I came across an Apple iMac Retina 5K 27-inch (2017) for a really good price, how well does linux work?
Specs:

  • 4.2GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7
  • Upgraded to 64GB DDR4 RAM
  • Radeon Pro 580 8GB Graphics
  • 27” Retina 5K Display
  • msfroh@lemmy.ca
    5·
    9 days ago

    I installed Linux on a 2016 iMac Retina 5K 27-inch with the following specs (copy/pasted from the 2016 order email):

    • 3.2GHz quad-core Intel Core i5, Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz
    • 8GB 1867MHz DDR3 SDRAM - two 4GB
    • 1TB Fusion Drive
    • AMD Radeon R9 M390 with 2GB video memory

    I upgraded the RAM to 24 GB back in 2016.

    My daughter uses it to play Minecraft and some lightweight games on Steam and it doesn’t break a sweat. I installed Ubuntu 24.04 and it had no trouble finding drivers for everything.

  • thesohoriots@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    9 days ago

    Mint works fine on a 2014 Surface Pro 3 with 4gb of memory and a core i3. I’m sure any distro will work fine on what you’re looking at.