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Re: New iMac belated upgrade

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From Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org>
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Subject Re: New iMac belated upgrade
Date 20 Jul 2020 08:58:50 GMT
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On 20 Jul 2020 at 09:32:35 BST, "Jon B" <Jon B> wrote:

> Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 19 Jul 2020 at 23:07:31 BST, "ErikRS" <mac-dane@is.invalid> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> PeterFJ wrote: > My new iMac is two weeks old, and I ordered it without
>>> an SSD as I thought > the iMac cost enough as it was. An SSD was an extra
>>> £200, from memory. A > silly decision. > So now I want to enquire if it
>>> would be possible to fit an SSD now? > > I see that on Amazon I can buy
>>> an external Samsung TS 500 GB USB 3.1 external > solid state drive for
>>> £83.79, lots cheaper than the Apple installed internal > SSD. > > Would
>>> this work OK? I do need it to speed up the Mac as it is painfully slow >
>>> in comparison with the W10 machine I've just ditched. > > My iMac is a
>>> 3.6 GHz quad core, 1TB HD, Retina 4K
>>> 
>>> First. I donot trust Samsungs drives, neither harddisks nor SSDs. They
>>> don't mention which brands they now are using for neither harddisks nor
>>> the SSDs. It may be a cheap product, but it may also be either a Seagate
>>> or a WesternDitigal (WD) component.
>>> 
>>> I have read somewhere, but can't find the artidle again that Samsung are
>>> using Kingston for their SSDs. And that isn't that good. There are too
>>> many errors on the larger Kingston SSDs as well as their memory cards
>>> larger than 64gb.
>> 
>> Samsung are well known for making their own SSDs, and they're some of the
>> fastest and most reliable - top tier for domestic use. 
>> 
>> Samsung don't make hard drives and don't pretend to. They almost exclusively
>> use Seagate in their external hard drives.
>> 
> 
> Samsung is owned (or was last time I looked) by Seagate nowadays, which
> is why you'll find Seagate drives in their non SSD products.

Huh - didn't remember that. Samsung's hard disk division was sold off in 2011,
getting shot of dead weight ahead of the curve. 

Not the whole of Samsung, that would have been an interesting move for a
company that makes battleships!

	Cheers - Jaimie
-- 
Sent from my PDP11/45

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New iMac belated upgrade PeterFJ <pfjames2000@gmail.com> - 2020-07-19 11:17 +0100
  Re: New iMac belated upgrade Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-19 12:04 +0100
    Re: New iMac belated upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-19 07:55 -0400
      Re: New iMac belated upgrade Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-19 13:24 +0100
        Re: New iMac belated upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-19 09:05 -0400
          Re: New iMac belated upgrade Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-19 18:59 +0100
            Re: New iMac belated upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-19 16:50 -0400
              Re: New iMac belated upgrade Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-19 22:52 +0100
                Re: New iMac belated upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-19 18:13 -0400
                Re: New iMac belated upgrade Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-20 08:02 +0100
                Re: New iMac belated upgrade Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-20 08:56 +0000
                Re: New iMac belated upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-20 08:31 -0400
                Re: New iMac belated upgrade Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2020-07-20 14:40 +0100
                Re: New iMac belated upgrade Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-20 14:59 +0000
                Re: New iMac belated upgrade Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-19 22:16 +0000
    Re: New iMac belated upgrade black.hole@jonbradbury.com (Jon B) - 2020-07-19 18:10 +0100
      Re: New iMac belated upgrade Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> - 2020-07-19 20:45 +0100
    Re: New iMac belated upgrade ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2020-07-20 00:17 +0200
      Re: New iMac belated upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-19 18:19 -0400
      Re: New iMac belated upgrade Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-19 22:51 +0000
        Re: New iMac belated upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-19 19:01 -0400
          Re: New iMac belated upgrade Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-19 23:12 +0000
            Re: New iMac belated upgrade ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2020-07-20 01:47 +0200
              Re: New iMac belated upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-19 20:03 -0400
        Re: New iMac belated upgrade ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2020-07-20 01:26 +0200
          Re: New iMac belated upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-19 19:31 -0400
  Re: New iMac belated upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-19 07:55 -0400
    Re: New iMac belated upgrade RJH <patchmoney@gmx.com> - 2020-07-19 12:03 +0000
  Re: New iMac belated upgrade Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-19 20:38 +0000
  Re: New iMac belated upgrade ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2020-07-20 00:07 +0200
    Re: New iMac belated upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-19 18:13 -0400
    Re: New iMac belated upgrade Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-19 23:12 +0000
      Re: New iMac belated upgrade ErikRS <mac-dane@is.invalid> - 2020-07-20 01:44 +0200
        Re: New iMac belated upgrade nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2020-07-19 20:03 -0400
        Re: New iMac belated upgrade richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2020-07-20 00:22 +0000
          Re: New iMac belated upgrade richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) - 2020-07-20 00:23 +0000
      Re: New iMac belated upgrade black.hole@jonbradbury.com (Jon B) - 2020-07-20 09:32 +0100
        Re: New iMac belated upgrade Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-20 08:58 +0000
          Re: New iMac belated upgrade Ian McCall <ian@eruvia.org> - 2020-07-20 10:57 +0100
          Re: New iMac belated upgrade black.hole@jonbradbury.com (Jon B) - 2020-07-20 11:51 +0100

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