Should you buy a USED 2015 5K iMac? (Review)

The 27" iMac is an iconic workhorse. It has supported likely millions of creative projects all over the world! The 5k retina 2015 model enters into the extra-high resolution category with it's gorgeous display, but does the machine still have the power to hold its own using modern apps? Join me as we dive into this machine and review my experiences with it!

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[Elsiervo-vs]

It is still a solid machine but the fact that garage band didn’t came with it and neither can be downloaded🤦🏻‍♂️ i call apple today and they told me is not compatible with this version😒

[fedjarandjelovic]

Preach my Canadian brother, preach! I still got my Late 2015 imac 2015, and i couldn't be happier. Granted I'm not a power user, so it does everything i need from it. Greetings from a happy 2015 iMac user!

[travisraab]

you are killing it man. keep it up! I love older macs

[live_well_la]

Thanks I’m looking at one for resale today

[georgesenda]

More cute cat please. Thanks for the review. First time I've ever seen your videos. Subscribed.

[sandstarrentertainment]

Love the aesthetic of the old machines in the background! Just bought a refurbished 2015 iMac from eBay with RAM, hard drive and graphics cards upgrades. It'll mainly be my home office computer (I'm a gamer but will use a PC for that). Thank you for the great review!

[MustafaBatu]

I'm currently using this iMac for design and video production. I never realized it was this old :)

[Kramdp]

Nice review, thank you, came across this looking for info on 2015 iMac's
Do you know if this could be used as a monitor with an m3 MacBook Air?

[nataliezementbeisser]

You have great talent in doing reviews. It was very nice to listen and to watch this video. Thanks.

[jogon]

I game on this model using an external USB ssd with windows 10. Battlefield 1 runs well as long as you half the native resolution.

[bgctheteam]

Mine just died this week. Msrp was $5000. Can’t even repair it, seen a few other people with the same problem online. Best of luck to anyone that picks one up

[scamperly]

Can't wait to see the rest of the machines

[idkrandom]

Hey brother great review! Question though…I’ll just be using it for school work and some normal browsing, YouTube here and there. Maybe to watch some movies….you think it can handle all that?

[possiblyinsane]

dont worry about what others think. those of us who love buying old macs, know why we do it. they could never understand,

[BAZCHILLIN]

I scored one for free at work and have installed windows 11 on it without bootcamp. It runs like a charm! That screen was still to pretty to ignore. Will be running gaming benchmarks for the next couple of weeks. It's a model with 5000gb ssd and 32GB of ram.

[climbingcowboy]

I have a 27' 2015 5k imac, and it does not have a word processor on it?? mac pages says it need 14.0, and my imac is only big sur at 11.7, do you know of any free word processors that will work on this model??

[walkacrosschina]

I found one for $250! It’s i5, 24GB ram, 2TB! I’m getting it

[Kay_Locc]

Good video bro will this be good for audio production?

[lakim]

About to pick one up with 32 GB and 1 TB for $275. Still worth it even though support is going away? I have a Luna to connect it as another display.

[Metalhead]

I've slowly become an apple guy. I use my MacBook to record with in my basement sound studio, but I'm looking for something that I can leave in the studio, since I use my laptop for a ton of other stuff and it's a hassle setting everything up every time I want to play and record. I'm eyeing this one, since my local refurb shop has one for less than half the price of a new Imac.