Imac 11.3 mirroring

the specs say mid 2011. Will the imac 11.3 work for mirroring

Came across this article:
http://d43.me/blog/413/slow-startup-and-sleep-problems-on-macbook-pro-22/
Removed the 5 IOFirewire files removed from System/Library/Extensions and rebooted. Startup up within seconds!
Haven't used the firewire in a while, but I don't recall having any issues with it previously.
This worked, so I'm happy. Hopefully it sticks.

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