Cpu

In the opinion of you Mac experts just curious if the difference in performance between the 2.53 and 2.8 cpu's is worth the $300.00? Soon have to purchase the 15.4" MacBook pro for business and was just wondering.

 

not worth it. the performance difference between the 2.4 and 2.53 is also negligible unless you're doing video editing/other processor intensive work.

 

In theory it should be about 10% faster in "cpu tasks" ... but in reality your not really going to notice that 10% difference in real world tasks... unless like fastr said your doing alot of cpu intensive work eg video transcoding.
And remember that the actual speed of a machine is dictated by all its components eg hard drive, gpu, RAM... not just the cpu.
So if you wanted the best all round performer you would be better off spending that $300 on more Ram and a faster hard drive.
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It really depends on what you are using your MBP for. If you do a lot of video encoding or Photoshop work then it is definitely worth it. Other than that, $300 is way too much to justify that incremental upgrade.

Josh

 

Thanks for the replies. We visit Apple store for some testing before pulling the trigger. Intend to keep my M17 but need a Macbook Pro for work.

 

A coworker came into my office to discuss configurations and he's planning on spending about $4,000 for a new MBP 17 inch and is planning on the more expensive CPU. He will use it for work, personal stuff and recreation. He is replacing a 17 inch PowerBook and does a lot of video editing.