Unquestionably, with the kind of multi-app usage that's been talked about, more RAM is called for. But more RAM alone won't work miracles. In my experience, SSD makes a much bigger difference in system performance -- even if the system is short on RAM. Chris Hart Computer Support & Technology Consulting for Connecticut and Western Massachusetts Tel: 860-291-9393 chris at chrishart.net http://www.MyMacTech.com >>> >> >> Sounds to me like insufficient RAM. Every program takes memory. SSDs >> speed up boot time, and file access, but that's not what your computer >> spends most of its time doing. Buy more memory. >> >> Dan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20160309/5860274a/attachment.html