Speed Solved, Discussion Changed: SSD vs HDD

[canis-orca]

Currently I have:

MBP Mid-2009 Intel Core 2 Duo with 8GB RAM, ~320GB HDD w/89.05GB Free, OSX 10.7.1 installed and purring smoothly.

I understand a 16GB craze going on with the new MBP's.

However, what could I do to have the maximum ram possible available for any single program?

The goal to is operate, say maya, smoothly without having to wait for the hardware to catch up.

 

[yusukeaoki]

Maybe installing a SSD might help.
Although maximizing your RAM over 8GB is impossible for 2009 model so Id say turn off all other applications while running maya.

RAM is mostly used for multitasking so turning off other applications and restarting might help.

 

[alust2013]

If you only have one app open at a time, that will make the most available RAM for that program. Generally that's not necessary though.

 

[canis-orca]

Speed Solved, shifted to HDD vs SSD.

Maybe installing a SSD might help.
Although maximizing your RAM over 8GB is impossible for 2009 model so Id say turn off all other applications while running maya.

RAM is mostly used for multitasking so turning off other applications and restarting might help.

Easy enough.

In HDD vs SSD what are your personal experiences?

I have read some information on SSD's and HDD's, but no personal experience with using a SSD.