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Serious help on getting a new Macbook Pro
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<blockquote data-quote="anonymust" data-source="post: 1255630" data-attributes="member: 173188"><p><span style="color: Black">Looking at the <a href="http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_pro?mco=MTAyNTQzMzk" target="_blank">specs of the 2011 Macbook Pro's</a> (Intel i7 Core) got me all confused..</span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black">The 13inch has the fastest processor (2.7GHz) but its <em>dual-core</em> and <u>not </u><em>quad-core</em></span></p><p><span style="color: Black">Also the 13 inch (Intel i7), doesn't have that extra "<em>AMD Radeon HD</em>" graphics card.</span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">My Questions are:</span></strong></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 15px">1)- </span></em><span style="font-size: 12px">What are the benifits/difference between <em>dual-core</em> and <em>quad-core</em>?</span></strong><em> (shouldn't a quad-core be faster than a dual-core?)</em></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">2)-</span> </strong></em><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">What are the benifits of having the "AMD Radeon HD"? </span></strong><em>(I'm not a gamer, but I do like to watch movies in 720p or 1080p, but watching HighDef movies on a battery powered laptop might suck, [I'd rather watch it on my 42" Plasma at home.] So Is the graphics card worth it for me?)</em> (P.s I currently watch 720p and 1080p on my <em>MacBook 3,1 [Late 2007 model]</em> and it all seems crisp to me)</span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><em><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">3)- </span></strong></em><strong><span style="font-size: 12px">The Macbook Pro's that come with the "AMD Radeon HD", can the memeory/processor in that grapic card be used to power the laptop and make it go faster?</span></strong> (i forgot the term for this when u make use of the resrouces in the GPU)</span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 15px">4)-</span></em><span style="font-size: 12px"> Can I buy my own 1TB, 2.5" Harddrive and easily replace it with what ever drive I get with my Macbook?</span></strong> ( I heard that I might have difficulties when installing OS X on a fresh new (unformatted) hard-drive, with the Original OSX install disc)</span></p><p><span style="color: Black"></span></p><p><span style="color: Black"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 15px">5)-</span></em><span style="font-size: 12px"> Are you a MacBook owner?</span></strong> And how long have you had your MacBook for, I bought a second hand one about a year ago, I would like to know what's the average life span of a MacBook... Would like to make this purchase an 4 to 5 year investment.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
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