Please take a look at our photo tutorial “Upgrading a MacBook Pro with an SSD” when starting your system for the first time. opening a 1GB Photoshop image file (3,508 x 4,961 pixels, 300 dpi) containing 174 layersįor a hands-on tutorial on how to replace the original MacBook HDD with a SSD, please refer to our photo tutorial, “ Upgrading a MacBook Pro with an SSD“.In each scenario we measure performance through Full-on tuning: RAM upgrade to 8GB and installing a Samsung SSD 840 Pro, 256GB.HDD to SSD upgrade: the system with its original 2GB memory and a Samsung SSD 840 Pro, 256GB, replacing the original 250GB HDD.RAM upgrade: the system after upgrading the RAM to 8GB (keeping the 250GB HDD).Status quo: the existing system unchanged (HDD and 2GB of RAM).
There are about 250,000 folders and 933,000 files on the drive. The technical specifications for the test system:
