ssd or 8GB of ram for Parallels in full screen

[hawaiipoolman]

i am not sure what i need, i just bought the new mbp 2011 base 13", but when i run Parallels in full screen with Aero enabled my osx side sometimes seems slugish when opening apps, would an ssd be a better option or upgrading the ram to 8GB, thanks.

 

[DWBurke811]

I would go with the RAM first.

 

[Samsumac]

Both actually.. Compared to the price of a sata 3 ssd, the price of ram is not that much to add.

You will need both for maximum VM operation

 

[Nuckinfuts]

i am not sure what i need, i just bought the new mbp 2011 base 13", but when i run Parallels in full screen with Aero enabled my osx side sometimes seems slugish when opening apps, would an ssd be a better option or upgrading the ram to 8GB, thanks.

RAM more so, VM's eat RAM, and when there's no more RAM, OS X has to page RAM back to the hard disk to free up some RAM.

So, more RAM will reduce your hits to the HDD

 

[hehe299792458]

go for SSD because it will make the most difference in your performance, with Parallels and others.

 

[snaky69]

go for SSD because it will make the most difference in your performance, with Parallels and others.

I disagree, a SSD will only help virtualization when it comes to lacking RAM, making the page file quicker to access.

 

[Uffish Thought]

RAM of course. Just look at your usage in Activity monitor before and after Parallels loads. I needed it to be able to run other apps smoothly while using Parallels.

 

[Nuckinfuts]

go for SSD because it will make the most difference in your performance, with Parallels and others.

Only when you access the disk...