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Buying MBP 2012 vs MBP Retina 2015
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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1667584" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>Which options make the computer perform better depends in part on what you will be doing/studying, what programs you are likely to use, and how you se the computer. Here are some examples of what I mean:</p><p></p><p>The OS and other programs load much faster from an SSD than a standard hard drive: In my case the OS lead time was cut almost in half. The boot time may not be a major issue if you leave the system on 24/7 as many people do.</p><p></p><p>If you tend to have several programs at once or run larger, memory intensive programs the extra memory is a good idea. If you are doing mainly web browsing, e-mail, and word processing 8 GB should be fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1667584, member: 131855"] Which options make the computer perform better depends in part on what you will be doing/studying, what programs you are likely to use, and how you se the computer. Here are some examples of what I mean: The OS and other programs load much faster from an SSD than a standard hard drive: In my case the OS lead time was cut almost in half. The boot time may not be a major issue if you leave the system on 24/7 as many people do. If you tend to have several programs at once or run larger, memory intensive programs the extra memory is a good idea. If you are doing mainly web browsing, e-mail, and word processing 8 GB should be fine. [/QUOTE]
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