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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 1115178" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>Apps like Finder, Aperture or iPhoto, even iTunes will benefit from the faster processor.</p><p></p><p>If you plan on getting into "any" video encoding, the quadcore shows times up to 3x faster with apps like Handbrake.</p><p></p><p>As other apps are upgraded to make use of the multiple cores, they will only become faster.</p><p></p><p>My money would have to go with the quad core. As money is getting close to the max expenditure and the $100 means the difference in being able to get an external drive for back up or not, then I'd suggest the dual core and an external drive.</p><p></p><p>If I had to back down from the quad core for money's sake though, I really don't believe the 3.6 is worth $200 more than the stock i3 3.2. Handbrake is 2x faster than the dual core i5. While the i5 shows a speed bump up to 15% in some apps, the average is only about an 8% bump in speed for apps that are helped by the raw processing power.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 1115178, member: 24160"] Apps like Finder, Aperture or iPhoto, even iTunes will benefit from the faster processor. If you plan on getting into "any" video encoding, the quadcore shows times up to 3x faster with apps like Handbrake. As other apps are upgraded to make use of the multiple cores, they will only become faster. My money would have to go with the quad core. As money is getting close to the max expenditure and the $100 means the difference in being able to get an external drive for back up or not, then I'd suggest the dual core and an external drive. If I had to back down from the quad core for money's sake though, I really don't believe the 3.6 is worth $200 more than the stock i3 3.2. Handbrake is 2x faster than the dual core i5. While the i5 shows a speed bump up to 15% in some apps, the average is only about an 8% bump in speed for apps that are helped by the raw processing power. [/QUOTE]
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