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Hardware The New MacBook/MacBook Pro/Air Users Thread v5, Share your joy and your pain here ;)

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TSmememe12
post Apr 30 2010, 01:31 AM

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QUOTE(viper-xs @ Apr 30 2010, 01:13 AM)
Yes add more ram. I bet you must be getting beachball alot. Browser will not eat alot as I have around the same tabs opening. I suspect 2GB page out is from mainly heavy photo editing

How to know memory leak, same as windows method. If a program eat 100MB when you first using it and after long usage suddenly it turn out to be eating 500MB then something amiss.
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add ram meh? cry.gif cry.gif my newly bought MBP already 4GB ram.. if add... then is 8GB d blink.gif
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post Apr 30 2010, 01:43 AM

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Yea...8GB is the way to go...hahaha. Mine 4GB as well but old C2D.

No need to add more i guess. More like use then wait then see...If alot and always beachball and pageouts becoming alot more then put that as first priority action.
If I'm not mistaken there are ways to make it more efficient. If I recall correctly if you use photoshop then there are option to specify scratch disk. From what I know it can increase performance but not sure if it's the case still or whether the info is right. That info maybe like more than 5 years ago...hahaha
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post Apr 30 2010, 01:52 AM

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QUOTE(viper-xs @ Apr 30 2010, 01:43 AM)
Yea...8GB is the way to go...hahaha. Mine 4GB as well but old C2D.

No need to add more i guess. More like use then wait then see...If alot and always beachball and pageouts becoming alot more then put that as first priority action.
If I'm not mistaken there are ways to make it more efficient. If I recall correctly if you use photoshop then there are option to specify scratch disk. From what I know it can increase performance but not sure if it's the case still or whether the info is right. That info maybe like more than 5 years ago...hahaha
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haha. thanks for sharing.. i think adding ram would not be appropriate at the moment.. i will fund for another iMac maybe in 2 more years.. that time the iMac must have 8GB tongue.gif

btw... do u know anyway to solve the chinese character stuffs? ppl send me excel file with chinese words, when i open, i see weird sign... i already copy fonts from my windows.. but not all usable sad.gif icon_question.gif
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post Apr 30 2010, 02:06 AM

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QUOTE(mememe12 @ Apr 30 2010, 01:52 AM)
haha. thanks for sharing.. i think adding ram would not be appropriate at the moment.. i will fund for another iMac maybe in 2 more years.. that time the iMac must have 8GB tongue.gif

btw... do u know anyway to solve the chinese character stuffs? ppl send me excel file with chinese words, when i open, i see weird sign... i already copy fonts from my windows.. but not all usable sad.gif icon_question.gif
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maybe u can try this. go to system preferences, language n text, input sources. tick the chinese one u need. i dunno if it works lah, i dun have any chinese character files tongue.gif

juz wait for 4gb ram module to go down in price... eventually they will... good to know u can support 8gb smile.gif
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post Apr 30 2010, 02:28 AM

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QUOTE(dvlzplayground @ Apr 30 2010, 02:06 AM)
maybe u can try this. go to system preferences, language n text, input sources. tick the chinese one u need. i dunno if it works lah, i dun have any chinese character files tongue.gif

juz wait for 4gb ram module to go down in price... eventually they will... good to know u can support 8gb smile.gif
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i already enable the chinese language there smile.gif will google more when free.. this week too busy d.. if anyone know the solution pls share ya.. thanks notworthy.gif

Added on April 30, 2010, 2:47 amyea.. and regarding the memory.. my firefox is opening 20 tabs.. the real memory in activity monitor is 295MB...

google chrome, 2 browsers, 17tabs.. chrome taking 101MB but have about 17 google chrome helper which taken up about 15-20MB per file averagely..

is there any problem for this?

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post Apr 30 2010, 05:04 AM

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I think someone posted a problem with google chrome. Maybe that's one possible source of your problem.
For me I have around 20-30 tabs open with my mail, itunes, torrent, ichat, amsn and lots of others but nothing major like photo editing etc. After 1 week plus of not rebooting my pageouts total out at about 80MB.
With reboot and opening all those apps again I have around 2.9GB free RAM and 0 pageouts. Just wait for the price to go down as now itself it's quite reasonable compared to last time. Well wont all tech stuff are like that.
Sorry don't now how to solve it. Just use normal Mac Office with no fancy character stuff
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hey guys, i'll be getting myself the macbook pro 17" next week. This would be a big leap for me as I've been a windows user all my life. I really need the advice of you guys. I'm planning to purchase it online as there will be discount for students. These are the few upgrades i have in mind.

