Macbook Pro 13" i5 or i7
Hi,
I'm considering buying a Macbook for my educational purposes. This laptop is going to be my main computer and I mainly use MATLAB and XCode (I'm a PhD student in Electrical Eng.). So, I expect the laptop runs these softwares smoothly.
At first I wanted to buy a MBA 13", but I ruled it out as I feel it is not powerful enough (please correct me if I am wrong).
Then I decided to buy a MBP 13" with Retina display as it is lighter and more portable comparing to to MBP 15". The only thing that I'm stuck with is the processor. The original MBP 13 comes with a Core i5 CPU and there is an option to upgrade it to Core i7 which costs an additional 200$. Both CPUs are dual core and it seems the only difference relies in the CPU clock (2.5GHz vs 2.9GHz) and L3 cache (3M vs 4M).
I would like to know whether deparint from i5 to i7 worth additional 200$.
Thanks for your help in advance.
MacBook Pro with Retina display