wont void warranty. the HDD is design to be user replaceable. they even teach u how to do it in the manual.

hapa is correct. even if u send ur macbook to claim warranty, it wont void it. just that apple wont cover ur HDD if it's damaged. they will only cover the stock HDD

i havent see any gadget that never hangs (well my iphone havent but im sure one day it will hehe). 1st hang after 3months is considered good what

^ IINM that's a kernel panic. i juz got it once earlier this week. in almost 2 years, i probably got that 3 or 4 times only. no big deal lah.

if u get this very often, probably faulty RAM

imrozx, thats very good of u to read from page 1 haha. ur post is long so im not gonna quote it here

1st of all, congrats on ur MBP! none of us here regret getting one so im sure u wont haha. also, thanks for the link about the battery, seems very useful

about ur dad's MBP, best is to just bring it to an authorized service centre, take advantage of ur warranty coverage. i hv no idea what's the cause of the problem though

orochi? very nice indeed. previously i was using proclick 1.6, to my surprise the orochi feels exactly the same, except for the shorter length, n just slighttttly narrower. i instantly got used to it. the height is perfect (for me), n i like the texture. i was never a fan of wireless mouse bcuz i dun want to bother with batteries. but since this is a hybrid, i only use it in wireless mode when im not at home. havent changed battery since i bought it. my only qualm is the side buttons are too small n feel very plasticky

comparing with the magic mouse, it's too low for me, not comfortable. 2nd is the location of the sensor. in most mice, the sensor is right in the middle, where in the magic mouse it's more to the front. this makes the MM navigation different bcuz of the extra length between the sensor and ur wrist. of course, this is just my personal opinion

speed can use software hehe. orochi is quite small though, i have small hands so nvm

try VR tech. quite a lot of bad stories from machines ;p

1 yr international warranty. u can buy AppleCare Protection Plan (price varies according to mac model, u can look up the online store) to get extra 2 years warranty + phone support. but u must extend it within ur 1st year warranty. if u 1 yr original warranty ends, u're not eligible to register for ACPP anymore

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Oct 15 2010, 12:10 AM

yeap... the whole point of getting ACPP is for the peace of mind. if u buy from questionable sources, no matter how cheap, u still have to worry

the price only went down bcuz of currency. the price is the same in US

but still, ACPP is obviously much much cheaper than a new mac. why dont u save money to get ACPP?

go ahead if u want to take the risk

i definitely wont

that's why... too good to be true?

yeap u should. keep the receipt as well

well im sure it didnt bend itself . maybe ur notebook bag not enough padding? or someone accidentally knocked it but never told you that being said, i dont think can claim warranty unless u juz bought it a few days ago

i saw the picture but i cant imagine why they have to separate the batteries into 4 compartments. another rumour is it's using some kind of SSD card as storage instead of HDD or SSD. also not sure if it's still going to be 13" or 11"

actually the "april prototype" model had the same intel CPU as the current MBA AMD chip is possible of course, but Atom is a confirm NO lol

also from the prototype shot... 2x USB ports!

why? i never owned any AMD-powered computers but reviews seem pretty good

well i guess cannot do anything lah :S at least it's at the back right...no need to stare at it all day long.. hehe

the best is to just follow the advice here: http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/

then you yourself decide. for me, as long as it can do whatever u want it to do, just go buy. no point in always chasing the latest and greatest in technology. unless u're filthy rich of course. and i mean FILTHY rich nothing wrong if u wanna wait for Lion too, but then u'll be missing out around half a year not using a new MBP hehe

by the way, retina display on a macbook? i really think no. cuz if u increase the resolution of the macbook, fonts n stuff will be hard to read. of course, unless you scale them correctly. but it will only look good if u scale it to double the density. that's the reason iphone 3gs to iphone 4 was 163ppi to 326ppi (exactly double). that's the only way to make it look "smooth". so to upgrade a 1440x900 15" MBP display, it wont scale nicely unless u go for 2880x1800, which is A LOT. even the 27" ACD cannot challenge that

of course need to pay lah. wont be as expensive as windows upgrades i guess

im using moshi clearguard. it was fine for a few months until my nephew had an all-day counter strike session on it +_+. it was right after this that i notice my clearguard got that 'bump' on it. mine is in between [4] and [5]

i wonder if it's because of the heat?

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Oct 22 2010, 03:36 AM

yes but not in the normal way

instead of the SSD drive, they just take out the chips inside n solder to the motherboard save space, but cannot self upgrade lah

well they didnt specifically say solder, but how else would you permanently connect a chip to a board? i dun think they stapler it haha

of course. it's still a mac. but if u wanna bootcamp i suggest getting at least the 128gb version. 64gb for a mac with bootcamp sounds too limited

what was his requirement?

this problem can be easy to fix or complicated. seems like it depends on ur luck ill sort it out from easiest to most complicated

1) open disk utility, repair disk permissions
2) boot from OSX dvd, open disk utility, repair disk
3) open disk utility (like normal, not booting from dvd), create a new partition the same size as u intend the bootcamp partition to be. then remove the partition u juz created. now try bootcamp again
4) clone ur whole system, n reformat +_+