Hi folks Me on this topic again!
I've been keeping an eye on Crucial prices and they've fallen 20% of late, so thinking I'll now buy. I have a MacBook Pro with 4GB Ram and 320GB HD: so do I go for 16GB Ram or 240GB SSD or ideally both? I'm most interested in speed performance improvements, and recall Sam has said the SSD will give me the most noticeable impact. I'm not worried about boot time, but about day to day processing (opening iPhoto, Safari, Alfred etc...). If Ram will do that, that's my cheaper option. If SSD, I could stretch. If both needed, I could write to Santa. I don't want to do both if it's a negligible boost - I'd rather do one now, perhaps the other in 12 months? Reviews suggest that bumping up the Ram makes things whizz along nicely, but again, I know Sam is an SSD advocate!?! Other SSD questions, if I may: 1. How easy (skill and time) is it to install an SSD? (I have TimeMachine so do I merely install and plug that in and boot from that?) 2. How easy (skill and time) is it to install the Ram? 3. I have 180GB of 320GB free on my Mac after 2.5 years. So, would 240GB SSD be large enough (ie, is 140GB spare enough for it to run smoothly?!?) As others have recently said, this forum is really invaluable for its wise, helpful and friendly input based on so much experience, so I'd be grateful for any further input on this one folks. Thanks Adam -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
