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I would buy a MBP refurb from apple. Save some money, get a better OS and more performance!
It's 2014. I buy, rent and stream films online. I have done this for the past decade. I have never used handbrake, since I do not own enough DVDs. But how many DVDs would one have to rip, to make a $300 cpu upgrade worthwhile?
I wouldn't dispute any of what you wrote about the i7 quadcore, but the OP does not do anything with his macbook that would require excessive processing power. Not even close. He is just getting confused from all this geek talk:
What would you do?
Yeeeeah slight confusing
Unless you recommend 15" over 13" since 15" have quad core
The only close enough specs for 15" with i7 quad core to the 13" 2.4ghz with 8gb ram and 256gb ssd is this one
http://store.apple.com/ca/product/F...-20ghz-quad-core-intel-i7-with-retina-display
Yeeeeah slight confusing
Unless you recommend 15" over 13" since 15" have quad core
The only close enough specs for 15" with i7 quad core to the 13" 2.4ghz with 8gb ram and 256gb ssd is this one
http://store.apple.com/ca/product/F...-20ghz-quad-core-intel-i7-with-retina-display
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I'm not sure you know your CPU history bud....
Nehalem CPU's weren't released until Nov 2008. You couldn't have a 7 year old i7.
A few other points you are completely wrong on....
1. Intel had already announced Lynnfield which included i5 processors already in January 2009 (just 2 months after the release of Bloomfield i7's)
2. The i3 naming convention of the "low end" core i series was announced in July 2009.
3. The first i5's were officially released in Sep 2009 and the first i3's just a few months later in January 2010. Within roughly 1 year, all of them had been released. This would NOT have been possible if Intel hadn't already had them slated to be released before Intel released the Bloomfield i7's just a year earlier (it takes a little bit of time to design a processor if you weren't aware)....
Now (assuming you have the fastest Bloomfield i7), is it faster than a 2014 Mini? Sure in multi-threaded processes. Single threaded, nope since we are talking about a dual core vs quad core.
Fact is, all processors have been incrementally increased in the last few years. Each new generation has only been 5-10% faster than the previous. They care more about efficiency and GPU's anymore.
What do you do that requires a quadcore?Yeeeeah slight confusing
Unless you recommend 15" over 13" since 15" have quad core
The only close enough specs for 15" with i7 quad core to the 13" 2.4ghz with 8gb ram and 256gb ssd is this one
http://store.apple.com/ca/product/F...-20ghz-quad-core-intel-i7-with-retina-display
What is it with you and cpu upgrades?
The machine you linked to is an excellent macbook. They all are.
Check whatever screen size you want and how much storage you need and then buy that.
What would you do?
Lol
No issues with cpu upgrades... The poster mention about i7 quad core for lasting longer than i5 ...which is only found in size 15" rmbp
Which I mention the laptop in the link that has a quad core
Just wondering in comparison to the i5 dual core, 2.4ghz, 8gb and 256ssd for $1250... Is it worth the difference... Can the 2.4ghz last or handle things 5 years later no problem
Just learning about apple products since I never had one before ... Also never dealt with a laptop with 15" screen
Lol
No issues with cpu upgrades... The poster mention about i7 quad core for lasting longer than i5 ...which is only found in size 15" rmbp
Which I mention the laptop in the link that has a quad core
Just wondering in comparison to the i5 dual core, 2.4ghz, 8gb and 256ssd for $1250... Is it worth the difference... Can the 2.4ghz last or handle things 5 years later no problem
Just learning about apple products since I never had one before ... Also never dealt with a laptop with 15" screen
I will repeat:
Forget about i5 or i7, quadcores and dualcores and clockspeeds!
Buy the screen size and storage you need and like.
The end.
I would consider the combo rmbp 13"2.4/8/256 and iPad mini cellular+wifi.I think I will get the 13" 2.4ghz since 2.6ghz is not a big difference
At least I save some money and maybe put it toward an iPad Air 2
Not sure on wifi vs wifi & cellular
That's what I have and it works excellent.
I have a iPhone 5c, original iPad and iPad mini. The mini is the ideal combination of portability and usability. The iPhone is way to small to type fast and do things productively. The iPad is too large to put in your coat pocket. The mini is the perfect compromise for me. I type 90% of my posts here on my mini. Hold it in your hands and type with your thumbs. After a bit of practice it's as fast as a computer keyboard.
