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<blockquote data-quote="19birel" data-source="post: 1604421" data-attributes="member: 221361">Hello everyone, in about a year from now I'll be heading off to college for mechanical engineering and I've been debating on whether or not I should purchase a new macbook or upgrade my current one. My current machine a a late 2011 13.3&quot; MBP 2.4Ghz i5 upgraded to 16gb of RAM. I do a lot of photo and video editing on it now, and in college will probably have to dual boot windows to run some sort of cad software. Should I upgrade to an SSD and keep it, or should I look into selling it and buying either a new 13.3&quot; non retina i5 or a refurbished 15&quot; non retina June 2012 MBP i7 with 1gb of graphics My thinking is the current non-retina 13&quot; Pro doesn't have a significant amount of performance over my late 2011 and that an upgrade to an SSD would make it perform up to par if not a little better since i have 16gb of RAM (although my ram would still be slower) Is it worth upgrading the machine I bought nearly for years ago in hopes of it getting me through 4+ years of college considering everything I use it for or, should I buy the equivalent model brand new, or should I buy a 2012 15&quot; that on paper looks like it should out perform and have a longer useable lifespan than the new 13&quot;? Thanks in advance for any advice!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="19birel, post: 1604421, member: 221361"] Hello everyone, in about a year from now I'll be heading off to college for mechanical engineering and I've been debating on whether or not I should purchase a new macbook or upgrade my current one. My current machine a a late 2011 13.3" MBP 2.4Ghz i5 upgraded to 16gb of RAM. I do a lot of photo and video editing on it now, and in college will probably have to dual boot windows to run some sort of cad software. Should I upgrade to an SSD and keep it, or should I look into selling it and buying either a new 13.3" non retina i5 or a refurbished 15" non retina June 2012 MBP i7 with 1gb of graphics My thinking is the current non-retina 13" Pro doesn't have a significant amount of performance over my late 2011 and that an upgrade to an SSD would make it perform up to par if not a little better since i have 16gb of RAM (although my ram would still be slower) Is it worth upgrading the machine I bought nearly for years ago in hopes of it getting me through 4+ years of college considering everything I use it for or, should I buy the equivalent model brand new, or should I buy a 2012 15" that on paper looks like it should out perform and have a longer useable lifespan than the new 13"? Thanks in advance for any advice! [/QUOTE]

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