Best Macbook Pro 15" for photo editing?

Hi,
I have to get a MacBook Pro 15" for my work. I'm a photographer, so I will be editing a lot of images with Photoshop, Aperture, plug-ins, etc. + I will connect a large external monitor to it.
I will also have to edit some videos in FCP but not much, and recording some audio using Logic.
My two choices are: MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz (i5) or 2.66 GHz (i7). From what I understood the 2.53 GHz (i5) is not really worthed, since there is almost no difference with the 2.4 GHz.
I was wondering if in your opinion the better graphics of the 2.66 GHz could make a big difference to me.
I don't play any games on my mac.
Thank you so much for your advises
Have a good day
Luca

I think you will find the only difference with the Nvidia graphic card between the i5 and i7 is the i5 have 256mb less dedicate vedio RAM than the i7 model. This mades no difference for the tasks you listed.
Both i5 and i7 can display resolution upto 2560 X 1600, so you can connect it to a 30 inch monitor without any problem.
I agree with you the 2.4Ghz model is a good choice, you can use the rest of the money for 6 to 8Gb of RAM upgrade.
The i7 in my MBP only get pushed to the limit when I test software in multiple vitural windows. Most time incl working in Photoshop CS4 in virtual Windows 7, the cpu only operate around 30%. So I don’t think you will notice any performance difference with the 2.4Ghz model.

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