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Which mbp is better you think?

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hishamabri

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Oct 6, 2009
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Hi there all,

I am a to be in the Mac family soon
but I am confused over two options

I can either get

2.4Ghz 13" MBP with 128Gb SSD
or
2.66Ghz 13" MBP with regular hard disk

Which one of these do you think could be a better option for me?
I am a computers engineering student, will use it for bits of programming and lot's of internet and downloading
No gaming or maybe once in a year, not hardcore though
i would like to install both OSX and windows on the machine
would love the machine to be fast for everyday use
and am wanting this notebook to last a while.

Note: I have two external hard drives, so not concerned of how many GBs my hard disk is.

What are your thoughts? :D
 
SSD all the way!

Not sure about the power draw on the Apple sourced SSD. I'd check that out before opting for the Apple source SSD.
 
2.4 and your own third party SSD. Cheaper and performs better.
 
thank you all

thank you all for the replies
thats quite a nice boost towards the SSD option

just a question to vant
would i still have the warranty of my notebook?

cheers all
 
Yes you'll have full warranty, although none on the SSD from Apple if you don't go with Apple's stock SSD (which you should, Apple's SSDs are mediocre). It will be from the manufacturer.
 
hishamabri said:
thank you all for the replies
thats quite a nice boost towards the SSD option

just a question to vant
would i still have the warranty of my notebook?

cheers all
Click to expand...

Yes. The HD is user serviceable. If the problem is coming from the SSD however, obviously they won't fix it.
 
thanks a lot for all of your replies
if its ok i have one more question left

can i fit the Intel X25-M 2.5" 160 gb in a 13" mbp?
or is there a different soze i have to look for?

i tried googling this
but there's no clear specific answer

thanks a lot again
 
hishamabri said:
thanks a lot for all of your replies
if its ok i have one more question left

can i fit the Intel X25-M 2.5" 160 gb in a 13" mbp?
or is there a different soze i have to look for?

i tried googling this
but there's no clear specific answer

thanks a lot again
Click to expand...

Yes, it'll fit fine dude, seen it on plenty of people's signatures in here.
 
The CPU is not upgradable. So you would be stuck with 2.4 unless you got a new MBP, or bought the 2.66GHz logic board. I would go with 2.66, but $300 more for such a small CPU speed increase and a larger HD is a RIP OFF. You can get a HD larger than 320GB for less than $100. So Just go with the 2.4GHz and get an SSD. If it was $150 for the faster unit, I would pay the $150. But for $300, I wonder what Steve Jobs is smoking. My mother bough a 2.4GHz 13inch MBP, and she loves it. Sadly I use it more than she does. I'm using it to type this, and its a thing of beauty. But considering the C2D are being discontinued Q3 2010, Wh can't Apple give us a 2.66 GHz C2D at $1199 with a larger HD? And not have a $1499 model.
 
Nn your day to day use of the computer with a 2.6x cpu versus the 2.4, The perceivable difference in performance will be minimal.

However, the performance difference gained with the addition of the SSD over a standard HD (even a 7200rpm model) will be like night and day.
 
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