The time has come to start thinking about a successor to my 15-inch mid 2010 Macbook Pro.
I'm still pretty happy with the performance (i7 2.66ghz dual core, 8gb of DDR3 ram and SSD), I mainly use it for programming. However, the 2010 is 8 years old, and starts to show signs of retirement.
The screen size is secondary, but I feel that a bump in performance would be nice when buying a computer 8 years newer, which I plan to use for another 6-8 years (my computer before this was last gen Powerbook G5).
Would the base line i5 be more powerful then my 2010 i7 2.66 dual core?
Is the RAM in the new MBP:s significantly faster then the 1067mhz RAM in my 2010? I find the need to bump the RAM up from stock configuration quite amusing, when coming from a 8 year old computer.
I couldn't care less about the new touch thingy above keyboard, to be honest.
What are your thoughts?
EDIT: Budget: As little as possible not being disappointed..
So what is the reason to upgrade? Is the performance preventing your from completing your tasks?