Should you buy a USED 2015 5K iMac? (Review)
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- The 27" iMac is an iconic workhorse. It has supported likely millions of creative projects all over the world! The 5k retina 2015 model enters into the extra-high resolution category with it's gorgeous display, but does the machine still have the power to hold its own using modern apps? Join me as we dive into this machine and review my experiences with it!
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It is still a solid machine but the fact that garage band didn’t came with it and neither can be downloaded🤦🏻♂️ i call apple today and they told me is not compatible with this version😒
Can you find an old version that is compatible?
I've had one of these since new. I have Garage Band installed on it and it works just fine.
@@rockets4kids my dosent have it and i try downloading it says is no compatible with my MacOs version🤦🏻♂️
@@LaCorriente220 if you install Garage Band on a different macos device you should be able to download an older version on your iMac (I've done the same with MainStage on my old Macbook Pro)
you are killing it man. keep it up! I love older macs
Thanks! Glad you're enjoying the videos
Preach my Canadian brother, preach! I still got my Late 2015 imac 2015, and i couldn't be happier. Granted I'm not a power user, so it does everything i need from it. Greetings from a happy 2015 iMac user!
Sorry for the late reply! I hear ya though! These machines are just gorgeous. That 5k display is like candy for the eyes. Good to hear from another canuck!
Can't wait to see the rest of the machines
YEAH DOG. I'LL SHOW YA.
Another fine video, sir. 👍
Thank you, much appreciated!
You have great talent in doing reviews. It was very nice to listen and to watch this video. Thanks.
Well thank you, check out my other videos we have lots of good reviews here!
Good Review Dan
Thanks a bunch Dave!
Thanks I’m looking at one for resale today
Best of luck! Make sure to check local listings for similar machines to see if, in your area, it's a good price
😊excellent review
Thank you!
More cute cat please. Thanks for the review. First time I've ever seen your videos. Subscribed.
Welcome aboard!
In my school use old iMac models for photoshop and animations and it runs pretty good for late 2009 - 2015 models. I don’t mind using High Sierra since I usually use Adobe Flash 2004 🤷 for animations and some emulation for Sega Genesis games
High Sierra isn't bad! I am a die-hard Mojave guy though.
I game on this model using an external USB ssd with windows 10. Battlefield 1 runs well as long as you half the native resolution.
Love the aesthetic of the old machines in the background! Just bought a refurbished 2015 iMac from eBay with RAM, hard drive and graphics cards upgrades. It'll mainly be my home office computer (I'm a gamer but will use a PC for that). Thank you for the great review!
Thanks a ton! It’s a great computer for work and some light gaming. Tbh Minecraft looks absolutely mint on that 5k glass Retina display. That said, the PC is gna be better for most gaming so you’re all set!
I just found one at goodwill for $40. Ordered ram to get it to 32GB and upgraded the OS. I've been using it for Safari and Word. I love it!
@@mattreedah very cool! 👌🏾
You can always cloud game with the Mac 🖥️ like xbox, playstation and more to choose from. You can use steam but It’s limited to the games available since most of the popular titles are mainly supported for windows, Hope this helps.
@@mattreedah how did the upgrade go?
Hey brother great review! Question though…I’ll just be using it for school work and some normal browsing, TH-cam here and there. Maybe to watch some movies….you think it can handle all that?
With ease
thank you
I'm currently using this iMac for design and video production. I never realized it was this old :)
It's great that 7 year old machines are no longer obsolete!
what video software do you use
What cpu do you have?
@@LilDyt Premiere Pro, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve
@@mr-ladi617 i5 3.2 GHz
Good video bro will this be good for audio production?
I don't do audio production so I can't speak to that, but it should be able to run modern software. I would assume it's probably fine but you may want to double check the system requirements on the software you intend to use and check it against the system you intend to buy.
