Any Help

[the_hilders]

Hi I am new to the mac world and was wondering which macbook pro would be a better investment ..Either

MC024B/A 17" Processor Intel® Core™ i5-540M Processor
- 2.53 GHz
- 2.5 GT/s DMI
- 3 MB Smart Cache
Operating System Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard
RAM 4096 MB (2 x 2048 MB) DDR3
Graphics card Intel HD Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M with automatic graphics switching
- 512 MB dedicated GDDR3 video memory
Screen type LCD widescreen
Screen resolution - Full HD
- 1920 x 1200 pixels
Screen size 17"
Screen features LED backlight
Glossy
16:10 aspect ratio
Hard drive 500 GB SATA, 5400 rpm
Optical disk drive 8x slot-loading SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Memory card reader No

£1500.00

Or

Model MC373B/A 15"

Apple Macbook Pro Notebook

Built-in AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi (based on IEEE 802.11n draft specification)

Built-in Bluetooth 2.1+EDR (Enhanced Data Rate)

Stereo speakers with subwoofers, omnidirectional microphone

Built-in 95-watt-hour lithium-polymer battery

Colour: Aluminium

90 days of telephone support and a one-year limited warranty

Intel Core i7 2.66GHz processor with 4MB shared L3 cache

4GB (two 2GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM; supports up to 8GB

500 GB (5400 rpm) Serial ATA Hard Disk Drive

15.4 inch (diagonal) WXGA+ TFT Display

8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)

Mac OS X v10.6 Leopard

NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR3 memory

Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit) Ethernet

£1500.00

Any Help Appreciated

 

[nicktay2605]

I'd definitely recommend that if you go for the 15" model you get the high def display option. It makes quite a difference to the resolution and is only £80. Personally, I'd go for the 15" version because you get the i7 processor, and the vast majority of the same features as the 17" version, just not quite as good a screen. It really depends whether you want it to be at all portable though, because lugging that 17" around is not fun. So unless you want a desktop replacement (in which case I'd recommend an iMac anyway), go for the 15".

I take it you're getting student discount or something at that price? If so, get the Applecare, totally worth it for £58!

 

[the_hilders]

Will def be considering hi-def display, looks like I will go more for the 15" version hence size etc, thanks for your input..