Time to spend some money before tax time. I have a MacBook Pro 17 inch model 5.2 inch with SN 6.5.4. It has a 500GB HD and 4Gig of Ram. I think it wise to up the ram to max 8GB before moving to Avid 7 and higher. At OWC I also see that I can go up to 2TB internal drive. I see up to 2.0 TB conventional drives at 5400 rpm. I see a HGST 1TB at 7200rpm. Then there are SSDs up to 480 GB. I'm curious about what benifit I might see in a 7200 rpm over the larger 5400 rpm. I'm pretty sure the factory drive that came with my MBP is 5400 so is size or speed more important? Or should I just jump into the SSD world. I see a 480 GB unit and a 1TB unit that is a combo HD SSD. I don't do a lot of heavy lifting on the MBP but with run Adobe CS4 and Avid to augment the edit systems I freelance on.
I figure the DIY kits they have available will get me the correct specialty screwdrivers I might need. I remember Steve H said he upgraded his laptop DIY so it sounds doable. Anybody got any warnings about cracking open my laptop to upgrade myself?
John Moore
Barking Trout Productions
Studio City, CA
bigfish@pacbell.net
Barking Trout Productions
Studio City, CA
bigfish@pacbell.net
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