I’ve never had an issue running even Sierra on 2011 hardware with an SSD installed (wouldn’t attempt it with a spinning disk drive).
There’s bound to be a fair amount of behind the scenes updating after an upgrade, so I’d expect the fans to settle down eventually. Sam MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development Sam Mullen +44 (0)7747778022 <tel://+447747778022> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> www.macambulance.co.uk <https://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 18 May 2017, at 19:22, mac98aop <[email protected]> wrote: > > Friends > > I fear I've bothered you with this back in the days of Yosemite... > > I'm still on Mavericks, as my Mac works so brilliantly (albeit I heeded Sam's > counsel - we all should - and put installed a 256GB SSD to make it run like > new). There is no lag or spinning wheels - it is a brilliant workhorse and > nearly 7 years old. No complaints. > > I installed Yosemite and found it laggy, fan always whirring, and gave up. > > But my most favourite app Things (the best of GTD software that I've tried > www.culturedcode.com) has just released v3 and the features are tempting - > but it's 10.11 or higher. > > -Do I dare update to Sierra?! > -Has anyone else done it on this age/spec of hardware (2 spec screenshots > attached)? > -If I do, are there some gripes I just need to accept? > -If it starts laggy and loud fans, does it settle down (I heard that it > might?) > > I'd prefer the smooth and reliable Mavericks over a laggy Sierra and can't > justify new hardware, yet! > > Any experience and advice, gratefully received. > > Thanks in advance, > > Adam > > > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/smug > <https://groups.google.com/group/smug>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > <Screen Shot 2017-05-18 at 19.14.49.png><Screen Shot 2017-05-18 at > 19.15.05.png> -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
