Im thinking of buying a new laptop that is light and easy to carry around. Is the new macbook worth the buy?

Portable + long lasting battery life + highly optimized OS is what you get from the new macbook

you'll love it.

Portable? In what way? Not the same as normal laptop/

You didn't mention the main purpose of the laptop though? Work? Gaming?

macbook is under utilize if you just for surfing

just to note that Macbook only got 1 port
the usb type C port.

when i start using mac, i never think to go back windows seriously

I bought my Macbook White used and loving it despite being 6 years old. Still very zippy compared to my Lenovo Flex2 with W10. Since then, I upgraded the RAM and hard drive to SSD. Now can fly.

The joy of virus free world.

I have been using Mac since errr.. 1999. Heavy user since 2006. Never once I encounter a virus in any Mac I use.

So yeah.

tumpang thread ... I'm considering to get one as well. Which Mac is best for developing apps, photoshop and stuff, no gaming and movies every now and then.

Had multiple laptops + windows, upgraded to 16gb ram still runs slow. sigh

Got la. Ransomware. Usually idiots who use iTunes info on suspicious sites or malware infected apps from the App Store.

What kind of apps? Web apps? Mobile apps? But in general, MBP 13" is good enough. with min 256gb disk space. 15" would be better since screen is bigger, got dedicated GC

Yeah I know got mac virus/trojan etc.

And you're right, only idiots would fall for that and get infected.

if you have the money then just give a try...

you will not regret on buying it... but you will under utilise it when you bought... because limited "FREE" applications...

i'm 'under-utilising' one MBP 13" but no regret....

I'm running PS, AI, INDD, iMovie, Final Cut Pro X and a few other apps (not programming) on 2012 MacBook Pro with 8gb RAM. Still smooth.

web and mobile apps. plan to learn up swift soon.
MBP is quite expensive, would MBP 13" do the job?
Also about the upgrades, do I need to go back to the authorized centers to make changes in the future? Thanks.

If you don't play games at all, the MacBook Air is actually not bad.......so long as you don't need any Windows only softwares like most CAD softwares.

Sometimes Finder will hang. Only way is to Force Quit and wait few seconds. Same problem on Windows where Explorer.exe will crash or hang.

Dear TS

Today i still watch udang on my Mac i bought in 2010. 90% i use to watch stream udang2 di lautan on my mac with high risk of malware related infection but my mac still running same way i bought 5-6 years ago.

And now i wanna buy new laptop which also the new macbook. Not because my current mac got issue anything, but just Apple stopped come out with software update for my 2010 mac.

Yeah, it is quite expensive. But it can last for years, with careful maintenance. MBA can do the job too. Only heard it from other people, but haven't really know it, so I can't really comment too much on it.

AFAIK, you can't upgrade the hardware on all new models. Maybe you can, but it's not that simple. So if you want to buy one, try and get the best spec you can afford. Usually 8gb(or better 16gb) RAM with 256 SSD is good enough.

What consider under utilize macbook? If surfing, watching movie and do some office work will consider utilize them?

That's considered as under utilised macbook for me. If you're doing any software development or designing, then it's good to buy mac. otherwise it's cheaper and better to buy non-Apple laptop

but for me i think macbook software is simply faster and smoother compare to non-apple product. Anyone here feel the same?

I think better buy acer s13 is very slim

What software bro?

MBP 2009 Core 2 Duo (dinosaur) 8GB RAM, 1TB HD, still okay. Can update software. Am running El Capitan.

Only thing that slight lags in MS Office. And well, I have a blue line on my screen.

Mine was snow leopard 10.6 i guess. No update anymore..

Not really actually
If you compare non apple product running on HDD, then statement is true.
But if the non apple product is running on SSD, not much difference in speed.

Currently my rMBP 2014 model Safari does hang from time to time after updating to the latest El Capitan

You have to buy mountain lion. From there it's a free upgrade onwards

I sold my rig n bought MBP. No regret till now. The retina screen and touchpad is suffice for me for not going back to windows.

