My girlfriend needs to buy a new computer for movie editing with final cut pro. She is trying to decide if she should get the 15 inch Pro with the i5 or i7. I'm telling her to get the i7 but I want to get some other opinions. Any suggestions?
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i5 or i7 for movie editing with final cut pro?
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i7 ist just a label for the most expensive dual core.
It is still just a dual core with slightly higher clocks. The difference can not be felt. Without comparing some benchmark values there is no way one would ever notice the difference. They are way too close.
It is still just a dual core with slightly higher clocks. The difference can not be felt. Without comparing some benchmark values there is no way one would ever notice the difference. They are way too close.
Quick disks are more of an issue than processor speed (though I refute the claim that the 2.8 GHz i7 will "not be felt" when compared to a 2.4 GHz config), particularly with the higher boost.
Unless she plans on keeping it for a long time, grab the i5 and get and get some quick disks preferrebly a FW800 raid config from g-tech/owc.
Unless she plans on keeping it for a long time, grab the i5 and get and get some quick disks preferrebly a FW800 raid config from g-tech/owc.
yea I think she might keep it for a while. She is still using her blackbook core duo. She is thinking about getting a iMac instead because it looks like a better bang for the buck.
