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