Should I sell my barely used MacBook Unibody 2.4 for the new Nehalem MB/MBP in 2010?

[clyde2801]

With all of the aids, runaway population growth and crippling poverty, wouldn't condoms be a better gift for Africa?

Sorry, got distracted there for a minute. The general rule of thumb is that a new mac portable has a 10-15% performance increase at best over its predecessor. Apple also has a history of not using top tier graphics cards in any of its offerings. Apple does emphasize games-on the iPhone and iPod!

MDN and MR just released a rumor stating that Apple's not going to use the integrated graphics that Intel's going to be using in Arrandale. If Apple's not going to use the off the shelf chipset, I wonder if that means the new models won't be released at same time as Arrandale?

https://www.macrumors.com/2009/12/07/apple-to-skip-intel-arrandale-demands-alternative-chip/

I'd suggest that the OP use the 2.4 uni mb until it no longer meets his or her needs and save up for a new machine in the meanwhile. Or spend their money on booze and chasing the opposite sex.

 

[philosopherdog]

Wait until the new one is released. It might not be worth the trouble. If you wait the one you have now won't depreciate enough to make it worth worrying about. The machine you have is more than adequate for school. Hell when I first went to university I only had an XT. You probably don't even know what that is. But I wrote great papers because I didn't have the distractions you will probably have with a new Macbook.

 

[neversink]

An XT???

Your XT was pretty advanced compared to the days I went to college!!! I only had an old beat up Underwood with a couple of sticky keys, carbon paper and white out. (And cut and paste was a pair of scissors and glue or scotch tape.) (I was thrilled when I got my IBM electric!!!!) So the advances made between 1969 and 1989 and between 1989 and 2009 are phenomenal in technology. However, the advances made for a laptop in the last three years are noteworthy, but not phenomenal. I am still using my 15 inch first intel generation MBP and a newer early 2009 - 24 inch imac (but now out of date imac.) And I do a lot of graphics and don't see the need for an update (although the new MBPs for my purpose are tempting!!!!) for either the laptop or the desktop.....

 

[cryingrobot]

Sell it

Since you do not use the unibody and have an older black macbook, i would sell the unibody since it will bring the most cash and use the black macbook for school. It will be more than sufficient for the next 2-3 years. By then there should be multicore notebooks out that are head and shoulders above the current generation.

However, I dont hink it would be wrong to keep the unibody and use it throughout school. I have the computer and its the best notebook I have ever owned.

 

[darngooddesign]

Why don't you spend that extra money on other things you will need for university?

The new 13" won't have some magical shared GPU that will match a dedicated GPU. Try a game on your current machine to see how it runs. This will not lower its value, as a prospective buyer I wouldn't care if your 13" has been used 5 times or 25 times, provided its in good nick. I would not give you more just because its been used a little less.

Will I notice a difference when playing Games?

I've read that the GPU is the drawback, the Core 2 Duos can handle the games fine.

Do you think the new MBP 13s with i5 will have a revised GPU and not the integrated Intel one?

Apple doesn't care what we think about what we have read. They can release something different.