Hi,
My current 2011 Mac Mini is showing it's age as despite upgrading to 16GB of memory, it's extremely slow at times while my wife and I are both logged in. The CPU and Memory are fine, but the lack of SSD is most likely not helping matters. I am considering purchasing this refurbished late 2014 iMac from GroupOn since I have a $150 credit. After the credit and no tax, it comes out to $1555 which seems like a pretty good deal for a refurbished 27" 5k retina Mac with a one year warranty. I am trying to compare this model to the newer ones, and I am only finding some minor differences such as DD3 MHz is faster (1867 vs 1600) and the processor is Skylake vs Haswell. I think the 5K retina is also nicer, but I am not going to be watching movies on this much, so I am not sure what value that will provide. Can anyone comment on the real differences in 3 year model differences? I am just shocked such little innovation has happened on these and it seems silly to buy new for 2k, when I can get a practically similar model for $500 cheaper.
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/...z-Quad-core-Intel-Core-i5-with-Retina-display
My current 2011 Mac Mini is showing it's age as despite upgrading to 16GB of memory, it's extremely slow at times while my wife and I are both logged in. The CPU and Memory are fine, but the lack of SSD is most likely not helping matters. I am considering purchasing this refurbished late 2014 iMac from GroupOn since I have a $150 credit. After the credit and no tax, it comes out to $1555 which seems like a pretty good deal for a refurbished 27" 5k retina Mac with a one year warranty. I am trying to compare this model to the newer ones, and I am only finding some minor differences such as DD3 MHz is faster (1867 vs 1600) and the processor is Skylake vs Haswell. I think the 5K retina is also nicer, but I am not going to be watching movies on this much, so I am not sure what value that will provide. Can anyone comment on the real differences in 3 year model differences? I am just shocked such little innovation has happened on these and it seems silly to buy new for 2k, when I can get a practically similar model for $500 cheaper.
https://www.apple.com/shop/product/...z-Quad-core-Intel-Core-i5-with-Retina-display
