I just wanted to make a final report on this experiment, in case anyone else wants to try it. I bought a refurbished 500GB G-Technology G-Drive (with Firewire 800 and USB 3.0) on eBay for $40. I then replaced the 500GB mechanical drive with my 256GB SSD. I’ll probably put the HDD in my PC laptop.
The El Capitan install I had performed while the SSD was in the Iomega enclosure was unreadable, so I had to reinstall the OS. Fortunately, that went smoothly. Performance isn’t quite where I hoped it would be. The transfer rate is about 60MB/s, where I was hoping for 70+ MB/s. Boot time is only slightly faster. However, the iMac is much more responsive, and I only see the beachball once in a blue moon. Xcode launches in 6 seconds instead of 20 seconds. So I’ll chalk it up as a success. Thanks for the assistance and success reports. 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.
