wow, you guys definitely don't know your own machines well enough....

MBP with 6GB RAM

off topic a bit... but i can't feel better myself without say this...

i bet that buyer will be dem kaw cat tulan on his face when his machine starts to fail somewhere in the future...

what the heck you did until LCD hancur...?

or too much porn...?

i'm sure you can get them to jot down your serial number, let them order the parts first, wait till the parts arrive, then only you send in your mbp for repair...

not even a week after launch and you're asking for promotion already...? with your kinda mentality around here, no wonder Apple doesn't wanna have a physical retail presence here...

oops... my bad...!

i forgot... 1-to-1 exchange on Apple's internal side....

however i find that Apple's policy is sometimes ridiculous considering that sometimes even though workable parts are broken, Apple still insist on sending it in before ordering, especially laptops, owners are deprived of their machine to work on....

This post has been edited by Eithanius: Mar 7 2009, 07:10 PM

Since you said any comments are welcomed, I'm gonna chip in mine.

Isn't it clear that whatever your technical questions might be, you're actually asking the wrong kind of ppl...? You should be asking for the technical ppl to address your technical concerns, and I'm sure Apple themselves have lots of venues for such questions, AppleCare..? Apple Discussion Board..? 3rd party manufacturers' support lines (for your 3rd-party accessories and parts inquiries). Personally, I won't rely on sales ppl from resellers. I'll take my case to more knowledgeable ppl, or I'll do a thorough research myself.

Since their max rebate is 500 bucks, I'm not gonna comment about resellers' policy, but I find it puzzling that you can afford to buy a well-spec-ed 30K Mac Pro, and yet you worry about them forfeiting you a rebate of only 98 bucks...? That is like what....? 0.3%...?

From what I can see, a lot of resellers offered ain't much, even if freebies comes in forms of accessories, they're most likely el-cheapo stuff, let alone if they match your unique Mac Pro usage.

So your million dollar answer will be, to buy directly from Apple Online store, or better still go straight to Apple RETAIL store if you can afford the hassle. Make sure you carry a black metal Amex card with you.

However I bet it's a good thing you had better purchasing experience with your wife, otherwise this Mac Pro of yours will likely be an alimony to her.

I'm sorry I can't offer you any advice about getting your most cherished "wonderful purchasing experience", but imho, personally, such things don't exist. But Apple and TNB will most likely be getting their "wonderful profiting experience" out of your purchase and usage.

And to your questions above, visit barefeats.com for more information. Search for Velociraptor. It's not that hard, isn't it...?

This post has been edited by Eithanius: Jun 6 2009, 10:44 PM

On a personal note, I think you should seriously consider rephrasing your statements, and avoid using abbreviations and "internet slangs", mind you...? I'm having a hard time trying to understand what you've just posted....

This post has been edited by Eithanius: Jun 15 2009, 10:01 PM

If you google MC026, you will find that it is referring to the older mid-range 15" model from the early 2009 that succeeded the 2.53GHz 15" MBP late 2008, but preceded by the current 2.8GHz mid-2009.

This post has been edited by Eithanius: Jul 30 2009, 01:16 AM

MB471 --> MC026 --> MB986

Now this is even more confusing...

Yes albeit a few things...

1. nVidia GeForce 9600GT M 256MB on MB985... vs 512MB on MC026

2. ExpressCard on MC026 made way for an SD card slot on MB985

3. Longer battery life on MB985 due to an increase in size of the non-removable battery.

However if I were you, I'll pick the cheaper MC026 for the extra juice on the graphics as well as the versatility of the ExpressCard.

That would be Hiro World....

geesh... you think you can mix DDR2 with DDR3 RAMs...? Just what kind of question is that...? As long as your Mac supports DDR3, then resellers will install DDR3 for you. Both DDR2 and DDR3 differs in the number of pins, you cannot simply install one on the another, else there goes your logic board.

Right now there's only one Mac that uses DDR2, the White MacBook.

This post has been edited by Eithanius: Aug 31 2009, 07:28 PM

I was referring to the SO-DIMM pins since majority of Macs uses these... they are different... the only Mac that uses a full-size DIMMs is Mac Pro... and just in case you question it, older Mac Pro uses FB-DIMMs while the latest Nehalem MPs use standard DIMMs albeit both with ECC support...

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Added on August 31, 2009, 8:30 pmOh btw, I'm not a tech geek, so you don't have to imply and later on, take back anything....

This post has been edited by Eithanius: Aug 31 2009, 08:30 PM

Can you please define how would you void your warranty if and when you know the ins and outs of changing hdd and ram without breaking things....?

And are you implying that even if someone buys his own ram and hdd, and asked one of the techs from any apple resellers to change these components for a service fee, it also voids the warranty..?

A very selfish comment from you about resellers or Apple protecting themselves when you don't even know what you're talking about, let alone Apple and its products...

This post has been edited by Eithanius: Sep 2 2009, 05:27 PM

Aiks....? PowerMac G4 or G5....?

Should have given to me instead...

I've pm'ed you my reply...

Go read about Intel codename Arrandale...

Dude, can you please go do some read up....?

What is the thermal envelope for processors living inside the iMac right now...? The maximum processor TDP for the iMacs are 45W... And that's like what... 3.06GHz dual-core of the pre-2009 iMacs....

Clarksfield, even with the lowest TDP is also at 45W... and that's a sub-2.0GHz quaddies without Turbo Boost... please read 45W...

Did Apple ever put in a 45W on a thin sub-1 inch notebook...? The max it went was 35W on MBPs 2.66GHz (previous gen), 2.93GHz, and 3.06GHz, and for that ppl already complaining about heat.

This post has been edited by Eithanius: Sep 14 2009, 08:05 PM