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15" rMBP vs cMBP: What would you do?

Ccrew said:
For the sake of this thread my reference was to the machines in the discussion. I can buy 32gb DIMMs, but fitting them is a different story.
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I checked with Intel and the processor (i7 3740QM) is capable of handling 32GB's of RAM. So yeah I guess now it comes down to whether anyone will begin producing 16GB SODIMMS and when and how much.

The other thing I found out is that the cMBP comes with an i7 3820QM. They're mostly the same except the 3820QM has 8MB of L3 cache vs 6MB's and has a better Geekbench score. The 3740QM consumes a bit less wattage. One other minor difference I can't remember now and the 3740QM is newer by 5 months.

I don't know,for the last 4 or 5 months I was dead set on ordering the cMBP and my wife and I stopped in the Apple store when we were at the mall to check out the iPad mini and I walked over to the MacBooks. Had I not done that I would have ordered the cMBP that evening after we got home and I would have been happy as a clam. Now I'm driving myself crazy with doubts and questions. I hate this crap. I can see arguments on both sides that make sense. If they are a cMBP with a retina display I wouldn't give a second's thought.

Keep em coming boys and girls. The more I hear on both sides the better, I think:(:confused:

EDIT: I just went to apple.com and realized that I was not going to BTO the 2.7GHz because it was much too expensive but rather go with the 2.6GHz which again makes the rMBP more attractive as far as this goes.
 
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So for anyone that cares I finally made my decision and am 100% sure of it.

Earlier this evening I went to the Apple store to take another look at the cMBP and to compare the two side by side and to use it as much as I could. Luckily they were pretty busy so no one actually had time to come over and "help" so I had plenty of time to play around with it.

Bottom line I decided to keep the rMBP for 4 reasons:

1 - The Retina screen. After using the rMBP for about 10 days I really got used to it a lot more than I thought I did. At first it didn't seem like it was that much of a difference, but after about 20 minutes of doing different things on the cMBP I started missing the clarity and vividness of the Retina. Actually scrolling was a lot more enjoyable with the Retina than the cMBP. I knew that eventually I would regret not having Retina.:(

2 - Having the ability to scale to 1680x1050 and 1920x1200. Having extra screen space when needed is a very nice bonus when away from my desk and Dell. This was actually a pretty big factor.

3 - Leave well enough alone :D- I got a perfect rMBP with a Samsung screen. It performs perfectly, is solid with no creaking, runs quite cool and the battery lasts over 7 hours if I'm careful. I wouldn't want to end up getting a new one with an LG screen or some other defect. I hate returning anything.

4 - Weight - I was actually surprised at the weight difference. Not so much when I picked it up with both hands, but in the last week I wanted to show my wife something a couple times so I picked up my rMBP by one of the front corners with one hand. When I tried to do the same thing with the cMBP I couldn't believe I almost couldn't do it :eek:. I'm no small dude at 6' and 265 and decent shape. The weight isn't a big deal but it's a very nice bonus.;)

Lastly, over the last few days my rMBP actually started functioning a lot better and the lag and stutter that I experienced at first is no longer present. Trust me when I say that I didn't get used to it. It's really not there. The only time I ever see a slight stutter now is when I open the app grid. But that really is no big deal and it's very slight and only on occasion.

I'm glad I went to the store tonight. It made my decision a lot easier and the second guessing is now over. Now I'm waiting for some more manufacturers to start producing blade SSD drives :cool:
 
Ccrew said:
Actually that thread was shooting down the links to the memory specified in a previous response. Reality is at this time the chipset supports 16gb, but no one makes a DIMM.

While you've been using computers and never had a DIMM go bad, I oversee several thousand, and see it all the time. It happens more frequently than you think.

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For the sake of this thread my reference was to the machines in the discussion. I can buy 32gb DIMMs, but fitting them is a different story.
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link for the 32GB DIMMS would be nice
 
GermanyChris said:
I know what he was talking about thats why I asked for the link.
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Sorry, had to write something because first rendition of post repeated something already mentioned in this thread.

I also remember how 2008 unibodies didn't support more than 6GB RAM for quite a while when 4GB sticks were already available.
 
Ploki said:
Sorry, had to write something because first rendition of post repeated something already mentioned in this thread.

I also remember how 2008 unibodies didn't support more than 6GB RAM for quite a while when 4GB sticks were already available.
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I'm interested in full size 32GB DIMMS the best I can find so far are 16GB DDR3 Registered ECC. Kingston said they were going to make some, I have yet to see them.
 
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