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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
Macbook Pro i5 - 8gb RaM or SSD?
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<blockquote data-quote="fishydiver123" data-source="post: 1413177" data-attributes="member: 256466"><p>I have a 2011 Macbook pro running Lion with 2.3 i5 processor, 4gb RAM and 320GB 5400rpm hard drive. Even though I am mostly just using iTunes, word, mail and safari, i keep getting the 'wheel of death' regularly, especially while browsing YouTube and flash sites in Safari. I have decided that this is getting too annoying to just ignore, but I don't know what is the best course of action. Would it be better to increase my RAM to 8GB , or to splash out on an SSD? I know that an SSD is much more expensive than RAM at £165 rather than £30, so I'll only go for that option if I'm sure that RAM isn't going to make a big difference to my system.</p><p></p><p>An alternative would be to invest in a 7200rpm hard drive for £70, if that would make much of a difference without majorly impacting battery life.</p><p></p><p>This is a screenshot of my memory usage on activity monitor if that helps - the mac has been on for 2 days since the last restart. Thanks for the help!</p><p></p><p>PS - I can only afford one of these options, before anyone suggests two!</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]17499[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fishydiver123, post: 1413177, member: 256466"] I have a 2011 Macbook pro running Lion with 2.3 i5 processor, 4gb RAM and 320GB 5400rpm hard drive. Even though I am mostly just using iTunes, word, mail and safari, i keep getting the 'wheel of death' regularly, especially while browsing YouTube and flash sites in Safari. I have decided that this is getting too annoying to just ignore, but I don't know what is the best course of action. Would it be better to increase my RAM to 8GB , or to splash out on an SSD? I know that an SSD is much more expensive than RAM at £165 rather than £30, so I'll only go for that option if I'm sure that RAM isn't going to make a big difference to my system. An alternative would be to invest in a 7200rpm hard drive for £70, if that would make much of a difference without majorly impacting battery life. This is a screenshot of my memory usage on activity monitor if that helps - the mac has been on for 2 days since the last restart. Thanks for the help! PS - I can only afford one of these options, before anyone suggests two! [ATTACH=full]17499[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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