SSD - is it worth it?

[Ne0the1]

OP:

Swapping out the HDD for a new SSD on the MacBook is easy. Do it right away.

It's much more of "a job" on the iMac.
Since you have a 2011, does it have thunderbolt?
You could add a thunderbolt-based SSD, and enjoy performance that is the near-equal of an internally-mounted drive, with a LOT less trouble.

TB-based enclosures are on the pricey side, however.
Might be worth it, considering the amount of work to get inside the iMac, and the chances that something else could "get broken" while in there...

Hey, I've installed the SSD on my Macbook Pro, and i'm happy with it. I'm considering using an external SSD via thunderbolt as you've suggested for my iMac.

How do I connect an SSD via thunderbolt externally though?

 

[Fishrrman]

OP wrote:
"How do I connect an SSD via thunderbolt externally though?"

If you have a thunderbolt port on the Mac, just connect the external (thunderbolt) drive with a thunderbolt cable.

The only "impediment" is that thunderbolt drives aren't exactly cheap (nor are thunderbolt cables).

 

[Ne0the1]

OP wrote:
"How do I connect an SSD via thunderbolt externally though?"

If you have a thunderbolt port on the Mac, just connect the external (thunderbolt) drive with a thunderbolt cable.

The only "impediment" is that thunderbolt drives aren't exactly cheap (nor are thunderbolt cables).

Hi Sorry, what do you mean the external thunderbolt drive? The SSD is Sata.

 

[Samuelsan2001]

Hi Sorry, what do you mean the external thunderbolt drive? The SSD is Sata.

Then you will need a thunderbolt enclosure to put the SSD in to connect using thunderbolt bandwidth, they are expensive.

See here

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_s...,aps,508&rh=i:aps,k:thunderbolt+hdd+enclosure

They aren't exactly common and there is little choice for unpowered or single drive options (You'll want a powered one for a boot drive anyway) but they are the quickest external boot drive available at the moment.