Re: : More ram or an SSD

William Muriithi <[email protected]> Tue, 5 Aug 2014 13:21:17 -0400
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Dave,
> I have an iMac running 16G. I can buy 32G of ram for around 450, or and
SSD.
>
> which way to go ? Note the SSD would run as a second drive
>
This is a desktop/laptop I believe

If I had to make that decision, I would go with SSD. Why, unlike servers
which stay up for long time and hence likely to use RAM more heavily, a
laptop will need restarting often.

The OSX filesystem is also crappy so dollars spent on SSD would have a lot
more effect. Plus, with 16GB, you are already at a point of diminishing
results as far as RAM is concerned

William

> Dave Cramer