Hi folks, I’m new to the forum and I have a 2017 Imac that has never had the performance I expected from one of these machines. I was a Windows user from 1995 until 2017 and regarded the Mac as ‘legendary’ partly due to colleagues’ input. It had a 3 year warranty, however due to ‘life’ (including my wife’s serious illness since 2019) and I did not address the problem properly until last week.
The machine is abysmally slow, booting up, starting up apps and then in their operation. (I sometimes have to wait for a word to finish when typing in Pages) I took it to the local store and they tested it, stating it passed the tests, and then installed a new operating system. As I began to set it up at home, it <seemed> a little better, almost livable, but today it’s back to its old tricks. I’m not excited about buying a new machine, not only because it’s unpleasant to use, and I’ve been using the Mac for photo storage with 2-2T auxiliary drives.
I was wondering if there is a way to upgrade/modify the hardware itself. I used to do that with my Windows machines and it made them useful for a much longer time. If I could get this to run faster, so I’m not watching the “color wheel” most of the time, I would probably be ok.
I’ve never used this machine on a regular schedule, partly because it’s located in a spare bedroom and I hate waiting for it to perform. I use my IPAD Pro for 95% of my computer activity and speed is never a problem.
Finally I received a ‘feedback’ form from Apple regarding the recent repair effort. I provided them with similar info as this post, tho’ I doubt I will hear from them.
Thank you all in advance for any recommendations/experiences you may have.
The machine is abysmally slow, booting up, starting up apps and then in their operation. (I sometimes have to wait for a word to finish when typing in Pages) I took it to the local store and they tested it, stating it passed the tests, and then installed a new operating system. As I began to set it up at home, it <seemed> a little better, almost livable, but today it’s back to its old tricks. I’m not excited about buying a new machine, not only because it’s unpleasant to use, and I’ve been using the Mac for photo storage with 2-2T auxiliary drives.
I was wondering if there is a way to upgrade/modify the hardware itself. I used to do that with my Windows machines and it made them useful for a much longer time. If I could get this to run faster, so I’m not watching the “color wheel” most of the time, I would probably be ok.
I’ve never used this machine on a regular schedule, partly because it’s located in a spare bedroom and I hate waiting for it to perform. I use my IPAD Pro for 95% of my computer activity and speed is never a problem.
Finally I received a ‘feedback’ form from Apple regarding the recent repair effort. I provided them with similar info as this post, tho’ I doubt I will hear from them.
Thank you all in advance for any recommendations/experiences you may have.
