Hey buddy,

Can we buy the MBP13 which own the 8GB RAM and then go upgrade it to 16gb from normal IT shop ? anyone tried that before?

if you mean MBP13 with retina then no. without retina then yes

Thanks for the reply bro ! if really need power, then have to go for 15" instead of 13"

Owh, thanks Sifu....appreciate that very much.

Most welcome Enjoy your macbook later

Yeah will do haha. Can't wait actually, planning to get it end of this month or early next month. New year gift for myself perhaps haha

If i plan to run bootcamp mac n win is it enough with 8gb or need to upgrade to 16gb

mac bootcamp with win is just like any other PC. if 8gb is good enough for a PC to do whatever you intend to do, then its good enough for a mac in bootcamp.

It depends on what you want do in Windows, but normally 8GB is enough.

Hi, i would like to get some input from all the sifu's here.

I'm looking to get MBP with retina screen (Rm4,099) but would like to find out if it will fit my needs.

This laptop is mainly for my studies so portability and light weight is a must. I already have a desktop at home and that will be the main PC.

My main concerns are:
1) Office applications whether it differs a lot between Windows and Mac since this is the most important thing for me. If it is, i will need to run Windows as well. Is Mac smooth with Windows?
2 2.6GhZ/8Gb/128GB should be enough right?
3) I was initially looking at PC's but then ultrabook prices are almost the same as Mac so i thought of trying Mac. Lenovo Yoga 2 was the closest to Mac that i could find but i'm very fussy when it comes to built quality and the sharpness of the screen
4) Mac able to use normal pirated software like Windows?

This post has been edited by silverwave: Nov 11 2014, 01:52 PM

Hello

1) Office from windows quite similar to Mac, but of you do thesis, better get microsoft office. There is Mac version for Microsoft office No need to run windows to run windows office.
2) Yep should be enough.
3) Yep, retina display is the best among others laptop hehe
4) Ehem, we can't talk about pirated software like here..But well, ehem ehem

1) Definitely will get Office, i'm so used to it but is the Mac version equally as capable as Windows version? How about opening the same file in Windows?
3) Yup, it's lovely
4) i'll take it as a yes

Thanks.

1) yes there is microsoft office for mac....but 2011 version la sometimes i do see a few quirks on the mac version...format lari la, apa la...not all the time n nothing major la. i'd recommend install windows anyway n use windows version of office.

4) just make sure u enable the setting to allow apps to install from any download source

Yea to be safe, i'll keep a windows version also.

Also i just had a random thought, lets say i want to open a file that is stored in Mac OS, can it be accessible if i'm on Windows? Or it's both separated?

for VM (parallels, fusion, etc. preferable if you wont run intensive tasks for windows) then yes. u can make it 'open' or just specify which folder to share.

for bootcamp (correct me if im wrong..didnt use bootcamp for years now so maybe im quite outdated), u can install an app that enables windows to read the OSX partition.

another way (i prefer, if bootcamp la) is to have 3 partitions... 1 for OSX, 1 for windows bootcamp, 1 shared partition (fat32, or NTFS but need to install app to enable OSX to read/write on NTFS).

Alright, thanks for the tips

hi there, regarding office for mac I'm using one and so far there is no problem opening the file on windows and vice versa.. just make sure the compatibility between older version of office if you plan to use one.. I'm using both, macbook for portability (work mainly) and a stationary PC at home.. but to run multi OS i think 128gb is a bit small imho.. 256gb is recommended but if you only run OS X alone and not in need in windows compatible only software it should be fine with 128gb.. just use whatever external storage to store all your file (you going to transfer them between your windows machine anyway if needed) or use cloud storage.. (dropbox etc.) i jump on using mac in july this year and so far doesn't feel the need to run both OS on a single machine.. i can open my work happily on both my computer.. i work mainly with Adobe CC (illustrator, photoshop, lightroom) and microsoft office and so far no compatibility issues for me..

Sounds good, may be i'll try with Mac first and see how it goes. For me storage is not an issue since i have a cloud, external HDD and a PC at home. As long it does not cause any compatibility issue between both the OS, i'm happy. Thanks

hi anyone experience stutter on fullscreen video playback through streaming?

experienced it on mozilla, the video was fully loaded yet it keep stutter while playing, the sound is there but the video keep lagging.

btw i'm on late 2014 rmbp

This post has been edited by theWeird_Weird: Nov 13 2014, 01:18 PM

Guys, how many GB does the maverick OS consume? Still in between of crossroads whether i should get 128GB or 256GB since OS and apps get larger over time with updates. Google says 5.3GB, is it correct?

This post has been edited by silverwave: Nov 16 2014, 07:30 PM