I've seen dramatic performance increases on laptops where I've replaced a slower drive with a 7200 RPM drives. Granted, these are older systems that will show these differences more easily, but faster=better.
Get as much as you can afford up front CPU and HD-wise, and then upgrade the memory aftermarket for a fraction of the price. > -----Original Message----- > Pardon this uninformed question, but I can always upgrade the RAM > later, right? But not the processor? Will the cost of RAM probably > decrease with time? At the moment, even if RAM would make the most > sense in the long run, it's just too expensive to justify at an extra > $1000. > > On 22 May 2009, at 12:19, mike wrote: > > > Personally I think you'd be better off with more ram and making > > sure you get > > a 7200 rpm drive. I really doubt you will see a huge difference in > > speed > > between the two cpus. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
