Over the past couple years since my MBP died and we couldn’t afford a replacement, I’ve gone through several computers and hated them all; HP laptop with Win10, HATED IT. Samsung Chromebook, MEH just couldn’t get used to it.

A friend upgraded his iMac and gave me his old one, a 2009 model. Set it up today and WOW I forgot what an absolute joy setting a Mac up really is! There’s nothing to it really which is great and the thing runs quite fast and strong for being almost a decade old.

I’m back with Mac, baby!

I've heard it said: "Once you go Mac, you never go back".

Welcome home, we’ve missed you!

Snappy music. And I've not yet found the sound file.

And if it hasn't been upgrade much yet, spend a meager $150, give or take and dump a SSD and more RAM in it.

https://www.crucial.com

I just upgraded one of our family Macs, a Mac Mini the kids use for school work and gaming. Spent $130 for a small 128GB SSD and 2x4GB RAM modules. It was working ok before, but now it's like a rocket ship!

I did a family MBP (2012) recently too, 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM, and new Battery. Spent about $250 all said and done, it's amazingly fast now.

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
And if it hasn't been upgrade much yet, spend a meager $150, give or take and dump a SSD and more RAM in it.

https://www.crucial.com

RAM is easy. Replacing a drive in an iMac is not a job for the faint hearted.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
RAM is easy. Replacing a drive in an iMac is not a job for the faint hearted.

2011 and earlier are not so bad. After they started making them in the "thin" design, it got harder because the LCD panel is glued on with adhesive strips. You have to cut them and cannot reuse them, so new ones are part of the job.

Every time I upgrade my iPhone, iPad, MacBook, iMac, apple watch, I just get a big smile. I can unbox, setup, transfer all my stuff and have the old unit reset to factory condition, while I eat dinner and usually it is done with almost no intervention on my part by the time I am finished with dinner. I then pick up where I left off and don't skip a beat literally. And I have done this dozens of times.

Everyone has their preferences - Apple makes me barf.

When you get to the point that you just want stuff to work without having to tinker with it, you switch to Mac. I used to build my own PC's and do all kinds of crazy stuff but you're always tinkering with it and I just don't have the time or desire any more so I have Mac laptops exclusively now. Also love the way everything syncs with everything else. I can put my phone down open up the browser on my MacBook Pro and pick up exactly where I left off. And it just does it, no configuring.

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Originally posted by straightshooter01:
Every time I upgrade my iPhone, iPad, MacBook, iMac, apple watch, I just get a big smile. I can unbox, setup, transfer all my stuff and have the old unit reset to factory condition, while I eat dinner and usually it is done with almost no intervention on my part by the time I am finished with dinner. I then pick up where I left off and don't skip a beat literally. And I have done this dozens of times.

Same here. Switched over to Apple about 8 years ago. Will never go back.

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Originally posted by henryaz:

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
RAM is easy. Replacing a drive in an iMac is not a job for the faint hearted.

2011 and earlier are not so bad. After they started making them in the "thin" design, it got harder because the LCD panel is glued on with adhesive strips. You have to cut them and cannot reuse them, so new ones are part of the job.

Agreed. I have a 2012 iMac that I'd like to put an SSD in, but I haven't quite worked up the courage.

But going forward, I don't see myself ever buying an iMac again - it'll be all MacMinis with external monitors. Easier to upgrade, cheaper, and if you have to evac due to a storm, whatever, you just grab it and go.

Yes, it’s only got 4GB of RAM (2x 2GB modules) which I’m going to pull and install 8GB (2x 4GB modules). We will keep it another year or two so the HDD isn’t worth having to pull it apart to upgrade. The RAM upgrades easily but the HDD requires you to pull the monitor off the chassis which isn’t worth me breaking the thing over.

I used to like Crucial but damn they got expensive! They want like $85 for two 4GB modules, I can get the same two on eBay for $25.

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Originally posted by LBAR15:
When you get to the point that you just want stuff to work without having to tinker with it, you switch to Mac.

That is as ridiculous as it gets.
More like: if you know nothing about computing and you need training wheels to get you through it THEN you switch.

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Originally posted by smschulz:

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Originally posted by LBAR15:
When you get to the point that you just want stuff to work without having to tinker with it, you switch to Mac.

That is as ridiculous as it gets.
More like: if you know nothing about computing and you need training wheels to get you through it THEN you switch.

Oh boy.

You are right about that. I upgraded a 27" iMac to a 5 TB HD a few years ago. Removing and replacing that LCD panel is a real joy...

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by RHINOWSO:
And if it hasn't been upgrade much yet, spend a meager $150, give or take and dump a SSD and more RAM in it.

https://www.crucial.com

RAM is easy. Replacing a drive in an iMac is not a job for the faint hearted.

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Originally posted by smschulz:

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Originally posted by LBAR15:
When you get to the point that you just want stuff to work without having to tinker with it, you switch to Mac.

That is as ridiculous as it gets.
More like: if you know nothing about computing and you need training wheels to get you through it THEN you switch.

Dude, why can’t you leave it alone? You have ZERO, absolutely zero, objectivity about platforms. Does Apple threaten your livelihood to the point that you monitor every Mac thread, ready to tell all Mac users how idiotic they are because they don’t know how to edit a registry? It feels so 1990’s.

You must have that training wheels rip as a shortcut for how often we’ve seen it. This thread has NOTHING to do with PC’s. Why are you here shitting in this thread? The OP is happy to be using a Mac, and I doubt you calling him an idiot will change his mind.

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Originally posted by smschulz:

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Originally posted by LBAR15:
When you get to the point that you just want stuff to work without having to tinker with it, you switch to Mac.

That is as ridiculous as it gets.
More like: if you know nothing about computing and you need training wheels to get you through it THEN you switch.

Ah, we gotz a hater.

Go play with your PC friends, install firmware update 1.234.1213.13132 of the service pack and don't forget your spyware protect.



(Hint, we don't give a shart about your PC, or you hurt feelings about Macs - maybe a Mac lover seduced your wife or beat you up - IDK, IDC).

The only problem I foresee (because I have this issue) with a used Mac is that it won't update apps that came with it (like pages, numbers, garage band, etc) with your new Apple ID. It will keep asking for the original owner ID. It's driving me nuts on my iMac. We bought this as a family computer prior to my divorce. It was set up using my ex-wife's Apple ID. Now it simply won't update these apps. It grays out the Apple ID so that it can't be changed. You may have this issue also.

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Originally posted by smschulz:

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Originally posted by LBAR15:
When you get to the point that you just want stuff to work without having to tinker with it, you switch to Mac.

That is as ridiculous as it gets.
More like: if you know nothing about computing and you need training wheels to get you through it THEN you switch.

Some people just want to get work done and not spend a bunch of time trying to fix their PC. My Mac is on year 7 without a problem other than the app update issue I mentioned in the post above this.