Buyer´s guide

[yellowsnn0w]

Hello!

Could you please help me decide which macbook pro i should get!?

alternative 1: 2011, 13 inch 2,3 i5, 4 gb ram and 5400 rpm hdd ( ssd additional)

2: 2010, 15 inch 2,4 i5, high res anti glare, 8 gg ram, 128 ssd

benchmarks: 13: 5900
15: 4900

needed for office, ps 5 and aperture, and the whole daily things

is the performance difference important?--> i don´t do video editing.

thanks

 

[tekkietekkie]

depends what you want, bigger screen the 15"

if you want faster CPU get the 13"

you can get the 8GB ram chip kit for the 13 for ~45-50 bucks they have been on sale a few times in the past few weeks at newegg

I use mine for lightroom / CS5 I got the 13 and put a SSD & 8GB of ram in there and am pretty happy, and I came from an i7 desktop benchmarking 11600 on the scores which is double what I get now. To process RAW files take a little longer but its not that bad.

 

[ladytonya]

For ps5 and aperture, I'd go with faster processor but that's just my opinion. I like the 13" screen, but if you would have asked me a year ago if I would have wanted a 13" screen I would have probably told you that you were crazy! LOL! Now, I don't know why I ever needed anything bigger. The resolution on this thing is gorgeous! The difference between the 13" and 15" is just not worth the money to me. If I REALLY needed the screen real estate, I would go with a 17".

 

[2hvy4grvty]

15 inch hands down. Especially since you've listed the hi-res. The 1280x800 screen is REALLY lackluster, even by PC standards. It's actually below average.