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> The thing is, Lion runs like crap without an SSD or insane amounts of RAM for many people. YES. I have a MacBook Pro Core i7 from a little while back with an
by jsolson 14y ago
> The thing is, Lion runs like crap without an SSD or insane amounts of RAM for many people.
YES. I have a MacBook Pro Core i7 from a little while back with an old style spinning rust drive and a 11" MacBook Air Core 2 Duo.
For purely CPU bound things, sure, the Core i7 kicks the pants out of the Core 2. Same for videogames. For day to day use, though, switching between Eclipse, Xcode, Chrome, etc. the Air provides a much more uniform experience. At its best it's far slower than the Pro at its best, but at its worst it's much faster and more responsive. I rarely see beachballs on the Air. I used to see them all the time on the Pro (the Pro has been sitting on a shelf for the past eight months as I switched to working exclusively on my Air, partially for this reason).
So my experience is that something may not be broken, but something definitely isn't set up optimally for users with poor disk performance and high memory/CPU performance.
- mahyarm 14y agoWhy don't you spend $140 and add an SSD to the pro? You can keep the HDD for an extra $80 with a cd drive bay HDD caddy.
- danieldk 14y agoDoesn't the latter void warranty?
- wysiwtf 14y agoMaybe technically, but unless you strip every screw on your way into the machine, they won't know you ever had the cd drive disconnected. Just put it back when you take it in for service.
- mnutt 14y agoIt doesn't appear to, however if you ever have to get your machine serviced you have to painstakingly undo and redo the installation, as Apple doesn't guarantee the machine that comes back from the factory will have your extra drive in it. If I were to do it over again I'd just get a larger SSD and leave the optical drive alone.
- cgs 14y agoNot in my experience. I did exactly that (install SSD in cd drive bay, and use orig hd for a second drive), and when I had a fan issue it was not a problem.
- bonzoesc 14y agoOnly if you try and claim the warranty for something you broke c.f. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson-Moss_Warranty_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnuson-Moss_Warranty_Act
- nooooooo 14y agoYes, but you can un-void it by plugging your CD drive back in. Note that replacing the hard drive voids the warranty as well.
- calloc 14y agoOnly voids the warranty on the hard drive, in all actuality they don't care... They will simply call up and ask about it and you tell them you replaced it due to corporate policy and all is well.
- herf 14y agoI got this one for $16 (no enclosure for your old CD-ROM like the $80 one): http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0058AH2US/ref=oh_details_o03_s00_i00 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0058AH2US/ref=oh_details_o... Left some big files on the old HD, and symlinked them. The disk stays idle in the CD bay until I need it, then spins up.
- jsolson 14y agoAs I said, it was only part of the reason I shelved it. It also turns out I rather like working on an 11" screen. Keeps me focussed.