Macbook pro 13 i5 or i7?

[rar110]

I'm planning on buying a MacBook pro 13. I like the portability of the MBP13. A MacBook air is not an option because of price. I plan to keep this computer for at least 3 yrs.

My use is usual web, email, word and excel docs. I like the look of iMovie so will probably to some video editing/movie making.

4 gig of RAM would be sufficient for me ATM but like the option if being able to upgrade RAM later. The i7 comes with 8 gig RAM. When SSDs become cheaper I will probably fit one.

The i7 clock speed is about 10% faster than i5. The i5 is about as fast as the top spec 2011 MBP 13.

The i7 is about $300 more than the i5.

So which one should I buy to use for next 3 to 4 years?

[Chucaro]

I was on the same dilemma and settle for a Sony I7 14"
The 13"Sony is a very nice LT but the screen a bit small for my use.
There are specials now in the Sony shops, go and have a look.The I5 are bellow $1000.00

[rar110]

It is a dilemma. I currently have a 10" MSI n450 which after 18 mths has sloooowed down and needs a clean install. It was good value in some ways but not others. I like its portability.

I want something more long term and am also attracted by the iPhone inter connectivity. This will be my first Mac.

[rar110]

Well I settled on i5 MacBook.

With the deal i got it ended up being $350 cheaper.

The computer blokes from work convinced me the i5 was the go as:
• it would easily do everything I wanted for the next few years;
• with developments in technology, laptops and tablets would merge and I would probably want to upgrade in 3 years;
• I could use that money for an iPad 2 or 3.

So we now have an i5 ivy bridge MacBook 13 and an iPad 3.

The MacBook is beautifully made, has a great trackpad and back lit keyboard, and such a smooth operation. Very happy. The iPad is very handy but I'm more impressed with the MacBook.

[Chucaro]

Congrats, is a fine LT and yuo are going to enojoy it. :)

[rar110]

Well after a few days of using the MacBook am very happy with it. I like the size, speed and screen. However when using iPhoto it slows a bit. Ive read MN uses a lot of memory do will upgrade to 8GB RAM this week.

Apple are pretty tricky with their pricing between i5 & i7 models. After a RAM upgrade to the i5 the cost difference is a bit over $250.

[DeanoH]

...........................Apple are pretty tricky with their pricing .............................

Apples may be 'sexy' but have never represented good value for money.


Deano :)

[incisor]

Apples may be 'sexy' but have never represented good value for money.
to people that have no idea how to take advantage of them, maybe

to those with a clue, they do ;)

[DeanoH]

to people that have no idea how to take advantage of them, maybe...................... ;)

Why would you bother ? when you can get non proprietary more powerful hardware with a wider selection of software to do a better job at less cost ? Small, white, square .........make excellent wheel chocks. :D


...............................to those with a clue, they do ;)

Very poetic :), cute, just like an Apple. :p

Deano :)

[incisor]

with a wider selection of software to do a better job at less cost ?
And thats the clue to your bias because it simply isnt so

Cant think of anything i cant do on osx that i can in windows off the top of my head but i can think of quite a few things i cant do in windows that i can in osx

[stuee]

Cant think of anything i cant do on osx that i can in windows off the top of my head but i can think of quite a few things i cant do in windows that i can in osx

Please share oh wise one :angel:

[incisor]

One i do the most often would be run two separate data recovery programs on two separate drives at once

A real windows killer

Even one instance is quicker in osx than windows using software from the same source eg prosoft

Bearing mind i use osx on pc hardware so no pretty white wheel chocks involved

[stuee]

One i do the most often would be run two separate data recovery programs on two separate drives at once

A real windows killer

Even one instance is quicker in osx than windows using software from the same source eg prosoft

Bearing mind i use osx on pc hardware so no pretty white wheel chocks involved


Fair call. I know there is some software that under-performs on modern Windows platforms due to not being written to fully utilise multiple cores/threads (my dodgy version of solidworks back at uni for instance), or take full advantage of the now reasonably common 64 bit platform. Similarly, when software is written for one type of platform, then ported to others it often isn't written to take full advantage of the second platform (a lot of console derived video games are good examples of this). Could that be the case here?

[rar110]

I like the convenience of three devices (iphone mac & ipad) looking similar, being connected and software being easy to use. Your paying mainly for the OS but each device is really well made. The battery life is close to 8 hrs on the MacBook.

I had a Samsung galaxy s2 in between a iPhone 3GS & 4S. The s2 was clearly faster but the OS drove me nuts. I would have kept it if I could have installed iOS 5 on it (despite poor call reception).

Anyone know a way to import an outlook calendar into iCal?

[incisor]

Could that be the case here?
in the instance quoted it is from the same mob and both the latest version..

[incisor]

Anyone know a way to import an outlook calendar into iCal?

send it to google calendar then pull it in to ical