I have a later 2009 iMac - 21.5 inch, with 4 Gbytes of memory. It "only" has 3.06 GHz a core 2 duo processor.
I checked out the Crucial memory site, and it seems there is an 8 Gbyte memory kit. I suspect that this would be well worth installing, and it's quite reasonably priced.
Also there is a 1Tbyte SSD option - for around £280. I have some experience of SSDs - they're very good. I suppose I could try for a cheaper 500 Gbyte SSD, and move data on to an external hard drive,
though not sure whether that'd really be such a great idea. If I did the 8Gbyte memory upgrade, plus the 1 Tbyte SSD upgrade the cost would be about (less than) £320 and that might turn this into quite a nice machine. On the other hand, it'll never be as good and fast as the i7 machines I have, though this one - the Core 2 Duo (I'm using it now) does have a nice screen, though not a Retina display.
So, two points.
1. Would it be worth doing the upgrade suggested?
2. How easy is it to do an SSD substitution for a hard drive on an iMac? I've done a memory upgrade before, which wasn't too bad - though there were a few hiccups, but finally it was OK and gave a significant improvement on an earlier machine.
OTOH I could just go for one of these ... http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Apple-Re...UAAOSw5VFWK5~a .... or very similar .... http://www.ebay.com/itm/2015-Apple-R...3D291386063755 , which seem to sell for around, or more than £3k!
I checked out the Crucial memory site, and it seems there is an 8 Gbyte memory kit. I suspect that this would be well worth installing, and it's quite reasonably priced.
Also there is a 1Tbyte SSD option - for around £280. I have some experience of SSDs - they're very good. I suppose I could try for a cheaper 500 Gbyte SSD, and move data on to an external hard drive,
though not sure whether that'd really be such a great idea. If I did the 8Gbyte memory upgrade, plus the 1 Tbyte SSD upgrade the cost would be about (less than) £320 and that might turn this into quite a nice machine. On the other hand, it'll never be as good and fast as the i7 machines I have, though this one - the Core 2 Duo (I'm using it now) does have a nice screen, though not a Retina display.
So, two points.
1. Would it be worth doing the upgrade suggested?
2. How easy is it to do an SSD substitution for a hard drive on an iMac? I've done a memory upgrade before, which wasn't too bad - though there were a few hiccups, but finally it was OK and gave a significant improvement on an earlier machine.
OTOH I could just go for one of these ... http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Apple-Re...UAAOSw5VFWK5~a .... or very similar .... http://www.ebay.com/itm/2015-Apple-R...3D291386063755 , which seem to sell for around, or more than £3k!
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