Educator discount - i7 now worth it? & SSD question

[JonD25]

Well, you get the $200 off the base i5 so not really. Its $300 more. Worth it for gaming? There just aren't enough benchmarks!

The way I see it, if you were already ready to pay the $1700 for the i5, paying $1800 for the i7 seems like a no brainer. If you're just wanting to save more money, then yes, you can essentially get the i5 for $1500. I guess it comes down to what you're willing to pay. Brand new top of the line MBP for $1800 seems like a no brainer to me though. Especially if you plan on keeping it for a while.

 

[elmarjazz]

I just got the 17" i7 using a similar discount. After looking around I don't think Apples SSDs are that great and they way over charge for the HD upgrade to 7200 rpm so I went with the standard HD. When the next gen SSDs come out I'll grab one of those and move my current HD to the optical bay.

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