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i5 vs i7 processors in new MacBookPro (April 2010)? Not much in it?

http://ark.intel.com/Compare.aspx?ids=43560,47341,

Comparing the certain i5 and i7 models as likely used in the new April 2010 line up of Apple Mac Book Pros. From the table it would appear that the advantages of the i7 are not groundbreaking. Both specific i5s and i7s here are 2-core with the i7 simply having slightly faster bus speeds.

Thoughts?

Posted on Apr 29, 2010 2:49 PM

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May 4, 2010 6:11 PM in response to trendscout

it does appear it has 512MB for the vram. But how come it only saids NVIDIA GeForce and not NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M??

May 5, 2010 2:49 AM in response to mobproctor

I don't know why it doesn't show "GT 330", could someone withg the new i5 or i7 macbook pro look if they have the string "GT 330" in the graphics-Section of System Profiler?

I built a 1TB WD-Drive into my new MacBook Pro, directly after receiving it (the System was from a older MacBook Pro core 2 duo 2,66 GHz, but i have installed the new core i5-system over the old system from the core 2 duo macbook, maybe this is the problem or what? I have to try to reinstall to another drive from original disks to make this sure.

May 5, 2010 9:10 PM in response to trendscout

Rod Hagen

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May 5, 2010 9:18 PM in response to trendscout

My bet is that the difference between the two is simply a result of differences in "localisation' between the information provided in System profiler between the US and German versions, trendscout.

Cheers

Rod

May 6, 2010 10:13 AM in response to Rod Hagen

I think it may have to do with me not installing a fresh system. I will install all fresh within the next days and report back. Thanks!

May 6, 2010 12:43 PM in response to rjamesd05

I think one of the charts here shows that the i7 has a worthwhile performance gain -

http://www.macworld.com/article/150146/2010/04/15inchmacbookprocorei5i7.html

i5 vs i7 processors in new MacBookPro (April 2010)? Not much in it?