How significant of an improvement..?

[Raptura]

You can see the MacBook Pro I own in my signature. It's an early 2008 2.5 Ghz T9300 Core 2 Duo, 4 GB Ram, 250 GB, GeForce 8600M.

How much better would the $1299 MacBook Air be than my current MBP? 🙄

 

[KPOM]

You can see the MacBook Pro I own in my signature. It's an early 2008 2.5 Ghz T9300 Core 2 Duo, 4 GB Ram, 250 GB, GeForce 8600M.

How much better would the $1299 MacBook Air be than my current MBP? 🙄

Graphics would be a step back, but everything else would be significantly faster on the new MacBook Air. Think of the 1.7GHz Core i5 as like a 3.5-4.0GHz Core 2 Duo, and the SSD as a super fast hard drive.

 

[Raptura]

Graphics would be a step back, but everything else would be significantly faster on the new MacBook Air. Think of the 1.7GHz Core i5 as like a 3.5-4.0GHz Core 2 Duo, and the SSD as a super fast hard drive.

Thanks. I just want a speedier machine overall. I'm not too concerned about graphics. But, I'm not too familiar with the Intel 3000 Graphics. How much of a step back would it be?

 

[62vek]

Thanks. I just want a speedier machine overall. I'm not too concerned about graphics. But, I'm not too familiar with the Intel 3000 Graphics. How much of a step back would it be?

Not that much, check this review of the MacBook Air, it will help you to decide if you prefer the Pro or the Air..

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4528/the-2011-macbook-air-11-13inch-review/11

 

[bizzle]

If you aren't a gamer you have no need for a dedicated GPU.

 

[h00ligan]

You can see the MacBook Pro I own in my signature. It's an early 2008 2.5 Ghz T9300 Core 2 Duo, 4 GB Ram, 250 GB, GeForce 8600M.

How much better would the $1299 MacBook Air be than my current MBP? 🙄

I switched from a similar machine - this one is twice as fast at everything but gaming.. effectively

Gaming is pretty much a wash for most things. now, when I say twice as fast.. that's crunching calculations.. it FEELS 3-4x faster imo due to the ssd.

 

[ZBoater]

Graphics would be a step back...

Really? Compared to the OP's configuration? If I read Anandtech's performance numbers correctly, its actually quite a step UP...