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Worth It to Upgrade to uMBP?

TehFalcon

TehFalcon

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I Currently have a maxed out early 2008 (non-unibody) MBP, and Really want a uMBP but not sure if its worth it.

Current Specs are:

Early 2008
15.4 inch Antiglare
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4ghz
6gb Ram
120gb SSD (OCZ Vertex Plus SATA II)
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT 256mb
Superdrive
10.7.2

Would it be worth it to sell it for one of these?

http://store.apple.com/us/product/FC374LL/A
http://store.apple.com/us/product/FC700LL/A

I Do, Do Some slight gaming, but nothing major, my xbox 360 is for that. Screen size isnt a huge deal, As i used a 13inch White MacBook before this MBP. Other than that its just video editing every now and again and web browsing.
 
IMO, no. You'll see slows speeds, depending on what you're doing due tithe SSD you already have installed along with the lower stock RAM.

What do you use your computer for currently? Right now, the only vendors I can see for you are the backlit keyboard (not sure if you have that already), sandy bridge processor (which has benefits dependent on how you use the machine) and I can assume the graphics card.
 
Young Spade said:
IMO, no. You'll see slows speeds, depending on what you're doing due tithe SSD you already have installed along with the lower stock RAM.

What do you use your computer for currently? Right now, the only vendors I can see for you are the backlit keyboard (not sure if you have that already), sandy bridge processor (which has benefits dependent on how you use the machine) and I can assume the graphics card.
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I Have a backlit keyboard, I just like to keep up to date, and this model is inevitable to break from the GPU Failure. I Really love the unibody design, and my model doesnt have the multitouch trackpad so im missing out on alot of features in lion. My Graphics card is better, but At the same time, I Dont game very much, soon not at all. I Can run things on high on this mac, but i dont mind running a game on low. Only thing I Would "Miss" from this model is the Screen Size, but again, I love the glossy display so it makes up or it. I Just dont have experience with the unibody and would like input.

EDIT: Also The Chiplet keyboard is a plus on the Unibody, I Love my White MB's keyboard way more than this keyboard.

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thundersteele said:
Hmm, you will miss the SSD I think. I wouldn't do it.
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P.S. I havent even used the SSD Yet, im going to install it to bring the value up on this model if i sell it to pay for a unibody.
 
WAM2 said:
I Have a backlit keyboard, I just like to keep up to date, and this model is inevitable to break from the GPU Failure. I Really love the unibody design, and my model doesnt have the multitouch trackpad so im missing out on alot of features in lion. My Graphics card is better, but At the same time, I Dont game very much, soon not at all. I Can run things on high on this mac, but i dont mind running a game on low. Only thing I Would "Miss" from this model is the Screen Size, but again, I love the glossy display so it makes up or it. I Just dont have experience with the unibody and would like input.

EDIT: Also The Chiplet keyboard is a plus on the Unibody, I Love my White MB's keyboard way more than this keyboard.

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P.S. I havent even used the SSD Yet, im going to install it to bring the value up on this model if i sell it to pay for a unibody.
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The early 2008's do have multi-touch, I would know, I have one. Are you sure you don't have a late 2007? Those don't have multi-touch.
 
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