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Hey guys, for school i use an old 2011 mac (2435M cpu, 4gb of i think gddr5 1333mhz )

The hard drive in this is a 500gb 5400rpm hdd, and i'm considering upgrading it to a 240gb ssd

(the ssd will only have windows, unlike the hdd) And i'm wondering just how significant will the speed difference be?

 

thanks in advance to anyone who replies!

 

I still consider a Sandy Bridge gen CPU as not being crazy old yet, that honor goes to the Core 2 Duos.

 

You will have a significant boost in speed. Your Mac will be a lot more responsive and programs will load up much faster.

 

I remember my Acer laptop's original hard drive taking 2-4 min to load up vs 20 seconds now on the SSD.

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Hey guys, for school i use an old 2011 mac (2435M cpu, 4gb of i think gddr5 1333mhz )

The hard drive in this is a 500gb 5400rpm hdd, and i'm considering upgrading it to a 240gb ssd

(the ssd will only have windows, unlike the hdd) And i'm wondering just how significant will the speed difference be?

 

thanks in advance to anyone who replies!

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Hey guys, for school i use an old 2011 mac (2435M cpu, 4gb of i think gddr5 1333mhz )

The hard drive in this is a 500gb 5400rpm hdd, and i'm considering upgrading it to a 240gb ssd

(the ssd will only have windows, unlike the hdd) And i'm wondering just how significant will the speed difference be?

 

thanks in advance to anyone who replies!

 

I still consider a Sandy Bridge gen CPU as not being crazy old yet, that honor goes to the Core 2 Duos.

 

You will have a significant boost in speed. Your Mac will be a lot more responsive and programs will load up much faster.

 

I remember my Acer laptop's original hard drive taking 2-4 min to load up vs 20 seconds now on the SSD.

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I still consider a Sandy Bridge gen CPU as not being crazy old yet, that honor goes to the Core 2 Duos.

 

You will have a significant boost in speed. Your Mac will be a lot more responsive and programs will load up much faster.

 

I remember my Acer laptop's original hard drive taking 2-4 min to load up vs 20 seconds now on the SSD.

 

Thanks! will pick one up sometime soon when the funds allow it!

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