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    2.2 Refurb vs 2.4 Refreshed Macbook

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by jtdcg, Feb 27, 2008.

  1. jtdcg

    jtdcg Notebook Enthusiast

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    So the 2.2ghz Refurbs dropped by another $200 bucks or so in the US apple store. This leaves a black book 2.2, 1gb ram, 160hd at $1049 vs the new white 2.4, 2gb ram, 120hd at $1299

    Is this chip update on the macbook worth the $ vs a refurb 2.2? How much difference is it going to make. Internal graphics, fsb etc are not changing. Seems like grabbing the black refurb and bumping the memory myself would yield savings. I'm not really wanting to wait for the new chips to end up on refurb.
     
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  2. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    The 2.2 will be more than enough, and won't be a noticeable difference vs the slightly faster 2.4. Ram is cheap, so the 1gb of ram difference is not that big of a deal.
     
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  3. SaferSephiroth

    SaferSephiroth The calamity from within

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    The 2.4 has only 3mb L2 cache vs 4mb on the 2.2...
     
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    jtdcg Notebook Enthusiast

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    I noticed that. What is the impact?
     
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  5. adinu

    adinu I pwn teh n00bs.

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    Very minimal at best. The extra speed makes up for the lack of a measily mb of L2 cache.
     
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    SaferSephiroth The calamity from within

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    Unknown for now, but testing is on going as we type. Early benchmarks show similar scores for the 2.2 vs the new 2.4. See macrumors for more information.
     
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  7. Fade To Black

    Fade To Black The Bad Ass

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    I honestly doubt that. There is a difference between the T7500 and the T8300 (besides the version number). I believe the T8300 is comparable to the T7700. But how do the new "low" end model compares to the others in terms of graphics performance?
     
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  8. Arquis

    Arquis Kojima Worshiper

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    Well they still use the same GPU, so they should all still suck... lol. (when it comes to real-time 3D I mean.)
     
    Arquis, Feb 27, 2008
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