On Jan 26, at 11:38 AM, Nora J. Probasco wrote:
In the Macbook Pro I am looking at the 2 processor speeds, 2.2 ghz and 2.4 ghz. The difference in cost is $500. Now that also includes a 160g vs a 120g hard drive. I do not need the extra size of hard drive. I plan to increase the RAM to 4g. Shouldn’t that also make it run faster? I do not run a lot of graphics intensive programs but have a genealogy program that was dragging on my old Macbook.
The difference in speed is less than 10%. You won't notice that. I think the only major difference between the machines is the built-in graphics processor. They both have the same GeForce 8600M graphics chip, but the 2.4 GHz machine has 256 MB of graphics cache and the 2.2 MHz machine has "only" 128 MB. Unless you're doing some heavy video, the smaller cache will not be needed.
I don't think the 2.4 GHz machine is worth $500 more. Spend some of the saved money on Applecare, more RAM and a good bag. (Shop around for RAM. Apple's RAM markups are usually ridiculous.)
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