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<blockquote data-quote="microsnook" data-source="post: 1335839" data-attributes="member: 218122"><p>Thats a good choice. </p><p>If you don't want to have Apple install the RAM, you can order the 8GB from OWC, and then install it yourself. That might be cheaper than Apples upgrade. </p><p></p><p>16 is wayyy pricey now, but I mean in 3 years Im sure it will be nothing like that. Just another thing to upgrade your computer then...</p><p></p><p>SSD is definitely the way to go. Everything will launch faster, load faster. Its awesome. My computer boots up in 15 seconds. Basically no lag. OWC Mercury Pro 6G SSD is a good drive. I believe it is one of their fastest. 500mb/s read/write speed. </p><p></p><p>Now, Apple will not warrant these items because they are not genuine Apple. Just something else to take into consideration.</p><p></p><p>I would get an external drive for now, and consider an SSD as the main drive, and then if you want to do an OWC data doubler, you could always install another conventional HDD in the CD drive bay. Converting your CD bay would be up to you, and depend on how much you actually insert CDs/DVDs. You may just use flash drives and have no need for it anymore. But an external drive is always a good idea. </p><p></p><p>Then you can partition the external drive, and back up with time machine and carbon copy cloner, and then if your hard drive ever failed, you would be able to boot up from the external drive. Pretty neat.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helped.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="microsnook, post: 1335839, member: 218122"] Thats a good choice. If you don't want to have Apple install the RAM, you can order the 8GB from OWC, and then install it yourself. That might be cheaper than Apples upgrade. 16 is wayyy pricey now, but I mean in 3 years Im sure it will be nothing like that. Just another thing to upgrade your computer then... SSD is definitely the way to go. Everything will launch faster, load faster. Its awesome. My computer boots up in 15 seconds. Basically no lag. OWC Mercury Pro 6G SSD is a good drive. I believe it is one of their fastest. 500mb/s read/write speed. Now, Apple will not warrant these items because they are not genuine Apple. Just something else to take into consideration. I would get an external drive for now, and consider an SSD as the main drive, and then if you want to do an OWC data doubler, you could always install another conventional HDD in the CD drive bay. Converting your CD bay would be up to you, and depend on how much you actually insert CDs/DVDs. You may just use flash drives and have no need for it anymore. But an external drive is always a good idea. Then you can partition the external drive, and back up with time machine and carbon copy cloner, and then if your hard drive ever failed, you would be able to boot up from the external drive. Pretty neat. Hope this helped. [/QUOTE]
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