I just wanted to make a final report on this experiment, in case anyone else wants to try it. I bought a refurbished 500GB G-Technology G-Drive (with Firewire 800 and USB 3.0) on eBay for $40. I then replaced the 500GB mechanical drive with my 256GB SSD. I’ll probably put the HDD in my PC laptop.
The El Capitan install I had performed while the SSD was in the Iomega enclosure was unreadable, so I had to reinstall the OS. Fortunately, that went smoothly. Performance isn’t quite where I hoped it would be. The transfer rate is about 60MB/s, where I was hoping for 70+ MB/s. Boot time is only slightly faster. However, the iMac is much more responsive, and I only see the beachball once in a blue moon. Xcode launches in 6 seconds instead of 20 seconds. So I’ll chalk it up as a success. Thanks for the assistance and success reports. Eric -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
