2.93 really worth the CDN $300 extra?

[GGJstudios]

If there's 100 2.66ghz, stock, "vanilla" MBP's on Ebay in 2 years, and 10 2.93ghz "decked out" models, which one do you think will have the higher resale value? The 2.93ghz model.

It's reasonable to expect that the 2.93GHz would probably sell for more than the 2.66GHz, all other specs being equal. The question is, how much more? Certainly not $300 more, 2 years from now. Maybe $10 or $50 or possibly $100 more (although, I doubt anywhere near that much.) So your $300 "investment" will likely be worth something like $50 or less when it's time to sell. Unless you need maximum processor speed for your day-to-day use, as others have said, it's not worth it. For performance, the average user will notice a bigger bump from increased RAM or a faster HDD.

 

[xoggyux]

I have been going over this very same dilemma since yesterday and this thread pretty much reinforces what i was leaning towards. I pretty much decided that i wont notice any difference going from 2.66 to 2.93 so it would be a waste of $300 for me, I don't play any games and i don't do anything too intensive. In fact i would be ok with the 2.4 but lets not get crazy lol.

So i decided it would make more sense to get the 2.66 which already brings 4gb of ram and wait until SSD prices go down and storage goes up. I think we are on the verge. Then i'll just replace my hard drive. I'm not even going to waste money on a 7200 rpm drive either. I'm replacing my iMac with a Macbook PRO and 24 inch display so i need storage and some power so i wont feel like i downgraded.

If anything that makes even less sense, 4Gb ram can cost as little as $35 online (I actually ordered a G. Slkill pack of 4Gb of low latency, well low for laptop anyway, for $39, you can actually sell your 2gb on ebay and make the upgrade almost free, I sold my 2GB for $27 and I bought them for 45.....) so you'd pay $450 for 260mhz and 70Gb HDD???

It's reasonable to expect that the 2.93GHz would probably sell for more than the 2.66GHz, all other specs being equal. The question is, how much more? Certainly not $300 more, 2 years from now. Maybe $10 or $50 or possibly $100 more (although, I doubt anywhere near that much.) So your $300 "investment" will likely be worth something like $50 or less when it's time to sell. Unless you need maximum processor speed for your day-to-day use, as others have said, it's not worth it. For performance, the average user will notice a bigger bump from increased RAM or a faster HDD.

Agree, actually you dont have to go that far, usually expensive things depreciate much faster than cheap ones thats a fact. A mercedez benz (~$50,000 or more) will certainly lose (~$25,000) within its first 3 years, while a honda civic (which does not worth that much to begin with) might lose ~$5,000-$7,000 at most in the same timeframe (haha, have you heard about the roll-royces that lose ~$8,000 per week?????)