OSX versions and RAM requirements

[Mike Rowan]

Hi Clifford and Doug

Many thanks for your advice.  I have no doubt they will follow your
recommendations as far as possible, since they have no choice after a new
staff member went out and bought a new Mac without contacting me.  That put
the cat amongst the pigeons, so to speak.

Special greetings to both of you for your great helpfulness over the years,
and I hope the weather improves for you.  Sooner or later.

Mike



On Fri, Mar 17, 2017 at 1:08 PM, Doug Easterbrook <doug at artsman.com> wrote:

> hi Mike.
>
> I agree with clifford — as much ram in a machine as you can, its like a
> whole new device.
>
> I’d also look at the CPU —  most older machines with a dual or core i7 are
> worth saving.
>
>
> if its core 2 duo - throw it out.
>
> some of the core i5’s can be ok — but some are not.
>
>
>
>  if you can swap out the spinning disk for an SSD.   its like a whole new
> device for a small amount of money.
> if you can make sure that they are running with enough empty space on the
> disk, that helps too.  best to not run a disk at over 75% capacity.
>
>
>
> I took my daughters 6 year old macbook air and upgraded it to a far larger
> ssd and new battery over christmas and it made a huge difference.
>
>
>
>
> Doug Easterbrook
> Arts Management Systems Ltd.
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> > On Mar 16, 2017, at 6:35 PM, Mike Rowan <michael.rowan3 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> > My client has a number of elderly Macs (OSV 10.8.x) and one OSX10.11.6
> > (factory installation in a recent 4GB RAM machine).
> >
> > Among my collection I have an iMac upgraded to 10.11.6 with 4GB RAM.
> >
> > Both OSX machines run very slowly the client is contemplating increasing
> > the RAM.
> >
> > While I use only Word, Excel and Omnis Studio 8 and Lightroom, the client
> > uses InDesign and other bits and pieces as well.
> >
> > Is going to 8GB going to help the speed generally?
> >
> > What would you recommend?
> >
> > Your wise advice would be appreciated.
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