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Early 2008 iMac ... Mavericks, Yosemite or El Capitan? Which will run the best?
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<blockquote data-quote="pm-r" data-source="post: 1770164" data-attributes="member: 175845"><p>You may not have much or even any choice as to your OS X Update, defending on what you've done in the past and what you have available.</p><p></p><p>4GB of RAM is pretty minimal and the El Capt'n is the last OS X version that Mac can run:</p><p><em><strong>Apple iMac "Core 2 Duo" 2.4 20-Inch (Early 2008) Specs</strong></em></p><p><em>Maximum MacOS: X 10.11.x*</em></p><p><a href="http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac-core-2-duo-2.4-20-inch-aluminum-early-2008-penryn-specs.html" target="_blank">http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac-core-2-duo-2.4-20-inch-aluminum-early-2008-penryn-specs.html</a></p><p></p><p>You can wait until after you upgrade to see if more RAM is required, but 8GB would be my minimum recommendation. But El Cap'n does tend to handle memory better than Snow Leopard does.</p><p></p><p>PS: Welcome to the mac-forums.</p><p></p><p>PPS: I'd suggest you keep your Snow Leopard on it's own partition if and when you do upgrade. Probably a lot of apps like AppleWorks you might use or need won't run with later OS X versions.</p><p></p><p></p><p>EDIT:</p><p>Oppps… I forgot, your iMac can only use Maximum 6GB RAM. Keeping the 4GB PAIR <em><strong>just might</strong></em> be almost as fast or faster, (it's to do with <em><strong>interleaving</strong></em>), especially if you're adding/replacing the HDD with a SSD.</p><p></p><p>And that 2011 hard drive is getting towards the end of its normal life and may be slowing down as well.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>- Patrick</p><p>======</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pm-r, post: 1770164, member: 175845"] You may not have much or even any choice as to your OS X Update, defending on what you've done in the past and what you have available. 4GB of RAM is pretty minimal and the El Capt'n is the last OS X version that Mac can run: [I][B]Apple iMac "Core 2 Duo" 2.4 20-Inch (Early 2008) Specs[/B][/I] [I]Maximum MacOS: X 10.11.x*[/I] [url]http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/specs/imac-core-2-duo-2.4-20-inch-aluminum-early-2008-penryn-specs.html[/url] You can wait until after you upgrade to see if more RAM is required, but 8GB would be my minimum recommendation. But El Cap'n does tend to handle memory better than Snow Leopard does. PS: Welcome to the mac-forums. PPS: I'd suggest you keep your Snow Leopard on it's own partition if and when you do upgrade. Probably a lot of apps like AppleWorks you might use or need won't run with later OS X versions. EDIT: Oppps… I forgot, your iMac can only use Maximum 6GB RAM. Keeping the 4GB PAIR [I][B]just might[/B][/I] be almost as fast or faster, (it's to do with [I][B]interleaving[/B][/I]), especially if you're adding/replacing the HDD with a SSD. And that 2011 hard drive is getting towards the end of its normal life and may be slowing down as well. - Patrick ====== [/QUOTE]
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