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Replaced my 2018 i9 MacBook with the 2019 3.7 i5 iMac Best decision I could have made!!!
If you received your iMac and hate how slow it is Do not Return it! split your Fusion Drive!! this will release the fast NVME 128GB storage this iMac has and will allow you to install the OS on that fast drive and use a SanDisk 1TB Extreme Portable External SSD - USB-C, USB 3.1 - SDSSDE60-1T00-G25 as your Fast storage or assign your home folder to that drive like I did and this thing will be blazing!!! you can also use the 2TB HDD as storage but i wouldn't recommend to use it as your home folder as it is slow. I upgraded to this iMac from an i9 2018 6 core MacBook pro! yes that may sound crazy but this computer actually outperforms it all day and that is simply because my MacBook would never surpass 2.7 GHZ because of thermal throttling!! my MacBook would hit 100C all day which is absolutely horrible. This thing sits at 4.2 GHZ with out breaking a sweat 50-60C all day long. this thing runs circles around my 2018 i9 MacBook Pro. Anybody considering this upgrade go for it!!!! If anybody is interested in doing this I may consider doing a blog with step by step instructions! email me if you are interested I think amazon blocks email so I will format it weirdly. it is anoniphonetography50 at mail dot com shouldn't be too hard to figure out!
August 2019 · Electronics