Il giorno 06/05/16 09.40, "Eric B. Volker" ha scritto:

> I do have 4GB. Swapping one of my 2GB SODIMMS for a 4GB to hit 6GB would cost
> $80 - $100. That¹s too much to spend for an extra 2GB
I have 4 GB too. 
I think that's adequate for most uses (I even run all Adobe CS3 apps
together, and still have some memory free).

> I¹m running El Capitan. I¹m very diligent about running the latest OS and
> security patches. I don¹t want to be a victim.
As long as your OS is still supported and updated (10.9 Maverick still is),
you're on the safe side. Besides, running an old OS is often even safer,
since most hacks are written for recent OS versions.

IMO, always running the latest OS version "just because Apple said so" is
silly.
Newer OS versions often bring slow down, new glitches, software
incompatibilities, worse user-interface, and so on. Unless there's a real
need, I stay with the OS that works best.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it" ;-)

> I don¹t 
> use my Mac professionally, but I do use it for some gaming.
For gaming, I'm afraid that an SSD wouldn't offer you much value.
On average, gaming benefits - in descending order - from:
- GPU speed
- CPU speed
- Ram available
- And, in some kind of games, from mass storage speed (but not that much).

With a Radeon 2600 HD Pro GPU 256 MB (I think), I'm afraid your iMac cannot
be helped much for gaming - unless you're talking about relatively old
games. 


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