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    MB Air 11" 1.4ghz vs 1.6Ghz...

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by ckthepilot, Oct 27, 2010.

  1. ckthepilot

    ckthepilot Notebook Deity

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    Is it worth paying $100 extra to get the 200mhz bump in processor speed? I just made an impulse buy and configured my 11" macbook air with 1.6Ghz, 4gb ram and 128 GB SSD. I will use it mainly for dual OS (OSX and Win 7 64-bit), surfing the net, watch 1080p movies/bluray rips.
     
    ckthepilot, Oct 27, 2010
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  2. shurcooL

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    Perhaps it'll help with 1080p rips.
     
    shurcooL, Oct 28, 2010
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  3. Wolfpup

    Wolfpup Notebook Prophet

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    I think so since you're dealing with such low clock speeds and every extra bit may help...could have the performance difference between this and the stock 13" model.

    The only catch is MAYBE the faster CPU might get throttled more, but I have no idea if that's actually the case.
     
    Wolfpup, Oct 30, 2010
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    Honestly for what you're using it for, I wouldn't bother. As for the HD rips, just use a player with GPU decoding and it shouldn't matter which CPU you get.
     
    J.R. Nelson, Oct 30, 2010
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