Oli Kenobi

2 weeks ago, I got a new MacBook Pro. It’s a beast: 2.8GHz, 8GB of RAM, and the lethal weapon, a 256 GB SSD hard drive.

For those who don’t know, SSD stands for Solid State Drive. It’s a new and expensive technology that’s gonna be in every computer in 5 years. What’s the deal about SSD you might ask? It’s crazy fast, a lot faster than a standard hard drive. Almost every program on my Mac opens in less than 2 seconds. The computer boots and is ready to rock in less than 15 seconds.

8GB of RAM can seem overkill, but not so much actually… okay, a little bit… I usually have 4GB available all the time. The thing is, I can have all the programs I use opened a the same time. By all, I mean iTunes (a RAM sucker), Photoshop, Illustrator, Xcode (the tool I use to program for the iPhone), Safari, Skype, iChat, even Windows through Vmware, and a LOT more… and the computer doesn’t run slower at all!

I start to get used to such power and I had to change some habits I’ve had before, like closing some programs before opening others. Everything is snappy and very responsive and as you can guess I’m more than happy with my new toy.