Retina MacBook - 2.3ghz vs 2.6ghz option?

[calderone]

for the price to upgrade not worth it

You will regret it.

 

[swamyg1]

You will regret it.

I am already regretting you not going 2.7.

 

[RealEyes]

I think this option depends more on the SSD size you want. I got the 2.6Ghz because I cannot live with a 256GB laptop.

 

[calderone]

I am already regretting you not going 2.7.

See!

 

[iLikeTurtles!]

You will regret it.

I am already regretting you not going 2.7.

no.

 

[calderone]

no.

Come on. I mean really, what is the point of just getting 300MHz? Why not 400Mhz and 2MB of additional L3 cache?

You are going to be kicking yourself for not grabbing that additional performance!

 

[alphaod]

no.

You'll see someone else with a 2.7GHz and you'll be wondering why you didn't go for it!

I think this option depends more on the SSD size you want. I got the 2.6Ghz because I cannot live with a 256GB laptop.

The weird part is now you can order the base (2.3GHz) model with any size SSD and RAM option.

 

[iLikeTurtles!]

Come on. I mean really, what is the point of just getting 300MHz? Why not 400Mhz and 2MB of additional L3 cache?

You are going to be kicking yourself for not grabbing that additional performance!

becasue its 350 dollars more dude?!?!?!

 

[Pipper99]

Come on. I mean really, what is the point of just getting 300MHz? Why not 400Mhz and 2MB of additional L3 cache?

You are going to be kicking yourself for not grabbing that additional performance!

calderone is right!

 

[golf1410]

The more speed of CPU means the heat you will get, I trying to cool the MacBook Pro down.

 

[alphaod]

The more speed of CPU means the heat you will get, I trying to cool the MacBook Pro down.

Or the faster CPU will get thing done faster, so it won't heat up as much.

 

[nitromac]

becasue its 350 dollars more dude?!?!?!

Realize that everyone is going to convince you to get the 2.7 because it's the better option and it's not their money.

If you're set on the 2.3 and don't want to spend the money on the 2.7, then don't bother with the 2.6 either. Save yourself a few hundred.

 

[jav6454]

The more speed of CPU means the heat you will get, I trying to cool the MacBook Pro down.

Or the faster CPU will get thing done faster, so it won't heat up as much.

Both things are very relative to each other and the task being performed. So I wouldn't say each of you is wrong nor right.

 

[iLikeTurtles!]

Realize that everyone is going to convince you to get the 2.7 because it's the better option and it's not their money.

If you're set on the 2.3 and don't want to spend the money on the 2.7, then don't bother with the 2.6 either. Save yourself a few hundred.

uh no its 350 dollars more...therefore, i will go witht he 2.6, only 100. u have a problem with that?

 

[nitromac]

uh no its 350 dollars more...therefore, i will go witht he 2.6, only 100. u have a problem with that?

Why would I have a problem? I was merely giving you advice. It's your money, spend it on what you want.

 

[iLikeTurtles!]

Why would I have a problem? I was merely giving you advice. It's your money, spend it on what you want.

exactly

 

[terraphantm]

Come on. I mean really, what is the point of just getting 300MHz? Why not 400Mhz and 2MB of additional L3 cache?

You are going to be kicking yourself for not grabbing that additional performance!

300MHz for $100 has a lot more bang/$ than 400MHz and 2MB cache. The extra cache will have nearly no effect in most cases, and the extra 100MHz just doesn't offer enough of a performance increase (IMO anyway).

I personally went for the 2.6 because it was forced with the 512GB SSD at the time. Had it not been.. I probably would've gotten it anyway since it's only $100. If the 2.7 was only $50-100 more, I probably would've gone for it. But it didn't represent as a worthy upgrade for $250 extra over the 2.6

 

[MCAsan]

So very glad I went with max config. After a shoot I loaded a few hundred raw files into Lightroom for the first time on my rMBP and then did some post processing work in LR and Nik plugins. Then I moved the files to my main LR library on external drives. I would definitely NOT recommend another config to any photographer.

 

[Thekash]

So very glad I went with max config. After a shoot I loaded a few hundred raw files into Lightroom for the first time on my rMBP and then did some post processing work in LR and Nik plugins. Then I moved the files to my main LR library on external drives. I would definitely NOT recommend another config to any photographer.

Hows your battery life? I just switched from the 2.3 --> 2.6 then now the 2.7 and i feel like there was a little bit of a battery loss with all the same settings, wondering if you're actually getting the advertised 7hrs at least

 

[MCAsan]

I never sit for hours with the laptop without power. Typically I am doing downloads and culling at night at a hotel or camp. Heavy duty editing is done later at home.