antoblfc Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Hi ...First post. I have been offered a 21.5" iMac Mid 2010 With specs of 3.6Ghz i5 Dual Core 12gb Ram 1TB SSD Running MacOS Catalina and would be grateful to know if it would run Logic Pro X. It would only be for a beginner and in time an upgrade would be on the cards... Much appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makzimia Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 The short answer is yes. What you intend to record then extends that discussion:). Your RAM would be about your only let down. If it’s running Catalina it’s obviously metal compatible which is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antoblfc Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 RAM is upgradeable to 16gb & I intend to do so. Would it be sufficient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 I wouldn't invest any more money in that computer. We're talking a 10-year old dual-core, not much more you can get out of it. Save your money for the actual upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anp27 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Hi ...First post. I have been offered a 21.5" iMac Mid 2010 With specs of 3.6Ghz i5 Dual Core 12gb Ram 1TB SSD Running MacOS Catalina and would be grateful to know if it would run Logic Pro X. It would only be for a beginner and in time an upgrade would be on the cards... Much appreciated Running Catalina? And it's a 2010 machine? Highly doubt that. I have a 2011 MacBook Pro and I can only install High Sierra on it, no Mojave and definitely no Catalina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRdungeon Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 If it's got 12gb of RAM just leave it as is, use it for a while and put the money towards a newer imac, at least a quad core 2015ish and up. but for basic recording etc it will be totally fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 I have been offered a 21.5" iMac Mid 2010 With specs of 3.6Ghz i5 Dual Core 12gb Ram 1TB SSD Running MacOS Catalina Something's fishy here. Catalina runs on 2012 iMacs and newer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRdungeon Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 Can it be hacked using one of those patches to run on a 2010? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 You can hack the software, but not the graphics card on an iMac. With a non-Metal-capable card, apps will crash when using Metal graphics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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