You guys must be pretty young . . . there was an Applecenter in KL yonks ago . . . when it was still the LC2s and LC3s up till a few years after Apple came out with the PowerPC 6100, 7100, 8100s . . .

But like all things Apple, when they almost went bust (during the time when there were actually official Apple clones - I hope you guys actually know this . . .), Applecenter KL closed down.

I guess unlike what most people like to think, nowadays, Apple machines aren't that much in demand when it comes to REAL work machines (in comparison to when Applecenter was still in operation) - a lot of people will say that it is better suited to design blah blah blah. But seriously, the only BIG money that they are earning right now are from the Final Cut Pro, Shake and Motion suites that gets sold - and only because these are Mac-only softwares.

Like a few others who have voiced out here before, I've used Macs since when Photoshop was only version 2, and owned the first generation PowerPC Macs, up till now. I've used PCs extensively as well, and I've also used SGIs for a few years in the past (before they became obsolete).

So I have to say this - please, can all those people who keep saying that Macs are best for design blah blah blah please be less biased? 

Dude, I'm not saying that any of the stores here (past or present) are like the Apple Stores in the US.

I kinda prefered the business model when AppleCentre was in Pernas. Right now, I can walk into Machines or Macasia, or any of the other shops and with their staffing, it just feels like any other shop (like maybe the motorola boutiques), but a little snazzier. In the days of AppleCentre, at least it felt like I was dealing with a corporate entity like IBM (for example).

Personally, I didn't have any problems getting whatever I needed from AppleCentre - except for maybe the occasional LaCie stackable drive, but then again you can't get a lot of other stuff here presently as well.

I'm not a Sapura/AppleCentre fanboy - don't get me wrong. But all I'm saying is that I prefered that there was a 'command-central' rather than have a smattering of shops everywhere that are not really related to each other.

Regardless of whether AppleCentre = Apple Malaysia in those days, at least it FELT like it was. I could speak to Sheila, for example and know that her counterpart in the US or Singapore will hear of my problem in the next few days. And it was advantageous from where I was, that they had both an administrative as well as a sales role.

p.s. Anyone know of any way that I can replace the HDD in my MBP without voiding the warranty?