(Current uptime 16 days since last reboot.) What I notice more from the SSD upgrade is a very pleasing overall snappiness and instant application boot times.ġ6GB RAM ($160) and a 1TB SSD ($400) would seriously boost your current Mac for a fraction of the cost of a new one. I don't notice boot times much because I rarely reboot mine, and I also use Photoshop etc. If you are really concerned about boot time, a simple SSD upgrade to your current Mac will boot you in a matter of seconds.

Now.while a new Mac would be ideal.I am the owner of a 2011 15' MacBook Pro, and you could probably achieve 75% of the perceived performance of an expensive new MacBook Pro if you would just make sure your 2011 has the maximum amount of RAM installed, and replace your hard drive with an SSD. (For reference: SATA hard drives are around 75 megabytes per second, an SSD upgrade to your current Mac will get you to 400-500 megabytes per second, and the PCI-e storage in a new 13' MBP is about 1200-1400 megabytes per second.) The new 13' MacBook Pro has a newer and more efficient processor, in addition to 4-lane PCIe solid state storage which is twice as fast as the previous 2-lane storage, and if you currently have an old hard drive in your 2011 then the new solid state storage is possibly over 15x faster than your hard drive. You should notice a huge difference in performance and battery life.

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