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PhixionFilms

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Dec 6, 2008
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First off, when you go to the apple refurb page scroll down to the uMBP, there is a lonesome macbook, competing with the macbook pros. Why is this?
Here are the specs -
Macbook Pro - 15.4-inch screen, 2.53GHZ,4 Gb ram,320 Gb HDD, 9600gt Gfx card WITH 512mb vram.


Macbook - 13-in screen, 2.4 GHZ, 2 gb memory, 128gigs SSD, 9400m with 256mb vram.

Come on now. The macbook pro beats the crap out of the macbook in everything but the HDD. Bigger screen, bigger processor,double ram, double HDD space, triple gfx power.

Why are these computers the same price? Does the SSD drive really count that much against all that?

I wouldnt think twice about giving up bigger screen, more process power, gfx memory, and larger HDD all for just a smaller SSD drive that doesnt even load THAT much faster than standard.

HERE ARE THE LINKS -
Macbook Pro - http://store.apple.com/us/product/FB471LL/A?mco=MjE0NDk5Mw
Macbook - http://store.apple.com/us/product/G0FV0LL/A?mco=MjE0NDk5Mw
 
yep it's because of the SSD. Since SSD's are more durable and faster than serial drives, they cost more, often times for less storage space.
 
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