Adrian, if I start listening to Fergie, does that mean Apple will hire me as an executive?
But seriously, I would still need a Firewire 800 enclosure. If I go to a trusted source, like OWC, they cost $60 - $70 new. I’ve seen cheap ones on eBay for ~$30. Would it be safe to use a no-name brand for this? > On May 6, 2016, at 6:02 AM, GMail Valter Psicof <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> 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" ;-) As far as running a fully patched OS, you’re right that I’d have security updates. However, I believe Apple is about to release a new OS fairly shortly, which will leave Mavericks (10.9) out in the cold with no updates. That would leave me with Yosemite, which I don’t think would offer that much performance benefit over El Capitan. Plus I’d have to wipe the machine, and thanks to the 2TB drive, I don’t have anything else to back it up to. > > 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. You’re right about the 2600 Pro being old and slow. Nonetheless, I’ve gotten several relatively recent games like Xcom, Shadowrun and Divinity: Original Sin to run fairly smoothly on it. I have to dial the settings back to bare minimum, or even edit config files by hand, but I have gotten them to run. What I’d like is a solution to those frustrating beachballs. That’s where the SSD comes in. Eric -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
