[vcf-midatlantic] OT: WTB: 27" iMac

[Jonathan Chapman]

Dave,

> It wants to die, but I just won't let it (but I'm inheriting my wife's 2017 one now that she's upgraded to a new one, partly so I can still use my FireWire audio box for which the manufacturer never ported drivers to ARM...).

Yeah, the one getting replaced is slowly starting to have hardware failures: first, wired Ethernet stopped working, then it started having GPU weirdness if left running too long. It probably doesn't help that they keep it in a modified pantry cabinet!
 
> Though for what it's worth, unless they're looking for specific features, I'm not sure I'd recommend going for the absolute latest (Sonoma, macOS 14) anyway.

I'm just trying to avoid having to upgrade them too soon :P Figure more supported OS releases equals more time between hardware refreshes.

> Apple typically (though they do not guarantee it) maintain security updates for two revisions back

Yup, I'm still running a mid 2015 15" retina MBP, and Monterey still gets updates. Last time I set up a Tiger machine, it could still pull updates from Apple automatically!

> It's a bit disappointing that they haven't come out with a larger ARM iMac than 24", I know a lot of people who have been waiting for that and are getting frustrated.

I guess they're expecting people who want a big screen to use a standalone display and a Mini?

Thanks,
Jonathan