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Baz178

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Jul 9, 2012
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HI

at the moment i have a 15-inch: 2.3GHz macbook pro, on the 30th i ordered a iMac 21.5-inch: 2.7GHz base model. just wanted to know if i will see a difference in speed ect,The things i do are picture editing, playing music, surfing internet, move editing nothing major really. ?
 
The last one before the Retina display

15-inch: 2.3GHz

2.3GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
Turbo Boost up to 3.3GHz
4GB 1600MHz memory
500GB 5400-rpm hard drive1
Intel HD Graphics 4000
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 512MB of GDDR5 memory
Built-in battery (7 hours)2
 
No. Odds are if you are asking this question then you will not notice a difference during the 1% of the time where the slightly faster processor speeds would actually be used.

Return the machine, install more RAM and a SSD. Wait two years and reorder.
 
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