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I wouldn’t complain if final cut and logic were included .
I'm an Apple repairer, I specialise in Macbooks and iMacs. You need to be careful with iMacs as any machine from 2013 onwards has the LCD bonded in and it's considerably more hassle to change the internal hard drive when (not if) it fails. Now a lot of machines from dealers on Ebay have SSD's fitted to replace the old original drive but it's a job that needs to be done properly and I've seen loads of iMacs that have just had an SSD chucked in without the proper bracket and without the special cable that replaces the original HD's temperature sensor .... meaning the fans constantly on high speed. Dealers also tend to use the cheapest drives like Adata ..... when you fit an SSD into an iMac it needs to be a decent SSD designed for long service as changing it isn't an easy job.
In my experience it's only the harddrive that will generally fail as it's a mechanical device ..assuming the original customer didn't spec an SSD. Some have fusion drives and some have a small capacity pure SSD (128 ish ) and a rotational drive of 650Gb upwards.
To replace a 2013 onwards iMac HD see our community repair thread page here
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/192351/the-community-repair-thread/p8
The older iMacs before 2013 had a different system where the LCD cover was held on with magnets and when that was released you could unbolt the LCD and access the hard drive but I wouldn't recommend buying a pre 2013 as they will max out on 10:13
I would go for a late 2015 or new iMac, that will run the latest version of OSX which should see you fine for a few years at least. I have 5 iMacs in my house, all used for various different things. They are a superb bit of kit in general and one of the nicest machines to use.
In all the YT vids I’ve seen even the base model beats much higher speced intel Macs hands down
The performance is absolutely ridiculous.
Single core is faster than a Mac Pro tower.
Multicore is almost as fast.
If form factor matters it might be worth waiting until next year to see if they release a mini tower for studio use, or a stonking iMac.
Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
Music: https://www.euclideancircuits.com
Me: https://www.jamesrichmond.com
I spent some time debating if I really need 16gb ram and decided actually I don’t - I only play at home for my own pleasure and the native logic plug-ins will be more than enough for me.
obvs I’ll be using the neural dsp Soldano because awesome
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I went with the 16gb in the end thinking I can get logic on a 30 day trial and and pay for it next month
obvs I didn’t read any instructions or watch any video tutorials because - bloke.
however so far so good