Hi,

I'm planning to get macbook soon,currently i'm windows user,so i need ur good advise for changing to mac.And i use 3G connection as my internet,is that possible with MACBOOK?I'm working as programmer.is that suitable to me.Whats is MAC bottleneck or limitations?And is there and major issues with MAC hardware and application.Where is best place to buy?planning to get in 0% installament plan..Recently i visit Macity at amcorp mall....I need ur all gurus kind help.Apperciate ur reply

the only problem ive encountered is..

macbook really does attract lots of attention..

actually,

if u dun mind the weight, it's heavier than normal laptop.

and the volume is kinda soft.( just see the size of the speaker)

plus the laptop is kinda hot.

yet u didnt mention what programme u wanna run on it..

for 3d games, i dun really recomend macbook as u cannot upgrade the gc.

This post has been edited by benQue: Sep 2 2006, 08:34 PM

Yeah, so far my problem with my Macbook is it runs extremely very hot...

Don't know why like that

Core Duo I guess ?

3G - Yes its possible via Bluetooth.

3g with macbook...hmm..not sure. how do you connect to 3g with ur laptop, via pcmia? if yes, then you cannot as the macbook does not have a pcmia slot. if it is possible via bluetooth, then maybe it might work with the mac, i have not tried before, so can't confirm.

if you are a programmer than i am sure you will have to use windows to do programming, but it is not a problem now as Macs run windows natively.

you should watch the mac commercials.......very funny.......

Hi I'm a Mac, and I'm a PC...

just bought a macbook black... not very hot. cos i used to have powebookg4.. that was worst

but what i wanted to know is.. anyway the speakers on the mb is quite soft.. anyway around it ?

That's not really accurate ler, Macs work really well for programmer ... of course depend on what kind of work need to be done, if MS/Windows related then ... you are right, otherwise plenty of option on Macs for programmer, Python, Ruby, Java, PHP, Lisp, Perl, etc. Can also do C, C++ as there is a compiler on OS X provided by Xcode (details), definately can do Objective C (OS X is written in ObjC).

Also OS X has terminal (command prompt) access, unix/linus users will feel at home. OS X is popular for programmers developing apps for Sun Solaris too. Basically OS X is extremely programmer friendly, only cannot do Windows stuff, and we all know there is BootCamp and virtualization to run Windows

Anyone knows where they have stock of Macbook (RM5299) in KL? I dont like waiting for something i bought for 2 weeks.

Thanks!

try the macbook black... i know midvalley there's some stock

any mac shop there receive citibank credit card?

I use my Macbook pro using 3g via my mobile phone using bluetooth. It works great and set up is simple if using the Mac OS. Works on my Nokia E61 anyway. With windows with the new Bootcamp may address the bluetooth issue but works fine with the PC Suite of Nokia. Only problem with it is once you configure via Windows seems to have conflict using the Mac OS so u have to do the BT setup again

Hi..there,

I really happy to see overwhelming response to my topic,now i really can understand the true picture of my needs.basiclly i do lots of Php and java programming.For internet i use 3G to connect via phone(nokia 6680) as modem.Is that all possible in mac?i think have to do lots of assignments to understand more deeper in mac and how it works because still novice level.Hehehe. ....and is this best time to buy mac?Most probably i buy at Macity at amcorp mall ,i saw they are friendly to all my questions and uncertainty.any idea friends?

Zaakath,

is this way 3G works for normal macbook.so u mean we configure the dial-up networking same as windows?

Via windows just use the PC Suite for Nokia, using your data cable. Download the latest PC suite and if you using Maxis it is auto configured. So yes phone as modem. I use it with my E61 no problem. For Mac OS I use the bt setup. Not sure if you using Maxis or Celcom though, I could give the config for maxis using the MAC OS for bt.

Using 3G as we speak now using bt