It's still spread out over two DIMMs (making upgrading more expensive than it should be), but it's enough to get you going. On the bright side, Apple finally outfitted the 13-inch MacBook Pro with a sufficient amount of memory: 4GB. While the rest of the MacBook Pro lineup got shiny new Core i5 and i7 processors (dual core + Hyper Threading), the new 13-inch is stuck with an older Core 2 Duo. Keeping up with recent tradition, a NVIDIA GeForce 320M chipset is also under the hoo.err, keyboard. Priced at $1199 you get a 4.5 lbs aluminum unibody chassis, a 13.3" display and a 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo CPU. It got a faster GPU and bigger battery, but only a mild CPU bump.
2010 MACBOOK PRO MOTHERBOARD UPGRADE
When Apple made its 2010 upgrade public however, the 13-inch model was somewhat neglected. I've praised the 2010 15-inch MacBook Pro as being the one to get thanks to its combination of performance and battery life. And for portability, that choice often leads you to something a bit larger than a netbook for performance, but small enough to comfortably carry around.įor Apple users this portable sweetspot is the 13-inch MacBook Pro.Īpple's 2010 13-inch (left) vs. Unfortunately having a set of notebooks and mobile devices isn't really an option for most. You may use some more often than others but having the entire set helps. You get a desktop-like screen resolution and mainstream desktop performance. And given how thin the system is, it's also not hard to make an argument for Apple's 17-inch MacBook Pro. Other times you need to do actual work but don't need a ton of CPU horsepower that puts you into 13-inch notebook territory.įor even more productive beings there are larger 15 and 16-inch systems. Sometimes you don't need to do a lot but want to be able to couch around and browse the web on a tablet. There's simply a time and a place for everything. You can make arguments in favor of and against everything from the smartphone and tablet to 17" desktop replacement notebooks.
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I'm convinced that there's no perfect mobile form factor.