05-04-2013, 06:28 PM
By the way, I'm not buying into the 8GB is required to run SL.
I went from an SSD booting SR MBP running SL and 4GB RAM to this 16GB RAM MBPR with SSD.Honestly, the speed difference was not a big deal.
Indeed, I regularly go back to my MBP running 10.6 off an SSD. It's not a big step back due to the terrific OWC SSD.
But going to ANY HD-booting laptop is like molasses.
I'm not talking heaving gaming or video editing - or anything that needs better graphics performance, etc. Of course this newer machine is going to blow away a 2006 laptop.
But surfing, email, google hangouts, etc - the SSD makes all the difference and even more so than extra RAM.
I went from an SSD booting SR MBP running SL and 4GB RAM to this 16GB RAM MBPR with SSD.Honestly, the speed difference was not a big deal.
Indeed, I regularly go back to my MBP running 10.6 off an SSD. It's not a big step back due to the terrific OWC SSD.
But going to ANY HD-booting laptop is like molasses.
I'm not talking heaving gaming or video editing - or anything that needs better graphics performance, etc. Of course this newer machine is going to blow away a 2006 laptop.
But surfing, email, google hangouts, etc - the SSD makes all the difference and even more so than extra RAM.