The best $650 I spent last year
Last year I ponied up for a 256GB SSD for my Macbook Pro. Six months later, I can confidently give the verdict that it’s the best investment I made in my work setup. Just a few datapoints:
- Scout’s unit test suite runs in half the time: 1m34s vs. 2m58s with my old setup
- Photoshop opens in under four seconds
- XCode opens in under three seconds
- everthing else opens pretty much instantaneously—I don’t keep mental track of what’s open or not, because there’s essentially no overhead.
These little efficiencies add up over time. More importantly, though, if I know the friction is minimal, It’s much easier to do the right thing—run the test suite one more time or open up Photoshop for that final adjustment.
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