2.93 upgrade not worth the $?

[Colin20]

In the Canadian ADC store I'm looking at the price difference to upgrade from the 2.66 to the 2.93 processor. It is $240 cdn to upgrade by 0.27. Is there any justification to spend the extra $240 on such a small increase?

 

[iSpoody 1243]

In the Canadian ADC store I'm looking at the price difference to upgrade from the 2.66 to the 2.93 processor. It is $240 cdn to upgrade by 0.27. Is there any justification to spend the extra $240 on such a small increase?

if time is expensive than the extra speed helps

 

[Colin20]

if time is expensive than the extra speed helps

Not for me it's not. I'm just curious to hear some opinions.

 

[Styxie]

It's not all in the CPU, mind you. The 2.66 has the 9400M integrated video card, whilst the 2.93 has the dedicated GGT 120 standard, and BTO to better.

 

[eXan]

It's not all in the CPU, mind you. The 2.66 has the 9400M integrated video card, whilst the 2.93 has the dedicated GGT 120 standard, and BTO to better.

And why do you mention iMacs in the MacBook Pro, PowerBook forum?

 

[NATO]

I don't think the speed increase from 2.66GHz to 2.93GHz is worth it unless you've got the spare cash and want the best, or you're someone who will realise that extra amount in the time they save performing CPU-heavy tasks. For most users, the 2.66GHz is more than enough.

I think most people would notice more of a real-world difference by upgrading from a HDD to SSD drive.

 

[GGJstudios]

Using MRoogle to search the forums before posting will help reduce duplicate threads:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...ite:forums.macrumors.com&as_qdr=y&btnG=Search