Thanks bro appreciate the reply have a good rest of the day🤘🏽
Im looking to get this, i only need it for browsing, streaming and maybe, sometimes basic editing. (Used of course). What do you think?
I think it's a fantastic machine if you get a good price on it. Plus, the display is beautiful so you can save yourself the cost of buying a nice monitor. Win/win!
Yay a Canadian! stumbled on your channel , and I’m happy you’re Canadian because there’s a question I want to ask you and I’m Canadian as well and it has to do with our currency. So with the release of these new M1 Mac which by the way I have the 2020 MacBook air M1 and it’s a beast of a machine. It handles everything I throw at it including my 4K editing. BUT I really want a iMac and I don’t want the small ones at 24 inches I think they are and I don’t want to wait and pay a boatload of money for the release of the new m1 in the 27 inch. So my question is if I could get a 2019 base model 27 inch 5K iMac for $1000 on Kijiji do you think that’s a good deal? Now I can’t stand hard drives or fusion drives so if I get it I would be hooking up my Samsung T7 1 TB SSD to it so it could boot up and load everything from there. Now it’s cheaper than an Apple refurbished but it is Kijiji so that means it doesn’t have a warranty with it but let’s just say everything is in mint condition like he says it is and there’s nothing wrong with it do you think it’s worth $1000? I was going to get it no hesitation thinking I could hook up my M1 MacBook Air to it and use it as a monitor but after doing some research that’s not possible with the 2019 model. Please let me know what you think. Thank you
I'm pretty sure target display mode was removed with the 5k iMacs so you would need to use a capture card but that's going to look and feel pretty awful tbh.
$1000 is a reasonable price but I think you'd be better off buying a really nice 27" display and then pick up a mac mini or studio or something to that effect, or just hook up your air and be happy with it. Maybe add a laptop cooling pad and call it a day?
@@CanadianComputerCollector didn't know it would look horrible hooking up the air to the iMac I thought it was just going to use the screen iMac has as a display for my air. Good to know.
As for the Mac mini option that's way too expensive. I priced everything out. With a decent 4K display that's at least 27 inch at Best Buy and then buying speakers a mouse a keyboard and the Mac mini came out to about $1500. Don't forget the Macbene is $899 here before tax we don't get the good American prices us Canadians get fucked when it comes to pricing. Because even if you do the exchange rate we still pay more. And as for being happy with it I am it's an amazing chip the M1 but I come from having a desktop Mac all my life I had the 2012 for God knows how long and then the 2019 5K iMac but I thought it would be a good idea to sell it a few years ago and invest in a laptop instead where I would save a bunch of room in my apartment getting rid of the chair the desk the huge table the iMac. Anyway I made a huge mistake like I said I've had a desktop all my life started off with a PC in the 90s when the Internet was making funny noises at boot up and tying up your phone line lol that got a iMac in 2012 and Had Macs since then. Anyway the point is I'm really missing the desktop form I should have never sold my 2019 iMac so now I'm looking at some on Kijiji and I found one for $1000. Now I asked if it was worth it because personally it doesn't sit right it doesn't feel right paying $1000 for a i5 8 gig ram with a fusion drive now with the m1s out. Well not that it doesn't feel right it kinda doesn't feel right, that's the problem I'm confused it doesn't feel right a little bit $1000 feels too much but at the same time it feels OK because you get that huge 27 inch 5K screen. So I was thinking it would be completely worth it if I was able to use the guts of the M1 chip but apparently I can't or it won't look nice. Anyway I would feel more comfortable paying $800 for it I keep trying to get him to budge but he won't so I don't know about $1000 I'm torn I don't know what to do. Because I will end up getting one and so far the sky seems to be the cheapest but the cheapest is $1000 and that's not cheap
Is it great for video editing, drone footage 4k etc? Adobe premiere, lightroom? 360 footages
It's good. I wouldn't call it "great" but it is certainly good enough.
