I am still using an Apple IMac from 2008 Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 29, 2021, at 9:04 PM, Bruce Johnson <john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu> > wrote: > > Honestly this is the last LowEndMac Google group running, afaik. I haven’t > gotten any post from any of the others in a long time. > > The list of Macs that run Big Sur is pretty straight forward > https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT211238 and it does go back quite a way; The > machine I’m writing this on is a 2014 MBA with 4 MB of ram, running Big Sur. > That said it’s not my main system; I haven’t used it as such for a while. But > with 4GB you’ve always had to balance how many apps you’re running with what > you’re doing. This works well as email/web browsing/text editing/photos > system. > > Honestly I’ve been down the same Hackintosh and ‘hacked OS’ macs path and > it’s been more trouble in the end, than it was > worth. I found I was spending more time working ON my computer than working > WITH it. > > Find a Mac you can afford on that list above move on. > > >> On Mar 29, 2021, at 10:46 AM, PaulBX <paul.londo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Unfortunately I haven't used this group for some time, but have still been >> getting emails from it. >> >> >> >> In 2012 I bought a Blueberry iMac G3 (1999) and not long after that I got a >> Mac Pro G4 "Quicksilver" Mac free of charge from Freecycle. My motive for >> getting both of these Macs was to find out more about the Mac in general, >> especially as I was doing some free music recording sessions in a studio >> where the sound engineer/producer was using Logic Pro 9. I think the Mac in >> the studio was a desktop Mac Pro with an Intel Xeon CPU, but whatever model >> it was it had a silver mesh case. >> >> >> >> Unfortunately what I found out was that these Macs had virtually nothing in >> common with the Mac in the studio and wouldn't even run Safari! I no longer >> own either of these Macs. >> >> >> >> After this experience I decided to create a Hackintosh laptop, by installing >> hacked versions of macOS from the website Hackintosh Zone. Unfortunately the >> two or three times I did this it was with limited success. There were >> problems with the graphics and one installation refused to boot up without >> the USB installer being plugged in. Each time I was only able to use the >> Hackintosh for a few weeks. >> >> >> >> Eventually I decided to buy a new/old MacBook, which could run the latest >> macOS Big Sur. I now own a MacBook Air 13 inch (early 2014). I don't think >> this group is suitable for someone who owns this type of Mac so I am looking >> for another group which would support it. My MacBook Air has 4Gb of RAM and >> I’ve started getting reports that my memory is low, so I should close some >> apps. >> >> >> >> One idea of mine is to buy whichever old MacBook Air or MacBook Pro I can >> afford, which has at least 8Gb RAM fitted, then install a patched version of >> macOS Big Sur. >> >> >> >> I have looked on the website lowendmac.com as well as on Google Groups to >> try and find another group which would be more suitable for me in my current >> situation, but I can't see a list of groups on lowendmac.com and as for >> Google groups all I can say is groups that I am a member of or have read >> using Google Chrome. I can't bring up an index listing lots of groups. >> >> > > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group > for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/imaclist/8F3702FC-9116-4B58-80C4-0B654FC94732%40pharmacy.arizona.edu. -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. 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