I spent yesterday upgrading from an old computer to a new one. From the lowly depths of a 2012 MacBook Pro, I ascended to the lofty heights of a ... 2013 MacBook Pro.

The venture gained me an onboard SSD and a Retina screen, but cost me 2 inches of screen (15" to 13") and half my onboard storage (1 TB to 500 GB). Despite these tradeoffs, switching was worth it: the SSD is a breath of fresh air for load times; I'm nowhere near 500 GB of documents; and the 2 inches of screen size means nothing since this laptop spends nearly all its life hooked up to an external monitor.