LATEST Ubuntu on a 2012 iMac! (CPU Swap!)

This month, I tried:

Today we're swapping an i7 into a 2012 iMac, and installing the latest version of Ubuntu! How will it perform?

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#iMac #Ubuntu #Linux

[LuisFCorreia]

censored thermal paste application is the best part of these videos

[SockyNoob]

I love the constant roasting of Tim Cook every time you mention Apple claiming this machine is totally obsolete.

[Gamerbay]

Don't forget Sodium, Lithium, Optifine and other performance increasing mods for Minecraft! You can get a much more playable experience with it.

[StringPassion.]

Apple's highly-skilled accountants made damn sure they put a stop to this kind of product longevity a few years ago.

[XMagicFingersX]

I worked in a computer refurbishing place for a while and worked on a lot of these. This model is notorious for killing itself if you leave it on idle for a while make sure you set the fan profile to 40% or more on idle

[theGamer]

I have a 27" iMac with a Core i7 2700, which originally came from a recording studio. I used it in my office for a long time, then the graphics card failed (a known issue). In the meantime, I've installed an Nvidia Quadro, a modern Wi-Fi/Bluetooth card (from a 2014 MacBook), and two SSDs. With Open Core, I can boot into both Windows 11 and macOS Sonoma. However, I mostly just use it with Windows 11 now. It’s currently at my girlfriend's parents' place, in her old childhood bedroom, where we use it as a TV (27" is 27"^^). The old iMacs are still quite usable for everyday tasks, and you can even play some games on them – Fortnite even runs on it.

[cameronbosch]

Just installed EndeavourOS (Arch based Linux distro) on a ThinkPad T25 (25th Anniversary ThinkPad) that I got. Sadly, the batteries are pretty degraded, but I upgraded the RAM to 32 GB and the SSD to 4 TB (I didn't have an 8 TB SSD hanging around at the time and it's a PITA to upgrade the SSD inside its cage for this model). Sadly for some people, despite having a TPM 2.0 chip (because it was a ThinkPad) it still can't "officially" run Windows 11 because the CPU is a 7th gen Intel CPU, but given I don't use Windows anymore, that's fine by me! More Linux for me, especially given these things were hard to find! I had to pick it up from a person whose partner worked for IBM/Lenovo's ThinkPad division and went to the Japan R&D lab that they were made back in the day and it took YEARS to find it!

[ewasteredux]

I have an old 27" iMac and one of the things that is good about this unit is that it uses MXM video cards. Even though most after-market cards are not immediately visible at POST, once the alternate OS is booted, they show up on screen fine. You might try this scenario if gaming is your goal and want to use older Mac hardware to do it.

[spazzypengin]

I used Mint Xfce to breathe new life into my sister's late 2012 iMac. It's a dedicated streaming machine and does it perfectly well.

[devnull]

As Linus once said, "FUCK YOU NVIDIA!!!"

[fridaycaliforniaa]

I can't help but explode in laughter each time I see somebody blurring a thermal paste application. Looks like applying thermal paste is like welding two metal parts together : you never want anybody to comment on it on the Internet ! 😂😂😂

[justinnamilee]

I worked for the Apple affiliate Jump+ here in Canada in the repair department and these were the bane of my existence. They did look good tho.

[GeekIWG]

As far as the Nvidia GPU goes, keep in mind Ubuntu defaults to Wayland instead of X11 these days, and Nvidia hasn't played well with Wayland until fairly recently with it's latest drivers. You may want to try with X11 instead.

[zigenstern]

helll yeah, love seeing your videos uploaded withing seconds of looking for them, highlight of my morning

[DakOrks]

The 3770 is shockingly usable in 2024. I have one in my daughter's gaming pc paired with an RX580 and it handles everything we throw at it.

[TheAces]

The fact that you don't have 1 million subscribers, according to the 1949 Geneva Convention, is, in fact, a war crime. You are my favorite kind of human. Never change. xoxo ♥

[ABrag]

You should try Debian 12, it has Nvidia legacy driver 340 and 390.

[thomas-NK]

Just got a 21.5 iMac mid 2011 for less than 30$😊
Had just a defective hdd, so a cheap(free) SSD and 16Gb Ram and newest Linux Mint got me the Perfect workshop computer😊👌🏻

[DannyWalkerinBelfast]

I have a 2010 iMac (iMac11, 2) that happily runs the most recent version of Ubuntu. I actually use the kubuntu variation and it runs very well. Perfectly acceptable for browsing, streaming and whatever else I feel like doing on it. Even some older games work fine on it.

[everlasts]

my heart almost stop for a second at 2:17