Thanks Rob et al How 'occasional' is the fan panic? I get it from time to time with Mavericks on my SSD (early 2011 MBPro) but bearable.
I do find the fan panic annoying, but agree, if it extends life of the old workhorse...! Thanks! On 22 Apr 2016, at 14:17, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > The fans might be a reaction to the increased disk activity that comes with > El Cap. More disk activity means more heat, although SSDs get the job done > far quicker, so less heat, and put out much less heat normally anyway. > > Regards > > Sam > > > MacAmbulance Ltd. > Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development > > Sam Mullen ACMT > +44 (0)7747778022 > [email protected] > www.macambulance.co.uk > MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration > number 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 22 Apr 2016, at 12:45, Adam Pymble <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Rob, please expand on "just fine" for your Macbook, only... >> >> I've been worried bout my early 2011 Macbook Pro, and downgraded to >> Mavericks again as fans went like mad etc. Do they settle down? Or is there >> a compromise? >> >> If it's ok, I'll update.... I think! >> >> On 22 Apr 2016, at 12:43, Rob Beattie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I'd second that. On Sam's recommendation I got a Crucial SSD for my late >>> 2008 Macbook and it's now running El Capitam and Logic Pro just fine. >>> >>> ----------------- >>> Rob Beattie >>> Freelance writer and book author >>> www.robbeattie.com >>> 07769 902820 >>> Twitter: @robbeattie >>> Author of The Bluffer's Guide to Fishing >>> and 101 Things to do in a Shed >>> >>> On 22 April 2016 at 11:52, Gillian Snoxall <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Many thanks, Adam. That’s a great recommendation. I am looking forward to >>> having a faster computer. At present it’s really sluggish. >>> >>> Cheers. >>> >>> Gilly >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 22 Apr 2016, at 11:04, mac98aop <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> FWIW Gilly, at the time I did it, I went with Sam's Crucial suggestion and >>>> it's worked brilliantly and good value (best value at the time 2.5 years >>>> ago) and yes, get as big as you can afford. >>>> >>>> It's staggering how much of a difference it makes. >>>> My 5 year old MacBook is as fast (ok, so I'm not rendering Photoshop, but >>>> for all day email/web/writing work) as anything current. >>>> >>>> Enjoy! >>>> >>>> On Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 7:29:14 PM UTC+1, Gillian Snoxall wrote: >>>> Great! Thanks so much Sam. >>>> >>>> Gilly >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 21 Apr 2016, at 16:45, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> He doesn’t have to be a certified technician, it was just a silly joke my >>>>> mum came up with when she abbreviated the words. Your Mac’s well out of >>>>> warranty now so doesn’t matter who installs it as long as they know what >>>>> they’re doing >>>>> >>>>> Crucial BX200 or SanDisk Ultra II are very good value, just make sure you >>>>> get one big enough to hold all your data, 480GB or ideally 960GB. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> Sam >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/smug/H6_9WklJ5Jk/unsubscribe. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> 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 email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google > Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/smug/H6_9WklJ5Jk/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. 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