Macworld - USA (2019-10-B)

18 MACWORLD OCTOBER 2019

MACUSER

IMAGE: FLEDGING

I

love Retina iMacs. So much so that I
took a chance and bought a used
2015 low-end Core i5 iMac with a 1TB
Fusion Drive (which combines a 24GB
NVMe SSD and a 1TB hard drive)—a

machine that’s actually slower than my

2012 Core i7 iMac. I bought it with

upgrading in mind, which is where the

fickle finger of fate came into play.

I wanted to upgrade the iMac’s NVMe

Upgrading an older iMac’s PCIe

SSD: Third-party solutions that

save you beaucoup bucks

If you bought an entry-level iMac with at least a Fusion Drive, here’s how to upgrade to

something faster, more capacious—and cheap (relatively)

BY JON L. JACOBI