Building FrostWire on a new MacBook Pro vs an older model

I suspect the results are more based on the addition of the 4GB of RAM and the solid state drive. I have the last gen of core-duo with 8GB and the 250GB SSD and after playing with one of the latest models I decided to forgo this refresh and wait for the next.

While there is definitely a noticeable difference, it really was not enough for me to chuck down another 4 grand for a top of the line MBP 17. I think if someone already has a last gen like the authors machine he was replacing, they may get more bang for their buck by upgrading the 4GB to 8GB and swapping in an SSD.

I use mine for pretty much the same uses, lots of virtuals that run all of my servers and compiling apps. I never ran a 7200 RPM drive, as I bought mine from the factory with SSD, but I did order it with the 4GB and later upgraded to 8GB which did make a remarkable difference in the performance of my virtuals.

SSD is definitely one of the biggest performance boost you can do, if one is looking to upgrade on the cheap and does not already have a SSD I would suggest making the move to SSD. The performance gain is very noticeable.

I would like to see what the same task done with 8GB and SSD in both machines would result in. While I am sure the new processor and memory architecture creates a noticeable improvement, it would be nice to see and Apples to Apples (pun intended) comparison.