[X4U] Macbook Pro

[Roy van der Westhuizen]

Thanks for what appears good advice, Simon. I have 2 or 3 months at  
hand so will watch the market.

Regards, Roy


Simon Forster said:

> Wait - at least a few weeks as a new 15" MacBook Pro with LED
> lighting is rumoured to be in the works for release next month.
>
> Usually I go for the step down from the fastest processor - it seems
> that there's a significant premium to be paid for the top speed
> processors.
>
> RAM is your friend - especially with image editing. Max it out. Spend
> the $s (euros, rand, pounds, yen, whatever) you save by not getting
> the fastest processor on RAM.
>
> Fast hard drives help too. At the potential expense of drive
> longevity, go for drives with higher RPM and better disk caches.



>> My work is becoming more image heavy and I also need to have the
>> Intel processor to use some astronomy programs which are windose
>> only. I therefore need to upgrade my 1GB 17" P.B. with 1 GB ram. Am
>> thinking of a 15" Macbook Pro. The 2.16 ghz is equal to US$2,422.48
>> in local (Rand) currency and the 2.33 ghz is US$3,035.23. A 17"
>> costs US$3,484.10 These prices are for standard configs. Three
>> questions. Is it worth getting the 2.33 or stick to the 2.16 and
>> load extra RAM. Finally is it maybe better to wait until year end
>> for new config notebooks? I know it is often said that if you need
>> a new machine, now is the time, but I can hang on for a few months.