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Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Boyzeee
 
2019-12-04, 10:43

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Originally Posted by pscates2.0 View Post
But that’s just me. I may be viewing it all wrong.
Yes and no. While it may be an i3, the computer he is getting is more powerful than the one he is giving up. This is a free upgrade where none is warranted.

However, they are also downgrading his hard drive, which will actually have a more detrimental effect on performance than the processor. This is where I would be making my argument. Those 2.5" SATA drives are so crappy by modern standards that we won't even stock that model in our shop. If it doesn't at least have a Fusion Drive, it isn't on the shelf. The performance difference is literally that drastic. I would be arguing for the drive over the RAM, but Kieran is booting from an external anyway, so it is maybe less important to him.

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