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Need advice on which Mac to get?
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<blockquote data-quote="J-L" data-source="post: 1269674" data-attributes="member: 208449"><p>Personally if I were you I would reconsider some of the specifications of the machines.</p><p></p><p>First off the high end 15” MBP has the same specs as the 17” just a lower resolution screen. </p><p></p><p>Also if you really want the extra speed of 7200rpm HDD you could always go for the 500 GB version as it does not cost any extra and if storage is a major concern I would suggest getting an external HDD in this case so you have a backup therefore should something arise you are covered.</p><p></p><p> Another point to going for the 15” is that you would be able to take it along with you if you had to.</p><p></p><p>With the Mac mini the cpu upgrade is not really worth it as the performance difference (200 MHZ and an extra 1 MB to your L3 cache) is going to have very little impact on what you actually see and given the price I can not say I would recommend it.</p><p></p><p>Even with the i5 dual core it has hyper threading so overall you have 4 cores (2 physical and 2 virtual)</p><p></p><p>HDD again the speed is up to you and if it is only for the extra storage you can easily get yourself much bigger externals for the price.</p><p></p><p></p><p>For both of these systems, I would say that if you want to upgrade the RAM do it yourself, I do not know about the MBP but for the mini it is incredibly easy and if you order from somewhere like crucial you will probably get it for about half the price that apple are charging. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Overall though I would have to say that I would go for the MBP, as if you are doing serious 3D intensive work and you want to play the latest modern games at a decent FPS (frames per second) then its GPU beats the Mac mini hands down.</p><p></p><p>If there is one thing you take from this it should be to check out the education prices of the Mac, if you can wait until you go to university you might get a bigger discount or you could just get the standard school discount, you could even get the MBP and the Mini for a about the same price as you were thinking, then you would have the best of both worlds.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/education_routing" target="_blank">Student Discount - Apple Store (UK)</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J-L, post: 1269674, member: 208449"] Personally if I were you I would reconsider some of the specifications of the machines. First off the high end 15” MBP has the same specs as the 17” just a lower resolution screen. Also if you really want the extra speed of 7200rpm HDD you could always go for the 500 GB version as it does not cost any extra and if storage is a major concern I would suggest getting an external HDD in this case so you have a backup therefore should something arise you are covered. Another point to going for the 15” is that you would be able to take it along with you if you had to. With the Mac mini the cpu upgrade is not really worth it as the performance difference (200 MHZ and an extra 1 MB to your L3 cache) is going to have very little impact on what you actually see and given the price I can not say I would recommend it. Even with the i5 dual core it has hyper threading so overall you have 4 cores (2 physical and 2 virtual) HDD again the speed is up to you and if it is only for the extra storage you can easily get yourself much bigger externals for the price. For both of these systems, I would say that if you want to upgrade the RAM do it yourself, I do not know about the MBP but for the mini it is incredibly easy and if you order from somewhere like crucial you will probably get it for about half the price that apple are charging. Overall though I would have to say that I would go for the MBP, as if you are doing serious 3D intensive work and you want to play the latest modern games at a decent FPS (frames per second) then its GPU beats the Mac mini hands down. If there is one thing you take from this it should be to check out the education prices of the Mac, if you can wait until you go to university you might get a bigger discount or you could just get the standard school discount, you could even get the MBP and the Mini for a about the same price as you were thinking, then you would have the best of both worlds. [url=http://store.apple.com/uk/browse/home/education_routing]Student Discount - Apple Store (UK)[/url] [/QUOTE]
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