hey all.
Looking at buying my first MAC,and am confused as to what to buy / where to buy from.
Looking for 2nd hand (budget orientated)
circa $450 to spend on system.
- Happy to pay for HDD's on top of this (figure it will need them anyway)
- Don't need monitor, KB or Mouse.
from what i've investigated, i should be able to afford a 2010 model?
any advise is greatly appreciated.
I would get a 2011-2012 Mac Mini. They are better than the 2010 but the 2010 is still OK.
will take a look.
thanks 🙂
daj0pe wrote:
hey all.
Looking at buying my first MAC,and am confused as to what to buy / where to buy from.
Looking for 2nd hand (budget orientated)
circa $450 to spend on system.
- Happy to pay for HDD's on top of this (figure it will need them anyway)
- Don't need monitor, KB or Mouse.
from what i've investigated, i should be able to afford a 2010 model?
any advise is greatly appreciated.
Contact OWC, they sell used iMacs and may have something for you. OWC's site is www.macsales.com, they specialize in Macs and are a highly regarded vendor in these forums.
Whether it would be worthwhile or not totally depends on what you intend to
do with it. A 2010 is an okay machine, however it is only a Core2 Duo processor
which is several generation old technology so don't expect any sort of blazing
performance. It will also have a slow (and somewhat small by todays standards)
hard disk drive. Replacing the hard drive is somewhat problematic.
With that said, personally I have a 2010 Mini that I used to use as a home entertainment
system, which it worked quite well, and has no been re-purposed as a home server.
Buying my first MAC - Not sure what spec?
