Cougar Point is Intel's chipset for the new Sandy Bridge i7 CPUs. The problem I was referring to is where its last 4 SATA ports would destroy itself over time and stop working.

TDP is Thermal Design Power which specifies how much heat a design of a notebook needs to dissipate.

Any DDR3 1066 will work, check your Mac manual for the exact specs required by Apple. Do you need 8GB? You have 4GB currently? Get an SSD, the perceived performance increase from that upgrade will be about a 100 times more than an 8GB ram upg.

This post has been edited by soonwai: Feb 11 2011, 02:52 AM

oh ok, thanx bro!

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Added on February 11, 2011, 3:00 amyeah, my MBP come with 4GB RAM from factory. i wanna upgrade to 8GB since i saw SSD price is super expensive.

well.... to be honest im not so sure if i need 8GB... but i do play games like modern warfare 2 and bioshock(both buy from Mac App Store) and Call of duty:black ops(run on bootcamp window 7)... when i play Black Ops on my MBP, it lags a bit sumtimes, so i think adding RAM will help?

how much is 8GB DDR3 1066 RAM nowadays?

This post has been edited by borneosailor: Feb 11 2011, 03:00 AM

successfully bootcamp windows 7 on my macbook pro ^^

very easy steps it seems...ok time for some hardcore gaming XD

Dunno whether 8GB will help with games. I don't game much at all. Only got Angry Birds and Chopper 2 on my MBP. You're right about the price of the SSD, still expensive. 2 x 4GB DDR3 now is really cheap. Just check the LYN price lists. Btw I'm using Kingston ValueRam, the cheapest i could find. No probs so far.

well if u want to check how much RAM do u need, launch activity monitor, go to the Memory tab n look at page outs. if it's in the KB range then u dont need more RAM. not sure how to check in windows

is the new mbp's design going to be similar to the macbook?
btw, what return policies are you refering to? do they actually cater such service?

how to look at the charts for the processor comparisons? look at which numbers? dhrystone and whetstone?

like what you guys mentioned earlier, will upgrading to SSD really boost the performance of our mbp?
if so, can we upgrade by our own instead of purchasing from apple store?

what do u mean by in the KB range eh? i planning to upgrade ram too.. bcoz recently do quite a lot of video rendering..

but i wonder if i upgrade to 2x 4GB.. the 2 x 2GB in my current MBP can sell or not? or keep until it rots d?

i checked in the activity monitor, shows my pages out is around 530kb.... but i wasnt running any games yet... just safari and itunes was running.

how to check ram usage while playing call of duty:black ops on bootcamp windows 7 on my 13" MBP??

I think only Apple knows about the new MBP design, if any. I personally think the design will stay the same until next year.

In the US, you can if you're not satisfied with the product, here dunno. Clicking on the Returns link in the MY Apple Store Help section results in a 404.

SSD = huge performance increase because the HD is the greatest bottleneck in any computer. You can buy your own, I'm using a Corsair 240GB.

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Added on February 12, 2011, 4:50 amCan try to sell to PC users whose notebooks came with 2x1GB. All current Macs are now 4GB min aren't they? Won't be worth much though, 2GB sticks are only RM70 new.

So happy, I'm going to be new MBP owner for the 2nd time in 8 months. :-)

Feb 12, 2011 03:26 Hhp - HHP Clearance processing complete - Hhp - HHP
Feb 11, 2011 17:37 Pvg - PVG Clearance processing complete - Pvg - PVG
Feb 11, 2011 00:42 Pvg - PVG Clearance delay - Pvg - PVG
Feb 11, 2011 00:41 Pvg - PVG Shipment on hold - Pvg - PVG
Feb 10, 2011 18:35 Sha - SHA Departed from facility - Sha - SHA
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Feb 10, 2011 18:02 Sha - SHA Shipment picked up - Sha - SHA

Does DHL deliver on a Saturday?

For those who might be interested in the online Apple Store process, here's a timeline of my order. Apple is quite efficient.
Feb 5: I ordered on the 5th. It's a CTO so Apple's website says "Ships in 3 business days". I expected delays since it's only 3rd day of CNY. Probably everyone in SG and CN still on holidays or in holiday mood.
Feb 7: Received order acknowledgement. I guessed no one worked over the weekend. So now they're preparing the MBP and, possibly, frantically searching for the last non-Sandy Bridge CPU to put into my order. Forgot to add it's an edu order, later in the afternoon, someone, probably from SG called to asked for Student ID, Uni, etc. At this point I'd like to thank my cousin in USM, PG.
Feb 9: Status changed to "Prepared for shipment".
Feb 10: Status to "Shipped". Exactly 3 business days.

Now DHL takes over and we'll see if DHL really stands for "Dua Hari Lambat" :-)

This post has been edited by soonwai: Feb 12 2011, 05:41 AM

bro, how much is your Corsair 240GB SSD? i was looking for an SSD(u recommended to me remember bro) and saw a trader selling OCZ Vertex 2 SSD. he offered rm13++ for a 240GB SSD, is it ok the price?

I bought mine Sep last year for RM1890. 13++ is damn good price. Which trader is this? Might want to get one more.

its a good price?? waa!! like that im getting one NOW!! sweeeeeeet!!!

the trader's name is ronaldjoe.

bro
are u using macbook pro i5 or i7?

anybody know the "unable to wake up" issue like i mentioned above? last nite my MBP got this problem again, when i close the lid, it will not go into standby mode (but i didn't realise) in the morning, when i open the lid, the screen cannot wake up d..

i m using i7 but when i do video rendering, i think 8GB helps in shorten the rendering time right? pls enlighten

KB range as in it's just a few kilobytes, not reaching even 1MB. if like that i think u dun need more RAM

2x2gb can sell but i imagine it's quite hard to find a buyer. a lot of laptops come with stock 2x2gb today. just try lah

i'm using macbook pro 13"inch, the processor is core 2 duo only that's why causing lagging when running call of duty:black ops on bootcamp windows 7 i think...

Have you tried this before? Hope you have luck

will monitor that when do large rendering... but what is the max page out value the 4GB RAM can handle?

thanks.. i guess this is not my problem.. i m having MBP 2010 model.. i try to do disk repair.. wonder if it helps

i see, hmm i never thought mbp can run cod and high rank games

but will having 240GB only be enough? if u need alot for images + video?
or u have a 2nd one bro?