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iliketurtles couldn't take it anymore - exchanging Retina MacBook 2.3ghz for 2.6ghz
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thread states im GOING TO exchange it. gonna be a week till the replacement arrives XD
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maxed out as in 2.7ghz, 768gb and 16gb of ram? yeah i have 4k to do that LOL
What inconvenience? Also they are letting you return the other one without a restocking fee. Unless you always use a debit card (which I never use), it shouldn't really be a problem.
Since you have the funds, go for it!
i have funds but i also have to consider other expenses....like tuition...and textbooks XD
and the fact that i know i wont ever fully utilize a 2.7ghz or fill up a 768gb of memory. why spend more on specs htat u wont use?
Nah man you gotta futureproof that, your already spending $3000 , another 4k will make it last a couple more years. Max that out. Or you'll regret it
Nah man you gotta futureproof that, your already spending $3000 , another 4k will make it last a couple more years. Max that out. Or you'll regret it
Agreed, that's what I finally got and no going back now
. Contents of external dumped to internal and loving it.
save yourself some stress....get a maxed out rMBP from the beginning.
I should have
Personally, I'm quite happy with my 2.3 256gb rmbp. Its plenty fast and I couldn't justify the cost.
OP, congrats on your new rmbp. If you continued wished you should have gotten the faster machine, then by all means exchange it. Peace of mind goes a long way
OP, congrats on your new rmbp. If you continued wished you should have gotten the faster machine, then by all means exchange it. Peace of mind goes a long way
I would have probably been happy with a 2.3/16/512 if it were available at the time I ordered. I got the ultimate out of convenience when I had a problem with my bto 2.6/16/512. Couldn't wait for another and the ultimate was in stock at the local apple store so I grabbed it. The extra money was a convenience fee initially, but I'm glad I have it now.
Nah man you gotta futureproof that, your already spending $3000 , another 4k will make it last a couple more years. Max that out. Or you'll regret it
lol you cant future proof a computer, thats just all bs
um you do realize if you actually do video rendering, the 2.7 option WOULD have made more sense since it has the extra cache while the 2.6 upgrade does not. that cache would have helped with all the apparent video rendering you do.
but instead, you waste money on an upgrade portion that you say you'll never utilize and skip out on the upgrade that would actually come into play according to your usage.
decided to call apple and request an exchange for my 2.3ghz 16gb 256gb retina macbook for the samething except 2.6ghz.
thought id let you all know and your thoughts
iliketurtles admits, i have a problem
the one i have is a samsung display if that still means anything.
actually found one tiny nick on the lid, but its not the main reason for exchanging
Seriously, you should have gone for the 2.7. I can't believe you went to all the trouble to just get a 2.6. The 2.7 will surely give you a hedge against the future. Didn't you know that the 2.7 has 8 MB of cache while all the others have only 6 MB? This is going to give you a huge boost in performance. You should have done your homework.
Don't be cheap and get the 512GB SSD. You will thank me in a couple of years...
lets see i have 50gb of space left on my 120gb SSD intel 520.
and the only stuff that takes up huge chunks of space is videos that are on my 2TB Time Capsule.
well.....you see.....i...like turtles.
sorryis this ur money that ur spending here or mine?
i do video rendering but nothing crazy like final cut pro. i still get roughly 10-15% performance increase which im happy with.
and yes i was aware aboutt he 6mb and 8mb cache on the processors. im sure it would also help but i feel that thats to much to spend on any more.
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Seriously, you should have gone for the 2.7. I can't believe you went to all the trouble to just get a 2.6. The 2.7 will surely give you a hedge against the future. Didn't you know that the 2.7 has 8 MB of cache while all the others have only 6 MB? This is going to give you a huge boost in performance. You should have done your homework.
if you say 2.7 is all worth it then why didnt u get it? LOL
and how does the 2.7 "give me a hedge against the future"
LOL you can't future proof a computer thats all bs
don't listen to any one here just wait next month for rMBP revision with XX40QM CPUs and get the 2.8ghz version http://www.ebay.com/itm/INTEL-i7-38...ICE-/251115564615?pt=CPUs&hash=item3a77a76e47
http://www.ebay.com/itm/INTEL-i7-38...ICE-/251115564615?pt=CPUs&hash=item3a77a76e47The 2.7GHz upgrade is worth it to me. It speeds up process just a tiny bit, but since have the fastest there is, I'm satisfied. Worth and value are really subjective.
That said it doesn't really future-proof since in say 6 months time when Intel does their mini bump (remember last year, they bumped the 2.3GHz top end CPU to 2.5GHz?), the top end model will probably be like 2.9/3.0GHz. Of course when Haswell is released this one will be behind even more.
decided to call apple and request an exchange for my 2.3ghz 16gb 256gb retina macbook for the samething except 2.6ghz.
thought id let you all know and your thoughts
iliketurtles admits, i have a problem
the one i have is a samsung display if that still means anything.
actually found one tiny nick on the lid, but its not the main reason for exchanging
if u know that apple selin' another mac but 2.8 u wil cal them and ask them for exchange ...
if u know that apple selin' another mac but 2.8 u wil cal them and ask them for exchange ...
u cant exchange after 14 days