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<blockquote data-quote="joeljen10" data-source="post: 1650556" data-attributes="member: 347696"><p>I called Samsung and spoke with an SSD technician who said that my hardware (mid 2007 iMac) is too old for an SSD of any brand to make much of a difference. He said my iMac is running SATA I speed (1.5 Gb/s) whereas the Samsungs are SATA III, so I wouldn't be able to utilize the speed. Additionally, I would need to enable TRIM. As an alternative, he suggested I buy a 7200 RPM hard drive to replace my old 5400 RPM Toshiba hard drive and that this would speed it up to the equivalent of SATA II (or at least something to that effect). </p><p></p><p>Is this true? An awful lot of people have told me upgrading my iMac to an SSD would in fact be a great idea.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="joeljen10, post: 1650556, member: 347696"] I called Samsung and spoke with an SSD technician who said that my hardware (mid 2007 iMac) is too old for an SSD of any brand to make much of a difference. He said my iMac is running SATA I speed (1.5 Gb/s) whereas the Samsungs are SATA III, so I wouldn't be able to utilize the speed. Additionally, I would need to enable TRIM. As an alternative, he suggested I buy a 7200 RPM hard drive to replace my old 5400 RPM Toshiba hard drive and that this would speed it up to the equivalent of SATA II (or at least something to that effect). Is this true? An awful lot of people have told me upgrading my iMac to an SSD would in fact be a great idea. [/QUOTE]
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