Help Configuring MBP

It's time for a new computer I will use 99% for work. I am currently using a MBP circa 2007. I am forced to run Parallels to run specific work related windows apps. Other than that, I run MS Office for Mac 2011, Adobe Acrobat and a few other apps. My main issue today is that by the time I get Parallels running, and get 30 to 40 Word documents open (I have to have all files open for comparison, cutting & pasting and such), 10 to 20 spreadsheets, Outlook and more, my old MBP spins forever and is just dogging along.
So....the first question is: is the MBP my best choice? I must have two monitors and the MBP 15 inch screen is "ok". Would prefer two 27 inch monitors (and may end up doing this through the Matrox DualHead2Go. But maybe I should be considering a Mac Pro Desktop (and use my new 27inch iMac at home to access it remotely when needed) or Mac Air (for even greater portability) or maybe even another iMac. The choices!! LOL!
Let's assume the 15 inch MBP is the choice for the moment. MY QUESTION IS: is there any downside to saving a few dollars on the configuration and order it with the bare bones drive (500GB drive) and swap it on my own for a 256GB or 512GB SSD Drive. I called Apple and asked specifically about the 256GB and 512GB SSD Drives. After speaking with four people (each time moving up the latter), they had no idea what SATA level the drives were, nor what the read/write rates were. Sad!
I have seen some smoking fast SATA III SSD drives from OWC and Intel, but I want to be sure that it will work in DVD bay or the HD bay. What size of SSD (2.5 inch? 1.8 inch? etc.) do I need to buy for which bay? Is there an option to remove the DVD Drive in the Macbook Pro and swap it for a SSD or move the standard HD to the DVD drive bay and put the SSD in the slot where the HD was?
Lastly - any recommendations on which SSD works best with the MBP? Intel 510 seems to get a lot of decent talk....The OCZ 240 GB Vertex 3 SATA III 6.0GB/S also gets lots of attention.
Confused!
Any help would be appreciated.

Many of the SSDs Apple has used have been Toshibas, but there is no assurance when you order one from Apple that you will get any make or model in particular. Apple buys SSDs (and hard drives, for that matter) from various manufacturers from time to time, selecting them on the basis of internal criteria that are not published. Because the drive in one new machine may not be the same one used in another, specs are not published either, and sales and support personnel have no more information about them than you and I do. If you want a particular SSD or specification, order your MBP with the stock factory hard drive, and buy and install the SSD of your choice yourself.

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Current configuration : 9721 bytes
! Last configuration change at 15:26:14 CET Thu Jan 2 2014
! NVRAM config last updated at 15:26:14 CET Thu Jan 2 2014
! NVRAM config last updated at 15:26:14 CET Thu Jan 2 2014
version 15.1
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service timestamps log datetime msec
no service password-encryption
hostname Router
boot-start-marker
boot-end-marker
no aaa new-model
clock timezone CET 1 0
network-clock-participate wic 0
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no ipv6 cef
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allow-connections sip to h323
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no supplementary-service sip refer
sip
registrar server expires max 3600 min 3600
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codec preference 1 g711ulaw
codec preference 2 g711alaw
codec preference 3 g729r8
codec preference 4 g729br8
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voice translation-rule 1
rule 1 /5123781291/ /601/
rule 2 /5123781290/ /600/
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rule 3 /601/ /5123788001/
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translate called 2
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voice-port 2/0/6
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timers connect 100
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calling-number initiator
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hold-alert 30 originator
ephone-dn 3
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hold-alert 30 originator
ephone-dn 5
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mac-address 0019.E88F.3BDD
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mac-address 001E.4A92.0A27
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ephone 3
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Message was edited by: D/FW

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-use grub-mkconfig to generate a new grub.cfg

Help! MBP froze at windows install

so I just learned that i cannot install xp on my new MBP! How come my friend successfully installed it on her iMAC? maybe MBP and iMAC are different...
But my MBP still froze at the black screen saying "setup is checking your computer's hardware configuration", literally for hours!!!
I tried to force shut down and reboot, but it just came back to the black screen.. How can I save my poor MBP?? Please help!!
Thank you!

Some new Macs require Windows 7. They don't contain the drivers for XP. See - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4410
Your friend probably has an older iMac like mine. I've installed XP at various points and it worked fine.

Help configuring OS X Server for use with SuperDuper!

Hi, I am trying to configure my Mac Mini running Mavericks and OS X Server and my MBP so that I can make SuperDuper! backups from the internal drive in the MBP to an external drive connected to the Mac Mini. I would like to be able to make a connection wirelessly over the LAN so that I can configure automatic scheduled backups. Can anyone help me with this? I am inexperienced with Server and have not been able to get SuperDuper to locate the external drive. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

You can't do that. "SuperDuper" doesn't work over a network. "Carbon Copy Cloner" does.

