I have the I7 with the 500 GB SSD drive and it's the bees knees. I just found out that my helpdesk guy hooked me up.:)
On Sep 8, 2010, at 12:46 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > I have an i5 machine and it seems like more of my waiting is disk input > output than CPU bound. That's with the 7200 RPM drive. I can see why flash > drives are becoming the rage since disk I O is being a bottleneck to these > crazy fast processors. > > CB > > On 9/8/10 3:22 PM, Cameron wrote: >> Hi. What will you be using the machine for? That's very important to >> consider when deciding on specs... >> >> In any case, even the slower I5 processor would give you a lot more >> horsepower than the core 2 duo 2.66gHz processor. >> >> Depending on what you'll be using the machine for, discussing ram is also >> important. >> >> Cameron. >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Johnson >> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 2:04 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: duo core or i5 in an mbp? >> >> hay all, >> >> Well I've a question for you all, I'm soon to be picking up a macbook >> pro and there are two options, the duo 2.4/2.66 or the i5, with >> significant price differences between them. I do not want to buy into >> duo core, especially since its already like 3 years old and is set to be >> replaced by i5s or something like that in the future, I would like this >> mac to be future proofed as hell, since theytend to last a while. I >> could also go for a lower processor and a 7200 rpm hardrive, for extra >> data transfer speeds to a duo core might boost performance? >> Secondly though, I don't fancy dropping 300 quid or so extra on >> something that aint worth it. I've done some research but am still >> unsure, advice? >> >> thanks >> MJ >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
