i run autocad 2002 a lot in windows xp on parallels 4. pretty smooth.

i've also tried autocad 2008 in windows 7...quite slow ;p but maybe u can turn off some features to make it faster. im not familiar with 2008 hehe

no need to know the difference....now all models are unibody hehe juz remember unibody = good build quality


i used the Speck thing but a lot of ppl say dust can go in n somehow leave small scratches. i got the speck casing anyway and i opened it up n clean inside atleast once a week. i still get small scratches . n some of the clamps broke off cuz i take it out too often.

i got myself zagg invisible skin... rm110 in garage sales. very hard to apply, but at least i know my mac is protected

im not entirely sure about heat dissipation thing, but my temps are good enuff. aircond room though


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it wont fit. the shape is very different

yeap. for the 15" is fine though...it just covers the kensington slot

go to Applications > Utilities > Activity Monitor, and click on the System Memory tab. try to keep an eye on the green section...it shows you how much free memory do you have.

i wanna ask something about what are you referring to as 'slow', because ur problem may be ur hard drive. i suggest you try these things:

1. copy and paste huge files (maybe 10gb) around ur hard disk (meaning not from/to external). if it's slow, most likely hard drive problem
2. plug in two USB devices, and copy a file (the bigger the better) from one to another. if ur hard drive got problem, this shud not be slow.
3. when system hang, can you still move the cursor? if yes, likely its the hard drive. normally (from my experience) when not enough RAM, you cant do anything at all
4. have you been experiencing any kernel panics? where you get a black screen and a warning. if yes, more likely bad RAM
5. launch the applications that u normally use (safari, itunes, anything). then launch something heavy (photoshop, games). take note on how long it takes to launch, whether its normal or unusually slow. now quit the heavy app and launch it again. if it still launches slow, u dont have enough RAM. if it launches quickly, but very slow during the initial launch, bad hard drive.

anyway, try to have around 30% of ur hard drive free. the less free space it has, the slower the performance. a simple reason is because OSX is using that free space to kinda help the RAM a bit (virtual memory), so the more free space, the bigger the virtual memory, the better the performance. another more technical reason is about how the hard drive doesnt need to search for the whole disk to look for data...only searching the part it knows you have stuff on.

simple answer: yes

haha that was one of the first things i tried to look for in OSX when i first installed it

sadly, no

hey thanks! very nice

razer orochi is nice

i second that

actually got, but i never saw one in msia. maybe have to purchase online?

yes its a mini-dvi port. yeah i think a mini-dvi to DVI, then DVI to HDMI combination would do the trick. if im not mistaken there was someone in this forum using this setup

i5 / i7 MBPs will come but no one can be sure when it'll come out. jan/feb seems likely, but not confirmed. if u dont need a new MBP now then can wait for the next update .

what if the next update still no core i7 / i5? still gonna wait? hehehe

that was the case with the old i7 chips. they were not really suited for notebooks. the new ones (clarksfield) are very good, and the arrandale (shud b released early next year) is a 32nm proc, meaning much better battery life. the core i7 n i5s are much better at optimizing power usage... they're pretty smart in tuning up/down the clock speed

the basic stuff you can learn at apple.com shud b a good start

normally Macs got no good offers on PC fairs...most of the time the free stuff are junks anyway.

screen protector is not needed, but a body protector (like speck, invisible shield, or both like me hehe) is a must to prevent awful scratches!

chewlf iwork is good but apart from keynote for presentations, i still prefer word n excel for text editing and spreadsheet. still a long way for iwork. of course this depends on ur needs.

RAM and HDD, well, upgrade if u need more. prices for these stuff will go down, so no point in buying it expensive now if u dont need it

im using the moshi palmguard as well. highly recommended despite the price hehehe

okay yeah i had some dirt inside that scratched my mbp. i used to take it out n clean inside maybe once a week, but then still got dirt inside n scratched it. also, bcuz of the frequent take out / pasang of the speck, some of the clips broke off . in the end i applied invisible shield, put on the speck n never take it off anymore hehe

RM140 from garage sales. i think the best way is to get invisible shield la for scratches... if using sleeve can still get scratches when it's not in the sleeve ;p

yeah really is damn hard...i cant manage to apply it perfectly myself haha. well at least it protects...thats the most important thing

for simple documents, maybe letters etc, the document u make in iWork saved as .doc would appear normally in Office 2007. but for more complex stuff such as reports with lots of formatting and stuff, dont bet on it. not to say iWork...even Office 2008 for Mac sometimes doesnt turn out right in Office 2007. the best way is to use virtualization like parallels desktop or vmware fusion to install windows and Office 2007 on it. thats the only way to be sure.

of course, another way is to save to PDF from iWork...but then people cant edit it (if that's important)