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mini + ssd = worth it?
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<blockquote data-quote="scooter28" data-source="post: 1123676" data-attributes="member: 174666"><p>Hi everyone,</p><p></p><p>I have a mac mini 1,1 that has served me very well over the years. I have begun doing more work in CS4 lately and find that my performance degrades very quickly. I have the maximum amount of memory (2 GB) and replaced the cpu with a 2.33 ghz core2duo, but the system still hangs when switching applications. </p><p></p><p>What I'm noticing now is that when I'm working I have 7 or more swap files at peak usage. When I switch from photoshop to illustrator it feels like my entire 2 GB of memory is being swapped out and all I can do is wait for the system to catch up.</p><p></p><p>What I'm wondering is would a ssd would help with switching the swap files faster? I've heard that ssd performance is most noticeable when booting or shutting down, but what about performance at peak memory usage?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scooter28, post: 1123676, member: 174666"] Hi everyone, I have a mac mini 1,1 that has served me very well over the years. I have begun doing more work in CS4 lately and find that my performance degrades very quickly. I have the maximum amount of memory (2 GB) and replaced the cpu with a 2.33 ghz core2duo, but the system still hangs when switching applications. What I'm noticing now is that when I'm working I have 7 or more swap files at peak usage. When I switch from photoshop to illustrator it feels like my entire 2 GB of memory is being swapped out and all I can do is wait for the system to catch up. What I'm wondering is would a ssd would help with switching the swap files faster? I've heard that ssd performance is most noticeable when booting or shutting down, but what about performance at peak memory usage? [/QUOTE]
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