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MBP upgrade?
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: New York
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I purchased a MBP from one of the guys on here seems like it was the 1st revision
Specs are:
2GHZ
2Gigs of ram
100GIG drive
I run a small production company, and so my mac is used almost every day.
I am considering buying a refurbished 2.4Ghz this one:
The Apple Store (U.S.) - Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
But does it make sense? Because A refurbished Mac Pro is $2400
and is there a huge jump in performance?
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Join Date: Feb 2008
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being able to add hard drives and RAM is great. I have already upgraded to 6 GB and an extra 750 GB drive. If you dont need to bring it around, the Mac Pro is really awesome to have! Good luck.
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Doylestown, PA
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Does your mac feel slow? What kind of activities do you do that make it feel too slow to use?
A Mac Pro is nice as you can run a lot more ram than a mbp, and use more, larger, faster hard drives. However, it might not be necessary depending on your needs.
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Join Date: Nov 2000
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The MBP you linked to is a very good deal. And getting a refurb is a good idea. This MBP will be noticeably faster than what you have now.
But what you need to ask yourself is what you need. If you need a portable Mac this MBP will be a good choice. But if you need expandability and/or raw performance the MP will be be better suited. Only you know the answer to these questions.
Depending on what you do the MP will be a whole lot faster, especially well multithreaded apps. But you won't notice much in stuff like Mail, web, Office.
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Administrator  Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: San Antonio TX USA
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I have the same MBP you already have. Is yours not suiting your needs? Mine is working just fine, and I expect it to take care of me for quite a while to come.
With that said, the refurb you link to is a great machine that would outperform the one you have by quite a bit. It is nicely priced too. But to piggyback on what Simon has pointed out, comparing the capabilities of a portable to those of a desktop only makes sense if you don't care whether it's portable or not. I need my MBP to be portable, so I would not replace it with a Mac Pro, even if the prices were the same.
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Glenn -----OTR/L, MOT, Tx
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