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iMac- is this a good buy?
Posted on 8/17/14 at 4:00 pm
Posted on 8/17/14 at 4:00 pm
So I offered a guy online $350 for a 2009 iMac desktop. It's a 21.5", 3.06 GHz Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB of memory, 1067 MHz DDR3. It's Graphics specs: NVIDIA GeForce 9400 256 MB.
It appears to be in great shape, box and everything included. I see them on eBay for upwards of $500. What say ye Tech board?
It appears to be in great shape, box and everything included. I see them on eBay for upwards of $500. What say ye Tech board?
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Posted on 8/17/14 at 4:05 pm to Blastoise
Yes, that's a good price. Assuming this is just going to be a general use (browsing, pictures, video, documents) machine?
Posted on 8/17/14 at 5:07 pm to Blastoise
It sure looks like it. What's the hard drive size?
Posted on 8/17/14 at 6:28 pm to Blastoise
You can buy a new laptop or desktop with MUCH better hardware for just a little more money.
Posted on 8/17/14 at 7:43 pm to Blastoise
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iMac- is this a good buy?
No. iMac is never a good buy.
Posted on 8/17/14 at 7:48 pm to Blastoise
I would check to see if it's an early 2009 model. There's a defect in the video card that causes overheating. Only reason I know this is a client recently bought one off of eBay and the display would go nuts and the machine would freeze. I thought it was just defective, so I ordered one through my wholesaler. It did the same thing. Researched it and it seems to be pretty common with that model.
I can't find the apple forum discussion that I saw originally but found this one that describes what happened to us. LINK
It was a great price point but they ended up just buying a new one from the apple store. Just a heads up. At least make sure there's a return policy on the eBay item.
I can't find the apple forum discussion that I saw originally but found this one that describes what happened to us. LINK
It was a great price point but they ended up just buying a new one from the apple store. Just a heads up. At least make sure there's a return policy on the eBay item.
Posted on 8/17/14 at 8:31 pm to Blastoise
Thanks everyone for your input.
Its got a 500 gb harddrive and expandable memory to 16 gb. I've never owned an apple product and honestly have hated on mac many times in my life. But for $350 I'll take a chance.
Also, its a late 2009- good looking out
Its got a 500 gb harddrive and expandable memory to 16 gb. I've never owned an apple product and honestly have hated on mac many times in my life. But for $350 I'll take a chance.
Also, its a late 2009- good looking out
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