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- Macbook Pro: Early 2011; 2.3GHz; 8GB RAM; version 10.9.4 OS X
Hello,
I have a Macbook Pro from about 3 years ago. I have replaced the HDD with a 256GB SSD and upgraded the RAM from 4GB to 8GB. Both items were brought from non-apple retailers.
I upgraded to Mac OS X 10.9.2.
I have 100GB of music, I take photos (large RAW data images from my Nikon DSLR's and do much photo/video editing: Adobe Elements, premiere, lightroom, etc.
As time has gone on throughout these months, my Macbook has been crashing while running one of those listed programs.
I do not know what else there is to do. I really don't want to spend $2000 on a new Macbook just yet. At this point, I would need at least 512GB;SSD (I'll never use HDD again). My current one is starting to show its age and I do not want to spend hundreds of dollars on parts that may or may not improve it by much....look where that's got me now.
Should I suck it up and cough up the dough for a new one? Or are there any other suggestions on what can be done to improve my current Macbooks performance? With photo/video editing as the main use, its a tough call.
Thanks!
I have a Macbook Pro from about 3 years ago. I have replaced the HDD with a 256GB SSD and upgraded the RAM from 4GB to 8GB. Both items were brought from non-apple retailers.
I upgraded to Mac OS X 10.9.2.
I have 100GB of music, I take photos (large RAW data images from my Nikon DSLR's and do much photo/video editing: Adobe Elements, premiere, lightroom, etc.
As time has gone on throughout these months, my Macbook has been crashing while running one of those listed programs.
I do not know what else there is to do. I really don't want to spend $2000 on a new Macbook just yet. At this point, I would need at least 512GB;SSD (I'll never use HDD again). My current one is starting to show its age and I do not want to spend hundreds of dollars on parts that may or may not improve it by much....look where that's got me now.
Should I suck it up and cough up the dough for a new one? Or are there any other suggestions on what can be done to improve my current Macbooks performance? With photo/video editing as the main use, its a tough call.
Thanks!