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I'm thinking about upgrading my Macbook Pro a bit - wanna max out the RAM to 8GB and also maybe swap out the SATA drive for an SSD. Any suggestions? I know pretty much what specs I want, I'm just wondering if the brand is important.....
The system will take up to 8GB RAM (2 x 4GB) DDR3 SODIMM 204-pin (1333Mhz); I've found some on eBay from the USA for around £75 delivered, which is cheaper than most of the UK stores I've looked at, but that makes me think maybe it's an inferior brand - does such a thing exist??
And then as for SSDs...... I hate the idea of not having oodles of storage with me at all times, but I can't really justify £200 for a 256GB drive, so I reckon if I go for a 128GB and then just carry my old 500GB SATA2 around in an enclosure..... Again, is there any preference on what brand of SSD? Some going on eBay for around £160, but I dunno what to look for........someone said there's something called TRIM which some of the newer drives can do that reduces wasted space by telling your OS which sectors have been deleted that can be written to?? Or would I be better spending more on a decent make??
Apologies if I've stepped on any toes talking about buying from non-OcUK places here, I just really wanna know if it's worth buying a certain brand/model or just going for the cheapest I can find??
The system will take up to 8GB RAM (2 x 4GB) DDR3 SODIMM 204-pin (1333Mhz); I've found some on eBay from the USA for around £75 delivered, which is cheaper than most of the UK stores I've looked at, but that makes me think maybe it's an inferior brand - does such a thing exist??
And then as for SSDs...... I hate the idea of not having oodles of storage with me at all times, but I can't really justify £200 for a 256GB drive, so I reckon if I go for a 128GB and then just carry my old 500GB SATA2 around in an enclosure..... Again, is there any preference on what brand of SSD? Some going on eBay for around £160, but I dunno what to look for........someone said there's something called TRIM which some of the newer drives can do that reduces wasted space by telling your OS which sectors have been deleted that can be written to?? Or would I be better spending more on a decent make??
Apologies if I've stepped on any toes talking about buying from non-OcUK places here, I just really wanna know if it's worth buying a certain brand/model or just going for the cheapest I can find??
(and apparently an update will support it at some point). If your doing a larger external drive option id recommend getting a firewire setup as you'll find usb2 isnt very good at transferring lots of data (made my back ups a dull and lengthy process). For the SSD option you also might want to hold out a few more months as I believe there are new ones being released.