FWIW, the Late 2009 27" with a C2D processor can support 16gb of RAM, if it has an i5 or i7 processor it can run 32gb of RAM (4 x 8gb) but would recommend Crucial or Kingston chips.
OWC have a kit to add an SSD into an iMac, retaining the original, rotational storage. This would allow you to store OS, applications, drivers etc on the SSD and data on the rotational drive giving the best of both worlds. http://www.macupgrades.co.uk/store/product_info.php?products_id=845 Done a similar job on a number of late 2012 MacBook Pros and the performance increase is astounding. A usable desktop from button-push in around 9 seconds! Not been around much lately, sorry! Been away in sunnier climes. On Sunday, 3 August 2014 18:05:03 UTC+1, Graham Perrin wrote: > > On Sunday, 3 August 2014 17:09:36 UTC+1, Jason Davies wrote: > > … SSD makes operations much quicker (e.g. start up) >> Extra RAM makes the machine more responsive. >> >> That is actually almost entirely incorrect factually, but it is my >> experience. … >> > > I don't view that combination of statements as incorrect; both make sense. > > Volatile memory is typically faster than non-volatile SSD storage. > > STEC ZeusRAM Z4 SAS 6.0 Gb/s 3.5" SSD > <http://www.boston.co.uk/products/z4rzf3d-8uc-nxt.aspx> – fast, but a tad > beyond my budget … > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
