Replacing the hard drive with a SSD I would definitely be a good idea if you want to extend the working life of the iMac. I think it would make more of a difference to speed than the RAM, but increasing that as well is still a good idea.
Just depends on how long you intend to keep using it. Sent from my iPhone > On 23 Jul 2018, at 1:01 pm, Michael Hawkins > <michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au> wrote: > > Hi Tony, > > An increase in memory is well worth while, so too is replacing the hard drive > with a solid state drive. > > Cheers, > > Michael Hawkins > >> On 23 Jul 2018, at 10:45 am, Anthony (Tony) Francis <antne...@icloud.com> >> wrote: >> >> Good Morning to one and all >> >> As my iMac 27” late 2011, is getting on a bit, would there be any benefit in >> increasing the memory?? At present the Computer still holds the original 4GB >> of memory, there are two additional slots available for a further 4GB, just >> wondering. >> >> Kind Regards >> >> Tony Francis >> >> Boddington >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>