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Bart |
posted on 14th Oct 11 at 18:04 |
i5 unless your video editing. | |
ed |
posted on 14th Oct 11 at 13:19 |
The man brought down the i7 by mistake, he was just about to take it back up when I thought it was fate. Soooo.... | |
ed |
posted on 14th Oct 11 at 11:32 |
Yup, used them before for stuff and was going to get the Mac version of Office from there as it's crazy cheap :thumbs: | |
Sam |
posted on 14th Oct 11 at 11:31 |
ed - http://www.software4students.co.uk/Microsoft_Office_for_Mac_2011-details.aspx cheap as chips from there (and yes they are legit BTW) | |
ed |
posted on 14th Oct 11 at 11:18 |
Decided I'm going to go for the Core i5 and use the money saved for a copy of Office and a case for it. Dodgy copy of Office doesn't seem worth it now that you can get it for so little, especially with student discounts :) | |
csweatherston |
posted on 13th Oct 11 at 06:56 |
I spoke to a geeky mate last night about this.. Apparently they are 'arrandale' chips, which has <5% difference between the i5 and i7 in any task. | |
ed |
posted on 12th Oct 11 at 17:58 |
On the Air, the i5 and i7 processors both have hyperthreading. I think they're Sandy Bridge, the models are: i5-2557M and i7-2677M. For the sake of a few days and a few quid I may as well get the i7. | |
csweatherston |
posted on 12th Oct 11 at 17:25 |
My last built i went with the i7 over the i5 (sandybridge) Due to its hyperthreading... no other reason.. | |
pow |
posted on 12th Oct 11 at 12:52 |
I went for the i7 over the i5 on my M11x and it's worth it IMO | |
ed |
posted on 12th Oct 11 at 12:16 |
The i7 is £80 more too, so fairly insignificant as a percentage increase on the total cost of the machine. | |
John |
posted on 12th Oct 11 at 12:16 |
3 days for an i7, what's the price difference? | |
ed |
posted on 12th Oct 11 at 12:16 |
May as well mention, it's for a MacBook Air. The reviews say that the i7 is 20% faster than the i5 but coupled to 4GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD, the i5 is pretty damn quick. | |
Sam |
posted on 12th Oct 11 at 12:16 |
I'd probably just go for the i5 TBH, unless there was a specific reason why it had to be an i7. | |
pow |
posted on 12th Oct 11 at 12:09 |
I have the i7. That and 8GB of RAM have never ever ever stopped on anything I've thrown at it. | |
Sam |
posted on 12th Oct 11 at 12:07 |
Differences are (i5 / i7): | |
ed |
posted on 12th Oct 11 at 08:51 |
What's the difference between the Intel Core i5 and Core i7 processors? I'm buying a new notebook, and the options are a 1.7GHz Core i5 or for a few quid more I can get a 1.8Ghz Core i7. The difference in clock speed is nominal, so what else does the i7 do that the i5 doesn't? |