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Hardware The New MacBook/MacBook Pro/Air Users Thread v7, Share your joy and hopefully no pain :)

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post Aug 24 2011, 05:19 PM

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QUOTE(hunter88 @ Aug 24 2011, 03:33 PM)
Bought a MBP recently , and it is come with Lion, no worry ...
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where did you get it from?
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post Aug 25 2011, 08:31 AM

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QUOTE(FaezFarhan @ Aug 25 2011, 03:42 AM)
Is the Macbook Air fast enough for Photoshop?
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yes, benchmark test is almost the same as MBP 13" 2.3i5


Added on August 25, 2011, 8:34 am
QUOTE(x-199Tx @ Aug 25 2011, 08:21 AM)
Looking through goflex . actually quite good rclxms.gif thanks for the recommendation .
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its really good in the sense that theres so many I/O supported.
price wise its still reasonable unless you get the version I'm using.
GoFlex Ultra Portable For Mac 1TB, cost me RM569 sad.gif
found out later that buying the HDD and adaptor separately from Lowyat could cost only around RM400

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post Aug 25 2011, 08:41 AM

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QUOTE(Sky.Live @ Aug 25 2011, 08:38 AM)
Loads like in 10 sec =)

Need a sleeve for my MBA.
found this site
http://ryankett.hubpages.com/hub/Best-Macbook-Air-Sleeves

really interested in this
Incipio Technologies IM-100 Sleeve Case for Apple Macbook Air
only 19.99 price in amazon.. wonder where to get it in Malaysia?
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why not just order from amazon?
over here would cost around 200
Incipio is considered as premium accessories here
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post Aug 25 2011, 09:23 AM

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QUOTE(Sky.Live @ Aug 25 2011, 09:06 AM)
Anyone else interested? maybe can share the shipping cost
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interested in moshi keyguard, but they don't ship to malaysia
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post Aug 25 2011, 07:55 PM

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QUOTE(soonwai @ Aug 25 2011, 02:31 PM)
Hmm, I dunno, is it worth it?

What's your friends number? :-)


Added on August 25, 2011, 2:42 pm
Have you tried the Seagate GoFlex 2.5" with FW800 adaptor? How does it compare in performance to say the WD Passport Studio 2.5"? The shop that I buy from said the GoFlex is not as fast as the Studio.
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i'm not sure how fast is studio, but mine is copying at 70mb/s-90mb/s
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QUOTE(xtrasher_kingx @ Aug 25 2011, 09:55 PM)
how much is it? the price i mean..
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i bought mine from Epicentre for RM 569 1TB.
I'm sure its cheaper if you can find it in Lowyat


Added on August 25, 2011, 10:00 pm
QUOTE(backslasher @ Aug 25 2011, 09:55 PM)
I'm having thoughts of geting the new macbook air but not sure if its worth the value. I'm a light user, only use it for surfing and doing assignments most of the time. Wondering if the smallest specs of 64GB / 2GB memory would be sufficient for me. Any advice?
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will be sufficient, but its still better to get the 128GB as you never know that you'll have other use for it later

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QUOTE(xtrasher_kingx @ Aug 25 2011, 10:01 PM)
that's double the price of a standard usb 2.0 hdd.. man.. i wish there are cheaper alternatives for firewire hdd  rclxub.gif
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no, 1TB is already RM300.
if you get it separately, the adaptor will cost you another RM100
mine comes with everything i need to run it on Mac
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post Aug 26 2011, 08:46 PM

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QUOTE(xtrasher_kingx @ Aug 26 2011, 06:05 AM)
oh so u actually can get a 1tb for around rm400? now that's reasonable enough for me! haha thanks a lot BR7! rclxms.gif
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yes, i checked the price last week when i was at DM to upgrade my ram biggrin.gif
no prob, hopefully you can find a proper ext HDD that suits your needs
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QUOTE(realpesky @ Aug 27 2011, 03:37 AM)
Hey guys, was just wondering if 8gb ram is necessary? What kinda usage do you need 8gb ram. Mine is running at 4gb atm
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its not necessary, but everyone is upgrading it because its really cheap at the moment
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QUOTE(DarthMaus @ Aug 27 2011, 01:05 PM)
Need a bit of help. Thinking of going to get a SSD for my MBP. I want to do a fresh install(not going by the carbon copy path). My Question is:
I want to keep my iTunes library that's on my current HDD, how to I transfer them to my new SSD after I have done the Lion installation. My library is about 160gb sad.gif What"file" do I need to extract from my current HDD?

