My 2007 iMac is still going on and on and on. The DVD drive failed years ago and I've replace the HD two, now with a 1TB Seagate SSHD.
When it finally dies I won't miss it being stuck on USB2 or Firewire 800/400. In its day Firewire was fast but now disks are bigger it takes ages to transfer reasonable sized (greater than 100GB) and that's iMac to FW disk. Try FW disk to another and it's even slower. Then iMac or FW disk to USB2 ... get the calendar out. And don't even think that it's a good idea to try two transfers at the same time to speed things along.
That's when FW800 is working. Sometimes theres a earthing issue and the port stops working until a reboot (with SMC reset).
Pity there's nothing iMac-y or Mac Mini-y that's reasonable priced anymore. Have been a Mac user for 30 years so don't relish moving to something else.
When it finally dies I won't miss it being stuck on USB2 or Firewire 800/400. In its day Firewire was fast but now disks are bigger it takes ages to transfer reasonable sized (greater than 100GB) and that's iMac to FW disk. Try FW disk to another and it's even slower. Then iMac or FW disk to USB2 ... get the calendar out. And don't even think that it's a good idea to try two transfers at the same time to speed things along.
That's when FW800 is working. Sometimes theres a earthing issue and the port stops working until a reboot (with SMC reset).
Pity there's nothing iMac-y or Mac Mini-y that's reasonable priced anymore. Have been a Mac user for 30 years so don't relish moving to something else.