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What exactly is slow? You could try repairing permissions with Disk Utility and a reinstall of OS X never hurts
 
The key question is faster in what sense? i.e. what slowness are you experiencing?

Throwing money into RAM or SSD, while good for the economy, is sort of a haphazard approach if you don't first define the specific problem you're trying to address. 😀
 
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