Keep in mind the updated 15" MacBook Pro is slated to come out soon (sounds
like early summer). Probably won't have more RAM but is supposed to have a
new processor. If you can hold off for a couple months I would suggest
waiting as these haven't been updated in almost a year.
Rob
On Thu, Apr 2,
Dear Mac Lovers:
I would have to agree with Jurgen with SSD drives. These fast drives
have breathed new life into my old Macs (2011 Macbook Pro, 2009 Mac mini,
and yes a 2006 Mac Pro (has 8 cores and just keeps running)).
In addition, all these Macs are maxed out with RAM.
Cheers,
Scott
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You two should absolutely invest in the 1TB SSD option as well, I have
essentially the machine you describe, but it is now already 14 months old. So
the newer models will be maybe 30% more powerful in overall performance.
The geek bench score of my Macpro 2010 (48GB RAM, dual hexa core) correspon
Hi Ivan,
Being in the same boat, I have investigated a bit. It seems to be a straight trade-off between more processing power, more RAM and less partability Macbook, Macbook Air, 13" Macbook Pro, 15" Macbook Pro.
For running Rosetta I think you will be thankful for the faster processors and extra
