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    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by bobbydon, Dec 20, 2007.

  1. bobbydon

    bobbydon Newbie

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    hey guyz i'm glad to be a member of this forum,
    My question : im planning to a buy a MAC-book,but im cofused abt the processor(2.0ghz or 2.2 ghz)....2.2 looks more expensive than 2.0...can anyone plz tel me wht's the main difference in these two procsrs. all suggestions are welcome.

    thnx guyz n SAM
     
    bobbydon, Dec 20, 2007
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  2. Lysander

    Lysander AFK, raid time.

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    200MHz in clock speed difference. Thats all. Heavy encoding and processor benchmarks are the only things that will work better.
     
    Lysander, Dec 20, 2007
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  3. stealthsniper96

    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    the 2.2 has a little more power to it. what do you plan on doing with it? ive got the 2.0 in my macbook (not the SR) and it works fine for normal things
     
    stealthsniper96, Dec 20, 2007
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  4. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    Hey, thanks for the compliments! Always happy to help out :).

    Anyways, the difference between 2.0 GHz and 2.2 GHz, is really, 0.2 GHz. Frankly, there is really minimal difference between the two; 2.2 GHz is faster but you won't notice a difference in everyday tasks. So I would not look at the processor speed as my factor between choosing the low-end and middle MacBook.

    More importantly, choosing between the two should come down to Combo Drive vs. SuperDrive. Combo Drives can read and burn CDs and read DVDs, but can't burn DVDs. SuperDrives can.

    The Combo Drive is on the low-end 2.0 GHz MacBook, and the SuperDrive is on the middle and high-end.
     
    Sam, Dec 20, 2007
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  5. bobbydon

    bobbydon Newbie

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    thanx for ur interest guyz....im going for 2.0ghz...c u again :)
     
    bobbydon, Dec 21, 2007
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  6. kgeier82

    kgeier82 Notebook Deity

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    main reason i bought the 2.2 is because it came with a dvd burner (which i never use haha). it also came with a 120gb hd, which i had external plans for.

    probably woulda just bought the baseline one if i did it again. the RAM and HD are maxxed out now anyways, and i use a faster Desktop DVD burner hooked up via FW400
     
    kgeier82, Dec 21, 2007
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