I think you'd get good satisfaction from the RAM upgrade in this regard, so add another vote to that. In my experience, some to frame rate and especially on load times. I'm also planning on upgrading my desktop to 4GB sometime in the next couple of months, to get use of part of it while I'm still with Vista 32, and then wait to get a W7 64 later on.brosmooth said:
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4gb RAM or Fast Hard Drive
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Except for the likes of intensive video editing etc, I think most people
will actually see more improvement from adding a 7200 rpm HD.
will actually see more improvement from adding a 7200 rpm HD.
I suggest SSDit will make your laptop super fast
i got the same laptop as yours i upgraded it to 4gb now i want a SSD
The problem with SSD is:
- limited space.
- cost.
- fragmentation issues.
- lifespan.
- its suck!
I'm going to disagree with most people here. I've added ram to machines and more often than not barely noticed a performance bump if any. However when I finally upgraded to a 7200rpm drive after never thinking it was important I saw a big performance boost all around. You hard drive is being accessed constantly. The faster the better.
But this is really a false dilemma. With prices the way they are 4 gigs of DDR3 will cost $60, and a 320gb 7200RPM drive only $80. Get both.
But this is really a false dilemma. With prices the way they are 4 gigs of DDR3 will cost $60, and a 320gb 7200RPM drive only $80. Get both.
Depend in the task and program that you are using, for example photoshop is a memory hog.
so true but switching memory will not void the warranty, instead to change the harddisk, not just invalid the warranty (at least for some models) but also you must reinstall all from scratch (or copy the information if you have the way to do it).
Changing Hard Drives doesn't void the warranty, just means Apple won't replace the Hard Drive should the Hard Drive fail. The rest of the machine is under warranty as usual.