Monday, 9 September 2013

iMac SSD upgrade

Hello
Few months ago i have upgraded my iMacs HDD 500GB to OCZ Agility 3 60GB. I knew it can be too small for me however was not that bad, as i could observe a huge overall system performance boost. It was perfect until i realized i want to start developing apps for Windows Phone which requires Windows 8 that can be installed via Bootcamp. In order to do it i had to upgrade my SSD again. I have bought OCZ Agility 4 256GB. That gave me a lot of space for osx as well as microsoft windows. I have bought the 2.5" version, why? Answer is simple: i found more SSDs in 2.5" size than 3.5", even if there was equivalent one to what i needed (3.5") it was more expensive than 2.5". Strange.
In order to mount it i had to buy "2.5" to 3.5" SSD to HDD Black Metal Adapter Mounting Bracket Hard Drive Holder" from eBay. Cost 3.49 pounds.

SSD was screwed to the adapter using screws provided.




Replacing process took ~45 minutes.

Now i have dualboot: Mac osx and Windows 8. I can start programming windows phone apps now!

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