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Hi guys,
I bought a macbook in August of last year, it's the all black model.
It has a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor.
I am pretty keen to upgrade to the new unibody 17 inch Macbook Pro, mainly because of the extra screen size.
But, considering it is in the "Pro" line, and it's also a much newer model than my black macbook, I would have expected it to be considerably faster.
But it's processors is only a 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.
What's up with that? That's hardly any faster than my old macbook!
Sure, processor speed isn't everything, but it's pretty important. The 17 inch macbook pro is more than twice as expensive as my macbook, almost 3 times as expensive in fact, and that's the only increase in speed I get? Just about 10% faster processor?
Am I missing something key here? I don't know much about computers, but am I missing out some vital statistic like L2 or L3 cache or something? Maybe the ram's a bit faster, but still, come on.
And yeah you can get a solid state hard drive which is considerably faster, but that's a lot, lot more money.
Because I just can't believe that the brand new top of the range Macbook Pro model is only 10% faster than the 6 month old "consumer" range macbook.
Would really appreciate some advice,
Cheers,
Jake
I bought a macbook in August of last year, it's the all black model.
It has a 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor.
I am pretty keen to upgrade to the new unibody 17 inch Macbook Pro, mainly because of the extra screen size.
But, considering it is in the "Pro" line, and it's also a much newer model than my black macbook, I would have expected it to be considerably faster.
But it's processors is only a 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.
What's up with that? That's hardly any faster than my old macbook!
Sure, processor speed isn't everything, but it's pretty important. The 17 inch macbook pro is more than twice as expensive as my macbook, almost 3 times as expensive in fact, and that's the only increase in speed I get? Just about 10% faster processor?
Am I missing something key here? I don't know much about computers, but am I missing out some vital statistic like L2 or L3 cache or something? Maybe the ram's a bit faster, but still, come on.
And yeah you can get a solid state hard drive which is considerably faster, but that's a lot, lot more money.
Because I just can't believe that the brand new top of the range Macbook Pro model is only 10% faster than the 6 month old "consumer" range macbook.
Would really appreciate some advice,
Cheers,
Jake