I do a lot of work in Logic Pro and I'm planning on getting Final Cut, so I was enticed by the idea of having two cores at my disposal, but I've been making it work for this long, so I suppose I'll keep on keeping on.

I bough my wife a MBP in 2011 and it has a new solid state drive and room for a RAM upgrade.

I don't know how they justify selling a PRO device with static components. It may be an upgrade, but it's a costly one using used or refurbished components from 2014, so I'll keep holding my breath on Apple. I was considering the i7 board swap, but in all reality I don't think it's worth it. That could be quite possible with Sir Jonathan Ive now out of the direct Apple picture and his ' make it thinner' design emphasis. It would be very nice to be surprised as it may indicate a change in Apple's design direction. That's a pretty hefty price tag!!!īut maybe come September 10th, you may get your wish fulfilled and a lot of us could be quite surprised. Otherwise, and if that was the case, it may not be worth doing the replacement at that cost. I thought I read somewhere that the Core i7 was only a lot faster when doing some specific tasks. So nothing that you would be hoping for.īYW: Have you checked any speed scores for the difference between the Core i5 and Core i7 for the type of work that you might be doing. You might get to see some modular components, but I'll bet they'll be all put together as a single unit.Ī lot of space can be gained by having everything soldered together and replacing a lot of sockets, and can save manufacturing costs as well. I sure wouldn't advise holding my breath for that wish.

Macbook pro 13 logic board upgrade