SSD or 2.3Ghz

[yourdensity]

Ok fellas,

Im going to be picking up a new MBP 15" this weekend

I am a designer who uses the whole adobe suite ( heavily and at the same time) and rendering programs (modo and other ray tracers) and move around ALOT with my computer ( in a bag everyday)

I dont care about gaming at all

SO... should I go with the 2.3GHz with the 500GB hard drive or the 2.2 with the 256GB SSD?

what will be the real world differences I will see?.... Will I miss that 2.3 and $250 if I go with the SSD?

 

[keithano]

Ok fellas,

Im going to be picking up a new MBP 15" this weekend

I am a designer who uses the whole adobe suite ( heavily and at the same time) and rendering programs (modo and other ray tracers) and move around ALOT with my computer ( in a bag everyday)

I dont care about gaming at all

SO... should I go with the 2.3GHz with the 500GB hard drive or the 2.2 with the 256GB SSD?

what will be the real world differences I will see?.... Will I miss that 2.3 and $250 if I go with the SSD?

According to cpubenchmarks.com, the difference is minimal, or cannot justify the price for upgrade. I am a photographer who heavily use lightroom and photoshop, you should be getting a much higher performance upgrade with the SSD option.

 

[vipergts2207]

Ok fellas,

Im going to be picking up a new MBP 15" this weekend

I am a designer who uses the whole adobe suite ( heavily and at the same time) and rendering programs (modo and other ray tracers) and move around ALOT with my computer ( in a bag everyday)

I dont care about gaming at all

SO... should I go with the 2.3GHz with the 500GB hard drive or the 2.2 with the 256GB SSD?

what will be the real world differences I will see?.... Will I miss that 2.3 and $250 if I go with the SSD?

If you're wanting real world differences, go SSD. Money well spent compared to the .1GHz you won't even notice.

 

[KPOM]

SSD. No question about it.

 

[yourdensity]

If you're wanting real world differences, go SSD. Money well spent compared to the .1GHz you won't even notice.

It weird I am confused as to why this was even made an option if it is such a weak performance upgrade...even the 8MB cashe would not be a seller ( I have no clue what that means haha)

 

[WytRaven]

Absolutely the SSD if your choice is SSD vs negligible processor speed difference. For most people the perceived performance difference between HDD > SSD will be like night and day. The perceived performance difference between 2.3GHz and 2.2GHz processor will be nil.

 

[Jaimi]

Your choice - 5% gain, or 500% gain in speed.

The only real question you should ask is - will you miss the extra space? If not, this is a no-brainer.

 

[yourdensity]

Your choice - 5% gain, or 500% gain in speed.

The only real question you should ask is - will you miss the extra space? If not, this is a no-brainer.

I think I will miss the space...but thats what external drives are for right? Just need to store my junk and pron off site