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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 used this kit in an imac to replace a 500gb hd that crashed.
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.
A little pricey considering it is only a 250gb storage capacity hd but it is an ssd.
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old, easy, new, great and good. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
- This product had a total of 183 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 17 2021.
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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
Followed the video on the website and it was very easy to install
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Apple support ht201372 gives you the stepbystep on completing this
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If the terminal is not your thing you can use diskmaker x that will create a usb installer download this app from the app store and diskmaker x will guide you through the process
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I found that the original video from dec 2014 on youtube to be the most useful
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This is an update package from owc
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However i strongly urge anyone trying to do an upgrade go to the owc web site and review installerupgrade video for this vintage of imac several times
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
In my system adhesive on tape was so old and dry it would not reseal when putting system back together again
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