Would you buy an iMac Mid-2011 in 2016?

Hi everyone, I was looking on buying a used iMac 21.5 "mid-2011 for me for about $500. I would use it mainly to the type of documents and go online, so I was wondering if a 2011 model would be good, because my brother has a MBA 2011 and it works perfectly. I am currently a student in the second year at the College and hope that this iMac should continue to work for maybe 3-4 years. What do you think guys? Here are the specs:

Processor: Intel Core i5 2.5 GHz

Memory: 20 GB at 1333 MHz DDR3

Chart: AMD Radeon HD 6750 M 512 MB

Hard drive: 500 GB

Well. I would buy it only if I knew that the seller fine - buying a computer 5 years means that the hard drive and map logic both malfunction of all hard drives not sooner or later. Logic board replacement is very expensive. If I don't know the seller, I wouldn't spend more than $300 or I would like to make an appointment at the Genius Bar and I have the material tested with their equipment to see if everything is in good shape.

Not sure on the RAM you installed - you are NOT 20 GB; In my view, that the default value is 4 GB. If you want to run the latest top OS, better to get more RAM (8 total would be nice).

And, finally, the seller must remove any OS version downloaded from the app store, due to the fact that it is only authorized to him, non transferable and attached to his Apple ID forever. It must provide the original installation discs.

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