On 6/2/16 9:16 PM, Eric Volker wrote:
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
Thank you for reporting results
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