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Sigh. I have a 2011 iMac downstairs rotting away unplugged and thought about doing to it what I just did to the Mac Mini from the same era -- toss in some more
by cmrdporcupine 3y ago
Sigh. I have a 2011 iMac downstairs rotting away unplugged and thought about doing to it what I just did to the Mac Mini from the same era -- toss in some more RAM and an SSD drive replacement and put Linux on it.
Except once I started watching videos of doing work on the iMac I was instantly turned off. It's like brain surgery. They made that machine really tough to work on, and accomodating a 2.5" SSD means putting it in the optical drive slot, etc. etc.
I would love to be able to replace the mainboard entirely with something else. Doesn't look super feasible though.
- otterpro 3y agoIf you don't mind parting with it, you could sell it on ebay. There are plenty of people who are interested in restoring older mac, and using it for fun and learning. It'd be better than just sitting idle, although it could also gain value in the future, who knows.
- cmrdporcupine 3y agoWe stopped using this one because it would occasionally freeze up / halt, with garbage on screen; I think something wrong with GPU, not sure.
- tonyedgecombe 3y agoI vaguely remember disabling the GPU on mine by removing a kext. Obviously no good for games but it wasn't great for that anyway.
- I_Am_Nous 3y agoI have a 2013 MacBook Pro I got off eBay that has issues with the GPU, but otherwise is a perfectly usable machine. One NVRAM flag to disable the GPU later and it works most of the time. If it goes to sleep, you have to reboot it but it usually comes back on properly if that happens.