Category: Geeks r Us
hay all,
Well I've a question for you all, I'm soon to be picking up a macbook pro and there are two options, the duo 2.4/2.66 or the i5, with significant price differences between them. I do not want to buy into duo core, especially since its already like 3 years old and is set to be replaced by i5s or something like that in the future, I would like this mac to be future proofed as hell, since theytend to last a while. I could also go for a lower processor and a 7200 rpm hardrive, for extra data transfer speeds to a duo core might boost performance?
Secondly though, I don't fancy dropping 300 quid or so extra on something that aint worth it. I've done some research but am still unsure, advice?
thanks
MJ
my mac runs a dual core and it's actually quite good. it also depends on ram you realize so that has to factor in too
I have no idea about a Macintosh computer, but I recently picked up a desktop with a Core I3 that can support sixteen Gigs of ram. It has a terrabyte hard drive, so that allows for plenty of storage. The Core I 5 would be very fast, since it is like having five processors working together at one time. I am a new user, but I really like computers and will offer any suggestions you need.
Hello,
I'd go for the i5 if you want to really future proof. I'd also go for the highest amount of RAM possible and the 7200 RPM drive or faster as well.
Thanks.
I second Abby, I went for a dule cor processor with 4 Gigs of ram but ended up using the boot buster to add 4 more gigs of ram using a Micro SD card lying around.
kay I so screwed my post up with one word "booster" I what I ment, you get the point.
really its like having 5 processors? You may want to check your facts on that one. Yes multi core processors is like having multiple processors and the i5 i7 are quad core processors if i am no mistaken. the advantage the have over the older core II Duo quad processors its the ability on the fly monitor what needed and shut down and turn on cores as needed and even overclocking the one core in use to help speed up the task at hand. Also you want to make sure the ram speed matches the front side bus speed, so if the front side bus is at 1066mhz u want ram thats 1066mhz as well not ram that runs at 800mhz. Apple is pretty good about doing this with their products for you. The one gripe i do have with apple though, is DDR 3 Ram is supposed to be done in sets of 3 unlike DDR 2 which is done in sets of 2. for example wth ddr 2 Ram you would ideally want to have 8GB of ram for example done as 2 sticks of 4GB each or 4 sticks of 2GB each. Where as with DDR 3 would ideally want to have 9gb for example 3 sticks of 3GB each.
Yeah, have a Core i5, has 2 cores, and 4 logical processors. Its quite fast. Aned it has the Terbo boost feature. Runs at 2.4 GHZ, but can g go up to waht, 2.6 GHZ or something,(can't exactly remember.)