guys, i need some info - just got my macbook today.

some fella once told a friend of mine that it's not good to always connect the power adaptor to the mac. best to only connect it when the battery is low, as this will prolong battery life.

how true is that?
AFAIK http://www.rojakpot.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=346&pgno=8

any source for that?

cos i just got my Macbook yesterday and it's now at full charge. just want to know how to care for the battery.

time to go apple.com's discussion forum.........

yup. i've just read the same documents last night (link 1 and 2)

and i've browse the discussion. there's nothing about discharging before recharing, it's just the month battery calibration.

probably the mac-tech misunderstood this.

If you don't use your device often, be sure to complete a charge cycle at least once per month.

this should be what the calibration is for.

This post has been edited by goldfries: Dec 2 2006, 08:59 PM

nawww, it's not lame. as long as it serves its purpose, it's good. if it doesn't serve your purpose, it's not lame either. it's because you either bought the wrong specs or you've own-grown your requirements on specs.

i bought mine at RM 3699.

cannot find already. i asked before, all out of stock.

i bought mine from Ikano that donno what Mac shop where gamers.com.my was. a week later, i saw Ascend Zone was offering the same item for RM 3,599 with mouse, keyboard protector and so on - the only catch was Cash & Carry.

anyway i bought my keyboard protector and Tucano sleeve from Ascend Zone too.

quite similar to setup as mine. i set my fan about RM 2k+ but ............oh hey, how come my right-fan not detected?

or does Macbook don't come with Right Fan?

for easier browser, remember to go System Preferences and look at the Keyboard / Mouse section where you can enable scrolling with touchpad and stuff like that.

makes like easier, when i use WIN based desktop i tend to do that. so used to mac for browsing with touchpad.

ehhe. i should try doing F@H.

This post has been edited by goldfries: Jan 15 2007, 11:55 PM

why disable touchpad?

and you found the screen to be bright? i usually have it in full brightness.

but when in dark places, i turn it down a little.

hehe. mah fan la for me to lug a mouse around.

normally i prefer a mouse, but the mac seems to be the only lappie that i don't mind using touchpad.



no worries, different eyes different view.

i will let you know but later, since i have both Mini-DVI to DVI and DVI to VGA converter.

same lor.

in theory it should work la. cos my MB i bought mini-DVI to DVI already.

Oh teh noes!!!

my DVI-VGA converter won't fit into my mini-DVI-DVI converter.

take a look.......


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hehe. i use MAMP. so easy to install. google for MAMP too.

that's cos you miss out our other threads that discuss about this.

actually i got mini-DVI to DVI cos i like the idea of output it to my Dell 2007WFP. and i prefer DVI over VGA.

furthermore i thought my DVI - VGA converter can use on it.

anyway, since DVI-VGA converter is cheap only - i actually plan to break those pins that are blocking the way. hehe. or at least, find a DVI-VGA converter that doesn't come with that.

tried.

1. the pins are hard to bend, let alone break.

2. even if the pins were broken, that wide & flat connection point there is too wide for the mini-DVI - DVI converter.

EDITED : please refer to attached image.

unless i have a spare, i can't give you yet.

DVI-VGA is helpful, especially when want to output to VGA monitors. new VGA cards nowadays come with DVI only.


This post has been edited by goldfries: Jan 17 2007, 08:08 PM


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if you're just browsing the net and stuff, then you won't feel the difference.

even if you do photoshop and all, it's not like 10% slower all the time that you use. even if you feel it, it's only when processing is involved.

if resizing takes 5 seconds, 10% is just 0.5 seconds which you actually won't feel.

ed0, lokgotz - i have no problem with airport connecting to WiFi signals. never had a problem.