Hi guys.
As I was considering buying a Apple's newly launched Macbook Pro with Retina display, I've faced a rather serious issue with the hardware configuration.
Apple offers the following choices: 2.6GHz, 6MB L3 cache vs 2.7GHz, 8MB L3 cache, 8GB vs 16GB RAM, 512GB vs 768GB SSD storage.
I have no problem with the last two options, but regarding the CPU upgrade, I've been hearing some words such as: you will see no difference, don't upgrade, and save your money.
Is it really true? I mean, 0.1GHz of improvement is not going to do any good in normal applications, but what I use this computer for is intensive scientific calculations, which my 2.8GHz dual core cpu sometimes takes 10 to 15 minutes to complete (I use Matlab and Mathematica). So, the ultimate question: is the upgrade from 2.6 to 2.7 going to cut a significant amount of calculation time?
Thanks.
As I was considering buying a Apple's newly launched Macbook Pro with Retina display, I've faced a rather serious issue with the hardware configuration.
Apple offers the following choices: 2.6GHz, 6MB L3 cache vs 2.7GHz, 8MB L3 cache, 8GB vs 16GB RAM, 512GB vs 768GB SSD storage.
I have no problem with the last two options, but regarding the CPU upgrade, I've been hearing some words such as: you will see no difference, don't upgrade, and save your money.
Is it really true? I mean, 0.1GHz of improvement is not going to do any good in normal applications, but what I use this computer for is intensive scientific calculations, which my 2.8GHz dual core cpu sometimes takes 10 to 15 minutes to complete (I use Matlab and Mathematica). So, the ultimate question: is the upgrade from 2.6 to 2.7 going to cut a significant amount of calculation time?
Thanks.