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It's just so awesome!

 

Aluminium iMac 2008 revision "Penryn"

24" 2.8Ghz 2GB RAM 500GB HDD

 

 

EDIT: 11-09-10

I added an extra 2GB of RAM so I now have a maximum of 4GB. I've only noticed minor performance improvements in a couple of programs and in a few areas of general computing. I'm left somewhat disappointed in the minimal speed bump.

 

 

EDIT: 20-09-2012

The 500GB WD HDD died so I had it replaced with a brand new Seagate 1TB HDD.

 

 

EDIT: February 2013

Added an extra 2GB of RAM for a combined 6GB.

 

EDIT: March 2016

Replaced the 1TB HDD for a 240GB SSD. Revised specs are now thus:

"Early 2008" iMac 24" 2.8GHz 6GB RAM 240GB SSD

 

UPDATE 2022:

Still using it. A few years back I upgraded the CPU to 3.06GHz, which was salvaged from Apple's top-of-the-line iMac from their 2008 range. The difference in performance is un-appreciable.

 

UPDATE July 2024:

It finally died in November or December 2022. I suspect the PSU failed. It's just a matter of replacing said part but there's no point. It's been a great computer that served as my daily driver for 14 years. I'm on PC now (reluctantly) and it's alright, but I miss using a Mac. Hopefully I will get one soon.

Done