Solid state drives

[Kurtis]

Since RAM disks are volatile, they lose their data every time the PC loses power. Most RAM-disk utilities bypass this problem by including an optional feature that automatically saves the contents of your RAM disk to a hard drive during shutdown, and then reloads the data to the RAM disk during startup. This arrangement works well (unless you suddenly lose power), but it adds considerable length to the PC's startup and shutdown times, especially if you're running a large RAM disk on a traditional hard drive. A 4GB RAM-disk image, for example, takes several minutes to copy to a 7200-rpm hard drive. (SSDs save data much faster.)

LONG

[Gordon Gekko]

I've got an early 2011 mbp 4gb

What size should I be looking to get at least?

Gonna swing by comet tomorrow an see if they have any on the cheap

[dub]

If you're gonna keep your old hard drive and replace the optical drive you're probably fine with 64GB or 128GB

but if you're gonna replace the old hard drive then you may wann go over 300GB

[Gordon Gekko]

Nice one!

Any idea if it'll void my applecare protection?

[dub]

apparently not

https://discussions....tart=0&tstart=0

btw if you want to replace your optical drive you'll need a special tray to fit the SSD, can find it on ebay among other places