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$200 for 13' 2010 model to 2011 model, worth upgrading?

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kevinwangjk

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I bought my MBP 13' two months ago, and now the upgrade seems to be pretty good. My question is, if I can sell my old one for $1,000, should I sell it and add $200 or more to upgrade to one of the new models, or should I just stick to my old one?

I use it mostly for programming, and just a little bit 3D programming.

Thanks!
 
If you could really do it for $200, yes, it would probably be a decent idea. It sounds like you are a pro enough to benefit from the more powerful processor.

Now, if it started to be more than $200, then you'd have to weigh the decision again. It also depends on if you can easily afford $200 right now.
 
I swear, the way the 2010 models are still going on e-bay you can get $1200 for it.

Most of those folks are still clueless.
 
If you can easily sell yours without much hassle, then for $200 you're getting an i5/i7 processor and Thunderbolt. I would definitely do it.
 
Thanks everyone.

Yes I can easily sell my old one to one of my friend, for whom the 2010 model is more than enough, for $1,000. Now I can choose either add $200 for the low-end or $500 for the high-end, is the i7 worth the $300 extra?
 
kevinwangjk said:
Thanks everyone.

Yes I can easily sell my old one to one of my friend, for whom the 2010 model is more than enough, for $1,000. Now I can choose either add $200 for the low-end or $500 for the high-end, is the i7 worth the $300 extra?
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I think some of that $300 would be better spent on a faster hard drive (either 7200 RPM or SSD).
 
OR, you can,seems to be very prevalent, go to an apple store and ask for an upgrade which may cost you nothing. Just throwing it out there.
 
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