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Pros & Cons
Pros
It's a quite straightforward install if you have some experience with computers. Owc provides a step by step instruction video in their site. These are straightforward to apply and again there are videos which cover these.
I suspect that i have given my imac a new lease of life for a fraction of the cost than if i were to have had this ssd professionally installed. The pizza wheel cutter for opening your imac is essential, so don't get one of the kits without it. This i... Read More
Make sure and clean the surfaces super good prior to applying adhesive. Let the imac lay flat on the work table after re-sealing the display screen to give the adhesive a chance to set. Test that everything works as expected and that the hard drive is... Read More
Opening the most complex application is now near instantaneous versus agonizing. The responsive and the read/write speeds are staggering. Boot and app loading much faster.
Cons
I am a seasoned it professional with over 25 years experience and have never seen a product that failed this badly. I now have some areas of dead pixels which i am not happy about and i have a screen held on with gaffer tape which also does not thrill... Read More
I have another 27 imac that has loosened on the right side after one year. Do yourself a favor and buy a quality product that has the foam center. I know this is false because after i installed the ssd it ran blazing fast for a few days before the lcd... Read More
Highlights
Quality
I'm personally very happy with the 1tb sdd upgrade and i can't recommend it enough!
The product works great and is exactly as advertised - easy diy to upgrade the hard drive of your mac.
Be very careful with the data cable for the screen.
Nothing of that nature is needed, you just slice through the adhesive with the little tool and the display comes off.
Price
Well worth the price considering a new imac would have cost a minimum $1,800!
Packaging/appearance
Be careful not to remove the black film under the glue left on the screen!
The hardest part of getting this done was reattack8ng the cables to the back of the screen.
The process to install it was fairly simple - the part that takes longer is peeling the sticker tape once you remove the screen.
Competitiveness
I replaced a 2tb fusion drive with this, uncoupled the hdd part and reconfigured the built in 128gb internal ssd.
I own a late model 2012 imac 27 that had a 1tb conventional hard drive.
Upgraded my late 2013 imac to a 2tb ssd.
I put all system functions on the built in 128gb and left the entire 2tb for data storage.
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- This product had a total of 268 reviews as of our last analysis date on Apr 28 2023.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The hardest part was reconnecting the display as i was reinstalling it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Nothing of that nature is needed you just slice through the adhesive with the little tool and the display comes off
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Requires removal of the screen from the back computer components and then replace the hard drive with the solid state drive
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Removal requires cutting the tape with a special tool and then cleaning the remaining adhesive on the screen and body
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
To make sure the adhesive strips were set well i left the imac on its back overnight so that the weight of the screen would push into them
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
To upgrade the cpu board you basically have to unscrew everything and it screw it back in took 3 hours
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I did let the imac cure for over 8 hours before standing it up
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
My 2012 imac was barely working if you call clicking on an app and coming back 10 minutes later and it still hadn’t opened yet working
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