Hello,
Just looking for some feedback on the following upgrade. As the title says, I own a late 2011 MBP with default factory hardware (500GB HDD, 4GB RAM) and I mainly use my computer for software development (iOS and .NET, the latter meaning I frequently run Visual Studio in a Win8 virtual machine). So, here's my idea:
- Samsung SSD 128GB 840 PRO + SATA Optical Bay Adapter
- Corsair DDR3 1600MHz 2x8GB
Initially I was just thinking about replacing the HDD for a 256GB SSD, however, when I figured out that I could instead replace the optical drive for the SDD (as the late 2011 model has an optical drive port that is SATA3) I immediatly liked the idea about tossing the DVD drive for the SSD, which means that a 128GB SSD would be enough and using the remaining money on a RAM boost. (128GB is more than enough disk space for the OSX and the Win8 virtual machine, while the rest of the stuff can go the HDD).
Now, regarding the RAM, do you think it's worth it going for the 16GB? I'm sure I could live with 8GB and, given my needs, perhaps the SSD upgrade would be enough so right now and considering what I do with my MBP I'm looking for advice on the best trade-off in terms of RAM.
Just for curiosity, I also own a late 2008 iMac with a busted DVD combo drive. Can I replace that superdrive with the one in my MBP, as I won't be using it anymore?
Just looking for some feedback on the following upgrade. As the title says, I own a late 2011 MBP with default factory hardware (500GB HDD, 4GB RAM) and I mainly use my computer for software development (iOS and .NET, the latter meaning I frequently run Visual Studio in a Win8 virtual machine). So, here's my idea:
- Samsung SSD 128GB 840 PRO + SATA Optical Bay Adapter
- Corsair DDR3 1600MHz 2x8GB
Initially I was just thinking about replacing the HDD for a 256GB SSD, however, when I figured out that I could instead replace the optical drive for the SDD (as the late 2011 model has an optical drive port that is SATA3) I immediatly liked the idea about tossing the DVD drive for the SSD, which means that a 128GB SSD would be enough and using the remaining money on a RAM boost. (128GB is more than enough disk space for the OSX and the Win8 virtual machine, while the rest of the stuff can go the HDD).
Now, regarding the RAM, do you think it's worth it going for the 16GB? I'm sure I could live with 8GB and, given my needs, perhaps the SSD upgrade would be enough so right now and considering what I do with my MBP I'm looking for advice on the best trade-off in terms of RAM.
Just for curiosity, I also own a late 2008 iMac with a busted DVD combo drive. Can I replace that superdrive with the one in my MBP, as I won't be using it anymore?