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Hey guys,
I currently have a late 2008 15" MBP, 2.66Ghz Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB DDR3 RAM. I have the option to swap this one out for a newer MBP, that would more than likely be the bottom end model; which I'm finding to be the MBP 15" 2.2Ghz i7, 4GB DDR3. I know speed ratings mean nothing, and I know the new i7's are really fast.
Should I make the swap? I do gaming, music recording(pro tools), photoshop, etc. I have a need for a faster processor solely for music purposes alone.
I'm just nervous going from the top-end Macbook Pro that I bought in 2009(April), to the bottom end one 2011(Unless the 2012 model is predicted to hit before May.).
I know there are some perks, but am I losing performance or build quality anywhere? I don't want to regret the exchange. I've also backed up using Time Machine, and am hoping some of my licensing will remain with programs, so I don't need to plunder through all of my things to find old CD Keys.
Also.. I've got XP on a partition, and I no longer have the disk or CD Key. I've read that XP will not go on Lion(I'm still on Leopard 10.5.8). I created a image(.dmg) file of my XP partition using Disk Utility, and stored it onto my external. I'm hoping I can just create a partition, and put that image file in the partition, and leave off like I never changed a thing for XP. Is this possible?
Thank you everyone for your help and advice!
I currently have a late 2008 15" MBP, 2.66Ghz Core 2 Duo processor, 4GB DDR3 RAM. I have the option to swap this one out for a newer MBP, that would more than likely be the bottom end model; which I'm finding to be the MBP 15" 2.2Ghz i7, 4GB DDR3. I know speed ratings mean nothing, and I know the new i7's are really fast.
Should I make the swap? I do gaming, music recording(pro tools), photoshop, etc. I have a need for a faster processor solely for music purposes alone.
I'm just nervous going from the top-end Macbook Pro that I bought in 2009(April), to the bottom end one 2011(Unless the 2012 model is predicted to hit before May.).
I know there are some perks, but am I losing performance or build quality anywhere? I don't want to regret the exchange. I've also backed up using Time Machine, and am hoping some of my licensing will remain with programs, so I don't need to plunder through all of my things to find old CD Keys.
Also.. I've got XP on a partition, and I no longer have the disk or CD Key. I've read that XP will not go on Lion(I'm still on Leopard 10.5.8). I created a image(.dmg) file of my XP partition using Disk Utility, and stored it onto my external. I'm hoping I can just create a partition, and put that image file in the partition, and leave off like I never changed a thing for XP. Is this possible?
Thank you everyone for your help and advice!