For me the whole point of the mini is the portability. So I would never buy an iPad without cellular. You can also tether your iPad to your rmbp and have internet wherever you are. The same would work with iPhone though, but data plans for iPads are cheaper here, so i tether my mini to my iphone and rmbp.
Btw, they still sell the ipad mini 1 for a cheap price. It's slightly thinner, lighter and has slightly better battery life than the retina version. If you don't mind the regular screen (I hardly see a difference on ipads) the mini 1 is an excellent device.
Holy crap the off topic in this post is amazing
Important question, are you a woman or a man ?
If a woman get the Macbook Air, extremely light and enough power for all the tasks you mentioned. Don't get lost in all this mambo jumbo about processors these guys are talking, they are nerds
As I said, get a refurb Macbook air from 2012 or 2013, for those tasks it's more than enough, heck even an iPad would be more than enough.
If you really care about the screen get the iPad or a Macbook Retina 13.3 but go with the lowest spec possible (cheapest one).
Important question, are you a woman or a man ?
If a woman get the Macbook Air, extremely light and enough power for all the tasks you mentioned. Don't get lost in all this mambo jumbo about processors these guys are talking, they are nerds
As I said, get a refurb Macbook air from 2012 or 2013, for those tasks it's more than enough, heck even an iPad would be more than enough.
If you really care about the screen get the iPad or a Macbook Retina 13.3 but go with the lowest spec possible (cheapest one).
You just didn't look at the specs did you
The 13 inch macbook pros use dual core chips the i7 is just a small speed bump in this case no quad cores at all. It will make no diiference in this use case.
Again we are talking non gaming laptops here so any talk of quad core i7's (or even dual core i5's) without hyperthreading is irrelevant they all come with hyperthreading.
The same goes for dedicated graphics there are none in the 13 inch macbook pro and in almost any thin and light laptop.
What you are talking is desktop CPU's and to a point you are correct. However the only apple products to use these chips are the iMacs and they are not under discussion here....
The 13 inch macbook pros use dual core chips the i7 is just a small speed bump in this case no quad cores at all. It will make no diiference in this use case.
Again we are talking non gaming laptops here so any talk of quad core i7's (or even dual core i5's) without hyperthreading is irrelevant they all come with hyperthreading.
The same goes for dedicated graphics there are none in the 13 inch macbook pro and in almost any thin and light laptop.
What you are talking is desktop CPU's and to a point you are correct. However the only apple products to use these chips are the iMacs and they are not under discussion here....
i didn't really look up the computer to see if had a quad core or not and my original post ended with the line to stick with the i5 if it was just a dual
i dont recall saying the i5 didn't have hyper threading.
i googled Core i7 4770K vs i5 4670K and it says the i5 is not hyper threaded.
intel says it came out q2 2013 and its not hyperhreaded and i believe its current
however the macbook pro retina i5, the I5-4258U is hyper threaded.
maybe its more worthwhile to waste the money on a i7 then it would be to waste the money on applecare.
they don't even cover accidental damage to your macbook pro retina.
go with square trade
lets start talking about square trade vs applecare.
square trade would probably just write you a check for 1749.00 or send it to your paypal
if you shattered your retina screen
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Lets not
Lets not bother as it is irrelevant to this thread as I was pointing out in the first place not a single one of your points is relevant to this thread.
Back on topic...
OP if I was you and wanted an ipad for buisness puposes I would look for a good deal on the iPad Air 1. This will be greta for using to present images and all the little bits that are needed for running a business handoff and continuity with your macbook and phone should make swapping between working on the go and and when at your computer a doddle, especially if you plan to use iwork suite for spredsheets and presentations etc.
Lets not bother as it is irrelevant to this thread as I was pointing out in the first place not a single one of your points is relevant to this thread.
Back on topic...
OP if I was you and wanted an ipad for buisness puposes I would look for a good deal on the iPad Air 1. This will be greta for using to present images and all the little bits that are needed for running a business handoff and continuity with your macbook and phone should make swapping between working on the go and and when at your computer a doddle, especially if you plan to use iwork suite for spredsheets and presentations etc.