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2011 fall mac mini hard drive replacement upgrade#

The 2014 27-inch iMac canвЂ™t upgrade to macOS 12 Monterey, and its ports are dated, but thereвЂ™s no official way to use the screen with any other Mac.

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The only real design problem with the 27-inch iMac has been the unbreakable connection of the actual Mac with that gorgeous screen. (Know anyone whoвЂ™d like to buy a nice 2014 27-inch iMac or two?) In short, I adore the 27-inch iMac-when Tonya was working from home entirely during the pandemic, we had five of them in the house. Unable to stomach those lovely machines being unusable, I performed major surgery on both mine and JoshвЂ™s to replace the problematic SSDs-both are now fully functional again. Tonya continues to use her 27-inch iMac to this day (and a 2019 model in her office at Cornell), and Josh used his until it became unbearably flaky in 2019, after which he sent it to me and replaced it with a 2019 model. Similarly, when my parents wanted to upgrade from an older iMac, they looked at my 27-inch iMac and bought one too. By mid-2015, Tonya had replaced her 2011 27-inch iMac (also paired with a 27-inch Thunderbolt Display) with an identical 2014 27-inch iMac, and when Josh Centers needed a new Mac, TidBITS bought him a 2014 27-inch iMac as well. In August 2020, I bought a 2020 27-inch iMac with a 3.8 GHz eight-core Intel Core i7, 8 GB of RAM (again upgraded to 40 GB via OWC), and 1 TB of storage, for just under $3000. Then its internal SSD died, forcing me to boot with an external SSD and deal with increased flakiness (see вЂњ Six Lessons Learned from Dealing with an iMacвЂ™s Dead SSD,вЂќ 27 April 2020), so I was happy to replace it once Apple released what would turn out to be the final update. With tax, the package came to $4550, but that combination served me well (with a bump to 40 GB of RAM at some point) until early 2020.

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I ordered one immediately, spending $3150 for a 4.0 GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 with 16 GB of RAM and a 512 GB SSD, plus another $900 for a 27-inch Thunderbolt Display. IвЂ™ve been a huge fan and promoter of the 27-inch iMac since it appeared in late 2014-I still remember visiting an Apple Store in Santa Monica with Michael Cohen and Tonya while en route to the MacTech Conference so I could see that screen in person.

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But if Apple has no plans to update it with Apple silicon, we have to move on. Plus, when you expand your thinking beyond a single purchase, the 27-inch iMac isnвЂ™t nearly as compelling.ДonвЂ™t assume IвЂ™m here to speak ill of the 27-inch iMac. When the new optionsвЂ™ prices are higher, the associated performance and capabilities are also greater-a classic Apple technique for encouraging users to pay more. Pricing out comparable systems revealed that while the 27-inch iMac was in a sweet spot where price meets performance, other combinations of Apple gear come close. If you have to decide based on the Macs you can buy today, there are numerous good options. However, sources tell 9to5Mac that Apple currently has no plans to release a large-screen iMac. That immediately raised the question: If you have been waiting to purchase an Apple silicon 27-inch iMac, what are your options in a world that doesnвЂ™t include it? Some hold out hope that Apple will bring back a high-end all-in-one desktop Mac, perhaps with a 30- or 32-inch screen.

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If the Mac Pro is all thatвЂ™s left, thereвЂ™s no room for the 27-inch iMac. And they join the rest of our incredible Mac lineup with Apple silicon, making our transition nearly complete, with just one more product to go: Mac Pro. Together with the Studio Display, these products will empower users to create the studios of their dreams and to continue to change the world. We introduced Mac Studio, which was designed to put all this groundbreaking performance right on your desk. At the close of AppleвЂ™s Peek Performance presentation, John Ternus summed up with:

Which Mac Will Replace the 27-iMac for You?ДЄppleвЂ™s release of the Mac Studio-the companyвЂ™s first completely new Mac line since the MacBook Air debuted in 2008-and Studio Display also seems to have triggered the end of what was likely the companyвЂ™s most popular desktop Mac: the 27-inch iMac with 5K Retina display (see вЂњ New Mac Studio and Studio Display Change Mac Buying Calculus,вЂќ 8 March 2022).

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