And the system as a whole became more responsive. Boot times on both Macs went from over a minute, to seconds. On my 2011 MacBook Pro and old Mac Pro tower, replacing the hard drives with SSDs boosted performance by a large margin. ** I know a new laptop is the best option, and, is must within the next 3 years, but I don't know if I can improve the one that I have currently. What do you guys think? Should I work on it, use it till it dies, or, is time for a new MacBook (probably one of 4-core 13 in or 15 in)? Upgrading will probably include a new battery too as the health seems to be around 77% (and sometimes 67% which is odd?) I did a geekbench test, the single core performance was around 33 for multi ( almost 1/3 performance of the newer laptops).
I've been debating, is an SSD upgrade worth it at this stage? (about $120), how much improvement am I going to see when it comes to performance not only booting up the system and apps? The worst thing that I do with this machine is editing 4K videos with iMovie occasionally. I would love to buy a new machine but I'm not ready for that yet especially with the current prices (2K+) and I love iMovie, otherwise, a Surface could be an option (or a some sort of a "gaming" laptop). I'm still rocking the OEM HDD and I guess after 6 years of use, it started to slow down and heat up a bit. I have a MacBook Pro (Mid 2012 Model), Processor: 2.9 GHz Intel Core i7, Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3, Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 1536 MB.