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stevetheipad · 2011-10-25 22:03:19

I want a Mac Book Pro

But... Should I get

-A 13' inch with 7 hour battery and $950 (refurbished)

-Or a 15' with 9 hour battery and better performance and speed but $1400?

UPDATE: I'm getting this: http://store.apple.com/us/product/FC371LL/A When it comes in stock!

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PW132 · 2011-10-25 22:05:56

The latter.

Earthboundjeff · 2011-10-25 22:34:23

^+1 it sounds better.

jji7skyline · 2011-10-26 00:24:47

Get the new ones with Sandy Bridge processors. Just as an example of how much faster they are, my base model 21" beats my mum's top end quad core 27" in a benchmark hands down. Mine is mid 2011 and my mum's is from 2010 with a core2duo. smile

If they both have sandy bridge processors, I'd get the 15" unless portability is important. But if portability is not important at all, you can get a nice iMac with a better screen and processor for the same price wink

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stevetheipad · 2011-10-26 10:47:57

jji7skyline wrote:
Get the new ones with Sandy Bridge processors. Just as an example of how much faster they are, my base model 21" beats my mum's top end quad core 27" in a benchmark hands down. Mine is mid 2011 and my mum's is from 2010 with a core2duo.

If they both have sandy bridge processors, I'd get the 15" unless portability is important. But if portability is not important at all, you can get a nice iMac with a better screen and processor for the same price

Well, I don't have $2000 to spend here!

poopo · 2011-10-26 13:14:43

Don't get one. They are a waste of money. You could get a desktop with 8cores for $1000

Rexpup · 2011-10-26 13:26:53

Sounds expensive for just a laptop. But, hey, if you want to spend that much, either one is fine.

stevetheipad · 2011-10-26 14:53:24

poopo wrote:
Don't get one. They are a waste of money. You could get a desktop with 8cores for $1000

A PC? What a joke.

jji7skyline · 2011-10-26 20:13:09

stevetheipad wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
Get the new ones with Sandy Bridge processors. Just as an example of how much faster they are, my base model 21" beats my mum's top end quad core 27" in a benchmark hands down. Mine is mid 2011 and my mum's is from 2010 with a core2duo.

If they both have sandy bridge processors, I'd get the 15" unless portability is important. But if portability is not important at all, you can get a nice iMac with a better screen and processor for the same price
Well, I don't have $2000 to spend here!

$1199 (US) I think for the quad-core i5 21" iMac with 512MB graphics. That's two extra cores over the refurbished 13" and similar to the 15" for less money.

Do you have to take the laptop around in your bag to school and stuff? If so, I guess a macbook pro would be more suitable. Get the 15" if at all possible smile

stevetheipad · 2011-10-26 20:29:44

jji7skyline wrote:
stevetheipad wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
Get the new ones with Sandy Bridge processors. Just as an example of how much faster they are, my base model 21" beats my mum's top end quad core 27" in a benchmark hands down. Mine is mid 2011 and my mum's is from 2010 with a core2duo.

If they both have sandy bridge processors, I'd get the 15" unless portability is important. But if portability is not important at all, you can get a nice iMac with a better screen and processor for the same price
Well, I don't have $2000 to spend here!
$1199 (US) I think for the quad-core i5 21" iMac with 512MB graphics. That's two extra cores over the refurbished 13" and similar to the 15" for less money.

Do you have to take the laptop around in your bag to school and stuff? If so, I guess a macbook pro would be more suitable. Get the 15" if at all possible

Getting this: http://store.apple.com/us/product/FC371LL/A
When in stock!

jji7skyline · 2011-10-26 20:49:14

stevetheipad wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
stevetheipad wrote:

Well, I don't have $2000 to spend here!
$1199 (US) I think for the quad-core i5 21" iMac with 512MB graphics. That's two extra cores over the refurbished 13" and similar to the 15" for less money.

Do you have to take the laptop around in your bag to school and stuff? If so, I guess a macbook pro would be more suitable. Get the 15" if at all possible
Getting this: http://store.apple.com/us/product/FC371LL/A
When in stock!

Don't get that one!!! Get the one released in early 2011. They old ones don't have Sandy Bridge processors as far as I know, and the new ones do which make them many times faster! And the new one has Thunderbolt™!

This one also has only a 320GB drive whereas even the base model 13" of the 2011 ones have 500GB.

Unless the extra 2 inches of screen are absolutely neccesary the new 13" would be more suitable as well as portable if portability is important to you. smile

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