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Originally Posted by tomsem
My advantage is that the only Mac I have owned is a 2009 MacBook Pro, which is still running great (SSD upgrade, new battery, new fan). The others have all been work machines. So it is a clean slate as to upgrading to a new one, no downsides.
At a minimum I have to be able to upgrade RAM so the current 21” iMac is a non starter. The inability to easily upgrade internal storage is not as important. External storage can be added, it gets cheaper and faster all the time, and it’s not likely to max out TB3.
The tricky part is to justify the need for a new computer. We also have two Windows 10 computers 8-10 years old. They are somewhat slow but still functional.
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You can upgrade RAM on an iMac. It's very easy to do. The big issue for me is upgrading the hard drive. It's possible, but when I tried to do it with my old iMac, I ended up wreaking the machine. My eyes just are up to it anymore.
I have an external thunderbolt drobo that works great, my only problem is the some Apple programs insist on using the internal drive.