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    Quick question about 13" MBP spec options - price justified?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by marcosdjcm, Jun 11, 2009.

  1. marcosdjcm

    marcosdjcm Notebook Guru

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    13-inch: 2.26GHz, 2GB = £899
    13-inch: 2.53GHz, 4GB = £1149

    Is 2GB of RAM and .27GHz worth £250??
     
    marcosdjcm, Jun 11, 2009
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  2. Phil

    Phil Retired

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    No.

    The first configuration is priced more agressively. Apple is taking a larger margin on the second configuration because they know many people will pay it anyway.

    And 0.27GHz will ONLY benefit you when you're doing CPU intensive stuff.
     
    Phil, Jun 11, 2009
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  3. FooTBall100

    FooTBall100 Notebook Geek

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    Plus also a bigger HD, 250GB v 160GB

    Personally I'd take the £899 model and increase RAM to 4GB and HD to 250GB - cost = £1019 ie .27GHz = £130 not good value IMO
     
    FooTBall100, Jun 11, 2009
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  4. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    get base model ;)
     
    Xirurg, Jun 11, 2009
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  5. Luke1708

    Luke1708 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    i would also have got the base model. also see if you can order from the education store. it's cheaper there.
     
    Luke1708, Jun 11, 2009
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  6. crbauhs

    crbauhs Notebook Geek

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    But on the more expensive model it is the aluminum casing, better screen, and more importantly for me, it has the new multi touch mouse pad. The white one doesn't or at least that is what I have been told.
     
    crbauhs, Jun 11, 2009
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  7. Seshan

    Seshan Rawrrr!

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    He's not talking about the Macbook.
     
    Seshan, Jun 11, 2009
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  8. crbauhs

    crbauhs Notebook Geek

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    Oh i just saw MBP so i assumed...
     
    crbauhs, Jun 11, 2009
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  9. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    assumed MB from MBP? there's 2 configs for the 13" Macbook Pro
     
    doh123, Jun 11, 2009
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