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#Mid 2011 imac review mac os x
#Mid 2011 imac review install
#Mid 2011 imac review upgrade

Sometimes they have some insane bargains, like the 27" EA274 I picked up for $130. Why not just get a decent display for your PC? Check out refurbished options at. Will it work with photoshop cc? I was thinking of upgrading the ram to 16gb at some stage and putting a ssd into it.

2.5GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 with 6MB on-chip shared 元 cacheĪMD Radeon HD 6750M graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR5 memory.

21.5-inch (viewable) LED-backlit glossy widescreen TFT display with support for millions of colors.

Maybe a new MacBook Pro would be better if it supports majove? I was looking at the 2011 iMac as they have a faster processor than 2014/2015 macbook I wouldn't be too worried about it breaking down as I didn't mention it isn't apple certified factory refurbished (which I didn't mention). Interesting point! I didn't realise they're considered obsolete after 7 years either. Mid-2011 iMacs are already "vintage", which has the same practical implications unless the machine was purchased in France, Turkey, or California. A mid-2011 iMac might offer useful service for years to come, but there is only about a year left until the "obsolete" designation. Apple Service Centers will not offer hardware repair service, and Apple won't even stock repair parts. (A very wild guess would be three years from now, assuming that Apple sticks to a schedule of one major OS release per year, and that Adobe requires one of the most recent three OSes.)Īnother thing to consider is that Apple considers computers "discontinued more than 7 years ago" to be "obsolete". I don't know when Photoshop CC, Lightroom CC, and Lightroom Classic CC will get to that point. The USB 3 advantage would be for external storage.

#Mid 2011 imac review upgrade

I'm aware that they have 2.0 but I'd get faster read/write with sata cables over 3.0Īlso are you saying it's possible that I won't be able to upgrade lightroom in the future because it wont run Mojave?

I'd be able to replace the hdd with a ssd comfortably. These Macs have only USB 2.0 ports, not USB 3.0 ones.

#Mid 2011 imac review install

If you are not comfortable with working on delicate equipment, you might want to consider having a third-party repair shop install the SSD for you.

These Macs do not have user-serviceable drive bays. The official limit is 16 GB (4 x 4 GB) – but MacTracker claims they can take 32 GB. I don't know what Adobe plans to do with future Photoshop CC requirements, so I don't know how soon the inability to run Mojave and later might become an issue.Ģ1.5" mid-2011 iMacs have user-upgradable RAM. The 2011 iMacs can run El Capitan, Sierra, and High Sierra – but reportedly will not be able to run Mojave.

#Mid 2011 imac review mac os x

Photoshop CC requires Mac OS X 10.11 (El Capitan) or later. Was only going to use it for lightroom, photoshop, web browsing and college work. So I was looking at picking up a second hand imac mid 2011. I have a main pc but I find it hard to edit on a tn monitor.