Seems like it's more than enough for a student to do his university work right? (Office Apps, few Safari Tabs at the same time, normal browsing, etc.) How long will they be "usable" for this group of people you think?
Yes definitely should be enough. Hard to say how long it'll be usable for but that depends what you use it for. If you don't need to game, this thing will be relevant and capable for many years. Once it stops getting os updates you may have to consider an alternative OS but until then, you've got nothing to worry about.
I'm currently on the fence about replacing it either with a Mac mini or take the plunge with a 14 inch MacBook Pro. I'd like to save money and maybe wait it out for a year or so, but I have the 2014 5k iMac launch version 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 AMD Radeon R9 M290X 2 GB with only 8gb of ram. It has always been laggy and slow when editing media. I want to start editing 4k video, it already lags and freezes just with safari and iMovie open at the same time. I personally didn't buy this configuration, it was gifted to me at the time of release or else I would have gotten one with a better GPU. In my opinion, this base version is so underpowered with the M290X and the horrible fusion drive, not sure if it's worth it to upgrade it and start tinkering with it. Well thanks for your thoughts on the iMac, Take care.
If you're video editing, m1 mac is almost certainly the way to go if you can afford it.
its easy to repair dont listen to him
What SD card would you recommend for a late 2015 model as an upgrade? Any particular brand, storage capacity?
I wouldn't recommend an SD card as they're typically low quality flash memory with poor read/write speeds and questionable durability. I would go with an external SSD that has a dram cache.
Mine just died this week. Msrp was $5000. Can’t even repair it, seen a few other people with the same problem online. Best of luck to anyone that picks one up
That sucks. This is actually a really concerning point I'll make sure to cover in future videos like this.
Let me guess, your logic board/motherboard went out?
So it’s a computer for 99% of people?
Yes, it is definitely still a solid machine!
thanks for this. Would love to know if it'd be good enough for music production in Ableton Live with tons of plugins and tracks going. My current macbook pro from 2015 can't run it without cpu overloading. I'm kiiinda looking at this imac 2015 now, that has upgraded to 24gb rams, and with extra storage space. 3tb. But. I'm not sure if it's better to just "give up" and put the money into buying a new Mac. I just don't know.
M1 would probably be better for that. Look for an m1 iMac/MacBook. The used price of an M1 MacBook air is hard to beat. You'll just have to accept the miserably small internal storage and get used to using external SSDs.
@@CanadianComputerCollector thanks!! This was very helpful. M1 it is :)
I use this machine with 32gb ram, I only use it in my studio for Logic Pro x and can recommend it.
I scored one for free at work and have installed windows 11 on it without bootcamp. It runs like a charm! That screen was still to pretty to ignore. Will be running gaming benchmarks for the next couple of weeks. It's a model with 5000gb ssd and 32GB of ram.
That's sweet! I imagine you mean 500gb SSD, right? Still a sweet machine ESPECIALLY for free.
@@CanadianComputerCollector ah yeah that's one zero too many haha.
About to pick one up with 32 GB and 1 TB for $275. Still worth it even though support is going away? I have a Luna to connect it as another display.
I think that's a great price. The only part you might find frustrating is not having a solid state if the machine doesn't use a fusion drive. They are openable, but you have to cut through adhesive and replace it with a kit after-the-fact. That said, you technically CAN add an SSD. Gorgeous machine!
Did you try City Skylines @ 1920x1080?
The 27” in general is a killer machine. Even the 1440P one holds up today, the 5K one is honestly still cutting edge by todays standards. I wonder if the 4GB cards would be a better match.
Hey dude! Sorry for the late reply! I did try it at both 1080 and 720 and she still lagged haaaaard. I’d venture the 4gb card would definitely help in this situation.
I've slowly become an apple guy. I use my MacBook to record with in my basement sound studio, but I'm looking for something that I can leave in the studio, since I use my laptop for a ton of other stuff and it's a hassle setting everything up every time I want to play and record. I'm eyeing this one, since my local refurb shop has one for less than half the price of a new Imac.
