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2.53ghz vs 2.8ghz
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Both are still in the 2's including cores. Three years from now they will both sound obsolete with only 2 cores. Save your $$$.
Congrats, susvart, I believe you made the first "2.5 v 2.8" thread. There will be hundreds that follow.
Yep, I made mine in the buying advice section when I didn't see one there lol. I went for the 2.8Ghz version btw because I'm using the machine as my business and personal machine at the same time.
well somebody had to start!!!
anyway
there is no answer yet to
2.53 vs 2.8:
power usage?
how much significant?
over all is it worth to spending $300?
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Yes, someone had to start. The problem is newbies rarely use the various searching utilities this forum or the one Google offers:
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2.53ghz vs 2.8ghz site:forums.macrumors.com
Probably not much of a difference, but I ordered mine with the 2.8. If figured I can't make myself taller for $300, and I can't guarantee good health for $300, but heck, I can make my computer faster! So I did it.
You must be joking...Upgrade in 5 months? I've had my current vaio fro nearly 4 years. This is a reletively long term investment purchase (£1500 ish). Studio gear costs alot of cash so I want a laptop that will last the test of time for pro audio work so I can buy other things rather than an new laptop every couple of months.
http://gizmodo.com/5063492/macbook-and-macbook-pro-dual-review
These xbench and geekbench results make me think it may be worth the extra money for pro audio (since the new MB Pro 2.53 seems to get it's ass kicked by the old 2.6 MB pro). I may be making a bunch of false assumptions here so correct me if I'm worng or if there are other thinks to consider but so far my opinion is
Imagine what damage the new DDR3 memory in collaboration with the 2.8 could do
These xbench and geekbench results make me think it may be worth the extra money for pro audio (since the new MB Pro 2.53 seems to get it's ass kicked by the old 2.6 MB pro). I may be making a bunch of false assumptions here so correct me if I'm worng or if there are other thinks to consider but so far my opinion is
Imagine what damage the new DDR3 memory in collaboration with the 2.8 could do
Purchase the 2.5 model and shop online for a 4GB memory upgrade for ~$65 instead of shelling out an additional $300.00 for a mediocre processor bump. But, we all should wait for the benchmarks to come out.
But now that the MBP uses DDR3 RAM, it's not such a cheap upgrade anymore. Where do you see 2x2 DDR3 for ~$65?
$300.00 not $500 oops And you're right, they're using the new memory so disregard that, *********
oops And you're right, they're using the new memory so disregard that, *********
Doesn't the gizmodo review link I posted above have the benchmarks? I'm sure someone with good computer hardware knowledge (not me) could at least roughly predict the 2.8 difference. If the old 2.6 outpaces the new 2.53 on CPU by 15 points on the xbench tests with just a .07 difference in processor speed , surely a full 2GHz on to of this would waste the current 2.53? I don't know i'm just guessing...does anyone agree?