Worth it to update current MBP?

[fenderltd]

I have a 2.2ghz Mac Book Pro, 4gb, 120 ata hard drive. Had it for a few months.

Is it worth it to step up to the 2.6(new chip) with the 6mb of cache? and to have the NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT with 512MB of GDDR3 SDRAM instead of my 128mb now?

Of course I could sell my current MB and the upgrade would cost around $700 I think...

 

[Arcygenical]

What do you do?

The 8600 GT is a nice step up, but still not enough horsepower for anything recent at native res.

The processor gains are insignificant, and amount to about 25% faster in very limited applications... 10-15% in most others.

 

[naid]

I'd say not worth it, especially to the high-end 2.6. It's too big of a price difference and not enough of a performance upgrade. Better wait for the next major release.

 

[fenderltd]

Ok, I will wait! Thanks for the info!

 

[santaliqueur]

Yeah, wait for the next major revision/redesign.

 

[TheCreator]

Not worth the $700 to me, hold of for something better.