Should i buy 8 or 16GB of ram
I have a late 2011 MacBook Pro with 4GB of RAM. I did a clean install of Lion, over the internet, yesterday (I was running Yosemite before the clean install). My Mac was running EXTREMELY slow. When i did the Lion install yesterday this thing was smoking fast. I've since done a clean install of Yosemite and things seem to be just as fast, however I haven't installed the first app.
Now for the record, I am not a Mac power user. My question is should I get 8GB or 16GB of RAM. I'm not going to get a SSD just yet, waiting for the cost to come down. I think RAM is my best option at the moment and I don't think I will buy a new MacBook for a few years.
Here are some specs:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Boot ROM Version: MBP81.0047.B2A
SMC Version (system): 1.69f4
4GB of apple stock RAM
I have a late 2011 MacBook Pro with 4GB of RAM. I did a clean install of Lion, over the internet, yesterday (I was running Yosemite before the clean install). My Mac was running EXTREMELY slow. When i did the Lion install yesterday this thing was smoking fast. I've since done a clean install of Yosemite and things seem to be just as fast, however I haven't installed the first app.
Now for the record, I am not a Mac power user. My question is should I get 8GB or 16GB of RAM. I'm not going to get a SSD just yet, waiting for the cost to come down. I think RAM is my best option at the moment and I don't think I will buy a new MacBook for a few years.
Here are some specs:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro8,2
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.2 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 4 GB
Boot ROM Version: MBP81.0047.B2A
SMC Version (system): 1.69f4
4GB of apple stock RAM