anyway... macpro is the desktop

u said u have an iphone 3gs rite? what do u think of it? iphone 3gs also have lower spec compared to cheaper phones from HTC, samsung, etc...but don't u think the experience is better?

that's y we shudn't compare Mac specs with PC. even though u're paying more for less CPU/GPU/RAM/HDD, it's the experience using OSX that makes it worthwhile.

i'm using an MBP since i entered foundation and still using mac up till now in my third year

this is debatable... compatibility is very important for group projects n reports. i stick with microsoft office... 2010 even

for more complicated documents with diagrams (drawn in the word editor), equations (google docs isnt really good with this), then yes compatibility is important

grapher isn't that good for an equation editor. plus cannot paste on google docs

unless screenshot la of course. but then screenshot cannot edit diagrams/equations hehe

lol...if im not mistaken, Linux kernel is the one who 'rip off' from UNIX. OSX is using the 'original' Unix kernel

keynote is already a whole new level on top of powerpoint...hahaha

im really looking forward to office 2011. both office 2008 and iwork still have something i really really hate... the floating panels. im a huge fan of the ribbon hehe even something like lightroom works great, i simply like 1 app to have 1 window office 2007/2010 "view side by side" feature is neat, i use it a lot...i wonder if the mac version will have this later

but pdf how to further edit...

haha u're right with keynote. my recent presentations i just use PDF only if i dun need animations

eh can differentiate what. not as obvious as when u look at it sideways la, but still noticeable. im about 60% brightness

me! well it protects from scratches lar...sometimes i forgot to take off my metal watch.. my previous MBP got a lot of scratches because of that

because ppl would post when they got problems. no one will post "hey guys juz to let u know my mac is running fine today" that's why most of what u are reading is about problems etc

have a look at any forums u'll see the same thing. to know which brand is good or not, look for a survey. if i remember right, for notebooks, currently the top is asus, 2nd sony, 3rd toshiba n 4th is apple

shud be your partition map. this is different than fat32 / hfs kind of stuff. windows can only read MBR while macs default is to format to GUID. here's what to do:

- plug in ur thumbdrive n make a copy of everything inside it
- open disk utility
- select the thumbdrive on the left (the one that states the size, not the one below it), there shud be a Partition tab on the right
- for volume scheme select "1 Partition"
- click on Options, select Master Boot Record and click OK
- click Apply (this will reformat ur thumbdrive), then when it's done, copy back ur files onto ur thumbdrive

ur thumbdrive shud work fine on windows now

i didnt calibrate my screen oh... the different whites arent that obvious but still can notice la if no one told me...

any product is like that, no matter what brand or what price. as long as it comes out of a manufacturing plant

the bad news always travels faster

got 3rd party ones

16x10 and 16x9 so big difference to u meh..? i guess it's possible that they'll come up with a 16x9 MBP, but for me it's not a big deal. it's not like d whole purpose of my MBP is to watch movies hehe

plug at USB of course, or wireless. there are other mac keyboards from logitech n razer etc u can have a look

after u bootcamp, boot into windows n insert the Mac OS X dvd that came with ur mac. windows will detect it and will install all required drivers for you in one click. i dunno why other PC brands dun have like this +_+ always have to download n install 1 by 1

see, even windows is better on a mac

for brand new units, the price are same. resellers like epicentre, machines etc sometimes can throw in some freebies for you (normally keyboard protector, cheapo sleeve, cooling balls) or maybe got good purchase tie-ins offers, but very rare lah. if u're a student or work in the education sector, u can get education discount but only from the online store.

personally i'd prefer to buy online...no need to go out, n depends on ur luck if u get good or annoying/ignorant salesperson

1920x1080 on 15" too small for me eh..haha

no way. that's why it's called virtualization. ur windows is running on a 'fake' computer, it doesnt have a clue what hardware do you have.

u can bootcamp anytime u want. the bootcamp assistant will help u to resize the partition, wont kacau ur data

there's sort of like a hinge at the top end of the trackpad. so further up u click, the harder it is. still can click, but requires a lot more effort.

16:9 in 2011? well, can say possible la hehe. better yet, 16:9 IPS panel !

and.. something i had wished for ages on a mac...although i know this is very very unlikely... a mechanical dvd eject button!

sounds like hdd problem. try copy something to n from ur mac and external hdd...is it longer than usual? dun worry bro, sometimes we just happen to get a bad unit. im sure applecare will take care of it

anyway we call the colourful round thing the "spinning beach ball of death" or simply "beachball"

in system preferences > display, u shud be able to set the resolution u want. note that there will be one window for each display

oh u mean u just want to use ur dell, n u want the macbook screen off is it? try shift+control+eject. this will sleep ur macbook screen, but im not sure if it'll sleep ur dell too. can't test myself right now sorry. u have no problems with getting full res right?

u can use "1066 MHz DDR3 SODIMM" RAM. take note of the "SODIMM" because it's normally for laptops. scared later the salesperson ask u "for desktop or laptop?" n if u answer desktop he'll give u DIMM instead. imac is a desktop machine using laptop rams also u dun need to get "apple RAMs", normal pc RAM is the same thing. u have four slots, currently your 4gb ram is 2 pieces of 2gb rams. so u can either add 2 more 2gb rams for a total of 8GB, or get a pair of 4gb rams (~1.2k i guess) for a total of 12gb, or juz upgrade to the maximum 16gb (2 pairs of 4gb rams).

but as others have said, try to make sure if RAM is ur bottleneck cuz it's probably your processor. u can check using Activity Monitor (in applications > utilities) n click on the System Memory tab. have a look at the CPU tab as well

can can. the maximum resolution supported is 2560x1600

generally, bose products are too expensive for the sound quality. but they look good la