Last Years 15-inch 2.53ghz vs This years 15-inch 2.4ghz Macbook Pros
I purchased a new 15-inch MBP last year (the base model with the 2.53ghz processer, 4gb ram, etc.). I saw they recently released the new i5 processors for the MBPs, however, I noticed the new base model only has a 2.4ghz processor. In the past I have upgraded my computer every year, but I need some convincing why this new i5 2.4ghz processor is better than my current last year's model 2.53ghz.
I already have the non-removable battery. The ram has not changed. Nothing else seems to have changed much...unless I am missing something.
Please help with any suggestions. Thank you!
In the past I have upgraded my computer every year...
If you've been in the habit of doing that, and you still have the bottom-end 15" MBP of the last generation, then you must be well accustomed to seeing very little bang for your upgrade buck. If you were to do it again now by buying the bottom-end i5, that very small increment of benefit would be repeated.
I can (just barely) understand someone who feels a real compulsion to be out on the bleeding edge all the time upgrading his or her computer annually, but for someone who obviously doesn't have a burning psychic or practical need to own the whizziest whizbang on the block, it seems like a real waste of money to upgrade every year from the bottom of the old line to the bottom of the new one. I strongly recommend that you wait at least another year, buy a midrange new machine, and plan to upgrade it every two to three years instead of annually.
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