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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1610274" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>I just did a similar repair for my dad with almost the same symptoms, though I believe his machine was a 2008-vintage model. It was indeed a bad hard drive. </p><p></p><p>What I ended up doing is going with an OWC SSD with their adapter bracket in place of the original hard drive. I also upgraded the memory and brought him up to Mavericks (10.9). All told, it was about a $250 investment, but what an incredible difference. I am convinced he'll have another 3 years of use out of this machine, if not more - and it's now way faster than it was from the factory.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1610274, member: 24098"] I just did a similar repair for my dad with almost the same symptoms, though I believe his machine was a 2008-vintage model. It was indeed a bad hard drive. What I ended up doing is going with an OWC SSD with their adapter bracket in place of the original hard drive. I also upgraded the memory and brought him up to Mavericks (10.9). All told, it was about a $250 investment, but what an incredible difference. I am convinced he'll have another 3 years of use out of this machine, if not more - and it's now way faster than it was from the factory. [/QUOTE]
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