04-13-2018, 04:14 PM
Im In the same camp -- kinda useless without internal SSD. More ram would be a huge waste of $.
THe internal SSD is huge difference. Kid has a similar 2007 24" with 3 GB ram and 256 GB SSD it and it runs snappy -- google docs, spotify, school stuff is no problem.
She actually put together a 4 minute video in iMovie over the weekend, seemed to work fine.
If you dont need the $, then $50, and tell him it will need at least a $120 500 GB SSD and a some tech know how to install. Should run OK for limited use, and not a long term thing.
IMHO, The new $329 iPad would be a better choice...
THe internal SSD is huge difference. Kid has a similar 2007 24" with 3 GB ram and 256 GB SSD it and it runs snappy -- google docs, spotify, school stuff is no problem.
She actually put together a 4 minute video in iMovie over the weekend, seemed to work fine.
If you dont need the $, then $50, and tell him it will need at least a $120 500 GB SSD and a some tech know how to install. Should run OK for limited use, and not a long term thing.
IMHO, The new $329 iPad would be a better choice...