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<blockquote data-quote="Rick D." data-source="post: 1833483" data-attributes="member: 384184"><p>I also have a late 2012 iMac with 8GB and the&nbsp; hybrid drive. I do a lot of photo work, with almost 15K RAW files stored externally. I have 315 GB storage left. I talked to the local Apple place (we don't have a store, but a certified Apple dealer). I asked them about increasing the memory and switching the drive out to an SSD as you suggested. They told me they'd be glad to do that, but I should consider upgrading, primarily because of the card (NVDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 1024 MB). They said it was about to become outdated given the age of the machine and that I would be better off just buying a new machine. I had been looking at the iMac Pro, but it's still restricted to a 1GB internal drive (although it's an SSD). The computer runs pretty well but recently has been slowing down, especially in any browser I choose. I just installed Onyx and it has verified my drive; I really am not sure yet what else to do with it.&nbsp; What's your opinion about upgrading? Is it true that the card will be a limiting factor in the future? Am I throwing money away by upgrading to an internal SSD and increasing the memory, or can I still get a number of years out of this machine? By the way, I'm still running Sierrra.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Rick D., post: 1833483, member: 384184"] I also have a late 2012 iMac with 8GB and the hybrid drive. I do a lot of photo work, with almost 15K RAW files stored externally. I have 315 GB storage left. I talked to the local Apple place (we don't have a store, but a certified Apple dealer). I asked them about increasing the memory and switching the drive out to an SSD as you suggested. They told me they'd be glad to do that, but I should consider upgrading, primarily because of the card (NVDIA GeForce GTX 675MX 1024 MB). They said it was about to become outdated given the age of the machine and that I would be better off just buying a new machine. I had been looking at the iMac Pro, but it's still restricted to a 1GB internal drive (although it's an SSD). The computer runs pretty well but recently has been slowing down, especially in any browser I choose. I just installed Onyx and it has verified my drive; I really am not sure yet what else to do with it. What's your opinion about upgrading? Is it true that the card will be a limiting factor in the future? Am I throwing money away by upgrading to an internal SSD and increasing the memory, or can I still get a number of years out of this machine? By the way, I'm still running Sierrra. [/QUOTE]

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