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Klae

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So I have been debating for a while between MBA speced out or a MBP. Here is what I want to do.

2012 MacBook Pro 15 inch $1799
Crucial M4 512gb SSD$409
or
OCZ Vertex 4 256gb SSD$299
or is there a better SSD out there? I want to spend under $500 for a 512gb SSD

with

Corsair Vengence 16gb of Ram$114
or
Corsair Vengence 8gb of Ram$54

what do you guys think I should do?
 
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Id say Samsung 830 SSD and how much GB you need is up to you.

And 16GB of ram.
 
Klae said:
what do you guys think I should do?
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It depends on how much storage you need and what your typical workload is.

To determine if you can benefit from more RAM, launch Activity Monitor and click the System Memory tab at the bottom to check your page outs. Page outs are cumulative since your last restart, so the best way to check is to restart your computer and track page outs under your normal workload (the apps, browser pages and documents you normally would have open). If your page outs are significant (say 1GB or more) under normal use, you may benefit from more RAM. If your page outs are zero or very low during normal use, you probably won't see any performance improvement from adding RAM.

Mac OS X: Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor

Also, you may have better success in attracting responses to your thread, and you'll make your thread easier to find for those browsing the forum for the same answers, if you change your thread title to something more descriptive. To do so, click the "Edit" button on your original post, then click "Go Advanced" and you will see where to edit the thread title.
 
Klae said:
So I have been debating for a while between MBA speced out or a MBP. Here is what I want to do.

2012 MacBook Pro 15 inch $1799
Crucial M4 512gb SSD$409
or
OCZ Vertex 4 256gb SSD$299

with

Corsair Vengence 16gb of Ram$114
or
Corsair Vengence 8gb of Ram$54

what do you guys think I should do?
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15inch MBP
Crucial M4
8GB RAM
 
dangerous theory said:
how about the price of the mba you're interested in?
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$1799

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GGJstudios said:
It depends on how much storage you need and what your typical workload is.

To determine if you can benefit from more RAM, launch Activity Monitor and click the System Memory tab at the bottom to check your page outs. Page outs are cumulative since your last restart, so the best way to check is to restart your computer and track page outs under your normal workload (the apps, browser pages and documents you normally would have open). If your page outs are significant (say 1GB or more) under normal use, you may benefit from more RAM. If your page outs are zero or very low during normal use, you probably won't see any performance improvement from adding RAM.

Mac OS X: Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor

Also, you may have better success in attracting responses to your thread, and you'll make your thread easier to find for those browsing the forum for the same answers, if you change your thread title to something more descriptive. To do so, click the "Edit" button on your original post, then click "Go Advanced" and you will see where to edit the thread title.
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Alright thanks for your help!

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Spink10 said:
15inch MBP
Crucial M4
8GB RAM
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Thats kind of what I have been leaning towards I just want a good SSD with lots of storage.
 
Klae said:
$1799

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Alright thanks for your help!

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Thats kind of what I have been leaning towards I just want a good SSD with lots of storage.
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Personally the MBA sounds like a much better deal, unless you need the GPU/2" more screen space/slightly faster proc
 
Dangerous Theory said:
Personally the MBA sounds like a much better deal, unless you need the GPU/2" more screen space/slightly faster proc
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The difference between a ULV dual core and a full quad core is quite the large one.

@OP: Have you considered the MBPR? Don't want to sound tiring, but they're practically the same specs within $100 for the smaller chassy and new screen (and a larger graphics card).

Just wanted to throw it out there. :p
 
Slivortal said:
The difference between a ULV dual core and a full quad core is quite the large one.

@OP: Have you considered the MBPR? Don't want to sound tiring, but they're practically the same specs within $100 for the smaller chassy and new screen (and a larger graphics card).

Just wanted to throw it out there. :p
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So your saying if im going to spend the money might as well go with the retina?
 
Slivortal said:
The difference between a ULV dual core and a full quad core is quite the large one.

@OP: Have you considered the MBPR? Don't want to sound tiring, but they're practically the same specs within $100 for the smaller chassy and new screen (and a larger graphics card).

Just wanted to throw it out there. :p
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very true :)
 
Spink10 said:
Crucial M4 is easy to update firmware with Mac - as long as you still have the optical drive in it. That is a bonus.
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Yeah I plan to keep the optical drive unless I put a data doubler in it then I will just use my usb superdrive from my mac mini.
 
Slivortal said:
The difference between a ULV dual core and a full quad core is quite the large one.

@OP: Have you considered the MBPR? Don't want to sound tiring, but they're practically the same specs within $100 for the smaller chassy and new screen (and a larger graphics card).

Just wanted to throw it out there. :p
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Good point. I thought the base 15" had a DC for some reason.

I second the MBP(R) notion though.
 
Klae said:
will 256gb of ssd be sufficient enough?
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You could always compromise, and get a USB 3.0 ext. drive if that doesn't bother you. I'll be doing that if I need space on my MBP(R) when I eventually get it, because I can't justify the massive price difference for the 512GB. I think it's the best all-round package.
 
I'm not sure how much I need I just don't want to run out abd be sol.

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Dangerous Theory said:
You could always compromise, and get a USB 3.0 ext. drive if that doesn't bother you. I'll be doing that if I need space on my MBP(R) when I eventually get it, because I can't justify the massive price difference for the 512GB. I think it's the best all-round package.
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What drive do you plan on getting just curious?
 
I say 8gb ram (16gb will be even cheaper by the time you really need it) and a samsung 830 256gb ssd from newegg :)
 
I love newegg! Haha so why not a 512gb ssd or should I use the data doubler and put the 500gb hd back where the optical drive is?
 
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