Squeezing out another couple of years from my laptop

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Had my laptop for 3 years or so now, and wiondered if there is anything i can do to make it quicker apart from SSD and RAM?

Machine is a mid 2009 macbook pro 17, 2.8 intel core duo, 500gb 5200 hd, 8gb ram
 
And a new CPU. ;)
 
SSD will make a monumental difference speed and convenience - it will just start so much quicker.

Not sure you can update the CPU's on the Macbook? - If you realy really need more CPU power I'd flog what you've got and plump for a mbp retina with 16gb ram, it's a i7 quad core so a worthy jump to your current spec and you get a mind blowing screen to boot.

Otherwise go down the ssd route, they are sooooo much cheaper now, it should add a bit of value to the macbook if you want to sell it later, and see if it's enough to keep you happy- then if not get a second hand mbp rertina when the next gen comes out in 6 months
 
Was lucky enough to have the insurance company replace my last laptop (an evesham xp machine) with a macbook (after persistent negotiation on my behalf!).

Plenty of other things i want to spend my money on first (50-150, 70-300vr, gitzo tripd, xe1, lee big stopper, billinham bag, holiday...), so will be going down the SSD route, already maxed out the ram..
 
Apologies for slight thread hijack - but is it possible to put an SSD into a 6yr old Dell XPS m1710 laptop?

Can it go alongside the old HDD, I doubt it.......
 
Alongside. No (unless you can find a way of haviung 2 disks in the machine at the same tiime. Possible? Maybe: it depends if the drive in there is SATA or IDE (don't think you can get IDE SSDs...). Worth it: umm dunno.... 6 years is a LONG time in laptop circles...
 
Thanks guys - 6 yrs is old, but the screen is why I stick with it, just got used to 1920 x 1200, wish I could find another laptop with that size screen.

(Plan B is Dell U2410 monitor)
 
My MacBook is still chugging along as fast as it was when I first switched it on, it's a core 2 duo white MacBook that's slowly falling apart, running Lion with 2GB RAM. I'd thought it died a few days ago, as it refused to boot, just showed a white screen, after breaking out the external DVD drive, as the internal one is now knackered, a disk check and format later, it was back up and running.
Tough buggers these laptops.

:)
 
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