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  • I have an old iMac (2012 - 27inch) that is annoyingly slow.

    Specs are -
    2.9 Ghz Qaud core intel core i5
    8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
    NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660m 512 MB

    Now, I know it’s old, but I’ve just done a fresh install of Catalina and have minimal apps installed and I’m still finding it sluggish doing mundane tasks like changing settings and browsing.

    Would maxing out the RAM be a worthwhile investment and have a dramatic impact in usability?

  • is it a hard drive, not ssd?

    i installed an external SSD as the boot drive for catalina on my gfs 2013 iMac and it went from being unusable to absolutely fine for basically everything id need it for.

    8GB ram is fine

  • I’d put money on it being your hdd, potentially getting close to failing.

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