I am gonna buy a MBP 15" next week, but the question is which one to get. The 2.53 Ghz or the 2.66 Ghz? This will be my first Mac ever... the reason I am going with Apple is because I am into music production and I want to hook music equipment up to the Pro. I've been asking around and most people say that the 2.53 is cool enough. There's a $300 difference between the two so I am wondering if I should just spend that money on software (i.e. parallels, office mac, etc.) and apple care. Thanks in advance for all ur advice.
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2.53 Ghz or 2.66 Ghz 15"??
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Since it sounds like you will not be playing many video games or doing other graphics intensive work, the 2.53 GHz MBP should suit your needs just fine.
Agreed. I would go with the 2.54 GHz 13.3" MBP because I need the speed and I much prefer the size of the 13.3" MBP. RAM is a must, so try to get that anytime you get some extra cash. For the larger HDD, I would go external. It's cheap and able to hook up to other Macs or PCs. But that's just me. I like to keep my important files on my internal and DVD rips on an external.
Other things being equal, those two processors aren't all that different. Maybe $50 difference, in my opinion, but save the $300 and spend it on something else.