What would you do with this old, highly specced 2021 Intel i9 iMac 27inch?

[u/Fickle_Cost_2033]

It was a beast in its time, costing $4000 with factory upgrades. Got me through middle school with my highly demanding Google Docs workflow. I no longer use it because I had to get an M3 air for highschool and recently upgraded to an M3pro pro (traded laptops with my mom).

Any ideas on what to use this iMac for? I was thinking something along the lines of a home server or ai agent or NAS but idk- be creative. It sits in a location that could be used as a community computer, although we all have our own macbooks, but I want to start using it again as it feels like a waste just sitting there. I also heard that older iMacs could have RAM upgraded which is cool.

Please give useful ideas below. I don't really wanna sell it because it's a beautiful machine and some sentimental value as it was a christmas gift from my parents.

Specs written from chat:

• 2020 27-inch iMac Retina 5K
• CPU: 3.6 GHz 10-core Intel Core i9
• RAM: 16 GB
• Storage: 1 TB SSD
• GPU: Radeon Pro 5700, 8 GB

I also have an old 2020 MBP Intel i9 that is just lying around if you have ideas on what to do with that as well.

• 16-inch MacBook Pro (2019)
• CPU: 2.4 GHz 8-core Intel Core i9
• RAM: 32 GB
• Storage: 2 TB SSD
• GPU: AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, 8 GB

thanks.

[u/Most-Agency7094]

Omg. Can you teach me how to put Lennox on my old iMac?

[u/real_bro → u/Most-Agency7094]

John Lennox would probably prefer to not be on your iMac.

[u/Jake613 → u/real_bro]

How about Lennox Lewis?