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<blockquote data-quote="sailor#1" data-source="post: 1708332" data-attributes="member: 231337"><p>To a point. I have both a 13 and 17 MBP vintage 2011. On the 17, I removed the original 750 drive and installed a hybrid from Western Digital and configured it as a Fusion Drive. Made a huge difference. No reason a 1T or larger SSD wouldn't work as well but would be much more expensive, I believe. My apps on the 17 load "very" rapidly but no benchmarks. If you're at 8GB RAM that's all you can do, I think, but the combination of a full complement of RAM and a FHD or SSD for your drive should make your 17 much faster than stock. I also seem to recall that some have removed the optical drive and replaced with a second HDD/FDD/SSD. An external optical drive could then be used when needed.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I also looked long and hard about my upgrade issues with my 2006 1,1. I seriously considered making some internal modifications and kluging a boot fix to upgrade to Mountain Lion (at that time). I decided against this as I felt it would be continuing problems going forward. Thant's when I searched for a good used newer model and spent $700 on a 2009 4,1. Huge difference. You may wish to look at the following thread.</p><p></p><p>[h=1]Thread: <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/os-x-operating-system/showthread.php?t=317738" target="_blank">Legacy 2006 Mac Pro upgrade to Yosemite</a>[/h]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Regarding software loading and operation...I have CS5 Web Premium that includes Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver among others. All run flawlessly on both my MP and my MBP17. Loading any of these on my MP takes just a few seconds. Loading Photoshop CS5.1 on my 17 doesn't take much more.</p><p></p><p>HOWEVER!!! That was a week or so ago. I recently upgraded the OS to 10.11.4 on my MP and I did not think about this until this thread but I would be willing to be that's when things started to slow down for me with everything causing spinning wheels. I think I'll first complete my AHT testing (If someone would provide some pointers for me since it is not on my machine and a D-boot goes nowhere) and then regress to 11.3 from 11.4. I'll let you know how I make out.</p><p></p><p>I seem to become quite wordy in my middle age of 79 but hope this helps. Thanks to Nick, Paul and harryb2448 for their considered notes as well. Cheers...</p><p></p><p>---OJ</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sailor#1, post: 1708332, member: 231337"] To a point. I have both a 13 and 17 MBP vintage 2011. On the 17, I removed the original 750 drive and installed a hybrid from Western Digital and configured it as a Fusion Drive. Made a huge difference. No reason a 1T or larger SSD wouldn't work as well but would be much more expensive, I believe. My apps on the 17 load "very" rapidly but no benchmarks. If you're at 8GB RAM that's all you can do, I think, but the combination of a full complement of RAM and a FHD or SSD for your drive should make your 17 much faster than stock. I also seem to recall that some have removed the optical drive and replaced with a second HDD/FDD/SSD. An external optical drive could then be used when needed. I also looked long and hard about my upgrade issues with my 2006 1,1. I seriously considered making some internal modifications and kluging a boot fix to upgrade to Mountain Lion (at that time). I decided against this as I felt it would be continuing problems going forward. Thant's when I searched for a good used newer model and spent $700 on a 2009 4,1. Huge difference. You may wish to look at the following thread. [h=1]Thread: [URL="http://www.mac-forums.com/os-x-operating-system/showthread.php?t=317738"]Legacy 2006 Mac Pro upgrade to Yosemite[/URL][/h] Regarding software loading and operation...I have CS5 Web Premium that includes Photoshop, Illustrator and Dreamweaver among others. All run flawlessly on both my MP and my MBP17. Loading any of these on my MP takes just a few seconds. Loading Photoshop CS5.1 on my 17 doesn't take much more. HOWEVER!!! That was a week or so ago. I recently upgraded the OS to 10.11.4 on my MP and I did not think about this until this thread but I would be willing to be that's when things started to slow down for me with everything causing spinning wheels. I think I'll first complete my AHT testing (If someone would provide some pointers for me since it is not on my machine and a D-boot goes nowhere) and then regress to 11.3 from 11.4. I'll let you know how I make out. I seem to become quite wordy in my middle age of 79 but hope this helps. Thanks to Nick, Paul and harryb2448 for their considered notes as well. Cheers... ---OJ [/QUOTE]
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