Definitely worth it. MacBook is very snappy when it comes to performance. Windows machine is no fight even comparing to Mac running boot camp windows.

Hi, I'm planning to buy a MBA / MBP.

I read somewhere that we cannot copy the files freely between the external HDD & MAC. The external HDD must be formatted to FAT32 in order to do that. Is it true?

Nope. But for drive formatted with NTFS, no write permission (can't delete files, can't copy files from Mac into drive formatted with NTFS). Make sense cause NTFS is developed by Microsoft. You can still install third party drivers to enable the NTFS write.

Get SEAGATE external HDD. It comes with a modified Paragon NTFS drivers that specially works on Seagate external HDD only (read/write). So far that is the most cost effective solution to my external HDD. Have 5 external seagate HDD total to date, connected to 3 of my mac devices

tq for the info.

El capitan is not snappy fast as they claimed!

how so?

For Photoshop CS6, illustrator, Word processing, I use MacBook Air 4GB RAM, 128 GB storage on dual OS. Ok so far. Light and easy to carry around. Long battery life

buy the 15inch macbook pro retina currently i am using that to do software and app development

from my experience of using mac. i can say i do not regret getting it and never think of going back to windows my macbook is mid 2014 and now it still can fly compare to my friend newly bought gaming windows laptop last year. Now his laptop had masuk kilang 2 times d

In the app store they said snappy is one thing that is noticeable but do they mean only for apple softwares?

My budget is around 4.5k. I should look for used Mac 2015 or just get a new MacBook Air 2016? I just surf net, office 365 only. Mayb bootcamp if hard disk got space.

Will b my first MacBook . Currently think in between used set Mac book 2015 and the MacBook Air 13. As mba 13 support sdcard then I can save all my works there . But MacBook 2015 is retina and got force touch .

Plan to use the notebook for at least 3 years.

Go upgrade SSD la. Ram only not enough. If you but mac also most of the model is using SSD already.

Macbook air then. The macbook might cause too many hassle with the 1 port.

You can still grab the 2015 MacBook new unit for RM4599 from Machines online.

https://machines.com.my/collections/macbook...ant=13127553412

and Harvey Norman too.

http://www.harveynorman.com.my/computers-a...-mac-computers/

This post has been edited by ctvtec: May 19 2016, 08:50 AM

Performance wise MacBook 2015 and 2016 diff is it a lot in terms of open apps reposed time ? Surf net I believe more depend on internet speed kua

For all these simple tasks there difference will definitely be negligible.

Hi guys, have been scouring for new laptop laptop lately, and neede an ultraportable with battery that last. At first i found some windows laptop but meh, if u need battery life they are very expensive, considering dell xps is 4,999. Ux305 is only core M for 10 hr life, cheap thou. Then i found out MBA dropped price due to exchange rate lately, and decided to look into it. But found out that there are a lot of reviews that say the MBa display is poor, is it true? I do some very lloght photo editing, mostly using for light gaming like maplestory or web browser game, and a lot of web surfing and word processing, will the screen do the job? Well currently im using some budget acer laptop with only hd display.

Also one quick question, can a mac connect to hp printers and mouse generally used on windows laptop? And i've read on apple website that 'pages' ( mac word app) can open and edit microsoft word documents, is this true? And thus can the post-edit doc be opened by windows laptop?

I really have much to consider before buying it since my uni disteibute stuffs in windows form and i like the battery life of MBA 😂

I have a mbpr 13" 2015. Idk about mba battery life but from my friends' exp they said it lasted very long. About the display,i think HD is already enough considering the battery life u will get.Light photo edit maybe ok.

About apple electronics connecting with non-apple devices, it works fine. my mbps works perfectly with my 2009 pixma canon printer. No hassle/driver problem etc. On general mouses it will work fine, but dunno about gaming mouses with super extra sensitivity.

On word processing, yes no problem. You can work with .docx / .doc files seamlessly with Pages. Plus,you can export your .pages docs into .docx/.doc too.

