Hey Guys,
I've just opened a package with my new and shiny MBP 15 i7, and upgrade from mbp13 2.26ghz. I was (and still am ) really thrilled as the screen is gorgeous and the it's a powerful machine, however performance is disappointing.
Maybe my expectation were to high, and I was expecting every program to start in a second, or maybe it's still "settling in", but it's not as fast and snappy as I'd love it to be.
I was running MBP on win7 recently so that's where I began with my comparison. Games run much better, however simple stuff like opening word/excel and powerpoint at the same time takes good moment before they start. There is a visible lag in operations..
The same on Os X side. Sometimes scrolling thru a website gets choppy, apps start after bouncing for some time etc.
My questions to you my friends are:
1) Are my expectations really to high? I spent $2000 on a really powerful machine and maybe I'm expecting it to perform miracles. Maybe I can't remember how slow my mbp13 was..
2) Is there anything that new set of drivers/system changes can do to help?
3) How would SSD help to alleviate my situation?
4) What are your experiences with MBP 15 i7 on both Win7/OSx sides? I read a great review about gaming here on the forum, but I'm curious to here more opinions.
Thanks,
Arv
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If you didn't have an SSD, did you have a 7200RPM drive? -
nope, I was running on a 320gb 7200RPM . Now it's 5400 500gb, do you think it makes so much of a difference?
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MBP 15 i7 Peformance ?
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by arvean, Jun 20, 2010.