You can't squeeze much out of it really, 20-30 minutes tops. You're definitely gonna need an extra battery if you're always on the go. Does anyone know of a charging dock for the MacBook Pro battery?

how much wud the macbook cost if we add on 2gb ram?

any ideas?

The black one is nice but i dont think its worth it.

For the same price id get the lowest config one and bump up to 2gb ram for Aperture.

the black one is like other laptop....not the spec..is the colour..white nicer...my own opinion

It's about 8 times faster than my 1ghz iBook.
..that is not "just similar".

It runs Microsoft Access and many many games too (via bootcamp)




My humble iBook is still fine for wordprocessing/surfing/ viewing photos...

just when it comes to photoediting... scripts take forever to run.


Depends what people are looking for i guess. A lady who only needs a computer to surf and type documents will probably feel no speed difference between my notebook and the (8x faster) Macbook.


As Ethanius said, the slow speed of the PPC apples is bearable. I still get my pictures processed, and all my assignments done..all on 256mb of RAM.


Applying USM + Levels Adjustment + etc took about 15min total for the photo below.




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btw this macbook 1.8ghz
can play WOW on full resolutions without any lags?
and bootcamp to winxp? since i got some appls i need to use only on WinXP
will it be enough power?
since i know is on a GMA gfxcard
so if i adds more rams it will helps too?

Bootcamp to WinXP - Just think of a PC laptop with these specs, how do you think it will run? It's the same with Macbook, no slow downs cuz it's basically dual booting it and run natively, not emulation or what so ever...

lag of a game doesn't always have something to do with your machine..but an article once said for RPGs, more RAM is good and of course, a better gfx card.

overall, i'd try replacing the 2 sticks of 256 to a stick of 512 if I can. Or if i have the money, chuck a 1GB in straight away.

That graphics card can't take wow ...You can still play , dont expect stunning 3D Visuals , as its just it would be okay. I heard that Apple tweaked Intel's GMA 950...to give some boost..Not tooo sure about that as well

Yep , you can run boot camp..Upgrade to 1GB and you're set

How much will it cost ah if upgrade to 1GB?

2gb costs RM1500.

1.25gb should be RM750 (non DDR. 256+1024)


512+512 DDR how much i wonder... (but wouldnt make much sense cuz youll have two spare 256 sticks.

Just wondering, if I use Macbook to connect to external monitor and boost the resolution to maximum (1900 x 1200), will it affect the performance compare to lower resolution?

Thinking to get a macbook to substitute my PC.

I would wait for the next refresh when Merom is out.

64-bit processor baby...

what you mean by non ddr?

I was thinking about getting a MacBook, and then I wavered a little on hearing about the heat problems. And then I come across this thread:

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=295925





There is NO WAY I'll touching a MacBook with a 8 foot pole until Apple fixes this or at least provides a decent explanation.

This post has been edited by fly: May 20 2006, 11:48 PM

to have DDR you need two equal sticks of ram.

the Macbook PRO suffered from that problem. It is made by Quanta.

The Macbook is made by a different company.. "Asus", as you may have heard, is quite a big name in notebook manafacturing.

Those photos were from the MACBOOK service manual. Look at the screenshot itself and you'll see that it's not a MBP.

And it looks like it's happening in assembly as well.



http://www.suyama.co.jp/

I agree with fly. I read a review my friend passed to me of this guy in the US that's tested the MacBook. One of the cons he listed was the heat problem on the MacBook.

afaik, Mac portables have always had a heat issue at the bottom because of the battery. but now since it's the cpu.. it's bad.

Let's get the terminology correct.

DDR RAM will be DoubleDataRate (DDR) regardless of whether you run equal sticks or not.

It just won't run Dual Channel.

A detailed explaination of this is HERE.