM
Re: Upgrade an iMac? - Need Advice - by Zoidberg - 09-28-2016, 07:16 PM
Re: Upgrade an iMac? - Need Advice - by jdc - 09-28-2016, 07:39 PM
Re: Upgrade an iMac? - Need Advice - by Zoidberg - 09-28-2016, 07:41 PM
Re: Upgrade an iMac? - Need Advice - by jdc - 09-28-2016, 08:51 PM
Re: Upgrade an iMac? - Need Advice - by Zoidberg - 09-28-2016, 09:50 PM

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