Thanks for this, Sam. Unpatched vulnerabilities? They don't sound very reassuring?!?!
It's the 27" version, so maybe I could try simply updating, and if it crawls, go for external SSD if required..... I presume the latter is as "easy as it sounds" with migrating all content to a bootable version of macOS on there?! AP On Friday, 3 December 2021 at 08:27:13 UTC Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > APFS still drags its heels with a spinning disk drive unfortunately. If > it’s a 21.5” iMac it’ll be particularly slow as the 2.5” spinning disk > drives inside them are made for laptops. With the unpatched vulnerabilities > in Mojave I’d recommend upgrading both hardware and software if you can. > > *_* > > Regards > Sam Mullen > > +44 (0)7747778022 <//+447747778022> > [email protected] > www.macambulance.com > [image: MacAmbulance]MacAmbulance Ltd.Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support > and Web Development > > 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 3 Dec 2021, at 08:12, mac98aop <[email protected]> wrote: > > Morning all > > I've kept our 2017 27" Fusion iMac on Mojave as comments implied it would > struggle with Big Sur. I'm assuming it's going to also struggle with > Monterey, or has it been improved for Fusion drive devices (I realise it'd > prefer SSD). > > I don't need fancy performance, but don't want it to grind to painfully > slow either. > > In future, I'll consider external SSD as boot drive, but for now it's > mainly a mail / safari workhorse for the children, so if it can handle > Monterey, great, else we'll stay in the Mojave desert ;) > > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/a25335dd-8547-4b95-8b02-343e85461b56n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/a25335dd-8547-4b95-8b02-343e85461b56n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/bc90ef8c-32fa-4428-a4b4-5b107c301e9en%40googlegroups.com.
