Timeline for Macbook Pro Upgrade - 16GB RAM or 128GB SSD
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| Nov 5, 2014 at 18:28 | comment | added | Eric Marsh | I know it was an old topic, but I thought it would be helpful to add some missing information regarding the SSD speed. So downvote away... | |
| Nov 5, 2014 at 15:29 | comment | added | Eric Marsh | I too run out of RAM (with 8GB) in Aperture, and I am getting ready to upgrade to 16GB. However, I don't regret putting an SSD in immediately after I bought it. SSDs may not help with the things people normally look at when talking about performance, but they make a huge improvement in general interactions. Another thing to consider, in addition to the storage capacity of a 128GB drive, is that 256GB drives are generally faster (technical reasons). Sure, you are unlikely to notice this, but it is one reason I went for a 256. | |
| Jan 31, 2012 at 16:56 | comment | added | Michael H. | I can't say that 8 GB is plenty -- I frequently had to quit all open applications to run Aperture 3 because there wasn't enough memory free between web browsers, mail, and kernel_task. I upgraded to 16 GB for $130 or so (sale!), and have been much happier. | |
| Dec 22, 2011 at 23:16 | comment | added | Richard | Agreed matt, I should have mentioned that 8 gigs of RAM is plenty and unless one is living in Photoshop (and even then) there's little reason to push for more. I have 8 gigs in this machine and I don't notice any problems when running many major applications at the same time. I keyed in mostly on the size of the SSD: many people see a deal on a 128GB SSD and forget that it may not be big enough to fully replace their internal hard disk. | |
| Dec 22, 2011 at 15:03 | comment | added | gentmatt | It's good that you did that. I just had to write the comment because 8GB really is a lot of RAM and it sounded (even though not mentioned) like you wanted to encourage him to get the 16GB RAM instead. If I thought your answer was bad or wrong, I would have voted down. But I just though that it was inbalanced, so I wrote another answer. | |
| Dec 22, 2011 at 14:58 | comment | added | Richard | I only commented on the piece of the question I know about. I can't comment on the RAM issue because I don't know what he does with his computer. I do have a lot of experience with SSDs and I stand by my assertion that a 128GB SSD is a pretty small storage space if it's going to be one's only storage so the odds are it will be filled near capacity. That will impact its performance and so, it's an important consideration in thinking about the size of an SSD. | |
| Dec 22, 2011 at 13:44 | comment | added | gentmatt | To be fair, I don't think this is a very balanced answer. First, don't stretch the benefits of SSDs enough. Then, you don't take into consideration that an upgrade to 16GB of RAM will be useless for most scenarios (no increase in performance). | |
| Dec 22, 2011 at 13:31 | vote | accept | YeppThat'sMe | ||
| Dec 22, 2011 at 13:06 | history | answered | Richard | CC BY-SA 3.0 |