I wonder why Apple Malaysia doesn't lower the price. Apple Singapore drops the price of the newly updated Macbook. I bought my Macbook under the Education Discount. Previously it was priced S$2087, now it is only S$2048 (around RM4717). Not too bad rite? Price without Education Discount is S$2188.

I bought it through apple.com.sg. you can only get education discount when you purchase online.

If you don't really need a lappie at the moment, you might want to wait for probably a few months before you get your Mac. I think Leopard is still not stable. Just now my Safari closed unexpectedly AGAIN....so as my aMSN and iTune. And just now the dock disappear to nowhere. I have to move the cursor and click click the lower part baru it appeared again. Sometimes the response is also quite slow...despite the fact that this is latest update with new graphic card.

This post has been edited by LeoDaVinci: Nov 7 2007, 02:42 AM

Usually the cycle Apple updates their Macbook line is around 200 days. I think the design will only come out around 6 to 7 months later.

The delivery is restricted to Singapore address only. The delivery is free of charge though...and they will send it to you within 24 hours.
I was in lecture when the guy called me and asked where's my block. I told him to put it in the residence reception counter. After finish lecture I quickly rush back to retrieve it.
No. You don't need a student card to enjoy the education discount. They don't even require you to key in your student card number or what so ever. Even aunty uncle also can enjoy this discount.

I don't think they will find out. Once you placed your order, they will send you an email telling you that your order is being processed. After that, they will inform you your item is shipped or what. During that time, the item is already passed to their appointed carrier, which in this case, is a carrier codenamed XBAX in Singapore. Even if Apple find out you are not a student, you can always say you buy it to someone else smaller that you who still attends school. LOL.

That's cheap! almost same price as student rate already.

I thought it's already mentioned a few times? It's the latest Macbook. If purchase with credit card, then the price is former price.

I think they haven't updated that. You will find the updated version when you click the "But Online" button though.

aMSN supports video call (though I haven't really tried that out yet), personal message as well as nudge. But I now use Adium because it is more stable and faster. Previously my aMSN quit unexpectedly like shit.
The bad thing about Adium is that you can't see other people's personal message.

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Added on November 29, 2007, 4:22 amI think mine is alright. Might be isolated case loh...

This post has been edited by LeoDaVinci: Nov 29 2007, 04:22 AM

I just bought a 2G Kingston Value RAM from the PC Show here in Singapore. S$69. Dunno it's considered cheap or expensive.

Was struggling whether should get 2 sticks of 1G or just one stick of 2G because the price of 1G RAM is rather lucrative @ S$30. But later decided that 2G stick would be a better investment as I can still expand my RAM to 4G without wasting any sticks.

Now the problem arises: I don't know how to change the RAM.

I saw a promoter changed the RAM of a Macbook just now but am too afraid to try it myself. What is the consequence if the RAM is not installed properly?

I read and watched the installation video just now. Seems like it's not that hard to install the RAM. But what bugs me is that whether the RAM I purchased will cause problem to my MB or not. I bought Kingston Value RAM but there are some reports saying that their MBs became unstable and will reboot unexpectedly after they installed the RAM. I am quite worried this will happen to me...

Oh...that's very kind of you for offering to help me install. But I am currently in Singapore and will be going back to Kuching soon.

I've just installed the 2G RAM I bought yesterday. So far so good. Boot up time is same as before....

Am now running Rember to test it. Hopefully everything is ok. :-)

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Added on December 2, 2007, 3:44 amJust finished running the tests by Rember and Apple Hardware Test. No error detected. So I suppose I don't have to worry about Kernel Panic or random restart?



I tried to run many applications to test the system. No lagging at all.




I can also switch between spaces smoothly.



All in all, I am quite pleased with the performance of my MB now. And I hope the newly installed RAM won't cause any problem in the future.




This post has been edited by LeoDaVinci: Dec 2 2007, 03:44 AM

I use Kingston Value RAM as recommended by other forumers.

It's S$69 per stick.

I run Rember again and quit all the applications including Finder. But damn, now my shortcut keys are no longer working.
I can't adjust the brightness using F1 and F2 keys, the media keys are also not working.
Any idea how can I restore the functions?


This post has been edited by LeoDaVinci: Dec 2 2007, 05:20 PM