configuring external ssd as storage for late 2013 imac 27

My late 2013 27' iMac has been my daily workhorse for six years now, and it chugs along as well as it did the day I bought it. Is it worth investing $300 more on RAM and a new HD considering that the CPU will remain the original?Īlso, if you were going to upgrade this iMac - and wanted to do it with a low-end budget and wanted it to last a good long time - what would you do? Is there something else you would upgrade or would you simply sell it or give it to a family member who needs it or donate it for the tax right off and then buy a new machine?Īny and all thoughts and insights are much appreciated! I've checked and to sell this iMac to any of the sell-you-mac vendors - it's only worth about 250-300 bucks. My thought is this.the ram and hd upgrades would speed things up and keep me and this older machine 'current' and running for a good bit longer.

I've talked to my local authorized MAC dealer/repair place and for about $300 I can upgrade my RAM to 16 or 32gb AND purchase an external SSD drive to boot from. I do not have any solid MAC hardware or software expertise so my thoughts may be sophomoric.so.I could use a little help.

I do not need the best and the brightest and fastest anymore - however shelling out a couple of grand for a new machine isn't something I want to do or even need to do. It is slowing down and cannot or will not upgrade to Catalina.and I 'think' that the Mojave upgrade was a mistake. MY late-2017 27' iMac - 3.4 GHz intel Core i5 with 8gb of RAM and 1Tb SATA HD has outlasted any computer I've ever owned - MAC or PC.

Configuring external ssd as storage for late 2013 imac 27