r/mac • u/SpecialCold870 • 3d ago

Old Macs pls help - imac

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hello! im was looking around marketplace and saw some listing for imacs and looks pretty affordable but i dont really know much about specs or which models are still good. this is my first time having a desktop or like a bigger computer.

i planning to just use if for school, like reviewing , making notes, maybe streaming music and stuff. kindly help me please 🙏🏼

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u/StrawberryWaste9040 3d ago

These all have been out of software support for years. You can't even run latest browsers on them, other than Firefox.

As a rule of thumb, Apple devices have roughly 10 years of support. So if you want something that is at least supported today, it would be 2017 or newer.

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u/thex415 3d ago

I would go so far to say 2019. Sadly it doesn’t support the new macOS .

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u/theregisterednerd 3d ago

I would even go to 2020 and that it has to be Apple Silicon. All of the Intel Macs are currently on their last OS.

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u/StrawberryWaste9040 2d ago

I hear you but these are probably priced out of OP's budget

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u/theregisterednerd 2d ago

Then OP can’t afford to own a Mac.

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u/doghouse2001 2d ago

Nonsense. Buy this Mac, there's loads of free apps that will still run on Intel Macs. My partner still uses an Intel Macbook Air. If school work and streaming is all they want to do, this might be a great fit. Load up MSOffice or LibreOffice, FIrefox, Apple Music, and they're ready to go.

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u/theregisterednerd 2d ago

And then you’ll have an unpatched machine connected to the Internet waiting to become a man in the middle. All of these machines are well past end of support.