You say " it works well enough with whatever the latest and greatest OS X is available." yet ignore that the hardware is obviously choking on it.
" I have to admit that recently I've noticed that it isn't quite as responsive as it once was " You already answered your own question. Whether you have " taken the time to determine why" or not. Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer [email protected] http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer https://www.youtube.com/user/fluxstringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications On Sun, May 8, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Bruce Rubin <[email protected]> wrote: > Eric, > > I have a iMac (24-inch Mid 2007) with 4GB of RAM that my wife doesn't like > me to mess with since it works for her. So I can "play" a few years ago I > purchased an enclosure from Other World Computing ( > https://www.macsales.com) with a multitude of ports including USB 2.0 & > FW800 and a SSD to put into it. I've been booting into it when I want to > "play" and it works well enough with whatever the latest and greatest OS X > is available. I have to admit that recently I've noticed that it isn't > quite as responsive as it once was but I haven't taken the time to > determine why yet. > > Good luck. > > --Bruce > > On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Eric B. Volker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I’ve been looking for ways to improve the responsiveness of my old iMac >> (24” mid-2007). I’ve upgraded the hard drive already to a Samsung 5400RPM >> 2TB model, but I still get the beachball fairly often. I’m not complaining >> - it’s amazing that this thing can still run the latest OS. However, I >> would like something that responds better. >> >> Which leads me to my question. I had a hard time replacing the hard drive >> in this Mac, and don’t want to repeat the experience, if possible. Can I >> put an SSD in Firewire 800 or 400 enclosure, and would I experience a >> significant improvement in responsiveness? Most people focus on the >> improvement in raw speed, which would be lost due to the relatively slow >> transfer rate of Firewire. However, one of an SSDs big advantages is in >> seek times/IOPs/latency, which I’d still get with Firewire. So has anyone >> tried using an SSD in a Firewire enclosure, and did they see an improvement >> in performance? Firewire 800 is also a good bit more expensive than FW400; >> would it make a big difference? >> >> Thanks, >> >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
