Upgrade my mac or get a new one

I have a macbook pro from 2009. I'm wondering if it's worth it to have more memory and a better hard drive and new battery installed or just sell it and get a newer mac. It's working fine, a little short on battery life but otherwise good. Any thoughts?

if your Macbook Pro is working for you with no issues (aside from the battery), then it makes more sense to upgrade and spend the few extra $$$ on it.
as mentioned above - going with more RAM and SSD will give your Macbook Pro a nice boost in performance and would last you another 2 or 3 years.
So $400 is a good investment right now for something that currently works for you.

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Download Firefox 2.0.0.20 from HERE.... http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
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My eMac has been running slowly for some time now. Safari and Firefox crash constantly. The computer gets logged when I run several programs at once. I don't run many high memory applications (such as gaming or video editing). I mainly use my computer for internet, email, chatting and working my iTunes.
I am running OS 10.4.9 and have 512mb of memory. My computer is 4 years old. I am a little frustrated that this system only has USB 1.0 making synching my new iPod Nano slow. I am thinking about upgrading the memory and reinstalling the operating system versus purchasing a new iMac.
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Judging from your description of your use, I would stick with your eMac.
I upgraded my eMac and still find it a very usable computer.
The specs for my eMac show the max RAM as 1Gig but that is only because the biggest PC2700 memory stick was 512 at the time of release. It sees and utilizes 2Gig just fine (1Gig x2). I am guessing by your description that you have a 1Ghz eMac, so I can't say for sure that 2Gig will work for you as well because my eMac is a 1.25, but I am willing to bet it would.
I also upgraded the Hard Drive to a 250Gig drive. I then purchased a Firewire enclosure and used the old internal drive as an external firewire drive. This eliminated the need to backup anything before doing a clean install of the OS on the new drive. If I need files from the "old computer", I just pull them off the external drive.
That said, I would not recommend performing the Hard Drive upgrade yourself unless you are experienced in this type of thing. Once you open the case of the eMac you are exposing yourself to potentially deadly high voltages.
If the HDD upgrade is not for you, simply purchase an inexpensive external firewire drive and copy the entire drive to the external, then do a format and install on the internal drive.
I personally don't think the inconvenience of a somewhat slow sync of your iPod justifies the $1,200 for a new iMac. Some simple changes in "process" can probably minimize this pain, like starting your sync before you go to bed or start dinner, etc. I continued to used my eMac until very recently for Photoshop and video editing using iMovie HD. Your eMac is more than capable of performing the tasks you described. Had your description of use been different, my recommendation would probably be different as well.
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In the Mac world, major updates like 10.x (10.6 / 10.7 / 10.8) are not free. Minor upgrades like 10.6.x (10.6.4 / 10.7.3) are free.
So OS X 10.8 will be released this summer trough the Mac App Store and will be a paid upgrade.
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My laptop has crashed and I'm in between getting a new one but need to update my iOS on my iPad, is there anyway of doing this without a laptop or computer?

My laptop has crashed and I'm in between getting a new one but need to update my iOS on my iPad, is there anyway of doing this without a laptop or computer?

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