2.4 Vs 2.6 MBP..Worth The Price?

[nyycavo24]

I am going to the Apple Store in my local mall tomorrow night to buy a new MBP. With the recent update, I was trying to figure out whether or not I should by the 2.4Ghz/4GB RAM or the 2.6Ghz/4GB RAMfor the extra $250.

What is the opinion of any veteran Macbook or General Apple users on this? Is the 250 better spent on the extra speed bump (WILL I EVEN NOTICE THE DIFFERENCE?) or on something else that I could get with the system (iPod, Printer, etc).

I am going in with a friend who is a student at a local college so I can get the $200 discount

Please help, I don't want to sink $250 into this for absolutely nothing!

 

[evilyankeefan]

Couple things. From what others have posted in the forums, you won't see the .2GHz difference. Spend the $250 on extra RAM (DON'T BUY FROM - too expensive). You'll have some money left over to put towards an external HDD for Time Machine.

 

[Squonk]

I don't think the 2.6 would be worth it unless you are going to be pushing the machine to 100% cpu utilization often.

Also, this is a BTO option and will not be available in the retail stores I believe...

 

[nyycavo24]

I don't think the 2.6 would be worth it unless you are going to be pushing the machine to 100% cpu utilization often.

Also, this is a BTO option and will not be available in the retail stores I believe...

I was in the Apple Store today and they only have the 17 inch version of the 2.6...the 2.6/15.4 inch upgrade is only available online.

I don't think I will be pushing it to 100% utilization all that much, I plan on doing a fair amount of video editing, but I'm assuming that with 2.4 Ghz and 4 GB of RAM (probably buying it through Crucial) I should be okay....agreed?

 

[thechidz]

I was in the Apple Store today and they only have the 17 inch version of the 2.6...the 2.6/15.4 inch upgrade is only available online.

I don't think I will be pushing it to 100% utilization all that much, I plan on doing a fair amount of video editing, but I'm assuming that with 2.4 Ghz and 4 GB of RAM (probably buying it through Crucial) I should be okay....agreed?

the 2.6 will have higher resale value.


what store has a 17 inch 2.6 in stock??????

 

[nyycavo24]

the 2.6 will have higher resale value.


what store has a 17 inch 2.6 in stock??????

Tysons Corner Center in McLean, VA (DC Suburbs).

Is there anything I need for the student discount when I walk into the store?

Will I need a student ID? Student e-mail address? Something? Anything? I am not a student, but my wife graduated with a bachelors a few weeks ago...Or Im considering dragging my buddy to the store (who is still in school)

 

[thechidz]

Bring your wife with her student ID. If its still valid you should be fine

 

[ntrigue]

When Handbrake'ing a DVD, the processor directly dictates how quickly the DVD is ripped. I'd be interested to see if how much faster this would be accomplished.

 

[Matiek]

I would buy the $250 upgraded just because it's an option that you won't be able to purchase later on. You can always buy ram. The extra 200 mhz makes a bigger difference with 4 gigs later on. Not to mention the resale, in three years or so I'm sure you'll be able to sell it for close to $250 more just because there won't be that many 2.6 ghz machines on the market.

What are you planning on using it for?

 

[kdawg]

Unless you are a machine, a human could not tell the difference between the two. Save your $$$ also as someone also mentioned. Get your memory elsewhere. You will save a ton

 

[capitanbuzo]

I would also consider a 7200 RPM HDD. That is what I will be doing in the next couple days. I will order a 15" 2.6ghz 200GB 7200 RPM HDD with 4GB of RAM.

 

[thechidz]

I would also consider a 7200 RPM HDD. That is what I will be doing in the next couple days. I will order a 15" 2.6ghz 200GB 7200 RPM HDD with 4GB of RAM.

Thats exactly what I have. I added the ram from crucial. I'm pretty sure when the new macbook pros come out the 2.4 model will either be low-end or possibly even disconned making the 2.6 low end. This will help the resale value tremendously on our machines.

 

[capitanbuzo]

Thats exactly what I have. I added the ram from crucial. I'm pretty sure when the new macbook pros come out the 2.4 model will either be low-end or possibly even disconned making the 2.6 low end. This will help the resale value tremendously on our machines.

Thanks again for the ADC advice. I will be ordering thorugh them by Monday.

 

[surripere]

Thats exactly what I have. I added the ram from crucial. I'm pretty sure when the new macbook pros come out the 2.4 model will either be low-end or possibly even disconned making the 2.6 low end. This will help the resale value tremendously on our machines.

Ditto.

Although, now that I have it I'm having a hard time imagining parting with this computer in the foreseeable future. Resale value aside, it's a fantastic machine and will remain just as powerful when the updates finally arrive.

Nice to still be top of the line after Macworld, though.