This is really a stop gap fix until we can replace the 2010 iMac. Basic design and rendering is done on the 2015 iMac, but I did not check rendering times. The 2010 iMac is used mostly for revisions, plan check corrections etc. files and stuff removed, but it has been very dependable and has never had any problems.
The HD on the 2010 iMac is 1t with 60 gigs of free space and 12 gigs of ram. Restart:27sec, Load AC and one 202mb AC file: 30sec. Restart:1m0sec, Load AC and one 202mb AC file: 47sec.īy comparison, my Late 2015 iMac (4Ghz Core i7) with 24 GB ram. Restart:1m47sec, Load AC and one 202mb AC file: 2m43sec.Ģ010 iMac w/ external SSD as start up HD. For the moment, I plan to keep the job files on the old iMac and use the SSD only for ArchiCad, iPhoto and a few other things.Ģ010 iMac. The hardest part was getting all the settings correct so that the newer iMac had the right permissions and access. Slid the SSD in the case, formatted the drive, installed OS 10.11 El Cap and ArchiCad 19. I wound up buying a Samsung 500 gig SSD for $165 and an OWC enclosure for about $60 that had Firewire 800 and USB 3 ports. I was confident that I could do the install, but as that iMac also functions as our server, I didn't want to take the risk of it being down. After looking at the videos for a do it yourself installation of an SSD that Karl suggested, I decided to take a chance on an external drive being of some help. I stand corrected that my 2010 iMac does not have Thunderbolt as I had stated, but rather Firewire 800 which while better than USB 2, but is substantially slower.