I agree with Ruben. To advise whether the 2.3GHz is worth the extra price would depend on what you use the MBP for. If you are heavy user in Photoshop and Final Cut Pro, I would suggest the 2.3GHz.
The 2.3GHz CPU has a larger L3 cache (8MB vs 6MB.) The increase in cache is usually more important than the minimal increase in speed, depending on what you do in Photoshop & FCP. Certainly go the biggest Hard Drive you can afford and extra RAM. Re: The Glossy vs Anti-Glare … this debate has been going on for eternity ;-) Some Professional Graphic Artists & Photographers say the Anti-Glare gives a truer ‘Print’ colour than the Gloss. The latest MBPs have high resolution displays, older MBPs you could get a lower resolution Anti-Glare display. I’ve had anti-glare on my PowerBook & previous MacBook Pro, but I decided to go with the Glossy Display on my current MBP. I love the look of the glossy screen, the images have a deeper look with more contrast. blacks are really black. Cheers, Ronni On 04/03/2011, at 12:26 AM, Dark1 wrote: > I'm not sure whether the extra 100MHz is worth another $300 or not but the > performance gains you'll see will depend on what your using your computer > for. If the programs your using can make use of all the threads (including > the hyperthreads) you'll get that extra 100MHz per core so it's actually an > extra 400 but if they only use a single thread its not nearly as good. Dunno > about the displays but you can probably find info on that in the archives. > > Ruben > >> Hi all WAMUGgers >> >> Long time since I asked a question. I'm thinking of buying a new MacBook Pro >> 15". >> Is the 2.3GHz i7 option worth the extra dollars over the 2.2? >> What are experiences with glossy v anti-glare displays? >> Any other tips? >> Will buy ed price and plan to salary sacrifice. >> >> Regards >> >> Reg >> >> Reg Whitely >> >> Home: 08 9921 7272 >> Mob: 04 8899 7313 >> Email: rwhit...@internode.on.net >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
