Show off your 24" iMac!

[MultiFinder17]

I figured that if the ARM lot can have a thread like this, why not us? Show off your Core 2 Beasts! Let's get some good glamour shots of early Intel goodness

Big Bertha her lives her days in my classroom (except for summers when she comes home for cleaning and some TLC), dutifully showing my seating charts and various announcements for the kiddos. Most of my students (middle school) are amazed when they find out that this machine is from 2008 and as old as many of them!

 

[Amethyst1]

I figured that if the ARM lot can have a thread like this, why not us?

Yeah LOL - I was kinda wondering whether that other thread would end up being a mix of ARM and Intel 24-inchers.

Big Bertha

The older Big Bertha asks "can there be another Bertha?"

 

[Heindijs]

This an early 2009 iMac my parents’ have had since 2016. I updated it to Mojave for them in early 2019 and then to Catalina in late 2019. It has a Fusion drive so it‘s fast. The ram has been upgraded in 2019 as well from 4 to 8gb and the iMac really flies through web browsing and office work.
You may notice that it’s running Mojave, which is because there are some 32-bit apps that actually are needed again now.

 

[MultiFinder17]

I've been amazed at the longevity of these 2008-2010 Macs with regards to running newer versions of OS X. I do wish that I had an early 2009 - that beautiful design along with up to 8GB of (cheap) RAM would be lovely.

That's the only thing I don't like about my early 2008 iMacs. The RAM is capped at 6GB and those 4GB sticks of DDR2 are crazy expensive!

 

[rgwoehr]

Here's my 2008 iMac. I bought it 4 years ago to use as a TV for my bedroom. I pretty much only ever used it for tinkering though, but when I have used it for web browsing it seemed surprisingly capable considering its age with 5GB of RAM and an SSD. I've got it triple booting Snow Leopard, Tiger, and High Sierra. These days, it's mainly just a decoration in my office, but it is useful when I occasionally need to run a 32-bit app or if I need to boot a DVD on my recently acquired G4 via target disk mode.

 

[Certificate of Excellence]

 

[petvas]

You understand that this thread is about the new 24" iMac, right?

 

[Heindijs]

You understand that this thread is about the new 24" iMac, right?

I didn’t know the new Mac was ”early Intel”

 

[Certificate of Excellence]

I didn’t know the new Mac was ”early Intel”

Yeah I didn’t know what exactly to say to the earlier post. Figured there was a similar M1 thread & a mixup ensued.

 

[petvas]

Ooops. Sorry. Wrong thread for me

 

[Amethyst1]

Perhaps the title should be changed to "Show off your 24" Intel iMac" just in case.

 

[petvas]

Perhaps the title should be changed to "Show off your 24" Intel iMac" just in case.

I think that could be said also for the other thread that has exactly the same title..

 

[MultiFinder17]

Perhaps the title should be changed to "Show off your 24" Intel iMac" just in case.

Nah, they should change theirs to “Show off your 24” Apple Silicon iMac”. Our iMacs we’re here first!

 

[MultiFinder17]

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Now there’s a beauty. The white 24” is one of the few models and sizes of Intel iMacs that I don’t have!

I love the 3rd gen iPod there as well - that model will always be a fave to me

 

[Amethyst1]

I didn’t know the new Mac was ”early Intel”

It's gonna be "early Apple Silicon" before long.

 

[petvas]

btw, the white 24" iMac was my first iMac ever

 

[Heindijs]

-snip-

That iMac looks simply gorgeous! It love to have all three 2006 sizes some day These are probably my favourite iMacs.

It's gonna be "early Apple Silicon" before long.

When that day comes, I’ll truly feel old

 

[Certificate of Excellence]

btw, the white 24" iMac was my first iMac ever

Me too. I used them prior to that but this one in particular is the first one I bought (on CL in 2007) with my own sweat equity.

I rarely break this one out of its box anymore because of their finicky GPUs. I’ve already replaced this one once. Don’t feel much like doing it again lol.

 

[mikas]

In the middle of fiddling it all up inside it.

I do think it's an 24" 2007, but not so sure. Community will correct me if I was wrong..

 

[MultiFinder17]

In the middle of fiddling it all up inside it.
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I do think it's an 24" 2007, but not so sure. Community will correct me if I was wrong..

Oh goodness, an iMac in the nude - NSFW this kind of content mate!

 

[mikas]

In the name of science only, nothing else.
🔬
Some like frogs, me on the other hand..

 

[poked]

In the middle of fiddling it all up inside it.
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I do think it's an 24" 2007, but not so sure. Community will correct me if I was wrong..

How old is that keyboard? Love that design! (Is it the original it came with?)

 

[mikas]

I don't think it is the original. These babies came with the aluminum kbd originally. That could possibly be a G5 Power Mac Keyboard. I think Apple was somewhere in between designing their aluminium portfolio to it's full at that time. Oh boy, am I old or what, remembering all that..huh..

 

[Amethyst1]

How old is that keyboard? Love that design!

That DNA collector is referred to as A1048 and was introduced in 2003.

 

[poked]

That DNA collector is referred to as A1048 and was introduced in 2003.

Damn, that’s amazing. I wonder if they have any on eBay.