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This iMac is in great shape. The specs are obviously EXTREMELY dated. I think this was new in 2006 or 2007. My main questions are:
Can I install an SSD in this, and what would be a good operating system to run on this? Ubuntu? Is it powerful enough to play Youtube videos at 720P? Main things I want to use it for are watching videos with youtube and plex, as well as listening to music. Currently the version of Safari it has won't work with Youtube. Chrome and Firefox say they don't support the OS it currently has.
Also, what is the newest version of MacOS that this thing can run? Current version is 10.6.8
Any suggestions welcome. I really like how these things look so I feel like it'd be a shame to just throw it out.... If I can't get it to play videos like I want, maybe.... just maybe.... I could probably stuff a mini-itx setup in there at some point in the future
Full specs:
iMac 20 inch
OSX 10.6.8
2ghz dual core Intel Core Duo
ATi x1600 256mb
1680x1050 display
2gb DDR2-667mhz (2x 1gb)
250GB Western Digital Caviar SE 7200rpm 8mb cache
Can I install an SSD in this, and what would be a good operating system to run on this? Ubuntu? Is it powerful enough to play Youtube videos at 720P? Main things I want to use it for are watching videos with youtube and plex, as well as listening to music. Currently the version of Safari it has won't work with Youtube. Chrome and Firefox say they don't support the OS it currently has.
Also, what is the newest version of MacOS that this thing can run? Current version is 10.6.8
Any suggestions welcome. I really like how these things look so I feel like it'd be a shame to just throw it out.... If I can't get it to play videos like I want, maybe.... just maybe.... I could probably stuff a mini-itx setup in there at some point in the future
Full specs:
iMac 20 inch
OSX 10.6.8
2ghz dual core Intel Core Duo
ATi x1600 256mb
1680x1050 display
2gb DDR2-667mhz (2x 1gb)
250GB Western Digital Caviar SE 7200rpm 8mb cache