New MacBook Pro

[nofuse22]

I am looking to buy a new MacBook Pro to replace my 5 year old white MacBook that has ground to a halt.

Am looking to future proof it as much as possible. Should I
A) upgrade the ram to 16gb from the standard 8gb
B) upgrade the processor to the I7 from the standard i5.

Both upgrades cost similar amounts. Typically will be using it for PowerPoint and excel (some 20mb+ models) and usual iPhoto etc...

Many thanks in advance

[tribbles]

Probably worth looking here: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[onlynik]

The new 15" retina MBP come with 16GB as standard. I'd be inclined to get at least 512GB SSD too.

[supersport]

Yes on all counts. No upgrades after you have it.

I have the 15" Pro with 16GB RAM, i7 and 512GB SSD, it rocks. With my old windows machine running under Parralells I am down to my last 155GB!

[nofuse22]

Thanks all

Other thread was helpful. Will go 512gb and 16gb on a 13 inch

Cheers

[Bushman1]

nofuse22 said:

Thanks all

Other thread was helpful. Will go 512gb and 16gb on a 13 inch

Cheers

Is that the i7? Does the price not come to more than the 15inch. I'm same predicament and not sure if the extra price justify what you get.

[supersport]

The i7 is super fast and most things are pretty instant. Even windows starts pretty much instantly.

If you are only going to do surfing etc then don't bother. But then you wouldn't be buying a pro.

[spants]

I am using the new macbook pro 13" retina, i7, 16gb with 1TB ssd..... it rocks!. The 15" was just slightly too big for my intended use.

I believe that you can change the ssd out later, so by the time that you fill a 512gb the 1TB will probably be a cheap upgrade rather than buying up front. However I use a lot of VMs and needed the space.

Edited by spants on Wednesday 13th August 22:50

[Tonsko]

Thought the whole point of the retinas was that everything was soldered to the mobo, and impossible to upgrade. The MBP, yes. the rMBP, no.

[spants]

I haven't taken it apart but I believe the ram and processor are soldered and not upgradeable but the ssd is on a pci bus/socket.
http://www.everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/...

(for the older models)

[Tonsko]

Interesting.

[khushy]

my first computer had 16k memory - the second one had 32k and (at that moment in time) THAT ROCKED lol

Have recently bought a MacBook Pro 15" with 32Gb + 512 Gb SSD - IT ROCKS (on 0% finance too)

khushy