Only one thing la, most external hdd is formatted into NTFS(windows only) and OS X can't write(or paste something) on it but can sure read.
Instead you need to either format your ext hdd into fat32 or use a third party app to enable write to NTFS hdd(i use Paragon NTFS, much easier).

Better if you partition your ext hdd into HFS+(for Time Machine backups) and another NTFS with use for c&p files and use 3rd party apps like Paragon.

i am also somewhat eager to get MBA now but they say better wait till WWDC this coming 13-16 june 2016 where Apple is going to launch new Macbook lineups.

you think MBA will get a Retina update coupled with Intel skylake plus Thunderbolt 3/USB C?

Possibly new MBA with new updates will definitely cost more for sure.

The ultimate question is: does the 1440x900 resolution is still valid nowadays?
I mean, windows laptop got at least 1920x1080 screen, why not MBA?


should i just wait or buy MBA now?

It depends on your urgency, wait if possible.I need a laptop replacement in mid march, while i could wait for june wwdc but i just bought it right away because my 7yr old dell laptop was already dying .

imho i don't think mba will get retina display(maybe FHD only) but if Air lineup is maintained,the chip update is imminent, thunderbolt 3/usb c not sure.the cost might also just be the same as before.

That display question, i also dunno. Unless you are a real movie fan, an active photo editor, the higher resolution might be needed(and opt for Macbook 12")

overall macbook air is a bang for buck mainly battery life and portability(and i/o ports )

I think about the same also. As I plan to get my very first MacBook series this few months and hope it last me for 3 years. Currently I am shortlisted 2015 MacBook and new MacBook Air 13.3.

Good about MacBook of cos is light and newer technology and retina and force touch. But that 1 port design .....
Good about MacBook Air is cheaper , got sdcard. Got USB 3, but no retina and no force touch.

By the way , all sifu , I try my office mbpro, when I move my mouse over to a words, it will display the definition , this need force touch unit only can do or actually MacBook Air also can ? This function important to me and is one of my key requirement when buy MacBook series .

All depends on what you want out of the device.

ASUS and Acer itself has so many cheaper alternatives if you talk about lightweight and long battery life. They're A LOT cheaper and don't have to worry about single port.

HOWEVER what's nice about Apple product is not the hardware part alone but the OS, Mac OS wins hands-down when it comes to "Ready to use" out of the box. It's very unlike Windows notebooks, whatever bundled stuff are pretty much useless and bloatware.

Am I a Macbook user? No, I'm not. I have a Macbook but it's old now (Circa 2008), and even then it doesn't suit me. So now you (TS, or anyone else) just have to find out whether it suits you.

The good advantage for MacBook over windows laptop is that u can run both Mac and windows no problem.

Well thanks. The hdd part is quite techy, but I rarely use hdd, even till now I'm only using 70gb on my windows laptop as I don't have any big programs and files, will look into it if needed.


I'm quit eager too haha, but wwdc is so near now, less than a month. Have heard rumours that apple is going to discontinue the MBA line, don't know if it's true.

Yes . It use TN panel while other ultrabook is using IPS . You would probably wont notice the difference when compare to your current laptop .
The resolution also low for 4k laptop . Nowadays 1080p is standard . Better get better display as it is something you will stare at for a few years .

You can look at this two model .

http://www.lazada.com.my/dell-xps-13-ultra...81-5929685.html

http://www.lazada.com.my/asus-zenbook-ux30...10-9182210.html

xps 13 battery life is on par with macbook air tho . All of them have good battery life you no need to worry .





