thanks for your support really appreciated it...Tinkerbel and kwekeugene.
I am goin to drag my mum to machines to let her amaze by the macbook beautiful exterior...and the reduction price which mean once a life time offer. haha

hope my evil plan work...

This post has been edited by seale_navy: Feb 29 2008, 10:28 PM

@seale_navy,
From my experience with the folks, DESIGN and NICE doesn't quite sell as much as functionality and usability so make sure u have those too. A v good point u can make is that with an OSX U don't have to worry about virus attacks

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel...aspx?i=3195&p=3

Quote from the article:

"With a 1.2% increase in performance due to Intel’s DAT, we can’t really get excited about this technology. It’s very rare that it will be working, and when it is the 7.7% increase in clock speed just isn’t enough to increase performance significantly at all. It looks like Intel’s DAT is more of a gimmick rather than something to get excited about."

looks like the new penryn isn't really that great..

honestly, other than the 120GB HDD space, I don't see why I should feel gutted for missing out on the penryn chipset MB.

Looks like the expects think it's a gimmick and I thought so too

thanks tinkerbel...today i am dragging my mum to see a macbook and must convince her is better than her dell vostro 1200....

Question..
I usually leave my laptop on 24/7 for downloading movie, can the macbook handle this type of stress?



This post has been edited by seale_navy: Mar 1 2008, 01:48 PM

Not advisable you to leave it on 24/7 for downloading stuffs.

yup no virus attack is like the best argument for buying a mac.. just scare your mom how your friends had to reformat their pc and lost all their important data on their pc.. and macs are less likely to crash unlike xp and vista (i get 4-5 crashes a week using XP) and none on mac.

bout the design, yeah its kinda pretty b4 you own it, but after that when u're using it everyday, you just get used to it and just you wait a couple months more, your macbook will turn yellowish with stains all over and its so ugly and disgusting unless you protect it with casing and stuffs.

i leave my macbook 24/7 sometimes for dl and its still fine

my mb is on 24/7 and still kicking and running

well, if u got extra cash, go for MBP as they are clearing the MBP 2.2 @ RM5799!!!! if they still got stock.

Well, I've bought my MB 2.2 in end jan and eversince, i've no regrets in buying it. In fact, I'm gonna get an Imac soon, hopefully.

The speed is just amazing, let's just say the booting time is less than 30 secs and my xp, well it takes almost 5mins!!!! Henceforth u will spend more time in being more productivity rather than just wait for your pc to wake up!!!!

As for the OSX, Vista is definitely a loser as my gf notebook is running vista, it's super slow..... till i dozed off awaiting it to boot up.

ya instead of get a macbook now why don get the clearance mbp!! it has better spec and it look cool!

well about the imac, there is rumour say they will be another upgrade for imac on this coming tuesday! so why don wait for the upgrade before u purchase imac?

am definitely, vista is really a lame upgrade for window especially the user control stuff... that is really stupid but i cant just turn it off... curse it

Why?? WHY WHY why??

I have my Macbook on 24/7 as well, downloading loads of stuff, connected to external monitor, all 8 USB devices most times, firewire ext HDD & firewire surround speakers. No problems as well!

Well i think a laptop is meant to be all about portability not heavy usage, yes i know that a MB and MBP can perform that sort of task but still i'd rather setup a RM600 rig and configure it with remote and 24/7 it for downloads. My thoughts.

I use a old P4 system for torrents and downloads. Does the job well

For everything else, the MacBook does it.

mbp's price is getting cheaper and cheaper.

santa rosa lower spec is 2.2 right? or 2.4?

Yes 2.2Ghz is the lower end for the Santa Rosa MBP.

I've no problems having my MBP switched on 24/7 too - when it's idling it just goes to 'sleep'.

@civic98,
U leaving ur system on 24/7 is slightly different cause ur up in the Highlands - we're in the Lowlands *grins*

@seale_navy,
So, did u manage to convince ur mom?

unfortunately my mum and dad does not see eye to eye with me on the macbook..and this are the following reason
1) is white ...surely turn yellow...a statement made by dad outside of machine
2) what leopard ? and where 'my computer"?
3)huh ,Apple product not famous quoted by my mum
4) Dad says if you buy macbook not compatible with other windows stuff
5) the machine at KLCC staff, not really friendly.


after that I went back to the machine again to asked about the macbook...and the base model is out of stock and only left the black macbook which is selling at RM4299...super cheap. So for those can realise their macbook dream go ahead...


sad..sad no mood to do assignment...thanks for the support though.

This post has been edited by seale_navy: Mar 2 2008, 12:17 AM

Yap, I'm waiting for Tuesday (in US), it may come out on wednesday (Malaysia) just like the mb & mbp... we shall see

This post has been edited by jonest: Mar 2 2008, 01:16 AM

hey mate, don't be sad with their decision.... let's work the other way round...

who's favouring u to get a mb?? father or mother??? if mom, then bring mom only... shoot, then dad's supposed to foot the bill.....

ok, for those

1) is white ...surely turn yellow...a statement made by dad outside of machine - got protector mah, i'm using specks protector, blue in colour.

2) what leopard ? and where 'my computer"? it's all in hdd

3)huh ,Apple product not famous quoted by my mum - says who??? in Q4, Apple ships out more than 2.3Million macs.. yes, their market share is low compared to other brands but their products got class and quality..... If you go pc fair, those 2K++ notebook is normally either centrino or core duo chipset only, if u go for Core2Duo, it will still set u some 3-4K.... take a look -----> www.dell.com.my

4) Dad says if you buy macbook not compatible with other windows stuff ----> we now got bootcamp and parallel desktop where u can run windows os + apps!!!! I haven't really tried it but a friend of mine did it and according to him, it works.

Try calling few others macstores around & see which one gives u the best promo and ex stock availability.... then try ur luck wif ur parents again.

U will never forget the experience of opening a NIB Mac... it's sheer joy & fun!!! trust me.

Btw, good luck and godspeed.

This post has been edited by jonest: Mar 2 2008, 01:15 AM