Go from a mid 2010 MBP to late 2011 worth it?

[jbachandouris]

I have a classmate who has a barely used late 2011 13" MBP. Mine is a mid 2010. The deal is really good.

The 2011 has an i5 (2.4GHz) as opposed to my C2D (2.4GHz). 1333MHz RAM instead of 1067MHz. SATA 3 instead of SATA 2 (my main want). 500GB instead of 250GB (although I may drop my new 250GB SSD in it).

What do you think? I'd love to buy a new MBP, but these slight speed increases and the deal I can get may be able to keep the upgrade itch at bay...for a little while anyway.

 

[Barney63]

If it is cheap enough go for it.


Barney

 

[borostef]

If the price is right I would go for it... Going from C2D to i5 is quite a speed bump...

 

[jbachandouris]

If the price is right I would go for it... Going from C2D to i5 is quite a speed bump...

Is it? They both claim 2.4GHz although the 2011 has Turbo Boost.

Now I need a buyer for my mid 2010....

 

[Barney63]

Is it? They both claim 2.4GHz although the 2011 has Turbo Boost.

Now I need a buyer for my mid 2010....

There is quite a spec bump between the two.

Barney

 

[HarCees]

Are you prepared to go from Nvidia to Intel HD3000 ?

 

[Naimfan]

That's a pretty substantial leap - the i5 has hyper-threading, so you get 4 faster threads in the i5 compared to 2.

Most benchmarks show a sizable improvement for the i5, so I'd go for it if the price is right. 2.4 i5 models average $600 or so in my region, machines like yours are about $450.