I bought a cheapo used SFF ThinkCentre a few months ago, but I just saw the prices for used (amd64) Retina iMacs... DANG. A cheap computer with decent discrete GPU and a great monitor for ~$300? ZOW.
Tempted.
Anyone had any experience getting the late intel #iMacs running Linux or #FreeBSD?
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