So, I'm planning to sell my late 2009 iMac for the imminent 2011 iMac. Assuming form factor won't change (more specifically, assuming that the way that I can open up the iMac won't change), would it be possible to open up my 2009 iMac and transfer what I can to the 2011 iMac? Because I already have the RAM and harddisk, so I can just pull out the hard disk from my 2009 iMac and stick it into the 2011 when it comes, can't I? Same with the RAM? Thanks for your replies in advance.
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iMac 2011 => 2 TB Harddrive and 8 GB RAM?
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Ram and HDD will not be a problem to transfer - it will be directly compatible for sure
half wrong.
No way on the ram, unless you bought 1333mhz ram for your iMac -- but I would bet that is 1066, too slow for current and future iMac.
Your drive will work -- SATA connections are the same and all are backward compatiable. But as long as you plan on reformatting and reinstalling OS X with the disk the new mac comes with. Odds are the Snow Leo install on your 2009 iMac will be missing important pieces that the 2011 iMac has. No Mac will run the system older than what it shipped with. So if it ships with 10.6.9, your 10.6.7 disk wont work. And you might be able to update to 10.6.9, but 10.6.9 for 2009 iMacs might not be the same as the 10.6.9 that the new mac comes with.
maybe you could just throw that 2TB drive in a nice FW800 or Thunderbolt case.
Thanks! Checked my ram under the About this Mac menu, it's 1067
Shame about not being able to salvage anything. Oh well. 'least I'll be able to get a higher price on selling it to Gazelle or something. Good point on the harddrive - sticking it into a thunderbolt case. ARE there any, currently? Gonna have to do some googling. Anyway, thx again
Thanks! Checked my ram under the About this Mac menu, it's 1067
I pretty sure that you can use 1066 ram in Sandy bridge iMacs
Sandy Bridge should support 1066 ram, so don't worry
I pretty sure that you can use 1066 ram in Sandy bridge iMacs
Sandy Bridge should support 1066 ram, so don't worry
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Sandy Bridge the name of the CPU?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it the motherboard, which decides what RAM is supported?
Not quite - Sandy Bridge is a new CPU but with that also comes a new chipset and therefore also a new mother board which very often also comes with a new socket design
So you see - it's all linked together
Sandy Bridge chipset is called Cougar and was delayed from Intel because of lack of proper support for SATA 3
I love when I find a thread with your posts in. You're always right, always well-phrased, thank you
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I pretty sure that you can use 1066 ram in Sandy bridge iMacs
Sandy Bridge should support 1066 ram, so don't worry
Im 100% sure you are incorrect.
He is right. The MC in Sandy Bridge CPUs supports 1066MHz and 1333MHz DDR3.
http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=52213