The difference is night and day!
Comparing the two is insane imho! I couldnt go back to the old HDD style.
Comparing the two is insane imho! I couldnt go back to the old HDD style.
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Are SSD's in iMac overrated? (Seriously...)
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As always with any technical question, the correct answer is: It depends.
From my experience HDD still works great with any vintage Mac OS X. I would not waste SSD on a vintage OS.
As I recently bought a 27" Late 2012 iMac with 1TB HDD, I have a similar dilemma in regards of the HDD/SSD. What is the consensus(if any) on the TRIM support on the externally connected(via USB) SSD's?
From my experience HDD still works great with any vintage Mac OS X. I would not waste SSD on a vintage OS.
As I recently bought a 27" Late 2012 iMac with 1TB HDD, I have a similar dilemma in regards of the HDD/SSD. What is the consensus(if any) on the TRIM support on the externally connected(via USB) SSD's?
"As I recently bought a 27" Late 2012 iMac with 1TB HDD, I have a similar dilemma in regards of the HDD/SSD. What is the consensus(if any) on the TRIM support on the externally connected(via USB) SSD's?"
I booted and ran my 2012 Mini from a USB3 SSD for SIX YEARS -- right from the first day I took it out of the box. It's still running that way on the back table.
TRIM was NEVER an issue.
To extend the life of a 2012 iMac for a few years, a USB3 SSD set up as an external boot drive will be "all you need"...
I booted and ran my 2012 Mini from a USB3 SSD for SIX YEARS -- right from the first day I took it out of the box. It's still running that way on the back table.
TRIM was NEVER an issue.
To extend the life of a 2012 iMac for a few years, a USB3 SSD set up as an external boot drive will be "all you need"...
Thanks. This is what I wanted to hear as I was not looking forward to do an internal HDD/SSD upgrade.
Just for an experiment I created a 250GB partition on the original 1TB 7200RPM HDD(not a fusion), formatted as APFS and installed Mojave with the SU 2020-005. I have to say that I am very impressed with the performance so far. I am a fairly light user though and don't have a heavy FCP timelines to work with.