mreg376
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Yes, Master of the Obvious. My point was that my personal experience with authorized service repairs has not been good, so I do not recommend it. But everyone's MMV.
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Yes, Master of the Obvious. My point was that my personal experience with authorized service repairs has not been good, so I do not recommend it. But everyone's MMV.
Oh, good.
You should go read this a few times:
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/pre...panies-it-illegal-condition-warranty-coverage
mreg376
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I did, and I'll tell you now for the sixth time, that does not apply to Apple's policy. Sometimes people only believe legal advice when they pay for for it. You should go purchase some.
You made your point: the OP's iMac is not under-warranty so that part of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act doesn't apply.
I don't disagree with that.
That said, it doesn't make much sense to service the machine with Apple anyway since it is out of warranty.
Yea I'm not too excited about it, not because I can't do it, but jeezus from the video I saw it looks like you're pulling everything out. I've been googling pricing and by the time I would pay apple to upgrade my ram and buy an SSD I could probably buy a brand new machine. I'm actually pretty ticked to know that I bought something like this and will have to jump through hoops to try to figure out a solution that won't break the bank.
And by the way, I am a Her, not a Him 🙂
PS...at this point I could give less than a %$#& about what the FTC says. This thing is out of warranty. It's a 2013 so it ended quite some time ago.
Actually, the most "difficult" part is removing/reinstalling the display.
...and when I said "difficult", I mean because of the weight of the display, not because of the process of removing/reinstalling.
If you can have someone hold the display while you remove/reinstall the connectors, you are good.
Everything else is easy.
Yes thank you. I believe I can do it, it's just one of those "tedious" processes. I'll get someone to help me. At this point I have nothing to lose. The computer is not fitting my needs so I'm gonna see if I can revive this thing LOL!
Read this a couple of times: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iMac+Intel+21.5-Inch+EMC+2638+RAM+Replacement/28795
Get a tray and organize the screws so that when you are reassembling the computer, you know where the screws go.
Personally, I use the back cover of my iFixit toolkit to organize the screws.
Screws from the first step goes into the first square. Screws from the second step goes into the second square. etc. etc.
Fishrrman
macrumors Nehalem
The slow hard drive is what's "slowing you down".
You need to boot and run from an SSD.
BUT -- you DON'T have to pry open the iMac if you don't want to.
You could buy an EXTERNAL USB3 SSD such as the Samsung t5 or this:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00ZTRY532?tag=delt-20
Then, set it up to be the boot drive, and put Parallels on it as well.
It will run with about 85% of the speed you would get if the drive was internally installed.
BUT -- you won't risk breaking the iMac by prying it open. Are you SURE you could do this without problems?
Adding RAM might help in this case.
But again -- an SSD will make THE MOST difference.
If you "go the external route", you can be up-and-running in perhaps an hour.
As long as it takes to get everything set up on the external drive.
One other thing:
If you're doing a lot of stuff in Windows, perhaps the best way to do it is on an actual Windows computer.
Set both the iMac -and- your PC up in the same room, get a chair with wheels on it, and work that way!
You need to boot and run from an SSD.
BUT -- you DON'T have to pry open the iMac if you don't want to.
You could buy an EXTERNAL USB3 SSD such as the Samsung t5 or this:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00ZTRY532?tag=delt-20
Then, set it up to be the boot drive, and put Parallels on it as well.
It will run with about 85% of the speed you would get if the drive was internally installed.
BUT -- you won't risk breaking the iMac by prying it open. Are you SURE you could do this without problems?
Adding RAM might help in this case.
But again -- an SSD will make THE MOST difference.
If you "go the external route", you can be up-and-running in perhaps an hour.
As long as it takes to get everything set up on the external drive.
One other thing:
If you're doing a lot of stuff in Windows, perhaps the best way to do it is on an actual Windows computer.
Set both the iMac -and- your PC up in the same room, get a chair with wheels on it, and work that way!
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