Again, I think you'll be wasting 300 dollars towards the 2.93, better to put that towards the external monitor? Saving it for more RAM later? Fifty for the 7200 HD is not bad...
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Julie Kubal <julieku...@yahoo.com> wrote: > This has all been very helpful so far. > > Originally, I was considering a 15" MBP plus a separate large monitor for > my photo work, but I began leaning towards the 17" because I do a lot of > photo slideshow presentations at clients' homes where a bigger, portable > screen would enhance the presentation. The 2.93Ghz processor is now > available on the 15" too so the differences between the two sizes is really > just RAM capacity and screen size/antiglare as far as I can tell. Any > thoughts on advantages of larger screen size? The antiglare for photo work > seems attractive. > > Since I'm planning on sticking with whichever model I buy for a long time, > I'm having a really tough time making a decision, weighing all the > variables. > > Thanks to all for bearing with my indecisiveness as I ask these questions. > > -Julie > > On 22 May 2009, at 13:12, Rev. Stewart Marshall wrote: > > If you are getting the DDR3 model yes it will go down after time. >> >> I am seeing that, that memory is very expensive compared to the DDR2 >> memory. >> >> At the Crucial site >> >> DDR3 each 4 GB stick 399.99 Max 8 GB (x2 799.99) >> DDR2 each 2 GB stick 33.99 Max 4 GB (x2 55.99) >> >> 2.66 duo core intel. >> >> Stewart >> >> >> >> >> At 11:47 AM 5/22/2009, you wrote: >> >>> Pardon this uninformed question, but I can always upgrade the RAM >>> later, right? But not the processor? Will the cost of RAM probably >>> decrease with time? At the moment, even if RAM would make the most >>> sense in the long run, it's just too expensive to justify at an extra >>> $1000. >>> >>> On 22 May 2009, at 12:19, mike wrote: >>> >>> 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. >>>> >>>> >> Rev. Stewart A. Marshall >> mailto:popoz...@earthlink.net >> Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org >> Ozark, AL SL 82 >> >> >> ************************************************************************* >> ** 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/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
