Yep , its worth it to get ...X1600 is pretty good and the laptop looks cool..Uh yes , iSight is superb

yetieater : you could use 3rd party rams...no problem with that

ya.. using Photoshop CS or CS2, it really sucky...

Could I use the 512MB DDR2 RAM that comes with the MBP and throw in a 1GB module?

how bout if i want to upgrade the harddisk?

any recomendations?

thz

But price is quite high....

well, RAM issues, so far I have not had any from my previous exp with my PB. Just as long as you get one from a reputable manufacturer..i will do. and it is much cheaper than getting it from Apple. My local Apple store are selling RAMs not sourced from Apple, but from reputable manufacturers, and they are cheaper.

Not sure about MB/MBP, as I have not got mine yet, but i guess should not be a problem...

APPLE laptops bought in Singapore are among the 1.8 million affected by the Cupertino-based company's latest battery recall.

Of the 1.8 million Sony-manufactured batteries that Apple is taking back, 700,000 were sold to customers outside the United States. The company did not give a breakdown of which countries were affected.

Apple said the lithium-ion batteries did not meet its standards for safety and performance, and were prone to overheating.

Apple Singapore declined to say how many users here are affected when contacted by The Straits Times.

In 2004 and last year, the company sold 24,000 laptop computers here, according to figures from research firm IDC.

The battery recall affects the Apple iBook G4 and PowerBook G4 laptops sold worldwide between October 2003 and this month.

A dedicated website (http://www.apple.com/ support/batteryexchange/2006/faq/) listing the model and serial numbers of machines with the faulty batteries has been set up.

Singapore users can order replacement batteries through Apple's authorised service providers here, with delivery coming in four to six weeks. A list of providers can be found at http://www.asia.apple.com/buy/locator/ svcindex.html

Apple advises customers to stop using the affected batteries, and connect the laptops to a power socket instead.

Merom is showing up in the wild now. Any idea about Apple's plans for Merom and the MacBook / MacBook Pro? I'm sure there's quite some speculation adrift..

well some rumors claim that it will be out during the paris expo...but we never know..only time will tell, after all apple is a company that keeps good secrets...

Just looked at the Apple Expo Paris website. September seems like a ripe time for Apple to announce a move to Merom.. I was looking through a couple of forums for old speculation, some as early as March. Supposedly Apple has gathered a healthy supply of Merom chips. I'll have to snag an MBP once the new chips are in use

good for you, i am hoping that they will update their macbooks too as i am planning on getting them mainly due to its portability. size is important to me. also, a post at www.tuaw.com linked to a blog where this guy successfully runned vista with aero(all the eye-candy) without any problems. So, am looking forward to a Core 2 Duo MacBook with Leopard and 2GB of RAM

Get Macbook also worth it... good specs + and works like any other normal notebooks runs XP, but you can run 2 OS

yup, e MBP is worth every penny considering it's good specs. am sure you will love it. the MB to is very good, in fact adequate for i guess the average consumer, unless ur a pro designer or video editor.

wanna ask if i 1 2 upgrade my ram, i buy only 1 stick of 1gb kvr will it work on macbook? or need to get 2 x 512mb??

Is there any way I can run my Macbook only Windows XP on Start-up without choosing the hard drive partition?

go to system preferences in Mac

click the start-Up disk

then select windows folder

after that click restart.

everytime u start ur MackBook, it will boot the windows Xp.

~correct me if i'm wrong!~

Got it, if wanna select MAC, then click Mac's folder?

if u want to select Mac again...

in Windows Xp, go to control panel

find the start up disk in there.

select Macintosh HD.

click restart.

then it will boot Mac every time when u start ur MacBook.

So Macbook is more than enough for a college student??
Pro is quite pricey for us though.

macbook is good enough unless you are a pro video or photo editor. about the macbook ram, gmail..the macbook supports 2gb ram so you can have one stick of 1gb ram, correct me if i am wrong.