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Here's the long story short, I have a very aged 2011 iMac that honestly does not see much use. We have used it for mostly our pictures/home movies and music as well as syncing devices like our iPhones, iPad, and Garmin devices.
The thing is seriously old, I did put a new HDD in it last year and max'd out the RAM.
At this point, I have a ton of photos/movies that I really care about archiving and sync'ing the phones is getting to be a serious chore figuring how old the iMac is.
Moving forward, I really have no clue what to do. I plan on getting an external HDD and ripping the raw photos/movies from the current machine for long term storage. I really need a new computer but I really do not want a shitty Apple product. Fuck a Mac mini and it's bullshit tiny SSD storage (and relatively high price), I really do not want to drop over $1K on another iMac, but we'll continue to have apple phones/iPads.
Any suggestions? Would a MS OS box work well for my needs?
The thing is seriously old, I did put a new HDD in it last year and max'd out the RAM.
At this point, I have a ton of photos/movies that I really care about archiving and sync'ing the phones is getting to be a serious chore figuring how old the iMac is.
Moving forward, I really have no clue what to do. I plan on getting an external HDD and ripping the raw photos/movies from the current machine for long term storage. I really need a new computer but I really do not want a shitty Apple product. Fuck a Mac mini and it's bullshit tiny SSD storage (and relatively high price), I really do not want to drop over $1K on another iMac, but we'll continue to have apple phones/iPads.
Any suggestions? Would a MS OS box work well for my needs?