Not a bad idea! It’s a great machine. Just make sure you don’t overpay for it as they are sliding down in value every year!
Tremendously happy owner if a 2015 27" iMac - the display is magnificent! Earlier upgrade to 32GB memory and will further upgrade with an SSD to replace the fusion hard disc. Can see this iMac working well for me for next 5-10 years.
SSD will make a HUGE difference in noticeable speeds!
@@CanadianComputerCollector Yes, absolutely - I had upgraded my 2012 MacBook Pro with an SSD and the faster speed enabled me to keep using it until I just purchased a MacBook Pro 16 inch, M1 Max - that's over 10 years a happy MacBook user. Thanks, keep up the great videos.
How about the fan speed
Just snagged a late 2015, ssd, 395x, 16gb for $330 shipped off ebay, gonna use Universal control from my m1 laptop for all my big screen needs.
Nice!
watching this on my 2015 5K iMac
Bet it looks good!
Hi man, i ve just got this Mac and i have the possibility to keep it if i like it. Im a musician and i wonder if i cuold work with music productions here or not. What do you think?
I think it would work quite well for those things! Music production is likely totally fine on a machine like the 2015.
Is the 1080p version bad? I just got it today for 300 canadian dollar… pretty cheap and good condition but not sure if 1080p version is good
It's not bad but the display certainly isn't as nice
Is this still ok for video editing final cut pro with a 256 ssd? Someone is selling it to me for 600 usd
You'd be fine with video editing - even a 2013 MacBook pro can do video editing. You may struggle with higher resolution work like 4k or 8k but it should be fine.
As for price I can't speak to what it's worth where you are, but look at other computers on the used market to see if you can get a more powerful computer for your money. If you cant, then it's a good deal!
@@CanadianComputerCollector I’m debating on getting this for £240 but i am very indecisive 😅
My dad got this mac from a family member and its on Yosemite how do i update it to monterey
Hey buddy! Upgrade to High Sierra then again to Mojave or Catalina. Then you should be able to get to Monterey from there.
Hey I have a 2017 iMac 27 inch 5k and for some reason my 4k 21.5 inch display looks so much better when it comes to sharpness is there anything I can do
The smaller screen will have higher pixel density, I'm assuming that's why it looks a little better
Would it be ok to record music? Guitar vocal ect
I bet you this would be absolutely fine for people recording music. It's still new enough with solid hardware.
Here's what I did to my late2015 5k iMac. CPU upgrade i7-6700 (not the k variant, this one is 3.4Ghz with a 4.0Ghz turbo boost, much better for cooling for this machine), 1Tb Nvme SSD on the motherboard (reads around 1500Mbs-1), good dedusting to improve fan noise, 32gb RAM. It's an awesome machine for me. Don't play games though.
Those are, coincidentally, almost the exact specs of the MSI GE72VR we rescued last year. That thing is an editing BEAST and still very competent for gaming. What GPU does yours have? th-cam.com/video/uiUoumc9KaY/w-d-xo.html
@@CanadianComputerCollector AMD Radeon R9 M390 2 GB. Half good for games? I don't know.
does anyone know if this is any good for fashion design - Adobe Illustrator & CLO3D?
This thing should run Adobe programs just fine. Premiere might lag a bit but design stuff should be mostly fine. Wouldn't hurt to find one with a graphics card!
I'm considering getting a used one for archviz, this means lost of simulations, rendering, exporting, photoshopping etc.
Specs are:
27inch
5k retina display
Intel quad core i5 3.2htz
8gb ram 1867mhz
1.02tb fusion drive
Amd radeon r9 m390x with 2gb
Running os montery
Selling for R13,500 (zar) that's probably around $720 (usd) or £569.45 (pound)
Would you recommend?
