The first 27" iMac was in 2009. Perhaps you mean the 24" iMac from 2007 which will max out at 6GB of memory. You should consider upgrading no matter which OS you are running.
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OS X 10.11 El Capitan Runs on All Macs Capable of Running Yosemite
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The first 27" iMac was in 2009. Perhaps you mean the 24" iMac from 2007 which will max out at 6GB of memory. You should consider upgrading no matter which OS you are running.
Not coincidentally, when Apple moved the 21.5" iMac from 3.5" 7200 rpm drives to 2.5" 5400 rpm drives (late 2012), they introduced the Fusion drive. In essence the 2.5" drive model is there to get people into the store via its price and then be upsold to a Fusion drive, ie, the Fusion drive model is one Apple wants to sell.
Words cannot justify how speechless I am of this name.
If it makes you feel any better, they forgot to replace the Yosemite graphic. In the 'About Mac' window it says "OS X Yosemite 10.11"
You should really get of Snow Leopard! I know it runs like a dream but there are so many serious security holes that it simply is not worth the benefit. If you mac can take it, put in a little more RAM, although that said, 4GB is really (usually) enough - you'll notice a really big jump in performance if you upgrade the HDD to an SSD, try going for one of the lower end Samsung ones which you can put in a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter (means you can reuse it if you replace your iMac). Depending what you're actually doing with your mac, Yosemite runs pretty good with 4GB, the main bottleneck in performance is probably the HDD - you'll be surprised at how snappy Safari is if you make the upgrade!
Safari is very snappy on El Capital (not even kidding it's amazing)
Downloaded it and installed it as a VMware Fusion drive. Very slow, but then I've only given it 2GB of RAM and two processors. Nothing exciting jumps out at me so far. Just looks like Yosemite, which I don't like. Much prefer the skeudomorphisms of old.
So much for removing the skeuomorphism. I'm loving the new "crayon" colour selector.
Out of curiosity, does VMware Fusion work properly with Metal? It might be doing software rendering
My computer literally feels like new Agreed. I mean, OS X Hollywood, Golden Gate, or Redwood would've been better.
Now if they can do this every release, while adding new features, would be awesome!
VMWare Fusion is definitely not using Metal.Out of curiosity, does VMware Fusion work properly with Metal? It might be doing software rendering
An OS X "performance update"? I hope it's like Snow Leopard, the best update ever, and not like Mavericks, the worst update ever.
It's pretty amazing that my 7-year-old Mac can still run the very latest OS X. Apple's gotten better with supporting old hardware.
It's pretty amazing that my 7-year-old Mac can still run the very latest OS X. Apple's gotten better with supporting old hardware.
OS X Berkeley has a nice ring
Yeah, they could have chosen many things that would have been better.
Oh, yes, I did mean the 24". It's my wife's now. I'm on a 2014 27" I don't yet have the cash to get her another computer, though perhaps this fall when new HW comes out.
Thanks for the advice!You should really get off Snow Leopard! I know it runs like a dream but there are so many serious security holes that it simply is not worth the benefit. If you mac can take it, put in a little more RAM, although that said, 4GB is really (usually) enough - you'll notice a really big jump in performance if you upgrade the HDD to an SSD, try going for one of the lower end Samsung ones which you can put in a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter (means you can reuse it if you replace your iMac). Depending what you're actually doing with your mac, Yosemite runs pretty good with 4GB, the main bottleneck in performance is probably the HDD - you'll be surprised at how snappy Safari is if you make the upgrade!
Really glad to hear that Apple is trying to get as many machines as possible on both iOS and OS X.
I agree with the others though, OS X El Capitan doesn't roll off the tongue as well as some other choices would have.
I agree with the others though, OS X El Capitan doesn't roll off the tongue as well as some other choices would have.
You all DO realize that they named it El Capitan because it is supposed to be similar to Yosemite...not a huge update on features, but on performance...akin to Leopard, then Snow Leopard. Get it, Yosemite, then El Capitan!