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<blockquote data-quote="BulletproofBob" data-source="post: 1183478" data-attributes="member: 191935"><p>I would run the stock drive initially, unless it wasn't that difficult, 5400 RPM drives gives me headaches and would love to just swap it before I put real data on it.</p><p></p><p>Is the drive swap difficult physically, or the actual install of the OS?</p><p>If it is physical, I don't mind, I've been building computers since I was 10 and there isn't much tearing down that bothers me.</p><p></p><p>Are the iMac's much faster?</p><p>Is the 2.66 processor really worth the $150 upgrade price? The memory I can do myself, but I believe the processor you have to chose up front and can't switch later on. 5400RPM drive is unacceptable for me, and I won't use anything long term that isn't 7200/10000 RPM with a large cache.</p><p></p><p>I assume if I swap out the disk with a WB Black or Intel SSD and bump it up to 8GB, it should perform very well even with PS & LR?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BulletproofBob, post: 1183478, member: 191935"] I would run the stock drive initially, unless it wasn't that difficult, 5400 RPM drives gives me headaches and would love to just swap it before I put real data on it. Is the drive swap difficult physically, or the actual install of the OS? If it is physical, I don't mind, I've been building computers since I was 10 and there isn't much tearing down that bothers me. Are the iMac's much faster? Is the 2.66 processor really worth the $150 upgrade price? The memory I can do myself, but I believe the processor you have to chose up front and can't switch later on. 5400RPM drive is unacceptable for me, and I won't use anything long term that isn't 7200/10000 RPM with a large cache. I assume if I swap out the disk with a WB Black or Intel SSD and bump it up to 8GB, it should perform very well even with PS & LR? [/QUOTE]
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