MacBook pro 2011 ssd or hdd

Which Macbook did you do it with New2mac? I've got a macbook pro early 2011 and wishing to swap out my excisting drive with a ssd and use the old drive in place of dvd . Just put 16gb ram in so the ssd is my last upgrade. Only query is is it as easy as putting the ssd in and using an external device with time machine to reboot my mac? Also how does the ssd cope with having games installed etc? should they be booted off hardrive or ssd fine with that also?

I just ordered a MacBook pro 15 inch with a 128 gb ssd. I kept the DVD drive and ordered a 1tb external hard drive. I do alot of video editing and am a little concerned with the memory. Do you think I will have enough space

Thanks becca

I wanted more memory so I upgraded the ram to 8

System ram should be ok, external HDD speed may be the biggest factor, thunderbolt connection would be the best, but usb etc should be ok. I would not go less than 8gb of ram.

Thank you. I have an I Mac as well was wondering I hate to buy double software is there anyway to copy word and photoshop off my iMac to the Mac book?

Where did you purchase those 2 apps? If from the App Store you should be able to download them to your new Macbook.

dan

About three years ago when I bought my iMac. So can I sill migrate it over to my new macbook

I am really regretting this purchase I don't think the specialist helped me get what I needed. May return it

Becca,

Is best to know what you want before you go into an Apple Store and not too rely on what a salesperson tells you that your should get.

Why are you regretting your purchase? What other Mac are you considering?

Definately get what you need Becca. If that means returning the MBP then do it.

lenn

I've had an Intel 320 SDD 120GB in my early 2008 MBP 15" for about a year and a half. Great drive. No problems at all. Really makes a huge difference. Added a few more years to my laptop.

Samsung and Intel(the ones with the Intel controllers) SSDs are both excellent drives.

I'm also using the hdd that came in the MBP as an external drive. Installed it in a nice little enclosure from OWC.

lenn