MacBook Pro Upgrade-able CPUs?

[Wufflez]

I have a MacBook Pro 2010 15". It has a pretty weak i3 processor. I was wondering if I would in any way be able to upgrade it?
I'm not sure if it's socketed or not, or if there are any other complications.

[Sir_Georgington]

The only thing you can upgrade in that laptop is the RAM and the HDD. Very few laptops have socketed CPUs.

[LukeLinusFanFic]

No, but you will feel a very significant improvement moving to an SSD. 

[Fasauceome]

My mom uses a MacBook from 2008 and it feels modern because it has an SSD.  chances are you would also feel a good speed boost, are you using it for everyday browsing?

[Wufflez]

1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

My mom uses a MacBook from 2008 and it feels modern because it has an SSD.  chances are you would also feel a good speed boost, are you using it for everyday browsing?

I already upgraded the HDD to an SSD. It is fast, but I do a lot of productivity on it, so I thought it would be nice to upgrade the CPU as well.

[Fasauceome]

Just now, Wufflez said:

I already upgraded the HDD to an SSD. It is fast, but I do a lot of productivity on it, so I thought it would be nice to upgrade the CPU as well.

Yeah unfortunately the i3 is there to stay. Productivity and a 9 year old laptop don't exactly go hand in hand anyways, there are probably some affordable 2015 models on eBay though, maybe something with an i5.

[Wufflez]

1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

Yeah unfortunately the i3 is there to stay. Productivity and a 9 year old laptop don't exactly go hand in hand anyways, there are probably some affordable 2015 models on eBay though, maybe something with an i5.

It'll serve me well enough for a few more years. I think. Thanks for the suggestions though.

[Zando_]

1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

Yeah unfortunately the i3 is there to stay. Productivity and a 9 year old laptop don't exactly go hand in hand anyways, there are probably some affordable 2015 models on eBay though, maybe something with an i5.

I run a mid-2012 Unibody 13" with the 2.5Ghz i5, 16GB RAM, and a 500GB SSD. I do spreadsheets, web browsing, run discord, etc, it handles it pretty well. Dream MacBook Pro is the mid 2012 15" though. Unibody, 1680x1050 screen, 4c/8t i7, no dGPU (they die and brick the laptop), upgrade that sucker with an SSD and 16GB RAM and it'd be amazing.