Recording music - upgrade MacBook Pro or buy new laptop?

[sofuzuxiko]

Hi all,

I'm looking to record music on my laptop (not EDM, just guitar, vox, etc.). At the moment I have:

MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Option one is I put a Samsung 860 Pro 512GB SSD in the MacBook, download Logic Pro X, and start recording...

Option two is I buy a more up-to-date laptop (heard good things about Dell XPS) - it'll perform better and (hopefully) last longer.

What do you think? Thanks in advance for any pointers!

 

[sofuzuxiko]

Thanks for your feedback! I'll buy an SSD and see how I go...