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| From | Andy Hewitt <thewildrover@icloud.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | uk.comp.sys.mac |
| Subject | Re: New iMac belated upgrade |
| Date | 2020-07-19 20:45 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <rf27ta$2n9$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <0001HW.24C4553500014F0A70000716538F@News.Individual.NET> <rf19cf$9u4$1@dont-email.me> <1otsvlp.1pl2yza14f795fN%black.hole@jonbradbury.com> |
On 19/07/2020 18:10, Jon B wrote: > Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> 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 >>> >>> I would be grateful for any advice. Thank you, Peter >> >> >> I buy my SSDs from Crucial: https://uk.crucial.com/catalog/ssd >> >> Historically Macs used to need custom firmware in their hard disks - I >> don't know whether that is still true ... >> >> Others will tell you how to get the Mac apart. >> >> Being a Mac, you should be able to install the OS onto the SSD via >> download or a restore from Time Machine, rather than the horrible "clone >> disk" process that is forced on Windows users. > > > Yep we can add an SSD later, but we'd use SATA rather than the faster > Apple blades, however can supply & fit 1TB Crucial for eg for around > £220 (vs the £200 for the Apple PCIe 256gb SSD or £400 for the 1TB). > It's not an install I'd recommend as a DIY install. > > Being so new though, I'd echo others that I'd be tempted to return if > you can and swap for one with an Apple SSD from the get go. Yeah, having replaced the drive in my iMac twice now (well out of warranty, one to upgrade to a 3TB HDD, and the currently installed 512GB Crucial SSD) I agree too, it's not a job for the faint hearted, or a DIY job on a brand new machine. -- Andy H
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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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