Worth it?

[SuperMiguel]

Im an Electrical Engineer student and i have a 13" macbook pro (mid 2009 edition) 2.26 Ghz CPU, 8GB of ram, and dual SSD on Raid 0

Is it worth it to sell it and get the 2.66 Ghz i7 15"?? (i will put the 8gb of ram on it and the dual SSD drives)

 

[Bernard SG]

You certainly know best what's worth your money or not.
If the MBP 13 fulfills your needs in a satisfactory way, why would you change?
But if you like and want the MBP 15, and money is not a big problem, then just suit yourself.

 

[SuperMiguel]

You certainly know best what's worth your money or not.
If the MBP 13 fulfills your needs in a satisfactory way, why would you change?
But if you like and want the MBP 15, and money is not a big problem, then just suit yourself.

im wondering how much of a speed increase will i get going from that dual core 2.2 to a i7 2.6

 

[Bernard SG]

definitively a significant speed bump according to this:
http://www.primatelabs.ca/blog/2010/04/macbookpro-benchmarks/

However, that is very relative to what programs you run on your MBP. All programs will "run" faster, no doubt, but not necessarily in a way noticeable to you.
If you work a lot on videos (editing, encoding) or graphics, it's certainly quite noticeable.

 

[mdatwood]

Do you do a lot of work that maxes your processor for long periods of time? If not it's probably not worth it from a purely pragmatic standpoint. You have already done the best upgrade which is getting SSDs.

 

[Jaro65]

I would keep your MBP and wait for the next refresh, which may be significant. I didn't need heavy processing for my EE so unless you're doing something special, I would wait.