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I own a macbook pro late 2011
I love it
Yosemite up to date, 8 gig RAM
I think to upgrade my computer by purchasing following
an SSD
(IF107-125-2 - 512 GB Solid State Drive / Upgrade Kit $ 294.95)
and install
16 gig of RAM
(IF111-041-1 - PC3-10600 8GB RAM Chip / New $ 189.90)
My question is worth the investment?
Performance (speed) of the computer you it'll be better?
thanks for your advise
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10), ( 8 Gig Ram )
Last summer, I tricked out my MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011) with 16GB and a 1TB SSD.
It SCREAMS! 😮
So, YES, it is well worth it!
I used a Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1TB I got from Newegg.com
and I got my 16GB RAM upgrade from Crucial.com
I used an external SATA docking station and Carbon Copy Cloner to copy my existing boot disk and Recovery Partition to the SSD
Then I installed the SSD using instructions from iFixIt.com (I do own an anti-static wrist strap to avoid static discharge damage).
PS. Just watch your CPU temp, as now that you are no longer waiting for slow disk I/O you CPU can keep busy, and thus get hotter faster. 😁
Last summer, I tricked out my MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2011) with 16GB and a 1TB SSD.
It SCREAMS! 😮
So, YES, it is well worth it!
I used a Samsung SSD 840 EVO 1TB I got from Newegg.com
and I got my 16GB RAM upgrade from Crucial.com
I used an external SATA docking station and Carbon Copy Cloner to copy my existing boot disk and Recovery Partition to the SSD
Then I installed the SSD using instructions from iFixIt.com (I do own an anti-static wrist strap to avoid static discharge damage).
PS. Just watch your CPU temp, as now that you are no longer waiting for slow disk I/O you CPU can keep busy, and thus get hotter faster. 😁
thanks so much
macbook pro upgrade ?
