Hello all. Longtime lurker, first-time poster here.
Currently I have a 15-inch "Early 2011" macbook pro, 2.2 GHz, 4 GB ram, 700 GB hard drive, running snow leopard. I've been thinking about upgrading to one of the newest 15-inch macbooks, but I'm a little confused as to this whole "turbo boost" thing they're pitching. Like, the $1999 USD 15-inch is marked as having a 2.0 GHz processor, which appears even worse than what I have now, but with the designation of "Turbo Boost up to 3.2 GHZ." So should I think of it as a 3.2 GHZ processor or a 2.0 GHz processor as I'm weighing my decision?
Specs are important to me because I do a lot of gaming on my Mac (sometimes on the native Mac OS, but usually on a Win 7 Bootcamp partition). I know a Mac isn't really cut out to be a gaming platform like some other machines are, but I'd still like to maximize my gaming potential nonetheless, within my budget at least.
Thanks much in advance for your help.
Currently I have a 15-inch "Early 2011" macbook pro, 2.2 GHz, 4 GB ram, 700 GB hard drive, running snow leopard. I've been thinking about upgrading to one of the newest 15-inch macbooks, but I'm a little confused as to this whole "turbo boost" thing they're pitching. Like, the $1999 USD 15-inch is marked as having a 2.0 GHz processor, which appears even worse than what I have now, but with the designation of "Turbo Boost up to 3.2 GHZ." So should I think of it as a 3.2 GHZ processor or a 2.0 GHz processor as I'm weighing my decision?
Specs are important to me because I do a lot of gaming on my Mac (sometimes on the native Mac OS, but usually on a Win 7 Bootcamp partition). I know a Mac isn't really cut out to be a gaming platform like some other machines are, but I'd still like to maximize my gaming potential nonetheless, within my budget at least.
Thanks much in advance for your help.