13" macbook pro 2,4Ghz or 2,66Ghz ??? Please

[stridemat]

Apple charge £160 for an upgrade to a SSD.

You can pick up a comparable, if not slightly better SSD from a third party for a lot less. An enclosure costs all of £10, so you are most definitely not loosing anything, in fact you are gaining a 500GB external hard drive as well as a faster SSD inside your MacBook.

The general rule of thumb always has been, and probably will remain never buy user upgradable parts from Apple unless you absolutely have to!

Edit* What's more in giving Apple your money to upgrade to an SSD you are in affect loosing the 500GB hard drive, it just doesn't make sense to do this.

 

[UKBeast]

Apple charge £160 for an upgrade to a SSD.

You can pick up a comparable, if not slightly better SSD from a third party for a lot less. An enclosure costs all of £10, so you are most definitely not loosing anything, in fact you are gaining a 500GB external hard drive as well as a faster SSD inside your MacBook.

The general rule of thumb always has been, and probably will remain never buy user upgradable parts from Apple unless you absolutely have to!

could you show me a few online stores that sell the ssds you are talking about ?

Because Intel mx 25 160gb is 400pounds

 

[stridemat]

could you show me a few online stores that sell the ssds you are talking about ?

Because Intel mx 25 160gb is 400pounds

Ok I had a shop around and couldn't find a performance SSD for under ~£230 (£160 for 128GB Apple SSD and say £50 for the price of 500GB hard drive which you are loosing) however I did find oneBay an OCZ Agility for £199 BIN (albeit 120GB, which I would say is close enough to Apples 128GB).

Not only is this cheaper than the actual price from Apple, for an SSD that is considerably faster, but you are also gaining a 500GB external hard drive.

Just a thought to the OP you would proably not need a 128GB SSD installed within your Mac. I have a 64GB OCZ, which is more than enough for my needs as large media files are stored on an external hard drive.

 

[apparitionX]

Geekbench scores are over 28% higher for 2.66 i7 over 2.53 i5

I noticed that recent Geekbench scores, that do not consider the graphics card performance, are over 28% higher for the 2.66 i7 than the 2.53 i5.

I'm not clear what a 28% difference means in the way of perceivable speed, but the gain may be worth the additional cost.

Factoring in the benefit of 2x the graphics memory for the i7 model makes the choice of the i7 model more economical.

 

[UKBeast]

Ok I had a shop around and couldn't find a performance SSD for under ~£230 (£160 for 128GB Apple SSD and say £50 for the price of 500GB hard drive which you are loosing) however I did find oneBay an OCZ Agility for £199 BIN (albeit 120GB, which I would say is close enough to Apples 128GB).

Not only is this cheaper than the actual price from Apple, for an SSD that is considerably faster, but you are also gaining a 500GB external hard drive.

Just a thought to the OP you would proably not need a 128GB SSD installed within your Mac. I have a 64GB OCZ, which is more than enough for my needs as large media files are stored on an external hard drive.

You are sending me a seller from ebay who has zero reputation, he even is not giving you warranty for the product he is selling. What you are saying is to buy a 500gb hdd mb pro and get a 120gb ssd from someone else then use the 500gb hdd as an external hard drive.

First of all, this might not be brand new like he says, you should find a retailers not ebay sellers.

Secondly, does everyone really need a 500gb external drive ?

I have already bought a fast external hard drive ages ago..