Personally I think you'd be better off with more ram and making sure you get a 7200 rpm drive. I really doubt you will see a huge difference in speed between the two cpus.
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 8:49 AM, Julie Kubal <julieku...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Moving on from hard drives... > I'm about to purchase a new MacBook Pro. > > I'm planning to use this computer for as long as possible, basically until > it dies. My current PowerBook G4 that I bought back in 04 is still running > in fact, but it's now too slow for my needs. I primarily need to run > Photoshop CS4 and Lightroom 2. > > Someone advised me to upgrade to the fastest processor available because > you never know in the years to come what programs one might need to run. In > this case, that would mean upgrading from 2.66 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo to the > 2.93 Ghz. I think at the moment 2.66Ghz would be perfectly adequate and cost > is a big consideration, but if it makes sense in the long run, I'd be > willing to spend the extra $300. > > Thoughts? > > -Julie > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
