I have a
mid-2007 iMac with a 2.4 GHz Core2Duo processor and despite the fact that it is already six years old, it still does a good job. However, compared to a friend's recent MacBook Air with a solid state disk (SSD) it felt sluggish when opening programmes and loading larger documents.
So, I thought it would be worthwhile to replace the old spinning hard disk drive with an SSD, instead of buying a new computer. I still like the display of the iMac. Hence, I got myself a
Samsung 840 SATA drive, as it came with a USB cable and bracket hard drive holder.
It actually wasn't that difficult to replace the hard drive in my iMac. Of course I can give no guarantee that this works for you as well. Here are the steps I took:
So far I am really happy with the new SSD. Applications are opening much faster and overall the computer feels much snappier. It looks like it can serve me quite a little longer.
Here are a few pictures of the
surgery:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13R3ABBxsCMkrBYX41BRfUvThqHPtx-LGJk0VLIFBp_4jZCouf9qNiytC8_frfCwC6XUiNRluCwjRfUEIF4L5kZWPLXUFNqBi8wWTUpwkwo5090Z6HAXzv67su2EbswXTEORygD1uPnUm/s400/IMG_4764.jpg) |
iMac with glass panel and bezel removed |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UuQwKSaRGc7NXsc4HF1hIJwZ89YRNu9V0TNZfIj8Cah_lGTWSxjv6i9z8M867EATATAphwyAwyn6nn8XXZJTEWfRQ3YMCPpkzGrZf02SR_P4pcSi6EnpOQ-cdfMBXWXUvvTh4Weg0oIA/s400/IMG_4765.jpg) |
Display and hard drive removed |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6naZYi-TtRtCzn5eyglTYl9YCHBLJZSmINYumo3uR3zMnjNPtGT6Fl9MvmeA4fX4kFPira2eOu1bnyj55RnMDGZJu1Eao67mgTyfM4W00tKPVA5OBSyJL412L6uVz77KGkrmyOM_WbHUJ/s400/IMG_4766.jpg) |
New SSD and old HDD |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJncSAwa1-FpL4EG5bfD0ybtC3fbxfChWsHmCENMnArSYywXEaovE8P_V59clGitdyt487Qw5NEe56y0k5sqfcK3MLq-fscDgqdDPRCj_Sus3jt5u5Go7xaVNU_V0Pe6OJXvHx7JIsCgLJ/s400/iMacSSD.png) |
Screen shot of the new system preferences |
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