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A pleasant surprise
By seattlenerd on Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2022
I've been using an identical Mac for nearly 4 years, and like it a lot. When I noticed that I could get an otherwise identical refurbished Mac for about 1/3 the cost, I thought that it would be worth the cost even if it was terrible. As it happens it works as if it was brand new.There are a few issues, which I will enumerate below, but don't let that get you down: this product is worth every penny that you pay --- which happens to be much less than what a new unit would cost.(*) the mouse and keyboard are not Apple devices. In particular, the keyboard is intended for Windows. It works for a Mac, but there are things such as the audio volume which work differently.(*) the installed OS is out of date. It took several days to bring it up to speed. This is not a problem, but it's just a reminder that you're going to have to do some work to breath life into this.(*) In addition to the OS, there is other software that you're going to have to install. As it happens, I do software development, so Xcode and a variety of Python things had to be installed ... and of course the installers for that software had to be installed, too.Okay, after griping a little bit, here's the important question: "Would I buy the same refurbished iMac again, for the same price?" Absolutely I would, and I probably will.And if you're new to Macs and want a perfectly good first iMac desktop *and* are willing to do a little work to bring it up to current OS and other software installs, you would be hard pressed to do better than this.
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20 people found this helpful
Too slow to be of any use
By DeeJay on Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2024
As far as the physical condition, the iMac was very good. It was rated "excellent" but there are marks and dents (mostly on the rear and not visible) that, in my mind, do not merit an "excellent" rating.As far as performance, however - while I did not expect a 5-year old computer with an 8th generation i3 intel chip to be a speed demon, I did expect that I could surf the internet and check email. This machine is so slow, that I can only assume it's defective. My 2017 MacBook - which is 2 years older, has a broken screen, a ridiculously small HD, and a dead battery - runs circles around this thing.After a 10-minute boot time, I find that I cannot even load a webpage. Simply trying to open Safari is an act of utter aggravation. And you can forget about doing anything beyond that. You thought you were going to load an app? Forget about it. Microsoft Office? Ha! Load a PDF? You must be joking. For fun, or because I'm a masochist, I thought I'd try to upgrade it to Sonoma. If a computer can simply die of a broken spirit, then that's what this machine did.Do yourself a favor and save your $400 for a better system.
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