750GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm or 128GB Solid State Drive?

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750GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm or 128GB Solid State Drive?

Ok so im probably going to get the MacBook Pro 15 inch non retina 2.6 GhZ. it comes with 750 GB Serial ATA Drive and im trying to see if it is worth upgrading to the SSD im going to be using it for a lot of video editing (Final Cut Pro/YouTube) as well as streaming videos and using it for class work give me your opinions on what you think would be best to get if im using it for this thanks! (also ahould i upgrade to 2.7 GhZ.??)

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Posted on Jul 3, 2012 11:25 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 3, 2012 11:26 AM in response to Jordanm61

Seems like a lot of storage space to sacrifice to get an SSD. As for the processor, if you can afford it, definitely get 2.7 GHz. The fastest processor you can afford, the better.

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Jul 3, 2012 11:28 AM in response to Jordanm61

go with the 750GB then buy the SSD from macsales.com or crucial.com.

advantage of going the way i suggested is that you'll end up with 2 drives.

it's also cheaper buying from third party than apple.

stick with the 2.6GHz. you won't see that much of a speed difference.

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Jul 3, 2012 11:38 AM in response to Bimmer 7 Series

I agree with Bimmer 7 Series. I did the same SSD update of the 2.5" Hard Drive. i went from a 750GB 5400 RPM to a 512 GB SSD and used the 750 for additional storage (put in a chassis) and a 4x improvement on performance on the SSD vs. the typical HD.

Boot time went from 50seconds to 10 seconds.

Loading Parallels 7 load of Windows XP Pro was 1:33 minutes to 40 seconds.

Excel 2010 load time was 25 seconds, now 7 seconds

iMovie with 40 minute move added to edit/preview- 40 seconds, now 14 seconds.

These are just a few examples. I have the 2012 13 MBP (2.8Ghz 8GB RAM).

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