RAM and/or SSD upgrade help?

Hello, and thanks in advance for any insights to the following:
I CURRENTLY have a macbook pro with 2.66 core 2 , and 4 gigs of RAM 1067 DDR3.
Current hard drive is the 320gb spinning drive.
2 questions.
Would I benefit from changing out the RAM for 8 gigs of 1333mhz RAM?
And secondly, changing out the Drive to a 128GB SSD? 250read 230write.
I'm assuming the SSD is a "no-brainer" and would speed things up somewhat.
I currently have Firefox, iMovie, Picasa, , Mail, iPhoto and Activity monitor OPEN, along with a few utilities.
After 2 days of use without shutting down is as follows:
FREE 329mb
WIRED 635mb
ACTIVE 2.43 GB
INACTIVE 645mb
USED 3.65GB
VM SIVE 140GB
PAGE INS 583mb
PAGE OUTS 25mb
SWAP USED 112mb
Thanks again.

Your computer _will not run with 1333 RAM_, however if you upgrade to 8GB you should gain some performance. I'd recommend Crucial and OWC (www.macsales.com) RAM.
An SSD will only speed up starting your computer and opening files and applications. Because Mac's should really be left on 24/7 (let them sleep when not in use) restarting is a moot point. If you are in habit of opening lots of files and applications throughout a normal day you will be impressed with the speed of an SSD.
Another alternative and far less expensive is getting a Hybrid HD. Currently Seagate is the only manufacture I know that makes one, I had one in my recently sold MBP and was very impressed with it's performance. The only downside I noticed was the battery life was diminished somewhat. Here is a link to the drive I was referring to, I've seen them as low as about $100 but normally they sell for about $130-$140. IMHO it's a much better bang for the buck than a SSD.
Roger

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