How to speed up x61s for Photoshop?

[richarddd]

I've been using Photoshop and Lightroom on my x61s and am wondering how to make them faster. Two alternatives I've been thinking of are

1) Go from 3gb to 6gb ram, and from XP to Win 7 64. From other posts here it seems the x61s can go to 8gb. If not, obviously this wouldn't work.

2) Go from 500gb 5400 drive to 500gb or 640gb 7200 drive

Next year I'll probably get an x201 with an i5 (or whatever is current then), so I don't want to spend a whole lot now.

What would you suggest?

[ZaZ]

If you're looking for a performance boost I'd say the Seagate Momentus XT is worth a look. The X61s can indeed take 8GB of memory.

[richarddd]

If you're looking for a performance boost I'd say the Seagate Momentus XT is worth a look. The X61s can indeed take 8GB of memory.

The Seagate does look interesting.

Tom's Hardware likes it a lot, even if the benchmark numbers aren't that much higher than the competition. http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/sea ... 38-13.html

Do you think this would significantly boost performance, and more than additional memory, especially for Lightroom and Photoshop?