1. i7 processor
2. 7200rpm hard disk

However, i'm not sure about the display. Should i just go with the glossy one or opt for the antiglare one? i prefer brighter colors and have read that the colors appear to be darker on the antiglare one.
Another thing, is it worth it to upgrade to the 3 years apple care thing? Under student discount it still cost 1k.
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QUOTE(realpesky @ Apr 30 2010, 05:11 AM)
hey guys, i'll be getting myself the macbook pro 17" next week. This would be a big leap for me as I've been a windows user all my life. I really need the advice of you guys. I'm planning to purchase it online as there will be discount for students. These are the few upgrades i have in mind.

1. i7 processor
2. 7200rpm hard disk

However, i'm not sure about the display. Should i just go with the glossy one or opt for the antiglare one? i prefer brighter colors and have read that the colors appear to be darker on the antiglare one.
Another thing, is it worth it to upgrade to the 3 years apple care thing? Under student discount it still cost 1k.
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17" will be quite heavy if you have to bring it to uni everyday. Any reason that you need 17" instead of 15"?

Applecare can be brought within 1 year and definitely worth it
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QUOTE(jphlau @ Apr 30 2010, 07:43 AM)
17" will be quite heavy if you have to bring it to uni everyday. Any reason that you need 17" instead of 15"?

Applecare can be brought within 1 year and definitely worth it
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I'm currently using dell's xps m1530. Although the screen's resolution is at 1600x1000, I still find it kinda small. I don't mind the weight and would prefer that I have more screen space thus my choice of the 17" one. So I should just get the apple care together with the laptop huh? Thanks for the advice.
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post Apr 30 2010, 08:16 AM

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dang i m pretty certain my macbook pro cant last beyond 4 hours ... its far from 10 hours...

i attached the coconut stats though i cant tell if it has any sign of battery problem but a forumer ask for it..

and i m using my laptop for normal browsing with wifi... not running some videos in fact..

i hope i m not expecting too much cause i have much lighter vaio with same power horse running 8 hours easily.

i m just really wondering am i having a faulty battery or am i doing something wrong somewhere...

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post Apr 30 2010, 08:57 AM

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ive got the same problem as u bro.
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post Apr 30 2010, 09:03 AM

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@realpesky You should go for the anti glare screen and not the glossy one if you can afford it =) Everyone recommended it compared to the glossy. There is a thread discussing about this topic

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1394265

and if you dont mind the weight, yea go ahead and get the 17". For the apple care you dont it to purchase on the spot if you want to save a bit of money, you can purchase in between the warranty period of 1 year (even if the end of the year) but make sure get the apple plan and activate it before your 1 year ends =)


@cyberwiz Did you perform any battery calibration? Did you max out your brightness? Maybe you can try to follow apples guideline to maximise your battery usage...
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post Apr 30 2010, 09:45 AM

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Those who are running low battery performance, check if your graphic usage is always on the high-end card.

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Isnt it autoswitching? If you are not using a graphic hungry app like normal surfing it shouldnt switch to the high end card right?
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4110

There seems to be some issue on "switching back" to the low end card.

There already some report on Apple forum.
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Oh.. Didnt know that problem exists.. I think I should try my MBP to see how long it can stand for normal usage.. Good headups there wei. Thanks will dig further about the problem..
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post Apr 30 2010, 10:26 AM

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btw mine is the 13 inch macbook pro..not the one with discrete ram graphic card. smile.gif
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QUOTE(tarvalslain87 @ Apr 30 2010, 09:03 AM)
@realpesky You should go for the anti glare screen and not the glossy one if you can afford it =) Everyone recommended it compared to the glossy. There is a thread discussing about this topic

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1394265

and if you dont mind the weight, yea go ahead and get the 17". For the apple care you dont it to purchase on the spot if you want to save a bit of money, you can purchase in between the warranty period of 1 year (even if the end of the year) but make sure get the apple plan and activate it before your 1 year ends =)
@cyberwiz Did you perform any battery calibration? Did you max out your brightness? Maybe you can try to follow apples guideline to maximise your battery usage...
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I stumbled upon that thread a couple of days back. Just wanna clarify on this matter. Colors will be more vibrant on the glossy screen compared to the antiglare one right? Is it the same as the iPhone screen protector? I'm using the antiglare one and I have friends using the glossy one. The colors seem to be sharper and more vibrant on the glossy one. Damn. This is hard to decide. Haha. Do they have displays of both antiglare and glossy at any store selling mac?

Added on April 30, 2010, 11:24 amSorry for this noob question. Is matte and antiglare the same thing?

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post Apr 30 2010, 01:15 PM

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Just received my 13" this morning. Ecstatic! rclxms.gif

Pictured here next to my housemate's 15" i7 Anti-glare screen.

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Both screen looks fine but my glossy display does reflect backlight (duh). Color is very, very nice and lively though. As some have commented, it does look slightly better than the anti-glare display. This being my first mac, I'm still getting used to Mac OS. I'm wondering if I should partition the hd as boot camp doesn't seem to work with a partitioned primary hd.

Will be posting unboxing pix if I have the time.

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can i warranty by macbook if got peel off like that

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