i just realized something. yesterday i connected my MBP to my tv, n i had an external hdd and also the charger plugged in. i was watching a movie from the ext hdd.

i accidentally closed the mbp lid but the tv still got display. since when can do like this? i thought it'll go to sleep n have to wake up using keyboard/mouse

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Sep 2 2010, 07:44 PM

search around...so many ppl have asked this already. bottom line is if u can afford MBP 13", go for it. much better value n will look good longer

i thought all manufacturers can bypass the battery already? no?

yes. how else would u do it?

the first 1-5% drop is normal. my battery is 1.75 years old and it's at 85% health, 323 cycles. i guess this is pretty low compared to others but it's good enough for me. still can last through a whole lecture. 1 hr lab with vmware + windows 7 running matlab also can tahan. i calibrate once every two weeks

juz use ur battery however it's convenient for you within ur warranty period. i think after 1 year still >90% is good enough dy

yea... 50 cycles is too little for 20 months. dun be scared to use ur battery

looks interesting, n free thx for sharing. quite hard to find reviews so im not sure good or not

reformat to FAT32, but u're limited to 4gb per file only

another option is to install NTFS-3G. but the speed is limited

am i the only one who's annoyed by these URGENT PROBLEMS? u want instant answer, juz google but need some effort. if u want no effort, want ppl to spoonfeed you, juz wait

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Sep 8 2010, 04:32 AM

er... have u tried restarting?

press down the trackpad surface (instead of just tapping it). it's a click too. does the click registers?

do u have a mouse? can click?

so does it work now?

yes you can. juz buy any external hdd, partition it to fat32 and hfs+

i have the same approach as JohnnyBeGud

what you're doing is unnecessarily using up ur battery. more cycles = faster your battery will wear out. dun worry too much abt battery lah, juz keep it plugged in whenever it's convenient for you. as long as u calibrate it once a week or fortnight u'll be fine. my MBP is almost 2yrs n im pretty satisfied with my battery life so far.

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Added on September 15, 2010, 1:13 amanyway, i've been collecting mkv files lately so im planning to get another external drive n have it formatted as NTFS

ntfs-3g is horribly slow, so im wondering if any of you can compare between tuxera and paragon? i've been reading a few reviews online n it seems that paragon is faster but less reliable. this might be outdated so im hoping if anyone here can share their insight

i've also stumbled upon enabling native ntfs support in snow leopard for each mounted ntfs drive ( http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?stor...090913140023382 ). but then you need to deal with terminal so probably this ( http://ntfsmounter.com/ ) is a better idea. anyone tried these two before?

or should i just start a poll?

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Sep 15 2010, 01:13 AM

^ if you're talking about wifi, juz dun turn airport off before u shut down.

when u boot, airport shud automatically turn on n connect to a wifi network

i dunno if it's hot or not, but what are you doing photoshopping for 30mins on ur lap?

well if u wait for the next MBP, sure the current ones will be cheaper.

but then how long are you going to wait? i'd say the next refresh is probably going to be next year if not this december. is saving a few bucks worth the ~3 month long wait?

what course are you studying? most laptops today are very decent even the low end ones.

are you worried about the '6 months'? it counts from the date ur battery is manufactured, not when u bought ur mac. the app has no idea when u bought it as for ur cycles, looks normal to me. health still 99% so dun worry lar ;P

use battery too much = use up battery cycles faster = faster u battery die. all batteries die eventually. this just makes it faster.

use battery too little (as in a few months never use) = electrons not flowing = battery loses capacity.

juz think of a human being. u ask him to hard labour every single day without rest, sure die early. but if u let him sleep 24/7, he wont have any stamina.

i think so many of us said this hundreds of times already...juz plug in but remember to calibrate once a week / fortnight.

again, just read this: http://www.apple.com/batteries/notebooks.html . it's a document by the company who designed the battery itself. i dun see why people want to debate against this.

ur answer is just 3 posts above yours. since u missed that, u'll probably miss it again when someone answers you anyway

read up at http://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopi...181&hl=mobileme

judge urself hehe

*facepalm*

did u even read the link?