I have a late 2008 MPB 15"(I think first Unibody) and have been looking at upgrading to a newer 15" I saw on apples refurb they have a 2010 2.53 i5 for a pretty decent price part of the upgrade would be to get a better screen is the resolution or graphics any better or worth the upgrade?
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Late 2008 MBP vs 2010 MBP
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I also have a late 2008 and it suffers a screen blinking from time to time.
The battery of the 2010 definitely will be better.
Late 2008:
Nvidia GeForce 9400M with 256 MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory and Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT with 256 MB or 512 MB of GDDR3 SDRAM
Can switch between the two (but cannot use both)
mid 2010:
Intel HD Graphics with 256 MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory and Nvidia GeForce GT 330M with 256 MB or 512 MB of GDDR3 SDRAM(15" and 17" models)
Automatically switches between graphics hardware when running Mac OS X
An old threads about it:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/906709/
http://www.barefeats.com/mbpp21.html
The battery of the 2010 definitely will be better.
Late 2008:
Nvidia GeForce 9400M with 256 MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory and Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT with 256 MB or 512 MB of GDDR3 SDRAM
Can switch between the two (but cannot use both)
mid 2010:
Intel HD Graphics with 256 MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory and Nvidia GeForce GT 330M with 256 MB or 512 MB of GDDR3 SDRAM(15" and 17" models)
Automatically switches between graphics hardware when running Mac OS X
An old threads about it:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/906709/
http://www.barefeats.com/mbpp21.html
Apple refurbished are excellent buys. Compared to the 2008 low-res I had, the 2010 I have with the hi-res, anti-glare display is a huge improvement. I knew it would be since I've had them for several years on my ThinkPads, when Apple did not offer them.
I waited and waited and finally in 2010 Apple decided to get up to date and offer hi-res. It's truly worth it. i5 @ 2.53 is a good processor, so overall you would be making a nice jump up in performance. I certainly would suggest you take advantage of it, if you can get the hi-res as well.
I'd go for the '11 tbh, the quad core is worth it, but the 2010 has a better graphics card than the base '11
Thanks for the suggestion, but so far I cannot afford a new Mac.
I paid almost $3,000 when the late 2008 came out, 15" 2.8Ghz, besides the screen blinking and the poor battery life, it is a good Mac with 8GB Ram and 256GB SSD and 1TB internal HDD.
The newer ones cost almost half of what I paid, however I don't have the funds, and no immediate need to upgrade.
If I had the funds I will pursue what you guys are doing, refurbished and not the top of the line/year to save some cash.
hi res units do show up in refurb once in awhile... most common is the 2.3 hr ag, then then 2.2 hr ag... i've see 2.2 hr glossy may twice b4...
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like this... http://store.apple.com/us/product/G0M18LL/A?mco=MjIzNjAzMTI
2.3 hr ag, $2159 (avail. as of Thu 10/13, 357pm mountain)