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GHz numbers don't mean that much. Try looking on http://www.cpubenchmark.net for the processors and see what scores they get so you can compare them.
You get a lot more for your money with windows, although once you start looking at ones with similar designs to the Mac (slim, metal case, etc) the price difference isn't as great. If you don't care as much about that though then Windows is perfectly stable and usable nowadays
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As the others say, clock speed isn't really comparable any more...
One thing to mindful of though is that Apple are expected to launch new Macbook Pro models in the next couple of weeks. From rumours, they're looking like the biggest update in years so I'd hold back until they're announced.
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I've probably been in here asking things like this before so I do apologise...
My 2008 imac is starting to drag it's ass. The struggle is most noticeable if I try and edit video (mainly gopro) but it does get a bit bogged down at other times too.
Given it's age and that it's already had one big repair (logic board I think, just out of Applecare period but they were nice enough to cover it) I'm pretty sure it's gonna shit the bed big style sometime soon so have started looking at my options.
I was thinking I'd rather replace the imac with a Macbook (Pro) which I understand should be up to the task of editing video etc and playing with one in the Apple store today it does seem to do things basic tasks like open up Safari an awful lot quicker than my machine but I've noticed that mine has the 3.06 ghz processor and even the top spec £2k MBP only has a 2.5ghz processor. It does have 16gb of ram where I'm stuck on 4, is that where the performance is going to come from or the fact that my processor is a core 2 duo and the current MBP is i7? Does the ghz number not mean that much?
Probably the wrong thread to ask this bit in but I won't get more for my money if I buy a windows based machine will I? Looked at an HP which had the latest gen i7 processor and similar ram to the MBP but was less than half the price, that got me thinking till I looked at some reviews online and they weren't great. Infact, looking through the customer ratings on the John Lewis site is interesting, pretty much anything Apple has a 5 star average rating but its hard to find anything windows based with even 4 stars.
Other option of course is a 21" iMac, I could have it with a 3.3ghz processor, for the same price as the MBP with the 2.2ghz one. I don't really need the extra hd space that would come with the iMac as I have loads of external drives but the better processor might be a bit of future proofing?