So which Retina macBook Pro to choose, or for that matter which 2012 MBP ?
For stats this I believe says it all;
I spent some time with my local approved Apple retailer and they tend to agree the best retina is the base model, with expanded memory if you are absolutely certain you will require it. The price of the high end model is simply pumped up by the larger SSD with a negligible increase in performance.
The higher end Retina`s only realistically offer more storage for those that absolutely must have everything onboard and a minor increase in performance which equally the vast majority will never benefit from. I am pretty much decided if I go for retina it will be the 2.3 i7 and as for memory I will just see how the threads on the quality of the screen develop as returning a B.T.O. can be problematic, and realistically 8Gb is likely enough for my usage, I can look at several 8GB models in shop and or return substandard units, then live with carrying a small 1Gb USB 3 drive with me
8.8% computationally faster and $600 more out the wallet, now that`s what realistically the extra 256Gb gets you from the base model to the maxed out R-MBP you are looking at a difference of $1550, a 41% escalation over base ouch....
For those that rely on their systems for a living, where time is money the high end machines may make some sense, for the average user the extra figures are just for the "bar"
For stats this I believe says it all;
I spent some time with my local approved Apple retailer and they tend to agree the best retina is the base model, with expanded memory if you are absolutely certain you will require it. The price of the high end model is simply pumped up by the larger SSD with a negligible increase in performance.
The higher end Retina`s only realistically offer more storage for those that absolutely must have everything onboard and a minor increase in performance which equally the vast majority will never benefit from. I am pretty much decided if I go for retina it will be the 2.3 i7 and as for memory I will just see how the threads on the quality of the screen develop as returning a B.T.O. can be problematic, and realistically 8Gb is likely enough for my usage, I can look at several 8GB models in shop and or return substandard units, then live with carrying a small 1Gb USB 3 drive with me
8.8% computationally faster and $600 more out the wallet, now that`s what realistically the extra 256Gb gets you
from the base model to the maxed out R-MBP you are looking at a difference of $1550, a 41% escalation over base ouch....For those that rely on their systems for a living, where time is money the high end machines may make some sense, for the average user the extra figures are just for the "bar"
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