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Which 13" macbook pro should I buy?

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I have a $1500 dollar budget for my next Mac. Should I buy the 13" ultimate macbook pro or should I buy the basic 13" macbook pro and put a 120gb mercury pro electra and upgrade it to 8 Gbs of ram?

* I will be using it for mostly photoshop and video editing.
 
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I would buy the basic and install a SSD and 8GB of RAM.

Yes, there is a slight difference in performance between the 2.3 i5 and the 2.7 i7 ... However, I seriously doubt the processor will be the bottleneck of any system today.

I use Lightroom 3 and Photoshop CS5 extensively ... Your hard drive and RAM will impede performance way before your processor does.
 
entry level and update ram

there just isnt enough of a performance boast from the entry level to the high end and unless your willing to spend a lot of money for an ssd or get a small 128 gb one and store most of your data on an external hard drive
 
ThaDoggg said:
Not really necessary...Apple products are fairly reliable and if you still worry just pay with a credit card that doubles the warranty.
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I disagree.

Apple products are very reliable and I will continue to buy them, but the last three Macs I've owned have needed service under the extended warranty (Macbook expanding battery after 2 1/2 years, iMac G5 and G4 dead logic boards after 2 years). Your mileage will vary of course, but a double warranty from the credit card company wouldn't have helped in my case. (And it's nice to just bring it to Apple and have them fix it for free, versus rigamarole with the credit card company.)

AppleCare is a must, in my opinion.
 
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