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Worth Upgrading a 2008 iMac?
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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1651026" data-attributes="member: 234411"><p>Hi <strong>Alexander.......</strong> - welcome to the forum! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Boy, running Mavericks on a 7 y/o Mac w/ only 2 GB RAM along w/ the programs mentioned above - are you sure that the computer is really working well - just hard for me to believe?</p><p></p><p>But w/ all of the advice that you have received and if you decide to keep w/ this computer for the next few years, a RAM upgrade is mandatory - however, if the Mac has its original HD, you are playing w/ dynamite relative to a potential failure (I hope that you have a backup policy, i.e. at least Time Machine, in place?).</p><p></p><p>Look at the graph below, mechanical HDs (not a SSD) do fail - there seems to be 3 distinct stages: 1) Early death, like 'childhood mortality' likely related to production defects; 2) Stable middle period; and 3) Aging failures - the drive in your machine is probably beyond the 50% likelihood of imminent failure - SO, get a new drive in the computer - an HD is cheaper; a SSD much faster but be sure to buy the latter one w/ decent size, e.g. 256 GB. Good luck - Dave</p><p></p><p>.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]22082[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1651026, member: 234411"] Hi [B]Alexander.......[/B] - welcome to the forum! :) Boy, running Mavericks on a 7 y/o Mac w/ only 2 GB RAM along w/ the programs mentioned above - are you sure that the computer is really working well - just hard for me to believe? But w/ all of the advice that you have received and if you decide to keep w/ this computer for the next few years, a RAM upgrade is mandatory - however, if the Mac has its original HD, you are playing w/ dynamite relative to a potential failure (I hope that you have a backup policy, i.e. at least Time Machine, in place?). Look at the graph below, mechanical HDs (not a SSD) do fail - there seems to be 3 distinct stages: 1) Early death, like 'childhood mortality' likely related to production defects; 2) Stable middle period; and 3) Aging failures - the drive in your machine is probably beyond the 50% likelihood of imminent failure - SO, get a new drive in the computer - an HD is cheaper; a SSD much faster but be sure to buy the latter one w/ decent size, e.g. 256 GB. Good luck - Dave . [ATTACH=full]22082[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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