13in 2.3 ghz macbook pro compared to 13in 2.7ghz macbook pro

[cttooch]

i am trying to decide on what macbook pro to purchase

i will be running mostly lightroom and nik software

is there a huge speed difference compard to the 2.3ghz to the 2.7ghz

 

[8CoreWhore]

I'd get the 2.3 and use the difference on an SSD installed by you. Keep the HDD that comes with it and put that where the optical drive currently is. Use an external USB DVD drive.

Or, use the difference for a quality ext monitor or new lens for the Cam. The extra .4Ghz doesn't give much of a return, just saves a few seconds here and there.

 

[mike2732]

i am trying to decide on what macbook pro to purchase

i will be running mostly lightroom and nik software

is there a huge speed difference compard to the 2.3ghz to the 2.7ghz

The high-end 13" gets a geekbench score of 6796 while my 2.3 GHz gets 10401 on 32-bit.
See here: https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/12218207/
And here: http://www.primatelabs.ca/blog/2011/02/macbookpro-benchmarks-early-2011/]

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Sorry, I didn't see that you were comparing 2 models of 13", I thought you were comparing 15/17" to 13".

Now that I got it right....

The 2.7 13" gets 6796 while the 2.3 13" gets 5900... So a different of almost 1000. That's up to you whether it's worth it or not.

 

[brentsg]

Geekbench doesn't mean a whole lot.

Figure on 5-10% improvement from the 2.7 over the 2.3 for most processor intensive tasks.

 

[kobyh15]

Most will tell you to get the i5 and a SSD. That would be my advice as well unless you plan on doing full disk encryption or running any I/O devices in a virtual machine. If those two tasks aren't something that you would do, then the i5 is the best/smartest choice for you.

 

[LightSpeed1]

I'd get the 2.3 and use the difference on an SSD installed by you. Keep the HDD that comes with it and put that where the optical drive currently is. Use an external USB DVD drive.

Or, use the difference for a quality ext monitor or new lens for the Cam. The extra .4Ghz doesn't give much of a return, just saves a few seconds here and there.

How difficult is it to remove the optical drive and replace it with second hard drive?