Imac 27" late 2012 worth buying?

[Glenn1979]

Hi Everybody. Hoping for some advice. I really want to get a mac for home use nothing fancy. Wondering if this is suitable and worth getting. Thankyou see attached link of computer I'm looking at.

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[mlody]

This weekend I upgraded from 2012 to 2015 iMac. If you can get 2012 for $200-300 then, go for it, especially if someone upgraded HDD to SSD; otherwise, save the money and buy something newer. It looks like the one you linked is listed for $700 Australian Dollars. I would spend additional $300 and get brand new M1 Mac mini and monitor of your preference and you will have a system for many years to enjoy. if new Mac mini is too, much look for a used one.

 

[Glenn1979]

This weekend I upgraded from 2012 to 2015 iMac. If you can get 2012 for $200-300 then, go for it, especially if someone upgraded HDD to SSD; otherwise, save the money and buy something newer. It looks like the one you linked is listed for $700 Australian Dollars. I would spend additional $300 and get brand new M1 Mac mini and monitor of your preference and you will have a system for many years to enjoy. if new Mac mini is too, much look for a used one.

Cool. Thankyou. Will look at M1 Mac Minis.

 

[Nguyen Duc Hieu]

Hi Everybody. Hoping for some advice. I really want to get a mac for home use nothing fancy. Wondering if this is suitable and worth getting. Thankyou see attached link of computer I'm looking at.

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With a price tag less than 200$, I would jump to any offer of fully working iMac 27" 2012.

 

[Fishrrman]

m1 Mini would be a better choice than a 2012 iMac (which is just getting a bit "too old" these days...)

 

[GDF]

That seems like a lot for a 2012. I have a 2012 27 with upgraded 500gb SSD drive and memory and just purchased the maxed out 2021 24 iMac. So far, I have seen little performance gains except for faster wireless on the 2021. Surprised that there were not significant gains. Apple is only offering me $140 for trade in, so may end up keeping the 2012 and sending the 2021 back.

The only negative of 2012 is the software can not upgraded for the iOS anymore.