As for the long Jevity of spinning hard drives, you have nothing to worry about. Everyone have been using spinning drives for years and years with out any issues. Sure any Drive can fail after a year or 2 of used, but so can A solid state drive. Any computer get clogged up after a couple of years requiring a format to get things quick and fresh again, this happens with machines running both hard drives and solid-state drives.
Sent from my iPhone > On 24 Mar 2017, at 09:54, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: > > Oh yeah, > > They like any moving object start dying after a while. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] > Sent: Friday, 24 March 2017 2:57 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: New iMac, A Bit slow and Sluggish > > Interesting. I had not heard about spinning disks degrading over time. > I've heard of operating systems getting loaded up with goo from old files > left behind and such, but not the drive. There is the stuff about drives > remapping bad blocks over time, but I wouldn't expect that to make an impact > with all the on-drive caching these days. > > CB > >> On 3/23/17 4:43 AM, Scott Granados wrote: >> Ok, remember that spinning drive will degrade over time and make that Mac >> crawl so make sure you’re backing up regularly because a reformat and >> reinstall does fix the problem. (As does replacing it with an SSD). >> >> Good luck and glad it’s sorted out. >> >>> On Mar 22, 2017, at 5:20 PM, 'Jim Fettgather' via MacVisionaries >>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>> >>> This is a spinning hard drive, but a brand new Mac. >>> Fortunately, as others have suggested, it settled itself in after a day or >>> so and is now running lightning fast. >>> Thanks. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2017 10:44 AM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: New iMac, A Bit slow and Sluggish >>> >>> What kind of disk are you using, SSD or regular rotating/. Also is this a >>> new IMAC or a used older model? >>> >>> Thank you >>> >>>> On Mar 20, 2017, at 9:55 AM, 'Jim Fettgather' via MacVisionaries >>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello. >>>> I had tested out the $999 21 inch iMac running Sierra in the Apple Store, >>>> and it had run with impressive speed and responsiveness. >>>> Applications opened quickly, web pages loaded quickly, and there was no >>>> lag or "busy signals" at all. >>>> I purchased the unit, and set it up with my Apple ID and iCloud account, >>>> there were a couple of software updates, so the machine restarted twice. >>>> >>>> It is not as fast ore responsive as in the Apple store. There are >>>> occasional pauses or delays. >>>> >>>> It is interesting, I have a 3 year old MacBook Air that is just as fast as >>>> the day it was purchased. >>>> Yet, this new iMac is not quite running as smoothly as I would have >>>> expected, especially after having seen it running so beautifully in the >>>> Apple store. >>>> >>>> Any suggestions at all for tweaking this Mac to run as might be expected? >>>> Thanks a lot. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>>> Visionaries list. >>>> >>>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >>>> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >>>> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>>> >>>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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