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2.6 i7 worth the Upgrade
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I don't know. What I do know is that I bought the top of the line 13" MBP in 2009 w/ the SSD drive, and it is still very usable. So, I just ordered the top of the line again. If I can go four more years without having a computer that has significant necessary upgrades for me, I am grateful. I waited for 16GB of RAM (why I didn't buy the last version of 13" MBPr) and I am thrilled to get 1TB of SSD (I had to move all my music off to my Time Capsule about a year and a half ago) and so for $200 bucks it seemed silly not to get the faster processor.
Depends on what you're doing with the laptop. In most situations the clock speed won't make a difference. It comes into play if you're doing video/photo/music encoding/decoding or anything that's heavily dependent on the CPU.
If you're buying this as a web browsing machine... no.
If you're buying this as a web browsing machine... no.
100MHz is not even 4% raw compute power, if you utilize your processor to 100% constantly, it may matter.
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(6MB to 8MB L3 Cache, thats way more relevant than the 100MHz (not even 4%) - not true, both have 6MB)
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These are the differences in the two processors. It's not worth it.
http://ark.intel.com/compare/76088,76086
http://ark.intel.com/compare/76088,76086
Coming from the 2.3GHz i7 in the 15", I assume the 2.6GHz isn't worth the upgrade unless all you do is compress video?
obviously I'm unable to read tables (wikipedia), yes, they both have 6MB cache.
Sorry!
Any other thoughts? Just asking because I want to pull the trigger on this today!
That table shows its not worth it
I upgraded to the 2.6 for these reason:
1. Just to have a max spec
2. I got a heavy discount on the entire machine
3. I will be using it for video editing so the faster the CPU the faster I can render - although it will only probably save seconds or a couple of mins at the most anyways!
All in all, its probaly not worth it! lol
1. Just to have a max spec
2. I got a heavy discount on the entire machine
3. I will be using it for video editing so the faster the CPU the faster I can render - although it will only probably save seconds or a couple of mins at the most anyways!
All in all, its probaly not worth it! lol