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share buying office 2011? PM me too~

eventually i will go for MBA rather than MBW ...somehow...

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Added on October 28, 2010, 2:33 amanother blue screen of death. FML

This post has been edited by tzxsean: Oct 28 2010, 02:33 AM

It's basically the lighter, more simplified version of my VOD system I've set up at home. Ingredients?

1 x 2010 MacBook Air 11.6"/1.4Ghz/2GB RAM/128GB SSD
1 x Airport Express
1 x 2010 Apple TV
1 x USB powered Western Digital 1 Terabyte HDD
1 x HDMI cable
1 x HDMI-equipped HDTV

First, setup the MBA with iTunes library residing in the 1TB HDD. Plenty of space there, and with the new MBA's 2 USB ports, you still have another port free for other purposes. Once that is set up, you need to set up Home Sharing on the iTunes on the MBA. With the new 2010 Apple TV, it will only stream content residing as part of the library in Home Sharing.

Once that is set up, turn on your Airport Express, log your MBA into the wireless network already set up on your Airport Express, and turn on your 2010 Apple TV and log your Apple TV into the same wireless network provided by the Airport Express. Once that is set up. your Home Shared iTunes library on your 2010 MacBook Air will appear under the column "Computers" on the new 2010 Apple TV. If you have selected to share ALL your content on iTunes in the Home Sharing/Sharing tab in the "Preference" setting, all of them will appear selectable and viewable on the Apple TV, connected to an HDTV.

Sit back, relax and enjoy your 2010 MBA iTunes library/content on a large big screen HDTV, with videos up to 720p and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio.

It is advisable to set your iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad with Remote app to control your 2010 Apple TV, as it will make it easier to navigate and enter/type login details and password on the Remote app keypad than navigating it with the aluminum Apple TV remote provided with the Apple TV.

Also for those folks wishing to go with the HDMI-to-DVI route, reports from Macrumors forum states washed out video, "waterfall"/wavylike" distortion on display when viewing on DVI-equipped HDTVs. With the HDMI-to-HDMI connection, your audio and video data flow remain purely digital and pristine, avoiding these problems.

Watching and catching up with episodes of Nikita and Stargate Universe on my 2010 AppleTV + 2010 MBA + Airport Express + hotel room HDTV now, while lying back on the bed. Life is good.

What's even better is the fact that the combination of these devices/equipment fits into a 13" laptop bag without much hassle or taking up much space! The 11" MBA goes into the sleeve slipped into the main laptop compartment slot in the laptop bag, the 2010 AppleTV is smaller than my palm, and the Airport Express is the size of my travel passport, only thicker. Add the necessary cables and it still looks remarkably small and light with little encumbrance! And I can still slip in my iPad with its sleeve in the bag and them tote these items around without getting the "heavy burden" feel.

I cannot wait for 4.2 update on the iPad/iPhone 4 this November, once that happens and AirPlay feature is made available on the iPad, I can further add Hulu-Plus-streaming-to-2010-Apple-TV-to-HDTV as one of the possible entertainment option I can have while on the go!

Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Student 2011 Family Pack is licensed for home and student use on three (3) Mac computers per household.


Microsoft Office for Mac Home and Business 2011 Multi Pack is licensed for one (1) user for install on two (2) Macs.


This post has been edited by marcus20125: Oct 28 2010, 06:55 PM

Hey, can u guys connect WIFI normally to your mb. I have a problem connecting to WIFI.

Previously 1 year, it works fine. But now, i can detect my home WIFI but cant connect it. It said that connection timeout. However, i can still connect my other laptop, hp , ipod touch and iphone to WIFI. I using WPA for my router security.

Anyone know what the problem?!

From what I know of Apple's dealer pricing, means probably the MBA margin is very the very not good, which is standard for new products. If he's recommending the MBW, then better go for the Pro 13.

