Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bought my MacBook in 2006 and it is still going good. No drive issues yet;) Gene On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Larry Zeitlin via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Nathan, > I replaced the HD on a model 8.1 iMac just about the same age as > yours. I bought mine in 2008 and it functioned flawlessly for 7 years and > then the drive started giving me trouble. It had nothing to do with El > Capitan since the machine was running Snow Leopard OS 10.6.8. Replacing the > factory drive with an aftermarket model solved the problem. The new 2 gb > drive has four times the capacity of?the old one and works flawlessly. It > was quite cheap and easy to install. Apple?technicians tell me that a drive > life of seven years is better than average. Especially for one > in?continuous use. A SSD is a good idea but I was unable to find one of > reasonable cost that had the capacity of the older rotating discs. Maybe on > a few more years. > I installed a beta version of El Capitan OS 11.1 on a MacBook Air > and find it totally different from the operating systems I have become used > to. It hides too many decisions from me. Photo is far inferior to the older > iPhoto. It's OK for a portable computer but I like the older stuff better. > Larry Z > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >