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[_] Intel macs, time to switch?

Jon Bennett jmbennett at gmail.com
Wed Nov 22 13:09:15 GMT 2006

> Anyone got a opinion on whether to go for:
>
> A. 15" MBP Retail @ £1,349.00
>     * 2.16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
>     * 1440 x 900 resolution
>     * 1GB memory
>     * 120GB hard drive1
>     * 6x double-layer SuperDrive
>     * ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics with 128MB SDRAM
>
> or
>
> B. 15" MBP Refurb @ 1,199.00
>     * 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo
>     * 1GB (single SODIMM) 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM
>     * 100GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive
>     * 4x SuperDrive
>     * ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory
>     * One FireWire 400 and two USB 2.0 ports

ahh, just realised, one is a Core2 Duo, other is just a Core Duo,
gonna try and find out how much difference that would make.

cheers,

jon


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