I'd recommend you look for used apple silicon at that price. Even an m1 MacBook Air will outperform it and they're getting quite affordable on the used market. Heck an m1 iMac will run circles around the Intel ones now as long as the software works on Apple silicon that's the route I'd suggest. -Stac
@@CanadianComputerCollector Noted. Thanks.
Just bought a late 2015 imac, with an upgraded 32GB Ram and 1 TB "Fusion Drive," and an AMD Radeon R9 M390 graphics processor, for $430, is that good? It's gonna be just a family computer
should be plenty
whats up with thunderbolt display in?
Is yours a 27" model?
I have one of these iMacs, though the i7 config with R9 M395X 4GB GPU
How are the thermals on that?
@@CanadianComputerCollector It's my wife's iMac and it's not too bad, though she's not pushing it too hard.
Hello, can i ask you some questions. I will be a new imac user and i have some questions and will be happy to get a answer for people who have been in touch with these machines. I order second hand renewed imac late 2015 upgraded with these specs: 32gb ddr4, i7 6700k 4.0 ghz, r9 395x 2gb ddr5 aand 512gb ssd. I will use that for tech support because i need a big screen, the question is: This machine is will be good for tech support, any desk, openvpn and etc? And what if the updates stop, the machine is continues to work with these programs or the programs will stop working after many updates and will be unusable because on windows if u use w10 and use this u will can use the programs and etc but i don't know whats the matter with the imacs...? Sorry for my bad english but i think u will understand me what i mean. Thanks in advance!
I will be happy to answer my questions, great review but i have some fears.. just to know what to do, return a Imac and buy a windows pc with big screen or keep the order for imac because its have very very good specs for me.
Hi I am so sorry for the late response. If you are merely doing tech support on this machine, I think you will have more than enough power. 32gb of ram, 6th gen i7 6700 and a SSD will keep it snappy. The only place you might see some bottlenecking, in my opinion, might be on the 2gb GPU, but that would only be for things like gaming or heavy graphic usage. It sounds like you have a great machine for the work you are doing!
@@CanadianComputerCollector Hello thanks for response btw. At the first they are write wrong info… VC is 4gb ddr5, and thats better. Im working from this machine and its very fast. If any look for advice, thats the comments for advices haha. Thanks again.
hello! I would like some help, I don't know whether to buy an imac like the one you show in the video or one with 1 tb ssd late 2013, which do you recommend, thanks!
Always go for the computer with better specs if you can afford it.
I bought one for $400 and I only intend to use it for work purposes. Do you think it would be suitable for that?
Depends what you do for work - but it’s probably fine!
Is it worth for For video editing?
If you get a good deal, sure, but be aware it will be a bit of a struggle for 4k video editing - laggy but tolerable. For editing 1080p footage it should be great.
I want to buy an iMac 21.5" - Intel i5 2,8GHz - 16GB Ram - 1TB FusionDrive - Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 which goes for 350 euros which seems like a good deal ? But my question is, what if I want to install word and exel on a old imac of 2015? Will I not have any problems installing those programs? Or if i am using zoom for example via chrome, will it be running?
Howdy! A 2015 iMac is still an excellent machine and it will most certainly run all those programs and more. 350 euros seems like a lot of money for a 21.5" though. I would maybe keep looking for a better price.
Take with gpu
I found one for $250! It’s i5, 24GB ram, 2TB! I’m getting it
Excited for you!
Is it possible to run Adobe CS5.5 on it?
I’m gna say yes only because the tech on this machine is still pretty dang new and relevant. 9 year old CPUs are not that old by todays standards. Many programs still written for them.
I'm in desperate need to up retire my 2009 27" iMac. And found. Late 2015 27" w/4 GHz Quad-core i7. 32 GB and 3.12 TB Fusion Drive for $300. I'm looking for something that can handle some photo retouching and video. Lightroom and Premier. It's already running Monterey V. 12.6.4. Is it worth the money?
