Of course, opening an iMac and replacing a standard hard drive with a solid state drive is no easy task and having it done by an authorized Apple Service Provider wouldn’t be cheap.
One obvious course of action would be replacing the hard drive with a solid state drive (SSD). Formatting the hard drive and performing a clean installation of macOS (OS X at the time) did not resolve the performance issues. At the time, this accomplished what it was intended for. The iMac was originally configured with a 3.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 Processor, 16GB of RAM, 1TB 7200RPM hard drive and an AMD Radeon HD 6970M graphics card with 1GB of memory. That said, when budgets are tight, you’ll need to find ways to maximize the life of your computer while being able to work efficiently.Ī few years ago, I had a similar situation dealing with an Apple 27-inch Mid-2011 iMac. For instance, someone who uses a computer primarily for e-mail, surfing the web and streaming content will not need all the “bells and whistles” that a graphic designer or video editor may need. Buying a new computer can be a major investment and more so if you need to customize the configuration to meet your specific requirements.
