Larry, are you absolutely sure it can't be upgraded? Your specs "24" iMac, 2.4Ghz core 2 duo, 6GB ram" sound _exactly_ like mine (except mine's a 20") and I'm happily running 10.8.4. The key thing is you need at least a Core 2 CPU.
To open it up you need two small suction cups (dollar store) and a couple of Torx drivers (T8, T6). And about 3 hours spare. :-) You also need a way to attach the HDD externally later after you install the OS and need to copy your old account and apps back into the SSD. That copy will run overnight (at least 8 hours). On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 05:36:22AM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: >> Put an SSD in your iMac. You won't regret it. > > Yeah. I'm definitely going to end up with an SSD in my main photo > processing machine. The question is whether that'll be my current > iMac (which is a pain to open up) or some other machine, because with > this one, I can't upgrade OSX, and without a newer OSX I can't upgrade > Lightroom. > > So, if I decide for a newer box, where do I get the most bang for my buck? > > Or, if I keep the iMac, do I replace the flakey DVD with another DVD, or > with a 4TB spinny drive? > > in any case, I think finances will dictate waiting a couple of weeks. > >> >> On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 4:57 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I just finished putting an SSD and more memory in my macbook. >> > >> > I did a very rough, informal benchmark. >> > >> > So, my two photo systems are: >> > 24" iMac, 2.4Ghz core 2 duo, 6GB ram, catalog on internal spinny drive, >> > raw files on network mounted drive, via gigabit ethernet (much faster than >> > the USB 2 setup) >> > 13" macbook, 2.2GHz core 2 duo, 6GB ram, catalog and files on SSD drive. >> > >> > 11 freshly imported files, processed to 1:1 previews >> > macbook 1:27 - 87sec >> > imac 1:54 - 114sec >> > >> > So, the two systems are very similar except for storage, the iMac has >> > about a 10% faster processor, even so, heavy processing of files was about >> > 30% faster. >> > >> > Catalog intensive actions like backing up a catalog, seem a lot faster >> > on the macbook. >> > >> > I haven't compared processing the same files mounted on the network drive. >> > >> > At four times the screen area, the iMac is a lot easier to work on though. >> > >> > -- >> > Larry Colen [email protected] >> > http://red4est.com/lrc >> > >> > >> > -- >> > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > [email protected] >> > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> > follow the directions. >> >> >> >> -- >> -bmw >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
