Adam IM’ed me this morning to let me know that the Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros were available.
He asked me:
Time to upgrade?
When I decided to get the MacBook instead of the MacBook Pro back in May, I figured I’d upgrade to a MacBook Pro eventually. However, when Adam asked me this I was a little surprised by my reaction.
I really like my MacBook. It’s fast. I like the size. I like the slightly more rugged and less slippery exterior. I also like having a desktop machine again. I figured I’d go back to a single laptop, docked to a big screen when I’m at home, but maybe I won’t. At least not for a while.
I hear you on the Macbook. I have been very happy with mine. Would have loved to get the black one, but could not get myself to waste the extra $200 just on color. The Macbook is plenty powerful for most everything I do, and I just got a 20″ Dell Display in and the combo is delicious.
At first I thought I wouldn’t want a development desktop either, but I’m leaning toward a Mac Pro sometime next year with the release of Leopard.
I third your opinion on the Macbook. I somewhat recently purchased the black version and am beyond happy with it. It is actually my first Mac purchase ever and it exceeds my expectations by leaps and bounds.
As for upgrading to the Core 2 Duo’s, I talked about this on my site a few weeks back (shameless plug, I know .. sorry). I’d say no go on the upgrade.
The thing is, performance increases between “major” upgrades get smaller and smaller (percentage wise) each cycle. Therefore, the difference between the current Core Duo, Core 2 Duo ,and whatever comes out next will probably not even be noticeable when compared to prior upgrade cycles (PII, PIII to P4).
Sorry if that doesn’t make much sense. It’s late. Basically just stick with what you got for now. That extra 10% (errr 39%?) increase in speed will barely be noticeable anyway.