Used iMac buying question

dona83 · Apr 11th, 2012, 01:57 PM

I'm looking at picking up a 20" aluminium iMac, 2007 model, 2.4Ghz C2D with ATI Radeon 2600 Pro for $480. Price checks out with mac2sell. I just wanted to get the cheapest unit I could find that will be compatible with Mountain Lion which requires a 64-bit EFI. A bit of a snag though, apparently the Radeon 2600 Pro is not OpenCL compatible, I heard Mountain Lion requires OpenCL?

My eMac was donated to a family, I gave them instructions on how to boot into safe mode as there are leaking capacitors but it was still good for internet surfing and word processing. I need a new used Mac to replace. If it won't support Mountain Lion, I would rather get a cheaper white iMac for now and upgrade to a Mountain Lion compatible system later on. What do I do?

dona83 · Apr 11th, 2012, 02:05 PM

To further iterate, the only reason I'm so concerned about Mountain Lion really is the Messages program. Actually the iMessage part I don't 100% care about, it would be nice to FaceTime on the computer.

HowEver · Apr 11th, 2012, 02:16 PM

Perhaps by the time Mountain Lion is released, Messages will actually work. Sure, it's beta now and all, but it replaced iChat. Nowhere near ready.

dona83 · Apr 11th, 2012, 02:21 PM

Hm it seems that Facetime is a separate app on Mac anyway? We don't need Messages really, we have iPhones, but being able to Facetime on a bigger screen would be excellent.

Messages Beta will apparently stop working on Lion once Mountain Lion is out.

HowEver · Apr 11th, 2012, 02:34 PM

The Messages app lets you communicate via computer with iPhones, iPads, other computers.

	Quote:			Originally Posted by dona83
	Hm it seems that Facetime is a separate app on Mac anyway? We don't need Messages really, we have iPhones, but being able to Facetime on a bigger screen would be excellent. Messages Beta will apparently stop working on Lion once Mountain Lion is out.

dona83 · Apr 11th, 2012, 02:50 PM

My other option is a 2006 C2D white iMac, 20", $350. As long as it runs Lion, I'm good.

johnnydee · Apr 11th, 2012, 03:14 PM

Where are you finding all these great deals?

monokitty · Apr 11th, 2012, 04:13 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by dona83
	My other option is a 2006 C2D white iMac, 20", $350. As long as it runs Lion, I'm good.

Some of those are Core Duos which will not run Lion.

HowEver · Apr 11th, 2012, 04:32 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by Lars
	Some of those are Core Duos which will not run Lion.

Some "C2D"s are Core Duos??

monokitty · Apr 11th, 2012, 04:36 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by HowEver
	Some "C2D"s are Core Duos??

Ha, missed that.