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i'm ordering a new macbook pro (hopefully tomorrow!) and im at an impasse. i can either get a 2.2 GHz quad-core i7 model or a 2.4 GHz quad-core i7 model, and the difference is $500 between the two. i've got the money earmarked for either one, but is the performance increase from the extra .2 GHz (over 4 cores) really worth the extra 500 bones?? i guess i just don't wanna feel like i'm throwing money at it just because i can. |
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oh, and this is to be used mostly for music production. |
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What application? |
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ableton live with far too many plug-ins, used with a native instruments audio kontrol 1. for live djing (not that cpu intensive really) and production. |
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is it just the cpu that is different? maybe the GPU is better and faster ram? When a quad core is labeled say: 2ghz. that means there are 4 x 2ghz cores sharing resources ( its not labeled 8ghz, but there are 4 x 2ghz) You only get the benefit of this when you use multiple programs on individual cores or a program that can see all cores. but they all share the same ram ect.. so the .2ghz is 4 x .2ghz $500 is allot of dosh for a small boost. particularly when you see how much these processors are to buy in the shops. and from what i gather you can not manually upgrade the cpu in a macbook? an SSD drive would speed things up quite noticeably in some areas also. |
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i7's are super fast , you'll be well impressed with either. All depends on what else you could do with that $500. |
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i wouldn't invest in that. 2.2. i7 is more power than you can use. |
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just read that the turbo feature overclocks an individual core to something like 3 ghz when the other cores are not in use and when the cooling allows. |
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If you go to the apple website you can customize the machine to your own specs. i would do that if i was in your possition... i agree with freqy maybe you can consider a solid state drive ;) |
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Save the $500 for weed, so when you make music, you can be like WHOAOOAOOOOAOOAOAOOOOOA. |
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he's not making dubstep |
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*sparks up spliff* HE IS NOW!!! |
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probably not worth it if the laptop is like 2200 or 2700 it becomes another story, though |
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lol..most of the times the day after is like OHOHNONONONON WHAT A SHIT LOAD OF CRAP I MADE YESTERDAY I REALLY THOUGHT I MADE WHOAOOAOOOOAOOAOAOOOOOA, WHERE DID THAT GO?? :-) |
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thanks for all the input guys! deciding to go with the 2.2. im upgrading the ram and hdd on my own, so those don't matter, and the vram is .5 gb higher, but that doesn't really weigh in on my needs. btw big 2200 and 2700 are the rough prices, id ask how much of a different story, but I CAANNNT at this point! im sitting here with my cc info input, finger on the button... |
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End product: 2.2GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7 8GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM — 2x4GB 160 GB Intel SSD SuperDrive 8x (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW) MacBook Pro 15-inch Hi-Res Antiglare Widescreen Display BAM! |
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you should have bought the 2.4!!! |
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looks great and SSD too : ) should be v fast. |
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Congrats! The most valuable upgrade was indeed the SSD instead of the processor. Well done, sir. |
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I've been considering a similar purchase, but then I'm also considering buying the updated 13 inch... cuz performance is still awesome. But then doing graphic work and music on the small screen might be a biznatch. Buuuuut then it's more portable. And I can use the extra money towards a camera. Ooooh, tech toys, tech toys... |
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+1 |
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pretty awesome. 24 x SSD in raid config. |
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is the performance increase from the extra .2 GHz (over 4 cores) really worth the extra 500 bones?? Surely you're kidding...i hope |
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Where's the GPU? LOL |
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yeah i got the SSD for a black friday sale, $160 bucks after a fatty mail in rebate. also i get to take out the macbooks orig hdd, throw it in an enclosure and i end up with a nice 500gb external hdd too! the spending power has gotten to me, i think im buying one of those ikea expedit bookshelves today... |
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gpu is some radeon thing, 512 mb vram. not too concerned with it, im pretty sure the most use it will get is running milkdrop in windows :P |
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.2ghz x 4, kinda like (.8ghz) 800mhz over 4 cores. : ) |
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and it took you this long to realize? isn't there a statute of limitations when it comes to typos? |
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no it didn't. I say yes it worth allot. 800mhz more (when programs can see it) is allot of power. |
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there should be a quad core one out earlyish next year, so i was told how many audio apps are decently parralelleleleleized yet .. ? genuine question |
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*new quad core |
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i dont think anything is optimized for quad core yet, maybe logic pro? ableton still only utilizes 2, but i can only assume this will all be changing in the future, which is really what this laptop is for anyway. |
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lol macs |
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shows how much i know about computers these days didnt know the larger macbooks r quad, im waiting for the the 13 cos i like my computers dinky ap, theres people i know in an academic institution running shit on 1 core of 1024 ish cluster so hrmmm, no excuse at all tho... |
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[ cos they can't be bothered to rewrite anything to use the other 1023 .. whats the point in having it then [ |
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Logic Pro can use like a billion cores you son' bitchez~. A BILLION CORES. |
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Like planet cores!!!! Burning hot planet cores. Billions of 'em. With the speed of light. |
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holy shit. this fucker screams! for anyone considering it, an SSD is by far the best upgrade you could consider for the money. ableton with all my plugins install opens in less than a second, almost instantaneously, where as on my gf's mbp with a 7200 rpm hdd and 2.8 ghz core 2 duo it takes prolly 30 seconds. suffice to say, im spoiled. i want to smash my work computer to bits now. |
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