Wife wants my 15" SR MBP!

[gman901]

In my personal experience with my Penryn 2.6 17" hi-res with 4 gigs Ram and 512 MB VRAM and my brothers Santa Rosa 2.4 15" with 256 MB VRAM, I would say there is honestly not a very big jump in performance gaming wise between the two.

Hey, I appreciate this feedback!! That really tells me that I need to wait a bit... so I went to Fry's and purchased 4 GB ram for my current MBP and asked my wifey to hold out until a really good revision comes out to the MBP line. She said she was creating a laptop fund for me so I have the cash to just walk in and get one when I'm ready. I really love my current MBP's performance and based on your feedback, it won't hurt me to wait to see what comes out! Thanks a lot!

 

[Live in 3D]

Glad I could help! Good luck on the waiting game. I know from experience how painful it can be

 

[Hawkeye411]

You've already got a MBP. Your wife should purchase herself a new one. Why should she take your hand-me-downs? Do the right thing and tell her your being selfish and that she should go ahead and purchase whatever she feels she needs.

 

[Zwhaler]

IMHO you should wait. The Penryn update isn't that much improving (except for SS4) and the switch to the nehalem architecture which will come by the next update could bring a case redesign...

I wouldn't bank on a case redesign, People have been saying every single revision "case redesign next tuesday for MBPzz 1!" but it never happens.