Recent content by BrianBoyd

A1 As I need to continue to access 32bit programs I will still need a bootable version of 10.14 to run in VirtualBox if I install 10.15. Given that all this is new to me I will stick to 10.14 for the time being. My legacy 32bit database will run in Windows 10 or in VirtualBox on OS10.14. A2 Am...

Current status; Dell Optilex 9020 purchased with i7 4th gen CPU (exact version not yet known) with new grahics card XFX Radeon GTX 580 8GB, 1TB Crucial SSD & new Dell U2419H 24" 60Hz monitor. Q1 Which Mac OS would you recommend that I install; 10.14 or 10.15 ? For the software preparation I...

Have issues been found with the Crucial MX500 500GB SSD. It seems that the MX500 has greatly improved performance to the MX300 but there is a step change in price between the 500GB & 1TB drives, the 1TB being on your list of recommended components whereas the 500GB is not ?

From the post by trs96 " Dell Optiplex 9020 MT Tower | i7-4th Gen | 500GB HDD | 8GB Ram | Wifi | Win10Pro " Done : purchased for £240 (approx $US320), will amass all components in UK then ship to France. Should arrive in about 2 weeks. There are not many MTs available in UK so was quite...

I would be wuite comfortable assembling hardware, it's the software tweeks that will require very close attention. However, the idea of taking a 2nd hand Dell is the route that I am going to follow this time, When the 20" iMac fails then may to the time t loook at a new assembly.

Advice noted, thank you.

Thank you for this link, it arrived just after I had gone to bed but have looked at it today - tried to contact vendor without success, seems a good sec for the price. The MT seems to be a bit rare in the UK, there were plenty of SFFs but as those only have a single bay it is not a good option...

Size doesn't matter, silence is preferred but not critical

Thank you for the welcome. I believe better late than never seems approriate. As a non Apple "mac" only crossed my mind 3 days ago this is all a rapid development. Given that I have many other activities (I've just come in from feeding a herd of horses (including 5 stallions)) an off-the-shelf...

I didn't resond to budget as I have not given it much thought but the tatget would be around £1000 ($US 1200). I will price the suggested main components suggested, add the ancilliaries, screen etc and see what that looks like. It would be nice if I could use the existing 24" apple screen - I...

W.R.T discs, the plan was to instal the existing HDD initially but with an SSD to boot from (as recommended by just about everybody). I would certainly ugrade but my priority is to get a machine up and running, OS updating can be done later, However, your reply does not tell me if simply...

Background; Built own amplifiers 60 years ago (valves, loose components, solder etc). Bought 2 Early 2008 iMacs, a 20” & 24”; relaced WD HDDs in both after failures @ years; installed 2TB Seagate Barracudas in each, 6GB RAM in 24”, 4GB in 20”. 24” running OS10.10, 20” still on 10.6.8 (have the...