oic. too much force shut down ofcoz will harm the hdd...even in OSX i think.

photo management i dun think so. based on the beta reviews mostly are performance improvements n 'develop' works better. not much new features

btw i nvr see u posting at the photography section ;p

^i think 6gb

not upgrading to CS4? i notice it runs faster on mine compared to CS3

not sure about that. last time i had 12.2. after reformat, i installed from my dmg which was version 12.0... i tried to update but it only lets me download 12.1. aftr download 12.1, check update again, baru got 12.2. no idea why

but then later i found out something went wrong with the 12.1, so i reinstalled and juz stay with 12.0 w/o problems ;p

i agree with zemmien. for photoshop n lightroom, GPU doesnt play a huge role as much as CPU. n RAM helps

i'd get the MBP for the bigger screen. obv only if it's in good condition lah

3.6k for 2nd hand seems reasonable

obviously it's best if u can have a look at the product before buying. juz make sure the body no scratches n dents (if there is, maybe can try asking for lower price, but up to u). since it's the 2008 model, i think it comes with LED backlit screen so i think the screen wont be bad, but juz check for scratches too. make sure all buttons n ports are working.

also check the battery, how long can it last. for that model, if bought in 2008, i think the battery should be able to power the mac for around 3 hours (juz my guess) with wifi n BT off, lowest screen brightness

oh ya, google the serial number 1st. scared if it's a stolen unit

^ yeap. i juz stop caring about my display pic haha

do explain more... how much is ur temperature? aircond room or no? what apps are u running when u feel it's "too hot"?

orange just means the battery is charging. green is full. either way, with the charger plugged, ur mac is just running on AC power

i believe it only applies to macbook

well that's why acer n asus cannot fight apple..haha. plus magsafe is too easy to get disconnected anyway...if i take out my battery, very likely i accidentally shut off my mac

yeap..it's rubber~ dun touch it with dirty hands

debates between mac n pc are EVERYWHERE but if u're strictly talking about management costs then mac wins IMO. no need to pay for antivirus, malware protection, etc. from my experience, easier to diagnose/repair too

what's the name, and what error came out?

no one knows anything about MBP refresh... but as with every electronics, it's gonna get an update sooner or later. the staff cannot simply say "new MBP coming next month" because if it doesnt, the customer will feel cheated.

wahlau haha. option+click on empty wont work? if not then need to use terminal then

better u google urself. i dun wan to be responsible

logout / login then empty?

explore in applications/utilities folder, n install the Developer Tools,... so many useful, great apps came together with a Mac no need Ultimate version hehe

any type of HDD is okay. her problem is the HDD format

most HDD sold in stores are formatted in FAT32, which has a limitation of 4GB per file. This is not unique with OSX, any OS cannot write more than 4GB on a FAT32 formatted disk

what you might want to do, regardless if u're using OSX or not, is to format the HDD before you copy anything onto it. If u're using windows, format to NTFS. If u're using a Mac, ideally use HFS+

the catch is, Windows can't read HFS+ (I'm not sure if there are workarounds, but then this is a pretty secure thing right?). And also, OSX can't write to NTFS, u'll require third party apps to do that.

probably the best way is to format to NTFS, and install apps like NTFS-3G so ur Mac can write to it.

my ext HDDs are just FAT32 since i dun have any files bigger than 4GB i wanna keep on it

EDIT: sorry for the redundancy, was still typing when mengsuan posted

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Mar 21 2010, 09:30 PM

is ur system lagging now? if not, then dun worry hehhe

well when uninstalling an app, use something like CleanApp, so that all files related to the app will be removed as well

other than that, i dun use anything else, n my system is running fine. juz keep ur files organized that's all

Macs arent all about specs. i've just answered this question lately, so let me juz copy n paste~



if by "specs" u mean CPU, RAM n HDD, then MBP loses cuz the HDD is a little smaller. but if build quality n ports are also considered "specs", then it wins, hence the higher price

thus it's pretty much how would you like to spend RM900