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    Quote Originally Posted by 350RRC View Post
    Geez.............I bought a newer Mac because the old one couldn't run anything newer than Snow Leopard at the time.

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    You have to be careful and read the release notes carefully though. Our iMacs are 2011 and have the AMD 5xxx & 6xxx GPUs. They are pretty much useless with any of the newer operating systems because of the lack of any GPU acceleration. The 2021 Tins has with the nVidia GPU is ok.

    Yes, I could upgrade to a newer GPU, but looking at Gumtree it's about cost neutral with buying a slightly newer (and still supported) model second hand.

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    Quote Originally Posted by incisor View Post
    linux.....
    Yep, even my mum has a Linux machine for internet use. Certainly it was great on my 2011 iMac until the GPU turned up its toes.

    Linux is user friendly, it's just choosy about who its friends are.

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    Quote Originally Posted by incisor View Post
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    That thought did go through my head, but Mum has enough trouble using her computer when it's exactly the same as last time she used it.

    I don't think trying to teach her an new operating system , no matter how "user friendly" will result in the best outcome 😇

    But don't worry as soon as I find some suitable hardware, I'll be here asking all sorts of dumb Linux questions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TonyC View Post
    But don't worry as soon as I find some suitable hardware, I'll be here asking all sorts of dumb Linux questions.
    "Suitable hardware" for Linux is pretty much anything. I've run it on anything from a Mac IIsi with 8MB of ram through to whatever is "modern". It runs on pretty much anything you have lying around.

    There are no dumb questions either. Like Landrovers there are many variants of Linux and some people get comfortable with their favourite and get fervently religious about it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 350RRC View Post
    Geez.............I bought a newer Mac because the old one couldn't run anything newer than Snow Leopard at the time.

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    Lol. Well, it does help if you upgrade to SSDs and a bit more RAM. So my 27” iMac cost me nearly $1K for the upgrades. I think it was worth it but others mightn’t. That $1K includes 3TB of SSD though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tins View Post
    Lol. Well, it does help if you upgrade to SSDs and a bit more RAM. So my 27” iMac cost me nearly $1K for the upgrades. I think it was worth it but others mightn’t. That $1K includes 3TB of SSD though.
    Oh, and upgrading the HDDs to SSDs can’t be too hard. After all, I did mine. Lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by BradC View Post
    If it's a 2012 then it should supported by MacOS 10.13.

    We're still running the latest firefox on that on a pair of 2011 iMacs.

    I don't believe there's anything near a recent firefox release that'll run on anything older than 10.12.
    Older Macs can run TenFourFox but I’m not sure if that supports intel macs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by BradC View Post
    "Suitable hardware" for Linux is pretty much anything. I've run it on anything from a Mac IIsi with 8MB of ram through to whatever is "modern". It runs on pretty much anything you have lying around.
    I have an old Mac Mini OS X 10.5.8, that I'm sure would be fine with Linux.
    Problem is it has no spare space to install Linux, and I'm not confident about moving some stuff off it, to install and learn Linux, then get stuff back into it, possibly upgrading storage in the process, all without stuffing it up ☹️.

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    There are no dumb questions either.
    We'll see if I can't come up with some dumb IT questions 😜


    Quote Originally Posted by BradC View Post
    Like Landrovers there are many variants of Linux and some people get comfortable with their favourite and get fervently religious about it.
    Just because I'm quite comfortable with the electronic complexity of my 300 Tdi, what are you saying 🤣

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tins View Post
    Oh, and upgrading the HDDs to SSDs can’t be too hard. After all, I did mine. Lol
    I used SSDs from here: OWC DIY Drive Upgrade/Install Kits for Apple iMac Models

    Mine had a Fusion drive. The SSD component of that fits a PCIE slot that in true Apple fashion is proprietary so you need the right one. ‘Course, you don’t have to use it. Macs of that vintage can easily cope with larger SSDs.
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