Need help configuring Aiport Extreme A1034 to optimize network signal.

Greetings, I am a very loyal mac user from back in the days of the Quadra 650. I have torn apart and fixed most macs for the last 13, but I must say configuring this wireless network has got me stumped. Any help would be gladly appreciated.
I went from a ibook 1 Ghz with a plastic case to a aluminum powerbook g4 1.67 to find out that the metal case greatly diminished the computers ability to receive a wifi signal from my Rv park. I then decided to buy an Airport Extreme A1034 that has the antenna port and then bought a Hawking 15db directional antenna. My intention was to have the Airport Base station receive the 802.11b wifi signal sent out from the office of the RV park through the Hawking antenna, and then have the base station take that signal it received and send that high speed wifi signal to the airport card in my Powerbook G4. Sounds simple enough, I thought it would be. I have found that using Airport set up assistant doesn't give me that option. I then proceeded to get into the workings of the Airport Admin Utility. I have found myself ready to pull my hair out trying to configure the 6 different tabs being, Airport , Internet, Network, Port Mapping, Access control, and WDS.
I do know that everything in the Airport tab is correct. The big problem I think is between the Internet, Network and WDS tabs. It seems that the Airport base station was basically made to have a high speed connection plugged into it via ethernet and then the base station broadcasts to host computers such as my PowerBook G4. My initial thought was to connect via Airport WDS in the internet tab and then set my powerbook to connect directly to the base station through the airport card. I read up on this via Apples Designing Airport networks that came on the Airport installation CD. It talked in detail about setting up the WDS tab to do something like I want but it still involves a hard wired ethernet connection at the start of it. I have also played around extensively with the Network control panel and the sharing control panel , I thought about turning the airport card inside my powerbook into a software or virtual base station and then try some sort of WDS relay. Through all this I had the Airport extreme go none responsive on me and not letting me log in. That's another story of 10 hours of **** fixing it, but i did. Even the reset button stopped working for a while. As of now I can access everything everywhere. I also have ALL the IP addresses Hardware(MAC) address, subnet masks and router addresses for every location in this proposed wireless chain. I just need someone to end this stressful nightmare. They say you learn through trial and error, that is how I learned most of my computer skills over the decades, that and Applecare certified tech training many years ago, But it doesn't help anyone if I stick a large knife through my base station. I can provide a phone number if your willing to call. My email is [email protected] . If your in the San Diego area, I can get ya free passes to the nudist colony where I live, if your in for a new adventure in turn for setting up this network for me. Check out http://www.deanzasprings.com . its where I live.
Rich

1. First, can someone confirm that the Extreme card be used as a WDS main base?
Sorry, but no you cannot use the AirPort Extreme card in a WDS as either a main, relay or remote base station. It does not support this function.

Need help configuring Cisco/Linksys wireless router to extend wi-fi signal to living room

My U-verse wireless gateway is in the back of our house. We live in an old 1920's home with solid wood walls. For our macbooks, we get a pretty decent signal, but my wife's iPad 2 get's poor wi-fi speeds. I bought a Cisco/Linksys WRT160N wireless N broadband router. I have a wired connection in my living room (going to a 4 port switch) then connected to my DVR. I tried hooking up the new router but ended up getting no signal on the iPad. In fact, it caused other issues. I ended up disconnecting it and re-booting my gateway. All came back fine. This wireless router replaces a similar unit that went out in after a power failure, so I know this can be done, but I forget exactly how I confiured the old one. I would like it to "extend" my signal to the living room, but I am also willing to create a new network (different SSID). Do I need to turn of DHCP? Are there any web sites that can assist me in configuring the router? I wish I didn't have to deal with this. The signal from the RG is great when you are in the back room (20+ down). But my wife gets about 3 down on her iPad in the living room. Thanks in advance.

Hi ,
I was doing some research on how this can be done. It does not appear there is an option in the Cisco router to set it up as an access point, but there are several options you can do to extend your network.
The first thing you can do is just set it up as a router behind router setup, and you will just have two separate networks. Make sure the DHCP pool does not conflict with the U-verse's gateway of 192.168.1.x.
The second thing you can do is connect the Ethernet cable to one of the LAN ports on your Cisco router instead of using the internet port. This should make it work like a smart switch.
With both setups, you want to probably change the SSID, network key, and wireless security settings to the same thing for wireless roaming abilities. That way, anyone that configures their wireless connection will be connected to both networks. Just make sure the wireless channels are not the same, and I would suggest having them at least 5 apart.
Hope this helps.
-ATTU-verseCare

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