i just bought my very first MacBook Pro 13" last night, spent close to 8 hours just fiddling with it.

coming from windows,it's a huge departure,IMO

i'm unsure if it's been mentioned(searched,but no results appeared) but do check out it's a web based security app that helps you track a stolen Mac. it costs 20 USD,but until the 1st of January 2011,it's absolutely FOC.

so get it now before they start charging for the app again

i tried it last night,worked great.

im a little taken aback at the lack of software recommendations on the first post.
im not criticising or anything, but it would help mac noobs like myself if there was a list of recommended apps in the first post

right now i've just installed the core basics vlc media player being one of them.


im still looking for a good downloader.
love IDM on windows,but unfortunately there's no mac alternative that i can find. any recommendations?

to write a proper review i'd have to wait til my mac gets stolen

ok,ok..scary thought.

but anyway, they have a test feature on the site and when i tried it, it took a few minutes to ping my laptop after which it took a picture of the user, and grabbed some network information-which i dont really care about

it's also supposed to grab screenshots of what the thief is currently doing,but i didnt wait around long enough for the system to grab that piece of info.

i just know it works as advertised-at the very least i will know what the thief looks like and could* take it to the cops.


*assuming they give a damn to begin with


there's a video demo on the site.check it out for the full set of features(demo)

so no one here uses safari,eh?

been looking around and it seems speed download is the most recommended of all.
if only they had a christmas promo like hiddenapp

This post has been edited by Mgsrulz: Dec 19 2010, 09:09 PM

be sure to test the app out.
just login through a different computer and click on the test button.
it will take a few minutes to retrieve data from your MB.

just to be safe

nice! thanks

same here

anyone here ever have any problem updating steam?
everytime i install it, i double click on the icon and it says it has to update.
it checks for a 33mb update then tells me im not connected to the internet.wtf?

i've reinstalled it countless times but still the same result.

anyone have a solution?

i tried googling it but only came up with one solution that says to delete the valve folder in the user folder.
but problem is there's NO valve folder here

no steam folder either

pointless since cant even install

but assuming i wanna buy something(i only really have portal,since it was free ) are there reload cards or something being sold?
or do i have to use a credit card?

Just installed XP via Boot camp, had to use my OEM disc

thankfully it worked!

tried out Dead Space,worked great full settings,too (720p) but just played the early part of the game...dunno if it'll lag come middle to end of the game or not

now installing Assassin's Creed and Trine


as far as i can tell the MBP 13" just nicely meets the lowest spec requirement for Ass Creed,so trying it out to see what happens xD

anyone know if it's possible to play blu ray movies on the mbp 13"?

ofcos i mean by buying an external blu ray disc drive

This post has been edited by Mgsrulz: Dec 24 2010, 10:12 AM

the 1 Utama Mac City(i think that's the name?) had a "Mac discovery week" last week.
mac buyers walked away with a goodie bag containing a 320GB buffalo drive,mouse,software cd(trials only,though ),among other things.

no discounts..just the added goodie bag.

so it'll play no problem?
dont wanna buy an external then find out (too late) that it'll stutter to the end of the movie!

that i know

yeah,really thinking of getting that and half life 2 since they're so cheap..20USD for 3 games..me love cheap games

shouldnt current generation laptops have a circuit breaker of some sort to stop the flow of electricity to the battery once it's charged?

anyone using VLC media player?
i cant figure out how to lock the aspect ratio of my videos.
it keeps forcing the videos to play full screen(and i mean stretching the video to fulfill the entire screen) when i press the fullscreen button.

i want it to retain the aspect ratio and fill in the upper and lower parts of the screen with black bars-but cant.
tried clicking on "lock aspect ratio" but nothing happens

a bug on the mac version of vlc media player?
it sucks seeing all the characters have their faces stretched

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Added on January 9, 2011, 7:37 pmchanged the "Movist" works great.
no more stretched image,so im just gonna assume it's a mac vlc bug

This post has been edited by Mgsrulz: Jan 9 2011, 07:37 PM

tried that, still stretches.