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0 pointsjudk12y ago0 comments

Only if you like to upgrade frequently. Otherwise your prev gen refurbished will run into non-support for the next OS or hardware innovation.

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joezydeco12y ago

Perhaps for iOS devices, but the desktop stuff can run for a long time on older hardware.

I'm personally using a refurbed Early 2008 iMac that runs Mavericks just fine. It needed more RAM and hard drive space, but that was nothing that I couldn't have purchased when I bought the machine.

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