Can you tell me, in as much detail as possible, what you can remember of the specs of the 2 macbook pros you are thinking of buying?
If performance is important to you, then getting a 2nd generation core I7 quad core processor (also known as a sandybridge processor is the way to go. When looking at the internal hard drive, the 7200RPM hard drives perform better than their 5400RPM counterparts or if you really want even better performance, then get a solid state drive (though it is very expensive), the performance of an SSD is unparralelled. You'd also want to get 4gb of ddr3 ram, running at 1366mhz or more, if you're running a 64-bit system. -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kliph&Sharrie Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 5:20 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: macbook pro specks? More detail is better for me, that way I know what I am getting with my choice. So please elaborate. -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dickson Tan Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 2:24 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: macbook pro specks? No; you cannot compare processors from different generations that way. Which quad core I7 processor are you referring to? There is the first generation quad core I7 processor and the new second generation sandybridge quad core I7 processor, released only 2 months ago. Although the duel core processor you mentioned has higher clock speed, that doesn't mean that it is faster; clock speed isn't the only thing that determines a CPU's overall performance. Things like the number of cores (the higher the better), the size of L3 cache, whether the CPU supports turboboost 2.0 technology or not, how many threads the CPU can support at once are also contributing factors of the CPU's speed. Essentially, the quad core I7 processor is a lot faster than the duel core one. There are other things like a more powerful integrated GPU Chip which makes them so much faster, but I won't go into detail here. -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kliph&Sharrie Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 1:01 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: macbook pro specks? So, shopping around a little bit for what I might want. And I see that the 15.4 model macbook pros have a i7 quod core processor, and the 13.3 has a dool core. Now on the quod core the processor is listed at 2.2 GHZ, and on the dool core it's listed at 2.7 GHZ, both with 4 gigs of ram. Does that make them about the same speed? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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.
