13" MBP Upgrade Tonight - 4GB of RAM, 500GB HD - Feedback

The mailman just dropped off 4GB of RAM (Crucial) and a 500GB HD (WD Blue).

I'm going to be installing it in a base model 13" MBP later tonight (see sig for current specs.

I know this a popular upgrade for a lot for 13" MBP users. What benchmarks should I run before and after? I'd like to see how my performance increased or deceased.

Just finished putting in the 4GB of ram and HD, now waiting for osx to install.

I was surprised that I didn't need 10.5 on the HD before installing 10.6 with only the upgrade disc.

bad news, I think the Blue is a little louder than I thought (I was wishing for dead silent)...but at least it's not DOA *knock on wood*

jessica. said:

I don't recall the Blue being that loud. Are you putting your ear up to it or something?

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haha yes

I'm just being very picky

xbench results

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geekbench (@ 32bit demo)

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