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Macbook Pro 15 or 17"

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I'm thinking of buy a Macbook Pro 15 or 17 inch 2.4/or 2.5 quad core mainly for video editing but I'd like to know if there's any difference between the two apart from the obvious screen size and weight. What are the advantages of having on over the other in terms of speed etc?
 
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The 17" has several advantages: Larger screen size and the extra card slot. But it comes with a fairly hefty price increase and added weight to lug around.
 
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chscag said:
The 17" has several advantages: Larger screen size and the extra card slot. But it comes with a fairly hefty price increase and added weight to lug around.
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But is the 17" any faster when it come to video editing and rendering?
 
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No, it's the same since the CPU and graphics are identical. The extra $300 is for the screen size and card slot (as I stated above).

If you can live with a 15" screen and don't need the extra slot, go for it. It's a lot easier to haul around a 15" machine than a 17" one.
 
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OK. Thanx a lot for the info. BTW are there significant speed increases between the 2.4 and 2.5 GHz CPUs?
 
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