Oo..then the info given by Apple store, Apple online support and Senheng is not correct
They told me the unit will divert to US for warranty and it might take 2-3 months to get it back.

On certain task I need to use Microsoft apps. I have been using Parallel it is so great. I can use swipe left and right window to use macOS or windows when needed. Do not need use boot camp and the experience is very good. I am a heavy Power BI developer and it can handle everything I throw at it and I can browse my Mac smoothly without any lag. Very happy and satisfy with this MacBook performance. Loving it more and more day by day

They might want to get your business bro. I bought US set too and it is working great so far. Planning to buy AppleCare + but too bad do not have any contact that has US credit card. Need to opt for normal AppleCAre

Is yours 16gb ram version? Have you tried gaming in parallels? Read that the 16gb wouldn't be enough for that...

Ishhhh...
But i wonder how come US set is cheaper than MY set.
If check for the Apple online store, US set is expensive after currency conversion

Amazon and other retailers are selling cheaper than retail price.

Nope. For now I feel like I lost interest in gaming haha. If I want to game, I will install windows OS at external hard disk. I have tried gaming on boot camp before using bootcamp custom amd drivers and it is quite smooth. Mine is the 16Gb version. Mac manage the ram quite well I would say.

Education store discount & 3rd party sellers are selling lower than official store. Also, they can leverage on bulk order discounts as well.

Any reason why all 3rd parties selling unit is US set but not MY set?

Cheaper price = more demand. We're talking about thousands in savings, that's alot compared to local units - and no retailers are willing to sacrifice their thin margin to sell it lower. Margin is lower because they are authorized retailers, not directly Apple so you need margin to be profitable.

Give you a perspective, would you rather buy a local set that is priced the same as retail stores from a 3rd party?

Most will say no. So hence why these 3rd parties will get US sets - and Macbooks are covered by International Warranty, so no worries - just change the duckhead (plug) and you are good to go.

Is it worth to get the new 5600m?


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If money is not an issue for you then sure why not lol

it will be worth it if you really need that kind of graphic power.

Just received my 16”!
Immediately installed Windows 10 lol
Will start installing games once my Samsung T5 arrives...





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Nice one bro. Have u tried installing amd drivers from bootcampdriver website? It can give huge performance boost in term
Of gaming.

Not yet, I'm waiting for my Samsung T5 to arrive before installing games on Windows. At the moment only have WoW on MacOS lol.
Are you using Blue or Red? I read Blue January is the most stable one?

Have you tried gaming on external SSD? Not sure if I should go for NTFS or exFAT. I would prefer APFS but Windows doesn't support that right?

maybe i would just get the 5500M 8GB, then buy Razer Core X + another GPU.

exFAT so u can use it on both OS.

or u can install paragon ntfs on mac, so u can read ntfs on mac

or u can install paragon hfs+ on windows, so u can read hfs+ on windows

Paragon is a paid app

Yea i had paragon in the past and it worked fine. Recently i read a some users had their hard disk got corrupted after using Paragon and requiring a full reinstallation of their OS...

I personally use exFAT for my external drives n thumb drives
Need a format that can work in both OS