I just upgraded my MBP and opted for the slowest 2.0 Ghz CPU and spent the savings on 8Gb RAM and a Vertex 3. Absolutely worth it. Just to give a rough idea -

I just upgraded my MBP and opted for the slowest 2.0 Ghz CPU and spent the savings on 8Gb RAM and a Vertex 3. Absolutely worth it. Just to give a rough idea - 4k random writes: Vertex 3 - 214 MB/s WD VelociRaptor - 1.9 MB/s http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph4256/36481.png http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph4256/36481.png