Upgrading from powerbook g4 to new mbp 15.4 i7 - ram & hardrive questions

Hi,
I am a graphic designer and I am currently using my powerbook g4 and it is running VERY slow, its time for an upgrade. I have decided that I would like the mbp 15in i7 with the anitglare display upgrade. The two other upgrades I have been trying to figure out if it is worth the money is the 4gs of ram to 8gs ram for $400 and the 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm for $50.
I mostly use indesign, illustrator, photoshop and dreamweaver. I will also be updating my cs2 to the new cs5. I tend to run multi programs at once. I dont know how much a difference this $450 will make for what I do. Does anyone have any advice on whether it is worth it or not.
Thanks!

Welcome to Apple Discussions.
My recommendation would be to upgrade the internal HD but wait on the RAM upgrade. Here is my rationale, first try the new machine with 4GB and see if the performance is acceptable to you. If it is you are ahead if it isn't the RAM is user upgradable (and will NOT affect the warranty), the job takes 10 minutes at the most. Also RAM is currently expensive, however third party RAM is less than what Apple charges, not dramatically but about $40.
On the HD you are getting increased HD performance for a modest fee however the applications you will be using are not disk intensive so the performance increase will be very small. If you did decide to upgrade the internal HD at a later date (which also will not affect the warranty assuming you do it per the instructions) it would cost more than $50.
Regards,
Roger

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