Hi guys,

I am planning to get myself my first Mac.....

i get about 6-8%% discount from Apple Malaysia coz my dad has some business with them....

anyway, i plan to get a MacBook...the cheapest one...without superdrive.....

any idea if i can upgrade it to a Superdrive?

will it be cheaper compared to the 2.0ghz one???

My main purpose for this is just to learn how to use it, watch movies, listening to mp3, some word processing and also internet surfing.....will 512mb ram be sufficient??

and u are planning to get the 1.83GHz i suppose?
*clears throat,i think u can get the Drive upgraded no problem.512 ram?its up to u.I personally think its enough unless u are doing boot camp and planning to play games on it then i suppose u should upgrade to 1GB.Other than that.Have fun with your new mac later on

the 2 sticks of 256MB ram cannot trade in for a 1GB stick?

I am not sure about trading in

512MB is fine for you. If you ask me , OSX would be somewhat happy since you're doing light work...As for SuperDrive option , I am not too sure

are the RAMs for Macs and PCs the same??

if i wanna upgrade to 1GB, can i just buy a 1GB RAM, put it in, take out the 2x256MB and put it in my PC?

Yes, I think it's the same RAM and should be compatible as long as your PC's motherboard is.

I'm also thinking of getting my first Mac, but at those prices I can't help but think that instead of the overheating Macbook, I could get so much more for the same amount in an iMac. Even if it isn't portable.

You can opt to get yourself an external DVD burner (much cheaper than getting a slot loading superdrive) instead of the Superdrive... you need to ask yourself... do you forsee yourself burning a lot of DVDs while on the go? Besides, an external DVD burner (plug it using Firewire) burns super fast.

The 512MB that comes with the MacBook should be a single stick (unlike Dells which give you two sticks of 256MB to make up 512MB). You can opt to get yourself a stick of 1GB sometime down the road when DDR2 667mhz so-dimms are more affordable, making your machine's RAM 1.5GB. You don't really need to upgrade now because you're only using the Macbook for basic stuff.

I thought it was a double stick on an MB.

The reason, Apple implied that dual channel gives an advantage of maximising throughput especially when it comes to sharing memory with video....

This post has been edited by Eithanius: May 24 2006, 03:05 PM

direct got for 2GB instead of 1GB.... hehe!

Hmmm, I don't know any Mac app that uses up to 2GB RAM, but if you're gonna use boot camp and dual boot with XP, then go for 2GB if you're going to run FEAR or other heavy games on it.

I'm not sure about Macbooks, but most laptops use 144pin DIMMs, not 168pin, so you need to check carefully before buying extra RAM in the future.

As for superdrive, I dunno, maybe can maybe cannot. Check with Apple. But what azxel said is correct. If you buy no superdrive now, next time can add in a firewire superdrive (or if you're feeling cheap, a superdrive fitted in a firewire case).

yes, the MacBook, the MacBook Pro, and even the iMac Core Duo uses the 144-pin SODIMM RAM....

and also the mac mini ler...

almost forgotten it...

Can I buy my own RAM and ask them to install ??

yup..... but whether or not they charge a fee, I'm not sure.....

i dont think you can upgrade to superdrive (for custom-to-order unit)

but again... use external writers ... better and cheaper option..

oh.. I'm not too sure if it's a single stick or double stick... maybe wait till it arrives on our shores to check 'em out.

My External DVD writer came with a white casing and is a pretty match if put together with an iBook or Macbook.

According to http://www.apple.com/macbook/specs.html

so i guess it's 2 sticks.....

ok.....i just read the other thread about mac book prices......i now only i know that it is not launched in malaysia.....hahaha.....

so i might be delaying in getting 1....maybe until end of june or beginning of july......

any chance we can bump in an order with you?
*grin*