JackClark

She has been epic! 9 years of faultless service for £1000 and still going for £100 on eBay!

Replacement is a late 2008 iMac which I picked up for a favour.

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

There has been some cracking deals lately for macbooks at about £800 surely these must be a better option as the only reason I have a desktop is a downloading machine if it wasn't for that I doubt I would bother. It cost me enough to have a 2560x1600 monitor and gpu to support that res for games

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

I just checked the specs for that year model and what a piece of crap that is, I think a cheap phone would do more than that. If that spec lasted you as long you must only browse the web on it as it can't do much more?

JackClark

It's not all about big numbers. It was the first Intel iMac, I did lots on it including running Windows. In it's final years it became a Radio or Netflix box with the odd bit of web browsing and email. It will still edit Go-Pro footage but it's painful compared to my old Macbook.

This new one feels like a rocket ship, runs Yosemite and the screen is massive! I'll use it a lot more.

JackClark

I have a lovely Macbook and use it a lot but it's nice to have a desktop too.... and an iPad and an iPhone and...

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

I have all those and the ipods but even looking at the 2008 spec imac its still a piece of crap?

JackClark

It does everything better and is bigger, runs Yosemite pretty well and if I find a SSD and a couple of stick of memory for a good price it'll be even better. Another couple of years of use at least.

dpb

My god what a cheapskate

JackClark

I really am and that's why I choose Apple products. PC's and Android devices are just too expensive in the long run.

jonc

That's pretty good going, but my Thinkpad T60 is still in good use!

JackClark

Good laptop. I loved my Thinkpad, it cost £7,500 and was still going strong when it was stolen.

dpb

i think you paid too much

JackClark

That was a quick turnaround.

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

Surely something like this would be a better option for a used pc? there were cheaper but this just seemed like an ok spec.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Apple-iMac...item4188acacbc

JackClark

That one would be awesome, but mine was free, tech budget blown this year.

My good friend moved to a 27" Retina, video munching monster, his Dad got his old 27" and I got his Dad's cast off which used to be his sons. The favour was making that happen and thankfully as it's Apple all three migrations were perfect with mine taking a bit longer due to the change of architecture.

My 2006 iMac is going to my brother in law, he currently has a 06 Dell desktop, it's a magnitude worse than my iMac, totally awful in fact, it'll be years until the '06 iMac is that bad.

dpb

Keep it in the family!

Harryr34

iTrader: (9)

Thats good going, my 11.99 month old macbook retina's ssd drive has just failed, i've booked a genius bar appointment a day after its warranty expires, i hope they'll sort it else i may have to wrap it around them

JackClark

You'll be fine.

dpb

They make you rent your ssd ?!

stevebt

iTrader: (8)

Read up on your rights and you will be ok, your warranty is with the retailer and luckily your retailer is the manufacturer as well


http://www.which.co.uk/consumer-righ...faulty-product

Sad Weevil

iTrader: (1)

I always buy Apple stuff from John Lewis - free 2 year full warranty. Just replaced my 2006 Macbook with a new Macbook Air to use alongside my iPhone and iPad. Yosemite and iOS 8 means iCloud finally delivers what I want.

JackClark

Agreed on iCloud, 79p a month, bargain.

I'm about to buy a Bluetooth dongle that lets this old iMac use Handoff, other than that it's running Yosemite like a champ.