Thinking of selling MBP, advice needed for upgrade

[offthehook]

Hey guys!

Planning to sell my MBP 13'' 5,5 (2009) with 9400m
upgraded to 8 gigs of ram and ssd/hdd combo via optibay.
and upgrade to the 2012 quad core mac mini.

Is this a good option for me? I'm using the Adobe Creative Suite 6 (mainly After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign), doing some sporadic video encoding as well.
Not much of a gamer on OSX but want to run Starcraft II and Diablo 3 (both barely running on my MBP)

Not really NEEDING the upgrade but thought I'd sell my MBP as long as I can still get some bucks for it. Is 450 Euros (approx. 580 $) appropriate?

Many thanks for your help

 

[xShane]

Hey guys!

Planning to sell my MBP 13'' 5,5 (2009) with 9400m
upgraded to 8 gigs of ram and ssd/hdd combo via optibay.
and upgrade to the 2012 quad core mac mini.

Is this a good option for me? I'm using the Adobe Creative Suite 6 (mainly After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign), doing some sporadic video encoding as well.
Not much of a gamer on OSX but want to run Starcraft II and Diablo 3 (both barely running on my MBP)

Not really NEEDING the upgrade but thought I'd sell my MBP as long as I can still get some bucks for it. Is 450 Euros (approx. 580 $) appropriate?

Many thanks for your help

If you don't need an upgrade, then why upgrade?

By buying a new machine that you don't need, you're going to lose more money in the long run than by keeping your current machine.

 

[offthehook]

hey shane!

well honestly the hardware is pretty outdated by now (core 2 duo and especially that 9400m which was introduced in 2008 if I'm correct).
true I would have to invest some extra $ for the upgrade but I won't be able to get much for my current setup in a year or so. So I thought: Why shouldn't I sell it as long as I'm able to get some cash for it and invest in new hardware. The MBP is 3 years old now, so APC is gone as well. Could fail me any day and then I won't be able to get 100 for it.

thanks for your input

best regards