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Hello all, I'm hoping your expertise can help me make suitable Mac purchase. I much appreciate you reading and any input.
- What I computer I have now:
Last year (2021), I thought because I only use for email and updating our website and printing shipping labels for our business I would get a deal so I got a iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011) for $400, Processor: 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7, graphics AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB. Big mistake I think now.
- The problem iMac:
The guy I got it from has a FB tech support business and put OS Mojave 10.14.6 (18G103). It is terribly slow and glitchy. I spent $200 on upgrading the memory from 1333 MHz DDR3 4x2GB to 4x8GB and this did speed it up a little. I'm only using 25GB of 1 TB of space. Guy thought it was running slow because our wifi is 50ft away and im in a log building and don't have the ability to hardwire in now. Safari is the only browser that is usable (chrome etc is inchworm slow) but now Safari is asking me for an update but I can't perform it with Mojave and there is no update to the next OS. The tech guy who sold it to me said I could bring it in and he would take off OS and put on a newer OS but he's 1 hr away. Can an old computer even take newer OS, won't it get bogged down? (sorry super non technical language, iI don't have the technical knowledge). Anyways it's just too much maintenance and time for me. So I'm wanting to get out of this mistake and buy something newer/faster that can update/last for a few years, ideally 5 years but really have no idea how to choose the next one. Would you like to help?
- What Mac should I get?
I have the budget to spend $500-$1000 on a preferably used Mac. I don't want to make the same mistake of buying an old Mac thinking it would be reasonable speed and finding out it's a dinausor.
Question: Could I just connect my 2011, 21 inch iMac to this https://www.amazon.ca/2020-Apple-M1...9Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=
- What I computer I have now:
Last year (2021), I thought because I only use for email and updating our website and printing shipping labels for our business I would get a deal so I got a iMac (21.5-inch, Mid 2011) for $400, Processor: 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7, graphics AMD Radeon HD 6770M 512 MB. Big mistake I think now.
- The problem iMac:
The guy I got it from has a FB tech support business and put OS Mojave 10.14.6 (18G103). It is terribly slow and glitchy. I spent $200 on upgrading the memory from 1333 MHz DDR3 4x2GB to 4x8GB and this did speed it up a little. I'm only using 25GB of 1 TB of space. Guy thought it was running slow because our wifi is 50ft away and im in a log building and don't have the ability to hardwire in now. Safari is the only browser that is usable (chrome etc is inchworm slow) but now Safari is asking me for an update but I can't perform it with Mojave and there is no update to the next OS. The tech guy who sold it to me said I could bring it in and he would take off OS and put on a newer OS but he's 1 hr away. Can an old computer even take newer OS, won't it get bogged down? (sorry super non technical language, iI don't have the technical knowledge). Anyways it's just too much maintenance and time for me. So I'm wanting to get out of this mistake and buy something newer/faster that can update/last for a few years, ideally 5 years but really have no idea how to choose the next one. Would you like to help?
- What Mac should I get?
I have the budget to spend $500-$1000 on a preferably used Mac. I don't want to make the same mistake of buying an old Mac thinking it would be reasonable speed and finding out it's a dinausor.
Question: Could I just connect my 2011, 21 inch iMac to this https://www.amazon.ca/2020-Apple-M1...9Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=