The days comes closer to my first MBP but...

[bozz2006]

I've just bought a mini to try OS X and so far I am a bit disapointed. OS X is clearly not what I though it would be and it's more trouble than win7 for the moment. The mini is nice though...

You know that for the price of the base macbook pro, you could build yourself a very powerful computer.

Asus mobo 84$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131716

i5 2500k quad 3.3ghz 204$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115229

RAM 16GB RAM 4x4 $90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220629

Video MSI Radeon HD 6670 2GB $90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127669

case CM690 $70 (after rebate of $10)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119216

PSU SeaSonic M12II 620 Bronze 620 Watt $90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151095

CPU cooler Dynatron R17 92mm $33
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835114120


Total: 678$

With the 600$ you save, you can get yourself a nice IPS 24inch screen and still have 200$ to spend on a better Graphic card or CPU.

You're so right.

 

[comatory]

I've just bought a mini to try OS X and so far I am a bit disapointed. OS X is clearly not what I though it would be and it's more trouble than win7 for the moment. The mini is nice though...

May I ask what disappointed you? From what I read you mean OS ?

 

[Tritons]

I've just bought a mini to try OS X and so far I am a bit disapointed. OS X is clearly not what I though it would be and it's more trouble than win7 for the moment. The mini is nice though...

You know that for the price of the base macbook pro, you could build yourself a very powerful computer.

Asus mobo 84$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131716

i5 2500k quad 3.3ghz 204$
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115229

RAM 16GB RAM 4x4 $90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820220629

Video MSI Radeon HD 6670 2GB $90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127669

case CM690 $70 (after rebate of $10)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119216

PSU SeaSonic M12II 620 Bronze 620 Watt $90
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151095

CPU cooler Dynatron R17 92mm $33
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835114120


Total: 678$

With the 600$ you save, you can get yourself a nice IPS 24inch screen and still have 200$ to spend on a better Graphic card or CPU.

Macbook Pro isn't really desktop PC, it's not like you will carry your desktop PC and 24'' monitor with you, right?

 

[PeopleTheseDays]

Umm, you get a dual core i7 versus a dual core i5. More than just a speed bump there. Biggest difference is the i5 doesn't hyperthread and the i7 does.

http://www.brighthub.com/computing/hardware/articles/48391.aspx

Totally bad information. The article you linked is talking about DESKTOP chips. We're talking about the 13 inch laptop... They BOTH have hyper threading, but the differences mainly relate to clock speed for the i5 (2.4 to 3) vs i7 (2.8 to 3.5). Also the i7 has support for miscellaneous things like vPro and VT-d for heavy visualization users.

Biggest difference is clock speed for the average user.