Worthwhile Macbook Pro Update?

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I've got a 15" 2006 Core 2 Duo MBP (2.16) with 3GB RAM and 120GB Hard Drive, It's served me well for the last 4 years but it's gone through 2 batteries, one of the fans rattle, the wifi is a bit patchy and the body is pretty beaten up.

I've been looking at the Unibody MBP as a replacement, specifically the £999 13" one as the fact I like the thought of the long battery life and increased portability (and price).

I only use my machine for the usual web browsing / emails / iTunes and the occasional bit of iPhone and Android development (no games) and to be fair my current laptop is fine speed wise, but would you guys think of the 13" Unibody MBP as a worthwhile upgrade over my current laptop? I note it's still using c2d processors but is there really a gulf in performance between the 13 and 15" one?
 
Meh, I think I'll keep my 15", I've already maxed out the amount of RAM this machine can take (3GB is max) and the hard drive is fine, I think I'll just buy a replacement battery and run this thing until it dies - really can't be bothered to try and sell it.
 
Yeah, I heard about the Java thing - I already run my dev stuff in a VM (as I also work with Blackberry and J2ME dev which is strictly Windows only) but I can't as easily run a VM on a Windows laptop to do iPhone development :)
 
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