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How often do you upgrade to a new MBP?

Eggtastic

Eggtastic

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I have a late 06' MBP 15" low end model, CD2, 2 gig ram, 120 HDD. I feel that I am in dire need of an upgrade as I am getting into photography and need a bit more power. Also i am done college and making more money with all the free time that would normally be used in classes.

4 years seems a lot for me even though it is still kicking pretty well. Hopefully a new design will be in the works as well.

So with that said, How often do you upgrade to a new MBP?
 
Eggtastic said:
I have a late 06' MBP 15" low end model, CD2, 2 gig ram, 120 HDD. I feel that I am in dire need of an upgrade as I am getting into photography and need a bit more power. Also i am done college and making more money with all the free time that would normally be used in classes.

4 years seems a lot for me even though it is still kicking pretty well. Hopefully a new design will be in the works as well.

So with that said, How often do you upgrade to a new MBP?
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What you really need is some more RAM and maybe a bigger hard drive. Photography is not really cpu intensive, but it is ram and HD intensive. I would kick that up to 4GB ram (if possible) and get a 500GB hard drive.
 
I was planning on getting a new MBP to replace my early 2008 15" model, either after the projected refresh in March, or possibly waiting until August or so, when Lion ships.

Now I'm thinking about just getting a new 500 GB SSD and replacing the old hard drive, instead. Take the savings, and put it toward an iPad2 (absolute must--I love my current one, and I'm sure the new one will be even better), either a viPhone 4 or iPhone 5 this summer, and maybe an 11" MBA (which I think is just the most awesome little machine out there.

My current MBP is still operating pretty darn well, all things considered. Main reasons to update Apple hardware at this point, as I see it, is just that developers are so quick to stop writing their code in such a way as to support earlier iterations of OS X.
 
2001, 2004, 2007 and hopefully very soon. All I usually do is upgrade RAM 18-24 months after purchase.
 
I get a new one every year because its so easy to sell and buy.

Why not? Upgrade for 2-300$

Have the latest and greatest...
 
Four years is good usage. Its been through a lot, give it a break! Heh.
These new computers should be able to do you well.
I upgrade when mine dies, when I feel like it, or when there is a major change.
 
coming up on 3 years with my black macbook from early 2008. The battery is dying on it, so instead of buying another 3-4 hour battery ive saved up enough for a new macbook, which can finally play my starcraft 2 correct along with my editing software.
 
I upgrade often, haven't had a set laptop for over 6 months... maybe it's the fact that I have been able to sell my Macs and laptops for as much as I paid for them and only have to spend a bit more to do other things to them and stay on top of technology... I plan to upgrade come next announcement =)
 
I have a 2010 MBP, I plan to upgrade to the 2011 if I can see my current one for quite a high amount of price ;)
 
i buy the new mbp, use it until the new one comes out, then sell it for the same price i paid...then i repeat that.

that way i can always stay ontop of the tech without losing money :)
 
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