Budget is tight, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
I would say yes. I assume you are talking about USD, so if you can get any wiggle room in price it'd go a long way, but this thing will definitely handle photos. As a guy who uses Premiere for my content, I cannot guarantee it'll work well, but it'll work! Premiere has been going downhill for years as far as quality goes, imo, but I still use it every week.
@@CanadianComputerCollector , he had originally posted it at $500, before dropping to $300. I went ahead and picked it up, it’s “A” condition all around; wired keyboard and Magic Mouse!
@@who8dapple That sounds amazing. I sold the one in this video for roughly $700 CAD so you got a great deal my friend!
@@who8dapple how is it holding up?
Hi, please help me too upgrade my iMac (retina 5k, 27 ultimo 2015). For now I have OS X El captain. version 10.11.6
I don't mean this in a rude way, these are literally the steps I follow.
-Google 'Install Macos High Sierra'
-Click on the official Apple link
-Click on install High Sierra (or however it is worded)
-The app store will open and you can click on install from there! All set!
-Repeat once done, but use 'Mojave' instead.
@@CanadianComputerCollector Hi, Thank you.
That's about as old as the machine I'm working on right now. (4 GHz Quad-Core Core i7.)
Bought it new, and it's still fine for my purposes. Replaced the crappy Fusion drive with a 4TB SSD a year ago. Hoping to see more 27" 5k monitor choices out there in a year or so when I start looking to replace it. Otherwise, I might need to consider Luke Miani's monitor-conversion idea.
Frankly, I wish I had a reason to keep this one. If I didn't already have a desktop computer I probably would. It's not a bad machine, as mentioned, it just kind of sucks at some gaming. If you are using it for video, graphic design, other things like that, it's really totally fine. I also loved it with Monterey - just so vibrant.
@@CanadianComputerCollector It's splendid. Hope it doesn't turn out to be the best display I'll ever own.
For 500usd I have a chance to get a 2015 27” 5k with 16gb of ram with magic mouse 2 but not a keyboard or for 575$ I can get 2019 21” 4k with 8gb of ram I really need help which one to choose
The 2015 is very clearly the better computer, I'm curious what the dilemma is?
@@CanadianComputerCollector thanks so much for replying I just don't know how computers work and didn't really know which one is the better buy just bc it's a 2019 and ones 2015
Going to buy one for 200 bucks and upgrade it with 32gb.. It's a steal for me. :)
Nice! Even with 16gb you'll find this a very capable machine for productivity purposes.
Do you think the sims 4 would run good on it?
I do! I think it absolutely would and I now wish I had test that lol. My girlfriend was running Sims 4 on a 13" 2015 macbook pro with onboard graphics and half the ram, so you should be good to go on this iMac!
Hello I just bought a 2015 27” for literally $30 from a very generous person. Mint condition. What kind of problems will I run into when this computer stops receiving updates? What should I do if I want to extend the number of years I want to use this?
Honestly you should be fine when it stops receiving updates, at least for a long time. It won't be infinite, but I run Mojave on these machines as it is the last version that runs 32 bit apps. The only issues you will find is after about 5 years or so, you might not be able to download certain apps directly from their websites, as new versions usually only run on the newer versions of MacOS. That said, people often provide links on Reddit or other forums for finding older versions of apps to run on older versions of MacOS. You do open yourself up a little bit to some security issues, but they are not likely to change your life. Just be smart about where you go online!
HELP, just got a used, but beautiful 2015 imac with the awesome retina display, how the hell do I get rid of the awful el capitan operating system??? it's not really doing many updates either, pissed because my 2013 had much better upgrades.
Which OS are you looking to upgrade to? Mojave is great for 32 but apps but a lot of modern stuff isn’t supported anymore. I’ve heard good things about Monterey tho!
@@CanadianComputerCollector I found the download for macos catalina 10.15, I am good now, beautiful system, I don't even want to change it, the best deal on EARTH is a'27 inch imac, something that was near 2k is now 400 or 300 if the screen is cracked, mine was mint, paid 400$.