Thanks.
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i believe you can use Time Machine too
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QUOTE(KKW @ Aug 27 2011, 03:36 PM)
Hi guys,
I planning to get a external hard disk for my time machine on my MBP
Which type interface of external hard disk you all recommend?
USB or firewire?
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Get Seagate GoFlex range and you can have a choice of everything.
USB2.0, USB 3.0, Firewire, Thunderbolt(possible in the future)
they use different adaptors.
so you just have to change the adaptors for different I/O

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i think its better to go for optibay.
much wiser since you have so much to store
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post Aug 27 2011, 10:22 PM

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QUOTE(dvlzplayground @ Aug 27 2011, 10:03 PM)
im using firewire for my TM cuz last time, TM on leopard was freaking slowwww

since snow leopard the 'figuring out what to sync' phase is much faster, so i think a USB ext hdd shud be fine. much cheaper also
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using firewire would really utilize your mac, no point using a mac if you're using a normal hardware.
just my opinion.

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QUOTE(KKW @ Aug 27 2011, 10:47 PM)
Oh ok.
Thanks for the recommendation.
How much you bought urs?
Does the adaptors come with hard disk?
Ok noted. smile.gif
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it depends which model you get, if you get UltraPortable for mac then it comes with Firewire 800 and USB 2.0 adaptor.
others they will sell the adaptor separately, but that is actually a cheaper option.
google around
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QUOTE(KKW @ Aug 28 2011, 12:29 AM)
I found it already but it came with 2 version one is 5400RPM and 7200RPM..
Which one should I get? No budget..
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5400 will do, mine is 5400.
Copying at 90mb/s


Added on August 28, 2011, 7:49 am
QUOTE(nyunyu @ Aug 28 2011, 12:46 AM)
This keyguard you speak of, is it the clear keyboard guard?
I bought it from fellow forumer here.

Oh, just a heads up to those didn't know, I would like to share a few tips.

1- For those who had their 2nd USB port (which is closer to the power input) not working or not enough juice to power up a simple device AND for those who just upgraded to Lion and found out their battery life not as great as snow leopard, there is a simple method to fix it and it is called SMC Reset. Have a read here.
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its very expensive.
i can get it for RM60 at Amazon.
half the price for the same product


Added on August 28, 2011, 7:52 am
QUOTE(dvlzplayground @ Aug 28 2011, 01:04 AM)
i dont think so. no new tech also. my guess is the next model will be coming out as soon as intel is ready with the ivy bridge CPUs. shud be early next year
if external it doesnt really matter. 5400rpm is fine, cheaper also
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yea, honestly i can't wait for it.
got MBP 2011 13" because I'm saving up for 15" next year.
hoping that they would redesign the body, the current one has been in market since 2007

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QUOTE(DarthMaus @ Aug 28 2011, 11:34 AM)
getting the 240gb one. but i might go along the optibay path and get a smaller SSD.


Added on August 28, 2011, 11:35 am
that is a very good idea but worried that the heat issue will get worse with SSD and another HDD...
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How will it cause heat issue?
SSD has nothing moveable inside it
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QUOTE(signora bianca @ Aug 28 2011, 06:45 PM)
can i ask, anyone using the new MBA - is 2G RAM enough to handle Lion?
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would be sufficient for light usage.
most MBP users are using 8GB now
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QUOTE(dvlzplayground @ Aug 28 2011, 09:52 AM)
current design since 2008 actually. before that the MBP design is same with powerbook...since 2003 haha 7 years same design

EDIT: correction its 2003 not 2001 tongue.gif
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but wasn't the first unibody aluminum macbook in 2007?

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QUOTE(olivur @ Aug 28 2011, 09:54 PM)
nope, late 2008.
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so they had the aluminum macbook and macbook pro that year?
both with removable battery right?
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QUOTE(olivur @ Aug 28 2011, 10:48 PM)
they had the aluminium macbook pro and the white macbook iirc for "late 08" iirc. but the first gen unibody mbp 15" being late 08' is a sure info since i've one of those tongue.gif
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thanks for the info, so its 3 solid years.
would really hope that they will have a new design in the next update

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