Sam, Yeah that’s at the root of my conundrum – with 2TB SSD being pricey, would it be more sensible to trade-in the existing iMac?
P ---- Phil Ward Skype: aphilw E: [email protected] W: philward.biz W: audio-icons.com W: soundcloud.com/philberish W: peggysdiaries.wordpress.com • Freelance writer and product designer. • Contributor to Sound on Sound magazine. • UK distributor for Veillette Guitars. www.veilletteguitars.com. > On 13 Apr 2016, at 11:48, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > > You can now get a 2TB SSD, they're just a bit pricey > > Regards > > Sam > > > > <http://www.facebook.com/macambulance> > <http://www.twitter.com/macambulance> > <http://uk.linkedin.com/in/macambulance/> > MacAmbulance Ltd. > Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development > > Sam Mullen ACMT > +44 (0)7747778022 <tel:+44%20(0)7747778022> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > www.macambulance.co.uk <http://www.macambulance.co.uk/> > MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration > number 8466597 <tel:8466597> > This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in > error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > > > On 13 Apr 2016, at 11:24, Phil Ward <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I’m facing a similar decision but don’t really know which way to jump… > > It’s like this….I have a mid 2010 27” iMac running Yosemite with a 2TB > conventional internal drive. I really ought to upgrade to El Cap (so I can > use the latest version of InDesign) but part of me thinks selling the iMac > and getting a more recent one might be a better bet than upgrading to SSD (I > mean, the iMac is six years old so probably nearer the end of its life than > the beginning). Thoughts anybody? > > P > > ---- > Phil Ward > > Skype: aphilw > E: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > W: philward.biz <http://philward.biz/> > W: audio-icons.com <http://audio-icons.com/> > W: soundcloud.com/philberish <http://soundcloud.com/philberish> > W: peggysdiaries.wordpress.com <http://peggysdiaries.wordpress.com/> > > • Freelance writer and product designer. > • Contributor to Sound on Sound magazine. > • UK distributor for Veillette Guitars. www.veilletteguitars.com > <http://www.veilletteguitars.com/>. > >> On 13 Apr 2016, at 10:45, andrew lancaster <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Gilly, the SSD which Sam fitted in my iMac (which is about 5 years old) has >> transformed it. You won't regret your decision!! >> >> Andrew >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 13 Apr 2016, at 10:12, Gillian Snoxall <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >>> Hi Sam, >>> >>> I have decided to follow your advice and install an SSD before upgrading to >>> El Capitan. Which SSD would you recommend? >>> >>> Gilly >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 13 Apr 2016, at 09:55, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I’ve not had or seen any of those issues after upgrading to El Capitan, >>>> it’s been relatively smooth sailing so far (if you have an SSD installed) >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> Sam >>>> r please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. >>>> >>>>> On 13 Apr 2016, at 09:31, mac98aop <[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Phil >>>>> >>>>> Just wondering how your El Cap upgrade is going now you've had it a few >>>>> months? >>>>> >>>>> My father has updated (I've held off as love Mavericks) and had all sorts >>>>> of issues, 'lost' images from iPhoto, duplicate Contacts, Safari not >>>>> remembering passwords.... is it a horrid headache or has he just had a >>>>> bad time of it. >>>>> >>>>> I don't recall ever being so frightened of updating a Mac! Feels all very >>>>> 'Windozey' to me :( >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 11:26:10 PM UTC, Phil Tomlinson wrote: >>>>> I would certainly vouch for Sam's opinion here - he installed a 1 Tb SSD >>>>> into my old iMac which was considerably crippled by El Capitan and it's >>>>> brilliant. >>>>> Phil Tomlinson >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad <https://yho.com/footer0> >>>>> >>>>> On Friday, March 18, 2016, 4:23 am, Sam - MacAmbulance <in...@ >>>>> <>macambulance.co.uk <http://macambulance.co.uk/>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Installing El Cap, even as a fresh install, on a Mac with a rotational >>>>> hard drive (ie non-SSD) will slow it down noticeably. 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