Would the space like my old iMac?

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2007 model, core2 duo, 4GB ram
Not a beast by any means, but attractive and all-in-one.

#2

I say yes, thanks! :slight_smile:

#3

Shuv some more ram in it, should take 16GB.

#4

I might be able to source a few more, if we generally feel like collecting iMacs is a good goal.

#5

Ram and an ssd should give it a bit more life

#6

Tbf even just using them to boot Windows would save a lot of space as the spec is near identical to the old PCs we have nearly everywhere.

#7

Does it have any graphic card problems? I had one in the past , which part number is the CPU? In that model is still swappable , maybe I have a compatible one.

#8

This is way out of any repair extension programs at Apple. They normal vintage the machine about 5 years in and obsolete within 7.

#9

Uhm , ok , I as talking about in house upgrade…

#10

Ok I’ll wipe it to the best osx it supports (10.8 i think) and bring it in. Might be a week or two given my usual rate of getting round to things

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#11

I wonder if fits on electronics benches, we could use something like this to make the inspection camera useful :slight_smile:

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#12

A perfect fit! No admin access till i clear my files off it though. Let me know if it’s in the way or useless and I’ll take it away.

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#13

Look at that! we got a fancy PDF reader and camera inspection machine :slight_smile:

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#14

@tomnewsom have you managed to get your files of it?

I would like to install a more recent os then windows xp, either the last mac os usable for that or ubuntu.

#15

No I haven’t had a chance yet. I’ll bring a drive next time I’m down, probably next week some time. It’s already running the last compatible version of OSX though.

As you might be able to tell if you’ve had a poke around, I got to about step 0.1 of changing XP for something else, as it has a new EFI bootloader (http://refit.sourceforge.net/ from memory)

So you should be able to stick ubuntu on the current Bootcamp partition, probably without even needing admin access in OSX

#16

I might have some spare Mac RAM at home if this is of use? I’m not positive without looking but I think it may be ddr3

#17

This one takes 200 pin DDR2 SODIMMs, up to 4GB as already installed

http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac-core-2-duo-2.16-20-inch-specs.html

Not sure if adding any more would help

#18

For pdf and general browsing or kicad I think is fine

#19

Ok, I’ve taken all my old stuff off, so you can now do as you please with it. Let me know if you need the OSX admin password.

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#20

Cool thanks!

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