@@joesmith9216 I tried to get catalina 10.15, but couldn't, even with apple support. I can do Big sur, but will lose my 32 bit apps.
Hey Brother! i have a question , im getting a deal $450 CAD(Apple iMac Slim 27" 5K resolution, Model A1419, Intel Core i7 4.0GHz, Amd radeon R9M295X 4GB , 16GB RAM 1600MHz DDR, 512GB Flash Storage) or $500CAD(2017 model with retina 4K display,3ghz quad core i5, 8gb 2400MHz DDr4 ram, 500gb ssd, radeon pro 555 2GB) i want to maily use for coding like android studio, zamp or sometime movies. i want to keep it more for like 5-6 years.
The better GPU will help with staying power but you'd probably be better off getting a m1.
@CanadianComputerCollector I have a budget of $550 , so should I just wait for M1's to get cheaper till year end or can you recommend alternative
jokes got me 😂
Hahaha. Thanks Niko! Hopefully you stick around!
I LOVE my late 2014 27” iMac! Got it new December 2014 (Merry Christmas to me!), and do a lot of photoshop on it.
My only concern is what am I going to do when it dies…?
By the time it dies you should be able to get an M1 iMac on the used market cheap. Maybe even a generation or two newer than M1! The performance per dollar is unreal on apple silicon.
Oh thank god there’s Minecraft play 😂😂 looking to grab one for Lightroom. I’m one of the people that’ll crack it open and jam some ssd drive(s?) in it.
If you ONLY need to add storage, an internal SSD is great but NGL attaching any extra storage (beyond the boot drive) externally will probably be sufficient
I run Ubuntu, so my 2010 model with i7 exceeds my needs.
Down the road a lightweight Linux distro will be a necessity for these machines. Or you can turn it into a Monitor, the display is still beautiful!
It's something else, I got a 27-inch all-in-one computer for far less than a 27-inch monitor. And as you say, the image quality is probably better.
@@stevejohnson1321 yeah the target display mode is fantastic. It's a shame they didn't include it on the smaller models
This reinforces my thoughts that building a great display into a computer is an awful idea. You’ve got a gorgeous display that’s stuck inside an outdated computer. Meanwhile I’m running my Thunderbolt and Cinema displays with newer computers that don’t suck.
Many 27" iMacs have the ability to be used as a monitor - maybe I'll make a video on that in the near future.
It's a great feature and it's a bit disappointing to see it missing in the newest models.
@@CanadianComputerCollector please 🙏
What would be considered “a good deal” for it?? That’s where I’m lost lol I found one for $274 and I’m gonna use it just for school and my “small business” lol I think I should get it, but I need support and validation from random ppl watching this vid on TH-cam as well lololol
That changes a lot depending on where you are. They're cheaper in the USA than they are here in Canada for example.
Check your local used listing to get an idea of if it's a good deal, sorry I can't give you a more specific answer!
Monterey took away the ability to use a wired xbox controller, that's annoying.
Really? That's ridiculous
In general or for this model only? Perhaps a bug?
its the OS, all wired xbox controllers stopped working after ( Big Sur ) they updated to ( Monterey ) and that messed everything up, nobody has yet come up with a New xbox controller emulator for a wired xbox one controller, it is recognized when you do a gamepad tester, but not recognized by Mac OS. @@Trusteft
would this play robolx
I bet you it would! It runs Minecraft well!
If you like pink, buy one.
Bibbity bop
Dose it play Roblox
It should be able to, but as someone who doesn't play Roblox myself I can't speak to the quality of the experience. It vastly exceeds the minimum required specs for Roblox.
Can I play gta rp on here?
Probably not. If you do it'll have to be on the lowest settings and a low resolution.
“Thin af “ 😂😂😂
Hahaha. That's what those kids are saying these days.