noope. not at all. provided if u have enough rams and hd space to run on, theres no degradation in performance at all. how many rams do u have btw. im in 4gb ddr3 and i even run solidworks on vmware and it runs like a breeze.

absolutely. well getting the lower end model for the 13" mid 2009 MBP seems to be a better idea if u have cheap access to buying 2 2GB ddr3 rams and 250GB hd since upgrading both will cost less than CAD$300 here (since the lower end and higher end model differs by 300CAD). however, i u dont want to go thru the hassle of having to find a better deal for 2 2gb ddr3 rams and 250 gb ram then i suggest getting the higher end model. since 2.26GHz and 2.53GHz is hardly noticable except when u run bechmark tests. then againn it all depends on what kinda user are u. if ure just gonna use ur MBP for simple tasks like surfint the web, chatting, office and whatnot. get the lower end model.

just becareful when u max out ur volume. tho im sure the apple engineers have set the max volume to the point where the speakers can hold out, im pretty sure after much wear the speakers can get weak and starts distorting and crack when u max out the volume.

overseas ??? what kinda crap god forsaken country is your sister in that has a land line but no broadband ? ask the isp if they can get her one. why go thru all the hassle of duties and customs and shipping ?

This post has been edited by MinK: Nov 25 2009, 02:15 PM

ur 2gb is shown as 1.75GB because the system reserved 256MB for ur 9400M nvidia graphics card. in leopard it doesnt show, but in snow leopard it shows as 1.75.

This post has been edited by MinK: Dec 4 2009, 01:40 PM