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Little Help old 2.66 15" vs new 2.66?

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xxnoelziexx

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Mar 24, 2009
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my work have some great deals and have 2 machines left.
I have some spare cash and want to get a spare latop. Which one would you lot advise. I am leaning towards the cheaper older model. I had my heart set on the 13 2.53 which i could get for £1080 but paying the little extra seems a no brainer lol


MC026B/A (£1135 through work)
Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz ( Dual-Core )
RAM - 4 GB (installed) / 4 GB (max) - DDR3 SDRAM - 1066 MHz - PC3-8500 ( 2 x 2 GB )
Hard Drive - 320 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm
Operating System - Apple MacOS X 10.5
Screen - 15.4" TFT 1440 x 900 ( WXGA+ )
Optical Drive - DVD±RW (±R DL) - integrated
Graphics - NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT / GeForce 9400M - 512 MB

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MB985B/A or newer one (£1280 through work)
Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz ( Dual-Core )
RAM - 4 GB (installed) / 8 GB (max) - DDR3 SDRAM - 1066 MHz - PC3-8500 ( 2 x 2 GB )
Hard Drive - 320 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 5400 rpm
Operating System - Apple MacOS X 10.5
Screen - 15.4" TFT 1440 x 900 ( WXGA+ )
Optical Drive - DVD±RW (±R DL) - integrated
Graphics - NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT / GeForce 9400M - 256 MB

I did the research and found the below Pros/Cons

old
Cheaper
Cache Memory 6 MB
4 GB (max)
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT / GeForce 9400M (512MV)
1 ( 1 ) x ExpressCard/34
5 hour(s) Battery removeable 7


new
Cost's More
Cache Memory 3 MB
8 GB (max)
same graphics setup but 256MB
SD Memory Card
hours non removable
Have snow leopard
SSD Intel drive which will go in new machine.

Which one newer doesn't necessarily mean better.
 
think about it. the expresscard slot is really useful, yet you lose an hour of battery life or so.

do you need an expresscard slot? or will you use an SD slot more?

and you can place the SSD in both machines
 
p3ncil said:
think about it. the expresscard slot is really useful, yet you lose an hour of battery life or so.

do you need an expresscard slot? or will you use an SD slot more?

and you can place the SSD in both machines
Click to expand...

I have an express card reader so would stick that in there.
Yes what ever machine i get i will remove the hard drive for my Intel SSD
 
Oh yes most important bit I left out I will be upgrading my laptop Feb/March next year.

My usage paterns are I watch a lot of videos/games
general unix administration (work)
video editing and photo (Home)
Music playback

I have a Imac 3ghz Ati 4850 with 4gb ram and don't run into memory issues.
 
imho, get the older gen version. the bigger cache is going to help you out.
The express slot will do more good than harm.
 
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