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Q: Mavericks Performance on a Mid-2009 Macbook 5,2

Hi All,

 

I'm thinking about upgrading my Mid-2009 13" Macbook from Snow Leopard to Mavericks, but I'm a little concerned about the performance of a newer OS on an older machine, espcially with so many threads about decreased speed on newer machines.  I'd really like to utilize some of the features in the new OS... Does anyone with similar hardware have any experience with Mavericks?  How has it worked?

 

  Model Name:MacBook
  Model Identifier:MacBook5,2
  Processor Name:Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed:2.13 GHz
  Number Of Processors:1
  Total Number Of Cores:2
  L2 Cache:3 MB
  Memory:4 GB
  Bus Speed:1.07 GHz

 

Thanks!

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Dec 5, 2013 12:32 PM

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  • by Drew Reece,

    Drew Reece Drew Reece May 9, 2014 1:31 PM in response to sctanner
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    May 9, 2014 1:31 PM in response to sctanner

    It really depends on your needs & budget. SSD's shouldn't have the the performance bottlenecks that a spinning HD has, hybrids are better than plain HD's but they are a trade off to an extent.

    This next article makes an interesting point about how much user data a 'typical corporate user' accesses…

    http://www.extremetech.com/computing/150004-seagate-launches-new-hybrid-hard-dri ve-that-closes-the-ssd-gap-drops-momentus-xt-brand - basically if you don't access large files constantly you may get a sufficient boost from a hybrid disk.

     

    From your report …

    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 148.73 GB (39.54 GB free)

    It looks like a ~250GB SSD would be suffice, but it really depends on how much data you are likely to generate over the next few years. If you consume lots of iTunes content or edit movies or RAW images you will want more storage.

     

    The other thing to consider when pricing an internal disk is how much a similar sized external disk is for backing it up.


     

    P.S. Spinning disks perform worse as you fill them with data, make sure you can leave a reasonable portion of the disk free if you get something with spinning platters.

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