Upgrade RAM or upgrade Macbook Pro?

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Hi there,
i have a 13 inch Macbook Pro form mid 2010 which running really slow. I get the spinning wheen of death for pretty much every action, including opening word documents and often in Firefox... I have 4Gb of RAM currently, so I should upgrade that, or should I just upgrade the whole thing? Any other thoughts and suggestions welcome too!
thanks guys
 

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2017 15" MBP, 16gig ram, 1TB SSD, OS 10.15
This is a pretty frequently asked/answered question...so lots of info if a search is performed. Here you go:

- Repair permissions (Disk Utility)
- Restart the computer more often.
- What size HD do you have & how much free space do you have?
- Download & run a free program named "Onyx"
- How many applications do you usually have open at the same time...and what are they?

Bottom line...your computer may only need some routine maintenance performed. Certainly much better than having to purchase a whole new computer!:)

- Nick

p.s. Read the link in my signature called "Beachballs".
 

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