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13" 2011 or 15" 2010

miker2209

miker2209

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Basically I currently have the 13" macbook pro early 2011, i'm thinking about trading this for the 15" 2010 model. Still in good condition and has about 150 cycles. Do you guys think it's a fair trade? I always wanted the 15" but never really got the money for a brand new one. So i'm just asking you guys for your opinion, but personally i really like the 15" my friend has.
 
I always wanted the 15"

Well, there you go. The 13" might be a wee bit faster in the CPU than the 2010 (depending on the model) but the 15" has a graphics card. Anyway, comparing apples and apple, (pun intended) it is more about the screen size. I prefer the 15" having owned a 2010 13" and never regretted the move.

This is about personal preference not one being better then the other and since you stated that you always wanted the 15"...
 
Thanks guys, i always wanted to get the 15" and heres my chance. His machine is old and have some scratches but none is that noticeable, that's the only thing that's making me think twice about the trade. Other than that the CPU is practically the same i5 dual-core the GPU is alot better though.
 
miker2209 said:
Thanks guys, i always wanted to get the 15" and heres my chance. His machine is old and have some scratches but none is that noticeable, that's the only thing that's making me think twice about the trade. Other than that the CPU is practically the same i5 dual-core the GPU is alot better though.
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The CPU is not the same, the 2010 is the Arrandale or first generation iX and the 2011's are Sandy Bridge or second generation iX. But, I have seen the geek scores and they are close enough. The big jump comes in the 2011 15" and 17" models that use quad cores.

One thing you might be able to swing is that you both keep your had drive. Just clone your drives to an external drive then swap drives, boot from the external and clone back. Of course you will both need to be in the same place to do this and but that might make for a fairer trade since you will notice the difference in boot time and loaded if you move away from a SSD. The ram is not interchangeable 1333 vs 1067 mhz.
 
Ahem . . .

You COULD very well swap the RAM - at least on your end. 1333 MHz RAM usually works fine in a 1067 MHz machine, the reverse does not work as well. I've done both.

Re swapping hard drives - no need to clone them, etc., simply remove yours and install it in the 15" and remove the drive from the 15" and install it in the 13". Again, this is something I've done.
 
Thanks for the advice guys but i'll be swapping out the HDD with my SSD but i still have the original HDD, i think i might have to swap the RAM as well.
 
Re swapping hard drives - no need to clone them, etc., simply remove yours and install it in the 15" and remove the drive from the 15" and install it in the 13". Again, this is something I've done.

Absolutely not. Each has the necessary stuff for the specific hardware of the different models. Be safe not sorry.
 
Vantage Point said:
Re swapping hard drives - no need to clone them, etc., simply remove yours and install it in the 15" and remove the drive from the 15" and install it in the 13". Again, this is something I've done.

Absolutely not. Each has the necessary stuff for the specific hardware of the different models. Be safe not sorry.
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Wrong.

If they're both running 10.7.2, they'll be interchangeable - each will already have all the drivers, etc., necessary.

I've done it and it works fine.
 
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