2 months can buy macbook pro
how much is ur salary?

btw, my imac cost me 5000++. doesnt remember the exact price.

if theres one thing i luv bout mac, its the connectivity.
zero configuration n auto detect

I've been using Windows since Win 3.11 and Dos 6.2 at that time. And now OSX and wont be looking back. Its the best ever!

Well back to the question, bought my Macbook at RM5,299.00, no regrets. I agree its not cheap, but neither is it expensive. You dont very often get such an awesome package of Hardware and Software at this price. It's just BEAUTIFUL

I bought my MBP C2D last week in Bangkok after spend a lot of my time peeping this machine in KL. They gave me free wireless apple mouse which cost more than Rm 200 in KL. The Credit card statement only shown RM 9,4000.00. Than mean cheaper than KL plus I entitle to get a refund for 7% VAT when I fly back to KL.

Just like a dream come true owning this supeb machine..

my machine is 15" C2D 2.33 Ghz.. with ATI 256 MB..

great machine ..i wish i can buy that machine ...with that spec ..but i wont ..

it cost me almost i can make downpayment for new Civic 2006. ahaks ..

ei i want to ask, is it worth to get the black one? with 5,999 vs 5,299?

for me , i'm a designer which i would really eat grass already for half year if i buy the black 1, but just wan to knoe if its worth, coz my $$$ is limited,

p.s. - will ppl go buy with cash 1? straightwithdraw 6k?

My opinion, not worth buying the Blackbook. The extra could go to valuable RAM upgrades. AND that in my opinion Apple should be in white.. Hehe..

siaukia,
Yes, there are people who will pay cash for their machines; unless of course cannot afford and can get instalment plan then why not take the instalment plan?

hm, this is what i worry, i don't have a cc now only debit card, i'm thinking what preparation i need to do doing instalment plan?

is the idea like, the cc company pay upfront the fullamount on behalf of me to the mac company and then throughout a 12 month, i pay back monthly to the cc company?

yes it is.

if so , i've seen you guys saying standard char cc is better than other since the % is lower? any recommendation?

but normally we cannot tweak how long we want to pay right? let's say instead of 12 month, i want to change to 6 month

siaukia,
Check with the merchant the available instalment plans available. Some may have 6 months plan and some 12 months and even up to 24 months. But do take caution of the processing fees involved.

Thus far, it seems that most CCs with instalment plans are charging a processing fee of 4%, but Stan Chart's processing fees are 2%, hence making that the most viable CC to use when purchasing a Mac

Almost all installment plans are prepared by CC issuing banks, I dont think merchants do them anymore, where the amount would be apportioned to the number of months of the installment plan and charged to your CC account monthy. Well Maybank CC have interest free installments, provided you have credit for the whole amount.

Siaokia, just try to apply for one,like what I am doing right now. And wait for and see what happen next...i learn it is better than discussing here without taking some actions....Anyway, the intention of getting a mac is good, I dun think I will ever regret doing it.

macball,
You've gone ahead with the CC applications to Maybank, Stan Chart & CIMB?! You hero lah.....

i bought a refurbished black macbook for USD999+ taxes (came to abt RM3900) from the store.apple.com

i figured, being a first time mac user i dont need to get the latest/greatest. plus i did my research online and reports say that the core 2 duo chips only ran 10% faster than the core duo.


listed as core duo 2.0ghz 80gb hdd and 512mb ram. comes with 1 yr warranty
but when i got it, it came with 1gb of ram

so i lucked out. apple decided to give me an xmas present (got the macbook on 26th dec)

oh and it looked brand new...

Congratulations! Good buy! Check the production week and see if its among those affected by the infamous Random Shutdown Syndrome.

Haha.. Not scaring you ler.. Just to be safe..

Production week is the 3rd and 4th number of the serial number. Then browse apple's discussions or search the web, there are ppl documenting all the affected ones..

This post has been edited by civic98: Jan 8 2007, 10:43 PM

dunno. how to check?

civic98,
Random Shutdown Syndrome?! Gee, that sounds so similar to what *I* suffer @ work! hAhahahaHAah

Er, which production batch's affected by this RSS btw?! And uhm, how to check ah?! Dang, be so much easier if I just had iChat, hor?! *Ah well... don't rub it in*....

Haha I was worried like hell when I first heard of it, but then forgot about it already since nothing happened..

Anyway production week is the 3rd and 4th number of the serial number. Then browse Apple's discussions or search the web, there are ppl documenting all the affected ones..

Hmm we can always MSN if not iChat..

This post has been edited by civic98: Jan 8 2007, 11:06 PM

civic98,
Now I bz catching up with the "gossips" here. Nmlah, since I don't have a MB I'm not gonna bother to check which batch are the affected ones *grins* Will just let bola check it and when OR if I need the information I'll just get it off him lor, can right?

Er, U good looking or not? Good looking onli I want to MSN u otherwise don't want lah! hAHahahAHhahaha

This post has been edited by tinkerbel: Jan 8 2007, 10:58 PM