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Is it worth swapping my sony vaio for macbook pro

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jammypop

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Oct 13, 2011
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Hi

I have a Sony VAIO VPCEB1S0E/WI. It is roughly 2 years old give or take.

It has the following specs:

Intel i3 @ 2.13ghz
4gb RAM
500gb Hard drive
Radeon HD5470M

I am thinking about buying the base model late 2011 MBP 13 inch

Is it worth doing the swap do you think, and would I notice any difference in performance?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Shane
 
Likely depends what you do with it. Over and above whether you have specific reasons for wanting a Mac at all, I doubt you'd notice much difference for stuff like web browsing and word processing. The video card in that thing might mean it is actually better for gaming and other tasks tat make use of it as well.
 
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I had a Vaio as well. Don't remember the exact name but it had cost me about 1600$ and was 2-3 years old and I've never looked back since buying a Pro. To me, the difference is huge.
 
Well I have a iPad 2 and an iPhone 4s and I just love those and feel like taking the next step and converting from pc to mac.

Plus my inner geek needs a new computer to play with!!!
 
i have a sony vaio as well but mine is 2gb ram and almost 5years old so i think for me it was worth the upgrade.
 
When I read swap, I thought you were trading someone. I currently have a sony vaio as well almost 2 years old but its a workhorse. i7,6gbs ram,750gb hd,full hd resolution. Thinking of getting the same model you are looking to get, in your case I think its an upgrade. In my case, not so much I think.
 
I have a VAIO also, its roughly a year old now.
I'm planning on a MBP within the next month because I need something with far better battery life than the pathetic hour I get on my vaio. :)
 
Definitely!

I service computers, and I have seen the most trouble from Sony computers. And the sad part is, that people spend more money on a Sony Vaio, than they would on a very nice MacBook Pro.

People say Apple is overpriced, but I think not...Sony Vaios, now those are Overpriced!
 
Well I wouldn't say I have had any problems with it as such, with the exception that 2 of the 3 USB ports only work when they feel like it.

Price wise I would say it was about equivalent of similar spec laptops when I bought it (approx £600).
 
If you want a new computer anyway and the MBP is in your price range I say go for it. I have barely scratched the surface with this thing but it is comfortably the best quality laptop I have personally used. Mac OS certainly has a few quirks to it and some things are not so obvious at first, but it has been pretty painless so far adjusting. Even hopping between it and a Windows PC is not all that hard (and I have left the 'natural' scrolling on as well). I'd say it is the first computer I have used where I actually enjoy using the touchpad.

But I still reckon you might not notice a huge performance increase. It was an easier decision for me as besides my desktop PC, I was upgrading from a netbook (which I still find occasional uses for but was a bit of a false economy tbh).
 
That is one of the main things that is attracting me to it really is the mac os. I know its not the same but I love the simplicity of ios on my iPad and iPhone.
 
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