Hi Adam Your best bet is to get this :
SSD : http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-Series-256GB-Solid-State/dp/B009LI7CTY/ USB enclosure : http://www.amazon.co.uk/DIGIFLEX-Drive-Caddy-Enclosure-Laptop/dp/B002UZO07C/ Put the SSD into the enclosure, then use CarbonCopyCloner to clone your boot drive to the SSD, then swap the drives over. CCC’s Disk Centre will also allow you to clone over your recovery partition. Regards Sam MacAmbulance Ltd. Providing Affordable Mac/PC Support and Web Development Sam Mullen ACMT +44 (0)7747778022 [email protected] www.macambulance.co.uk MacAmbulance Ltd. is a registered company in England & Wales, registration number 8466597 This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. On 24 Nov 2013, at 11:28, Adam Pymble <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks all - that's really helpful. > > I'll go SSD, then RAM in that case.... > > Now, to work out where to source a compatible Samsung drive and how to make a > bootable Mavericks disk?!?! > > On 23 Nov 2013, at 18:12, Jason Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> SSD made a much much more noticeable difference to my machines than extra >> RAM. Onceyou have twice the min spec RAM for your OS (do that first) next >> step is SSD (then back to RAm). >> >> Cheers, >> >> Jason >> -- >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> On 23 Nov 2013 at 08:24:49 GMT, mac98aop <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/smug/UjmS9BvImJQ/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all of its topics, 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. > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
