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Re: old macs v newer macs


 

Well, it sure as hell, isn't mentioned on apple's website. We are not talking about putting in a new processor, or even a hard drive. These are small slots to slip memory chips in & out. What is the motive for stopping that, or slowing down old iPhones, but to force consumers to spend again?

On Thursday, 20 February 2020, 12:36:09 GMT, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote:


John, to be fair, I think it was pretty generally known that the smaller iMacs were not customer upgradeable and I think even the 27in ones can only have RAM customer upgraded but I could be wrong on this.


Regards
Susan


On 19 Feb 2020, at 23:02, Purler <susan.platter@...> wrote:

My iMac 27in is getting on now but I love the screen size and don¡¯t do anything sporty or clever on it. I think it dates from 2012 and it¡¯s had one warranty repair a few years ago when the screen support hinge gave out; it was just three weeks away from the end of its John Lewis guarantee! ?Phew! ?If I replaced it, it would probably be with another 27-incher as it is so nice to have all that screen, whether you actually need it or not. My first flat-screen iMac was indeed the smaller size and I won an iLugger from a magazine competition, a padded bag with straps like a backpack, which fitted that size of iMac, so that you could carry it while walking or cycling. I still have that bag but it¡¯s filled with keyboards and stuff these days.
Regards
Susan

On 19 Feb 2020, at 03:38, John Miller via Groups.Io <johnmiller051118@...> wrote:

I can really see this backfiring in apple¡¯s face. I had no indication my iMac would be non-upragedable, whatsoever when I bought it. ?This is going to burn away their customer base. Why not just bu
apple admits to slowing down old iphones

On 19 Feb 2020, at 00:00, John Miller <johnmiller051118@...> wrote:

I bet apple has really made a lot of friends there!
John

On Tuesday, 18 February 2020, 23:23:07 GMT, Judith Hall <glenidol@...> wrote:


Currently I am hanging on to my old iMac i7 (I think 2011 vintage) because it runs all my old software (though I am considering a virtual box?on the iMac Pro with SL installed and run old software ).?

One thing to keep in mind if you have a more recent machine needing fixing it might be better economics and future proofing to go ahead and do the fix because ?that will run Catalina and 64 bit programs. ?If you go out and buy a cheap oldie replacement you risk being well left behind because an oldie just won't keep up and you'll very soon get frustrated as various bits of software just stop ?updating and Apple stops supporting..

Jude


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