07-03-2017, 03:39 AM
If the keyboard, trackpad and screen all work, you are not going to see a huge jump if all you use is that as a laptop.
Almost all of the updates since then are for:
1) True all-day battery life. That appeared 4 years ago. This was a big deal for college kids, as is meant leaving the charged at home/dorm.
2) Better Intel graphics. Depends on what you need. If you are only using as a laptop and not gaming, probably not going to notice.
3) If your SSD is not full, then the modest RAM is not going to be a big bottleneck with normal use.
4) I think the newer trackpads will have more gesture options, but you might not notice what you never had.
Almost all of the updates since then are for:
1) True all-day battery life. That appeared 4 years ago. This was a big deal for college kids, as is meant leaving the charged at home/dorm.
2) Better Intel graphics. Depends on what you need. If you are only using as a laptop and not gaming, probably not going to notice.
3) If your SSD is not full, then the modest RAM is not going to be a big bottleneck with normal use.
4) I think the newer trackpads will have more gesture options, but you might not notice what you never had.