This post has been edited by xyrotix: May 19 2016, 08:36 PM

once u gone thru MAC transition learning curve, u will notice loving it more.

if u no like, resell value is high too

never a fan of asus as their tech support quite lousy, lol, bought and asus phone, 4 months got problem, then send to kilang need 1 month, my apple ipod took 1 week+

dell seems nice, but heard that xps 13 got heating issue, dont know if its true, but i wouldnt buy such expensive stuff from lazada...

phone and pc different .
phone i already know will be a flop when all people hype about first 4gb ram phone .
Asus phone build quality is shit .

very much so

currently using macbook pro late 2013.

worth the price or not..maybe not if u compare u can get razer blade

tapi if u are ifag, sure. i personally prefer windows.

but sleek and no shame to use in public, yeap. a good 6k to burn.

So far the best laptop which served me very well are dell & macbook pro.

not worth when you can't afford it.

this little piece macbook is worth for portability and size, one more thing is the new keyboard design is very good to type

typically stressed test my 2012 rmbp everyday, with VM for downloading and Clion (C compiler) and lightroom for photo editing from time to time. Looking good for the past few years.

if i buy mbp late 2011 from friend rm1.9k or 2k is it still worth it?
i mean in terms of durability
planning to try mbp but don't wanna spent more than 2.5k for a laptop for now

i'm so tired of changing windows laptop
bought asus laptop for 2.9k
almost 3 years later terhentak sikit motherboard rosak kaput terus
T_T

13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display,
2.9GHz Intel Core i7 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.6GHz)
4GB DDR3 ram (can upgrade up to 16gb)
500GB SATA Hardisk
Intel HD Graphics 1gb Graphic
Intel HD4000
802.11n Wi-Fi wireless networking
Bluetooth 4.0
Built-in battery (up to 5 hours)
720p FaceTime HD camera
MagSafe power port
Gigabit Ethernet port
FireWire 800 port (up to 800 Mbps)
Two USB 3 ports (up to 5 Gbps)
Thunderbolt port (up to 10 Gbps)
SDXC card slot
DVDRW SuperDrive
Latest Mac OSX

above spec of 13inch mbp . and below 15inch

APPLE MACBOOK PRO
INTEL CORE I7 2720QM 2.20GHZ TURBO BOOST 3.30GHZ PROCESSOR
8GB DDR3 RAM
320GB HDD SATA DRIVE
DVD RW MDL SATA
1GB DDR5 AMD HD6570 RADEON
INTEL HD3000 GRAPHICS GMA
OS X EL- YOSEMITE 10.10
MS OFFICE HOME & BUSINESS
ADOBE CS6 MASTER COLLECTION
FINAL CUT PRO
BATTERY LI-ION 7 HOURS
15" INCH SCREEN DISPLAY
KEYBOARD BACKLIT-LIGHT
WEBCAM FACETIME HD
WIFI/ BLUETOOTH/USB/FIREWIRE
SDCARD SLOT


i wanted to upgrade to 240 SSD and 16gb Ram

both price near same , but which 1 come better ??

I usage for iMovie & FXCP , photoshop maybe will extend to premier pro . . web browsing and office work .

started a program to learn video production .

The macbook can last so long and working like when you first bought it so I won't worry about the price. My friend's ultrabook has already shows of lag and heat builds up after a year. So if the average Windows laptop can only runs like new in the first year wherelse Macs can runs like new as long as it works, the cost of a Mac is substantially lower.

nope. i bought mac book pro previously
it is way too expensive, wont consider to buy it again
might go for normal brand laptop

Way too expensive in what sense?
I think for the quality and the build it is quite worth it.

to be honest, mac book is really good to use, totally beyond compare (now using asus)
but the price is too expensive, i cant afford it la

If you can't afford it, why did you buy it in the first place? lol
Once you had used macbook trackpad, you can't go back...

MacBook is God. I got rid of my W10 PCs and laptops after upgrading to Mac Mini and MacBook. All bought used. Even used also much faster than W10 with similar specs.

u mean secondhand? normally how much can the price reduce for used macbook?

Not much. My MacBook is the 2010 white one. Bought it used at RM 1.3K but previous owner upgraded to 256GB SSD and 8GB RAM. Good enough to run El Capitan for months. I've not reboot / shutdown for 3 months now. Previous had to reboot after updating some patches.