Hi all, I've been an iMac user/owner since 2008 and a user for many years before that (in education). Currently, I'm upgrading my 24" iMac to a 500 gb SSD (Samsung 850). I also use my ipad 2 daily for news, browsing and entertainment. I'm considering upgrading my ipad to either an air 2 or a 9.7" pro. Any words of wisdom from the population here would be greatly appreciated.
Glad to have joined the site and look forward to hearing your thoughts.
I just thought I'd mention that you mat want to do some googling as some sites mention that the Samsung 850 SSDs don't always work well with some Mac models. You didn't mention what specific 24" iMac model you have.
Sorry, but I don't have a link handy but I know it has been mentioned at thehttp://www.mac-forums.com site several times but I don't recall the specific reasons.
I'll do some more research for sure on that. My specific machine is an Early 2008 24" iMac 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo. I'm running Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63b) and I have 4 gb of ram.
Patrick, I did some initial research on the mac-forums site. It does seem there is some concern re the compatibility of the Samsung SSD. However, on the flip side, there are several blogs, forums etc. singing the praises of the Samsung EVO used to upgrade older iMacs. Since I've already purchased the drive I guess I'll take my chances and see. Thanks for the 'heads up' though.
Thanks polywog. i just did a quick search re. Thunderbolt. It was released in 2011. My iMac is a 2008 model so can't use your suggestion, I'm afraid. Thanks for that though.
Joe
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iMac 2008 24", 2.8 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 4GB ram (soon to be 6GB), 500GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD
iPad 2, iPad mini, Apple TV3, iPod
Hi everyone, I just got my SSD upgrade done (by Jump + - did a great job). I was going to do it myself but in the end I chickened out. I'm just checking out the speed of this machine and reinstalling a few things that seemed to go missing in the swap. No problems so far (fingers crossed). I'll add some more observations tomorrow ( after I get the water cleaned up in my basement - quite the thaw today here in Southern Ontario)
Joe
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"It's better to be a pirate than join the navy." Steve Jobs
iMac 2008 24", 2.8 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 4GB ram (soon to be 6GB), 500GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD
iPad 2, iPad mini, Apple TV3, iPod
Just another quick update - everything is running fine, I even managed to get Trim working for the SSD. However, Safari won't work after I updated to Lion 10.7.5 from 10.7.2. No problem though as I use Firefox. No system crashes or any thing like that. I had heard that a few people experienced 'kernal panics' after the SSD update. Nothing like that so far.
Joe
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"It's better to be a pirate than join the navy." Steve Jobs
iMac 2008 24", 2.8 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 4GB ram (soon to be 6GB), 500GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD
iPad 2, iPad mini, Apple TV3, iPod
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