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<blockquote data-quote="plshelp" data-source="post: 1771390" data-attributes="member: 395835"><p>My elderly neighbor is running an iMac 8,1 model with OS 10.6.8. A local computer store has told me that if he backs up his data, the current hard drive can be wiped clean and reloaded with OS 10.11 which would allow him much better access for browsing (using Google Chrome) and generally just run better. Keeping in mind that he only does email, browses a little bit, and mainly does Facebook with distant relatives and Ancestry.com, would this be a feasible thing for him to do and expect decent results? He is on a fixed income, and a newer computer is not an option. I should also mention that his machine has 2.4GHz, Intel Core 2 Duo, 6 GB memory.</p><p></p><p>If it is a good option, I would like to help him complete the task. I would need some input from all of you as to how to go about: 1) wipe the current hard drive clean 2) partition it to accept the new OS version 3) finding a legitimate site to download aforementioned OS version from.</p><p></p><p>Thank you all in advance for input!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="plshelp, post: 1771390, member: 395835"] My elderly neighbor is running an iMac 8,1 model with OS 10.6.8. A local computer store has told me that if he backs up his data, the current hard drive can be wiped clean and reloaded with OS 10.11 which would allow him much better access for browsing (using Google Chrome) and generally just run better. Keeping in mind that he only does email, browses a little bit, and mainly does Facebook with distant relatives and Ancestry.com, would this be a feasible thing for him to do and expect decent results? He is on a fixed income, and a newer computer is not an option. I should also mention that his machine has 2.4GHz, Intel Core 2 Duo, 6 GB memory. If it is a good option, I would like to help him complete the task. I would need some input from all of you as to how to go about: 1) wipe the current hard drive clean 2) partition it to accept the new OS version 3) finding a legitimate site to download aforementioned OS version from. Thank you all in advance for input! [/QUOTE]
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