I am about to buy a MacBook Pro 13" and have a question.

I am about to buy a MacBook Pro 13" but need help deciding between the i5 model or the i7. I am in all kinds of engineering classes and will be running heavy programs on it. I will be creating mobile apps, will be using it to create large documents, and using Autocad. Which model would you reccomend? Also, I plan on buying next weekend, so will OS X Mountain Lion be pre-installed on it or will I have to update myself? Thank You.
-Ryan

Which model would you reccomend?
For what you'll be doing...the i7
so will OS X Mountain Lion be pre-installed on it or will I have to update myself?
You'll probably have to install it yourself as nobody knows when t his month ML will be released.

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OS X Lion Overview
iLife 11
http://www.apple.com/ilife/video-showcase/
http://www.apple.com/ilife/
Running Windows on a Mac
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2344661,00.asp
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Dear reader,
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I have read in many places that the language settings can easily be changed to any language of my choice. Same goes for they keyboard input language.
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macn00bx wrote:
I been searching for places to buy the Macbook pro with and English Keyboard and so far
havent found any luck.
The first place you should look is the online Apple store, which certainly has them (check the menu for Tastatur):
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