Top of the line MBP last year vs. Baseline this year

[nickarate]

Title says it. I can get the two for the same price ($1800). It will be the 15 inch. Which should I choose?

 

[thedarkhorse]

Quad core in new i7 vs dual core in old i5. Gpu is probably a bit better in the old. Those are the main differences.

 

[leetlamer]

Depends on your usage. For gaming, the better GPU is more important so you should get the old one. Otherwise, get the new. Better CPU (also more power efficient), more power efficient GPU, and thunderbolt.

 

[stockscalper]

Depends on your usage. For gaming, the better GPU is more important so you should get the old one. Otherwise, get the new. Better CPU (also more power efficient), more power efficient GPU, and thunderbolt.

Games won't take advantage of the quad core. In fact, you'll find very little software that does. You'll be better off with a higher MHZ i5 for most uses.

 

[nickarate]

I'm not really a gamer... might play one every once in a while. I have a desktop pc that I can do that on. So you guys think baseline would be better under these circumstances?

 

[leetlamer]

Games won't take advantage of the quad core. In fact, you'll find very little software that does. You'll be better off with a higher MHZ i5 for most uses.

Huh? I never said games would take advantage of quad core. In fact I said that the CPU was irrelevant, the GPU is what is important.

 

[Blu101]

I'm not really a gamer... might play one every once in a while. I have a desktop pc that I can do that on. So you guys think baseline would be better under these circumstances?

Get last year's 15" with the dual core i7 (2.66 or 2.8 gig). Case closed.