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Auggie

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1. Be careful ... my iMac really slowed as a result

Reply to BarbaRosa (Original post)

Thu Sep 25, 2014, 05:31 PM

Sep 2014

It's five years old and needs to be replaced, but I want it to hang in there until the (rumored) new rentina iMacs are released, hopefully soon.

I think Mavericks is designed to work with newer machines sporting more RAM (the new iMacs come with 8 by default; the older ones 4), and since I'm running some high-powered Adobe graphics the slow-down in speed is really noticeable. What used to be a great iMac now huffs and puffs through Creative Cloud software.

My suggestion: give some thought to the programs you run and your machines' speed and memory before upgrading. Then again, you may have no choice as I imagine Apple will drop support of Snow Leopard when Yosemite is released.

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OK, I'm going to update to Mavericks. [View all] BarbaRosa Sep 2014 OP

Be careful ... my iMac really slowed as a result Auggie Sep 2014 #1

I have 12 G of ram, BarbaRosa Sep 2014 #2

Sounds like plenty to me Auggie Sep 2014 #3

Be sure and check your programs to see if they will work NV Whino Sep 2014 #4

The last Mavericks update screwed up the Safari Quicktime plugin for me Zorro Sep 2014 #5

My iMac did great Nite Owl Oct 2014 #6