For Video/Audio: Macbook Pro (2009-17" 2.66Ghz i7) vs. Macbook Pro (Current 2011-15" 2.4Ghz i7))

So I currently have a MacbookPro 6,1 - I believe a late 2009 model, 17" 2.66Ghz i7 Dual-Core Processor, 8gb Ram (updated), NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M. I started doing video and even noticed this when I normally do my audio work - that my video doesn't look like it should (noticed when a client looked at my computer screen and noticed that colors, brightness was off and extra grainy as compared to other computers he has seen his work on. I also noticed I sometimes get a lag when playing video causing me to have sync issues (off by a couple frames or so -- which completely ***** when I'm trying to do my job right).
So I found a sweet deal on the newer Macbook Pros. Seller told me it retails for around $2400 so I'm assuming it's the Quad-Core 2.4Ghz 15" with some minor upgrades. Let's just say it's this particular model - am I better off selling my older model for this one? I would just hate to part with my 17" although it would help take off some travel weight.
I'm not good with specs which is why I'm here, but apple store says it has:
Intel HD Graphics 3000
AMD Radeon HD 6770M with 1GB GDDR5
And I think that might help solve my problems, on top of the Quad-Core addition which I believe my current macbook6,1 doesn't have right?
Thanks!

thebigother wrote:
Thanks. At this point, portability isn't that important which is why I'm thinking of the upgrade. How do you figure that the iMac is better. The specs on my MBP are still superior with the i7 at 2.5GHz vs the iMacs i5 at 3.5GHz.... hm.. isn't the i7 faster than the i5?
Not in this case. The iMac has a "Haswell' CPU whereas the MBP has a 'Sandy Bridge' CPU, two different generations of processors. To graphically illustrate the performance differences between the two options look at the respective machines in this link:
https://browser.primatelabs.com/mac-benchmarks
Note that the iMac registers a score of 3893 vs the MBP score of 2700. In real world terms, differences of a couple of hundred points often is inconsequential, but here we are dealing with a very significant difference of over a thousand points.
If portability is not a requirement and the bank account is fat, the iMac is by far the better choice. A larger and better display combined with much superior CPU and GPU.
Ciao.

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