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#2213291 8-Apr-2019 21:43

ok according to finder it is

MacOS Mojave

Version 10.14

MacBook Pro 13 Inch Mid 2012

2.5GHz intel core i5

Memory 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

I don't know what any of this really means but I hope this helps

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#2213294 8-Apr-2019 21:49

Cool. A mid 2012 is quite a different beast from a 2013.

With this in mind an SSD upgrade and a RAM upgrade to 8GB would make a huge difference to the machine.

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#2213315 9-Apr-2019 01:41

Running any newer OS-X versions on 4GB is asking for trouble. And if you have a regular hard drive you will have a lot of swapping to HD, which means you will have a slow machine.

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#2213375 9-Apr-2019 09:45

I was given a early 2011 MBP, very slow to start up, would take minutes to start and I guess that is why they biffed it.

After alot of research, my issue was the battery, even on power adaptor it was slow but once the battery was changed it was like chalk and cheese.

I now have a SSD and it takes less than 20 sec from cold start to working, from sleep it is seconds.

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#2234160 9-May-2019 22:29

ok I decided to do an internet speed test and this was the result

Ping - 8ms
download - 9.1mbps
Jitter - 2ms
Upload - 9.3mbps

can anyone tell me if this is good / bad and translate it to English / laymans terms?

many thanks

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#2234163 9-May-2019 22:35

OnceBitten:

ok I decided to do an internet speed test and this was the result

Ping - 8ms
download - 9.1mbps
Jitter - 2ms
Upload - 9.3mbps

can anyone tell me if this is good / bad and translate it to English / laymans terms?

many thanks

What location was the server located in?

A 9mbps download speed seems very poor.

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OnceBitten

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#2234166 9-May-2019 22:43

NPCtom:

OnceBitten:

ok I decided to do an internet speed test and this was the result

Ping - 8ms
download - 9.1mbps
Jitter - 2ms
Upload - 9.3mbps

can anyone tell me if this is good / bad and translate it to English / laymans terms?

many thanks

What location was the server located in?

A 9mbps download speed seems very poor.