Buying new MBP this week. Advice needed.

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Hi,

I'm going to be buying the middle spec (2.5ghz 15.4") MBP, online, this week. Decided to just get the basic spec of it and add on the 3 yr Applecare (58.75).

I noticed that I can change the HDD:

250GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400 rpm
200GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm [+ £24.68]

I am not too fussed about the lost space if I go for the smaller, faster drive but don't know whether it would affect battery life etc?

Anyone ordered a MBP with the faster drive (or upgraded their own for that matter?)


rp2000
 
Justin said:
The battery use will be very minimal, usually +/-2W.

Although you wont notice the speed increase that much it will transfer files a lot quicker. Well worth the extra money though.
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I will be connecting it to my Gigabit LAN for file transfer so I guess I will appreciate the extra speed when copying files across it. At the moment my coreduo macmini copies files quite slowly over gigabit and I suspect it is because of its slow HDD (the files are being copied to a gigabit NAS with SATA drives in it so I know it is not at that end).


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EVH said:
Don't bother with that 58£ Applecare.

You get 3 years parts and labour, and 1 year phone support with all HE purchases.

The extra 58£ gives you an extra 2 years phone support.
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There was a guy who posted here the other day who works at Apple who clarified the warranty differences (else I was gonna post a question here regarding it). He says the 58 quid means they will come and collect it from you if there is a problem (as opposed to dropping off at a store).

I will try to find the post if I can.


rp2000
 
EVH said:
I had my iMac collected last week (for repair), and I did not pay the extra £58.

I'd save the £58 or just use it to buy some software, seriously :)
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If you are certain (I know you have bought many items using the HE discount). I am using it online and here is the wording under the apple care option:

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rp2000
 
TheDean said:
I am also interested in this...Also - Do you think the middle spec is worth the premium over the lowered spec MacBook Pro?
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tbh, unless you get a discount, I don't think it is. they both have 2gb RAM. I don;t think you will miss the extra 256MB GPU RAM as it has been running fine on 128MB prior to the update.

Depends on your needs, but I reckon both 15.4 specs will run Tiger and or Vista admirably.


rp2000
 
Fingers crossed the noise doesn't annoy me then!!

Just plucked up the courage and ordered the middle spec MBP with the 7200rpm HDD and the apple remote added.

I took the mighty EVH's advice and didn't pay extra for the extended AppleCare.

So all in all it cost me £1189+VAT


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