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TWO amazon.com listings for RETINA.... whats the difference?
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The first link is the latest and the greatest.
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The cheaper one appears to be for Educational Institutions while the other is for general consumers.
The more expensive has 2.6Ghz CPU while the other has 2.5Ghz CPU. It does not appear to be only for educational institutes.
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The more expensive one is newer. Apple recently upgraded the Retina's with a slight spec bump. The newer one has a 2.6GHz processor compared to the 2.5 in the older one.
EDIT: Sorry, question answered while I was writing my response...
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Oops.
When I searched for the model number of the cheaper one, Apple.com links were all broken except for those identified as being for Educational Institutions. But thinking about it now, assuming the more expensive one is indeed newer, it would make sense that Apple's product pages would feature that newer one and no longer do so for the older one.
Anyway, thanks for the correction!
I dont know much about those numbers and what exactly it is that they do..... but is the difference that big that it will effect the performance? its a pretty decent price difference between the two
The difference is so miniscule, probably not. It ultimately depends on what kind of processes your daily routine consists of.
If you don't know what the numbers mean, you probably don't need the power of a Retina MBP in the first place, so buy whichever one is cheaper.
There isn't much difference. If you want the best deal buy a refurb for even less:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/F...z-dual-core-intel-core-i5-with-retina-display
If you have a discover card, buy through the shopdiscover portal to get 5% back. If you don't have a discover card, I've had luck buying Apple Store gift cards from plasticjungle.com for 5% off. https://www.plasticjungle.com/gift-card/Apple-Store-gift-cards?SEARCH_STRING=apple store (not itunes) Though none are available at the moment.
