2.16 v 2.33

[Walter Biscardi]

As with any purchase, I always say buy the most machine you can afford. It will be replaced with something new probably within 6 months of your purchase, so get the fastest thing you can.

What I have noticed is that that the 17″ MacBook Pro comes with a larger harddrive than the 15″ which is something that I really like and it’s only a few hundred more than the 15.

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[Jeff Carpenter]

Well, you certainly want the 2 GB of RAM that the 2.33 comes with. So you’d be adding that on to the 2.16 model which raises the price.

So once you account for the RAM the price difference is $325.

For that money you get the faster processor and double the video RAM.

The processor is not such a huge deal, I think, but the video RAM is totally worth that price. Future pro software is going to depend more and more on the video card, I think. It’s a good investment.

I’d go with the 2.33.

[Bob Vick]

I understand that FCP Studio requires a certain Graphics card that is not standard with the laptop. Is this true and if so why is not an upgrade from Apple?

bob

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[Jeff Carpenter]

Final Cut requires an “AGP Quartz Extreme or PCI Express graphics card.”

All Macbook Pros come with PCI Express graphic cards, so you’re all set there no matter what.