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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Notebook Hardware
Replace Laptop or Upgrade HD and RAM?
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<blockquote data-quote="pigoo3" data-source="post: 1633345" data-attributes="member: 56379"><p>First. If you are truly having performance issues with doing your computing tasks (issues related to CPU and GPU)...then a ram and/or SSD will not help much</p><p></p><p>- An SSD is not really going to help...since an SSD only speeds up opening of files & applications...and speeds up boot time. An SSD is really not going to help a ton with activities that involve the CPU and GPU.</p><p></p><p>- More ram can help. So an upgrade from 4 to 8gig may help (I think that your computer can do 8 gig). But again...more ram isn't going to help much if it's the computers CPU and GPU that are the main perfomance limitation.</p><p></p><p>Of course these upgrades will be far less expensive than purchasing a brand new computer (assuming you didn't go "crazy" buying a large SSD).<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>- Nick</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pigoo3, post: 1633345, member: 56379"] First. If you are truly having performance issues with doing your computing tasks (issues related to CPU and GPU)...then a ram and/or SSD will not help much - An SSD is not really going to help...since an SSD only speeds up opening of files & applications...and speeds up boot time. An SSD is really not going to help a ton with activities that involve the CPU and GPU. - More ram can help. So an upgrade from 4 to 8gig may help (I think that your computer can do 8 gig). But again...more ram isn't going to help much if it's the computers CPU and GPU that are the main perfomance limitation. Of course these upgrades will be far less expensive than purchasing a brand new computer (assuming you didn't go "crazy" buying a large SSD).:) - Nick [/QUOTE]
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