Macbook Pro Hardware Upgrade

[lotsofstuff]

Hey! So my mac hasn't been the fastest in the past year or so. And with the upgrade of Lion it seems to have gotten a tad bit slower. So, my questions are what hardware can I buy to improve my mac's performance/speed, is upgrading RAM going to be the best thing to do, etc?

Hopefully this is enough info:
2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
MacBookPro 2,2
2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
ATI Radeon X1600 128 MB

 

[BigDrives]

Hey! So my mac hasn't been the fastest in the past year or so. And with the upgrade of Lion it seems to have gotten a tad bit slower. So, my questions are what hardware can I buy to improve my mac's performance/speed, is upgrading RAM going to be the best thing to do, etc?

Hopefully this is enough info:
2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
MacBookPro 2,2
2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
ATI Radeon X1600 128 MB

More ram will likely help, as you only have 2gb. Ram is relatively cheap these days so it seems like a no brainer to me.

Edit: Start with ram, most everything else will be a fair amount more expensive.

 

[Naimfan]

You can also get a 500 GB 7200 RPM hard drive--like a Hitachi--and that will help some as well.

How much free space do you have on your hard drive?

 

[lotsofstuff]

More ram will likely help, as you only have 2gb. Ram is relatively cheap these days so it seems like a no brainer to me.

Edit: Start with ram, most everything else will be a fair amount more expensive.

Crucial's scan said that 4gb of ram would be the maximum (2gb in each slot). Is that enough and/or true?

You can also get a 500 GB 7200 RPM hard drive--like a Hitachi--and that will help some as well.

How much free space do you have on your hard drive?

I have 100gb free out of a 160gb hard drive.

 

[Macjames]

4GB RAM yes, but can you get a crucial 128GB M4 SSD? They are expensive but offer a great speed boost.