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Considering the new Macbook 13"

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giladal

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Nov 2, 2011
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Hey Guys.

I have a mid 2010 macbook pro. I am looking to shell some and buy the new 13" retina, with i7, and 512ssd. Question is, is it time for an upgrade or I would be disappointed?

Also, since I make music, and have seen a review that says the speakers are way better.. Will I feel a difference in that aspect as well?

I understand that the Ram is not changeable, so I would probobly get the 16gb... Its a pitty that I can't upgrade by myself.

How about the SSD. Is it upgradeable?

Last but not least. Anyone who has purchased this MBP, do you have any cons or issues to report?

Those are my questions so far...


Thank you so much!
 
Do you have an ssd in your 2010 model? Is it a 13in or 15in? If you answered no and then 13" then I would say an upgrade is worth it.
 
Thanks Guys.

Yes, I do have a 13" MBP mid 2010, and no, its not SSD. its plain 250Gb Hd.

So worth it? Do you guys own the Late 2013 13" Retina?
 
I upgraded from the base 13" mid-2009, and the difference is awesome. My 2009 has some issues but isn't terribly slow, but the late-2013 just blows it away.
 
KUguardgrl13 said:
I upgraded from the base 13" mid-2009, and the difference is awesome. My 2009 has some issues but isn't terribly slow, but the late-2013 just blows it away.
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So, you dont see the beach ball no more from time to time? :)
 
giladal said:
Thanks Guys.

Yes, I do have a 13" MBP mid 2010, and no, its not SSD. its plain 250Gb Hd.

So worth it? Do you guys own the Late 2013 13" Retina?
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I do own one, think the upgrade for you will be pretty noticeable due to SSD (super fast compared to spinning HD) and awesome retina display.
 
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I get a couple of beach balls on my base 15" but they really don't bother me too much.Hopefully some mavericks updates will help.
 
giladal said:
You have a MBP and zero beach balls? :)

What do you do with your mbp btw? I am a musician so I do music recording and processing.
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Full time photographer, working with both film and digital, large files from D800 raws and large medium and LF scans, files sizes of 200-600MB. Of course I get progress bars and such, but not stalls or beach balls.
 
giladal said:
So, you dont see the beach ball no more from time to time? :)
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An add-on to my earlier post. There are beach balls, but they're these random 1 second long ones that disappear quickly. I will get a "normal" beach ball once in a blue moon if I have several programs open. I haven't had any freezes since the firmware update that corrected the trackpad/keyboard issue.
 
KUguardgrl13 said:
An add-on to my earlier post. There are beach balls, but they're these random 1 second long ones that disappear quickly. I will get a "normal" beach ball once in a blue moon if I have several programs open. I haven't had any freezes since the firmware update that corrected the trackpad/keyboard issue.
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I have this too, if I'm working with large files in Illustrator for instance. But apart from that and some slight lag while scrolling in Safari, its perfect. :D
 
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