Simon, I've messed with a number of 2011 and 2012 MBP's and in most cases, I've just removed the optical drive and slid the spinning HD over into its slot, put the new SSD in where the spinning used to be, then, using Terminal, made them into a Fusion drive. As with the addition of any SSD, the performance has improved exponentially. Personally, I so seldom need the optical drive, it just seemed better to create the Fusion array instead.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jul 10, 2016, at 02:53, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: And Arnold, That machine your getting sounds like the late 2011 model. I’ve currently got with me a early 2011 model with 8 gig ram and 320 gig hard drive, I’m updating it for my neace and when I’m finished it will be a 2011 mac book pro with optical drive, 16 gig of DDR3 ram, and a 480 or 500 gig ssd. And as I’ve found from a previous machine I updated will work like a mac book air Plus give my nease another 4 years at least of usage. From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Sunday, 10 July 2016 12:48 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Opinions On This Used Mac Mini Hey Arnold, very good, just remember, that rotating drive will start to slow over time and also is the most likely thing to fail in the box. So as always, keep good backups in case you need to reformat to boost up that speed again. If you can swing it go SSD sooner than later. That’s even a bigger deal than memory to me because of the massive boost in performance from rotating disks to all solid state. Let us know if you need any help on that Mac. I like your move here buying a computer that doesn’t break the bank to get started with and no pressure or time constraints. I think you’re making a good move. On Jul 9, 2016, at 8:39 PM, Arnold Schmidt <arno...@mindspring.com <mailto:arno...@mindspring.com>> wrote: I did order it, and it allegedly will be here in the next couple weeks, if not before. The things in the following message are way beyond me at the moment. I will probably upgrade the memory first, then put in a 1 tb hard drive when the 500 gig one gets full, or quits. Keep in mind that this vista computer, from 2008, still has about 180 gig free on its 500 gig hard drive. Arnold Schmidt ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott Granados <mailto:sc...@qualityip.net> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2016 8:17 PM Subject: Re: Opinions On This Used Mac Mini Arnold, this sounds like a screening deal. I’d go for it, excellent choice. You should swap out that drive though, you’ll have a Mac that performs much more like a later model and you’ll be happier. If money is really tight you could do something like a 128 GB SSD for $100 or so maybe even less by now and then just put your near line data on an older style rotating model with your high demand stuff and program files on the SSD. In fact, not to throw to much at you but you could just by a case for $25 or so, pull that 500GB drive, slap it in the case, insert a smaller sized or larger depending on funds SSD in the Mini and connect the 500 as a removable. Or I believe there’s a second bay if you want to have both internal. Sounds like a good deal though. Put 32GB of memory in there and you’ve got a powerhouse that will last you a good long time as well as make it fun to learn on for small dollars. On Jul 7, 2016, at 12:51 PM, Arnold Schmidt <arno...@mindspring.com <mailto:arno...@mindspring.com>> wrote: It is from 2011. It has an i5, I think 2.5 gig, processor, but only 4 gig of ram. It has a 500 gig hard drive, which is plenty for me. They want about $430 for this computer. 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