MacOS High Sierra could make older Macs rejuvenate

MacOS High Sierra will give older machines a new chance as long as we have an SSD memory unit or we value changing it. Several experts, including Apple technicians, are conducting different tests with old Macs that have the first SSDs and at the same time with the latest generation SSDs, known as NVMe.

The reality is that there are Macs that are 3,4,5 or more years old that maintain a high level of performance, thanks to the processor and the occasional increase in RAM. The only bottleneck occurs in the memory disks. Therefore, a change in these devices for an SSD disk compared to the traditional one is a huge change. But if we add macOS High Sierra, and APFS file technology, it will allow these devices to offer superior performance when they are released to the market.

This is demonstrated with data. Gilles Aurejac, an Apple service center technician, is testing the new NVMe SSDs available from the Samsung and Kingston brands, with laptops that allow this replacement. Also, you are testing with macOS High Sierra.

One of the tests was performed with a MacBook Pro 13 ″ from 2013. With the original equipment, the memory speeds were 630 MB / s read and 323 MB / s write. Then I change the memory for a Samsung NVIDIA 960 EVO NVMe 500, whose price is around € 230. The results offer 1,5 GB / s read and 1,4 GB / s write. For reference, the latest MacBook Pros presented by the company offer read speeds of 3 GB / s and in the case of writing up to 2,3 GB.

Therefore, if we are not in a position to change equipment or we want to improve that Mac that we have as a second equipment in the house, it is a very good investment, especially if this equipment supports macOS High Sierra.