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Quality


I highly recommend this upgrade kit to improve the quality of your older imacs.


The ssd helped a little with the speed of the computer.


Watching the video, it looks possible but not with the wiring in this and you would have to use sticky tape like in the video t...  Read More


I decided to go with the 500gb, that should be more than enough for my purposes.

Price


So that cost $100 extra that i wasn't planning on, but i found that my hands are simply too big to replace that cable.

Shipping


I knew i would just get a replacement from owc, as i've used them many times before for things, but through amazon, the price w...  Read More

Packaging/appearance


Take your time and go slowly; the lcd cable is short and is easily ripped out of the board side, causing damage do the plug.

Competitiveness


I watched owc's videos to ensure i understood what i was getting into by opening the imac case and having done several macbookp...  Read More


5 , the first drive died after 5yrs, then the replacement 2tb drive died 4yrs later.


Decided to err on the side of caution and replaced the existing hdd with a 250gb ssd.


5 imac from the existing 5400 rpm hard drive to a 500gb ssd.

Overview

  • How are reviewers describing this item?
    easy, old, new and great.
  • Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
  • Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 76.2% of the reviews are reliable.
  • This product had a total of 204 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 27 2021.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Easy to install i had to format it first with a other apple computer and install mac os before installing it they dont tell you this in the tutorials


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Previously the computer took two minutes and five seconds to go from turning on to the desktop


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I just visited the website on the card to watch the video for my imac which is a mid 2010 27 inch


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    My hard drive finally died and was making a really loud clicking noise and it would just stay on the apple logo screen


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The agent stayed on the line with me until i had everything booted back up


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    And it was all for just a lil over 100 bucks


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Apple was not willing to repair my 10yr old imac so i did it myself using this kit and saved myself a few hundred dollars


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Configuracion was more difficult than the install

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