Moving from XTi to SL1: Improvements in photo quality?

Greetings.  I love my XTi.  Am curious to know what improvements in photo quality does the current generation of Rebel's provide.  I can read about the difference in features.  How does this translate in practice to results.  I suspect that I would get more detail (18 meg vs 10 meg), and perhaps higher ISO's are more usable.  Maybe a LOT more usable.
What has been your experience?  Did you upgrade from XTI or that vintage roughly to current or recent Rebel models?
Thank you.
Art

It depends on a lot of variables - which kind of lenses you''re using, how good is your light, what style of photography you do, etc.
But in general you will see a sizeable increase in resolution.  Which may or may not make a difference in your work.  If you print large, or crop a lot, it will make a noticeable difference.  If you usually just post photos to Facebook or Flickr it won't really be that noticeable.
High ISO performance should be noticably different.  I can't speak to it specifically, because I went from an XTi to a 6D and the difference knocked my socks off.  But there should still be a noticable difference between XTi and SL1.   Now...  high ISO performance means a lot to me, but not to everyone.  Well, I should say, it doesn't impact everyone's photography as much as they think.  If you do studio work, or work with a tripod, or mostly shoot during the day, then it won't have a huge impact.  Really, if you don't use high ISO it won't impact you.  That said, I'd never take my XTi above 800, and I didn't really even care for 400.  It took me awhile to get used to having a new variable (ISO) to play with; I'll use my 6D up to 1600 without batting an eye, and up to 6400 in the right conditions.

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