My advise, if you are really looking for portability, like I was, then MacBook Air 11" is the one to go for. I wouldn't recommend the 13" because of the price, which is well over 4k. What you would spend of a MBA 13 could get you a tricked out Pro 13.

i want,but how r u going to send me the disc for installtion?
so..i think u have to share with your friend in ur town

uhmm..he was recommending MBW over MBA if based on performance issue...better processor...larger storage..and availability to upgrade in future
apart from that, he offered keyboard protector bcos of the extra fee we need to pay to upgrade iLife 09' to iLife 11.
1 major problem is fund available...if can i would go for mbp 13 definitely

p/s: it seems the contest host got some problem to ask Apple to ship the ipod touch to malaysia
i guess im gonna delay the purchase until mid dec 1st...

btw...do u adapt well to the 11' inch display? to be precise...what is the width and depth of the display screen itself?

This post has been edited by tzxsean: Oct 28 2010, 04:12 PM

Yeah tzxsean aluminum is cool but there are other options too.

mind to recommend me some?

It all goes back to the original question - what are you buying for?

If you are going to create a lot of contents, i.e. manipulating photos, videos, etc etc that the Air is not suited for that task, the power and size comes to play.

Definitely there will be a performance issue, since the processor is clocked lower. Definitely there will be upgradability question also. However, how certain are you that your MBW will stay with your for the next year? Or the next 2 years? If upgradability is the key question then you should save up and get the mbp 13, because in the end, you won't be able to upgrade the body, and price difference is only about less than RM500. Some are selling at RM3600 range.

But if you want something that you can actually slot in a file (presumably with a wafer thin sleeve case to go with it), then get the 11" Air.

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As for adapting to the 11" screen, no problems there. Be reminded though that I am used to using 10" screens (Lenovo S10-3) and 11" screen (Acer 1810-1830, Ferrari), so no problem there. It's the same resolution screen (1366x768) that you would find on a majority of notebook today, so images do look much sharper that compared to the standard 1024x600 on 10" netbooks.

Maybe that's why a bit cheaper considering Apple is now also ordering the same screen as everyone else.

Add : Screen Size 26 cm Horizontal 14.7 cm vertical.

Another thing, this things is super quite, and super cool to use. Normally after the workout I'd been doing today, the fan of my dm3 before has probably started to whirr.

Probably that's why this thing is SSD option only. Cuts down of the heat from HDD.

This post has been edited by mfitri77: Oct 28 2010, 04:33 PM

well....im buying to replace my Compaq laptop. I surt net and watch movies for most of the time. No gaming on laptop instead just play iPhone games. about video editing and photoshop part. Im just a beginner. I haven touch on that part b4 in my windows laptop. Basically my main consideration is between MBW or MBA. The main trade off is the size of the screen and the processor. About storage I can always depend on external HDD

Eventually, if I managed to get more incentive, I absolutely go for MBP 13"

Well, if movies you mean those you ripped and stored in HDD, then yes, movies are fine on the Air, however, if you have an external USB DVD, it works well too. Been testing it without problems so far.

MacBook White would do the trick certainly , again for a person like you who want to save up money. I would say get the White and use the extra to get protective sleeve , keyboard protector. If you get the MacBook Pro , you'll have to spend even more for the extras

Notice the RM 500 extra can be used to buy things to protect your macbook white investment

yea...i plan to use it for at least few years
btw any1 noe where got sell this Uniea multicolour 13' laptop sleeve?

I just got the MBA 13" (mid 09) model. from 20/10/2010 u can upgrade your iLife 09 to 11 only cost you RM29 per copy ( and Free Shipping too )

check here :-
http://www.apple.com/asia/ilife/uptodate/

my wife ask me to buy mba for her daily job tasks like autocad, sketchup, 3dmax n adobe photoshop...can new mba especialy on the lower spec runnin those program smoothly...
or should i go for mbw..
thinkin to grab d lowest spec possible...thanks guy

This post has been edited by zwanvedder: Oct 28 2010, 09:37 PM

I've no idea

...btw iWork family pack means can let 5 ppl install in their mac separately rite?
if using iWork 09 does tat means free upgrade oso?

This post has been edited by tzxsean: Oct 28 2010, 10:01 PM

Oh, no. That's just asking for trouble, especially the autocad and 3dmax. Your render would be hours on end.

Come to think of it, got autocad for mac os x meh?