Hi. Yes, that is a great point and yet another thing to consider when making your decision.
Cameron. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 3:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: duo core or i5 in an mbp? 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: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matthew Johnson > Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 2:04 PM > To: [email protected] > 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
