something weird happend, my ram usage was at 3.5gb after two days of usage. running normal app like adium, firefox etc.

didnt noticed any slowdown or hiccups but the system is reporting only 500mb of free memory is available.

once rebooted everything is back to normal.

that's why we said, reboot your com after couple days of use (nonstop)

from 2gb, it jumps to 3.5gb in 5 minutes.. that's something weird.

It sounds pretty good than mine here.. haha...Even though i am on 9400 M.

I can roughly maintain at 3 hours most of the time.

Memory leak. It happens at times , sometimes the "memory usage" just leaks and there is no way that the system can remove it and claim it as free space. Generally happens to buggy application and such - that is why you see new versions are released every now and then

Hey guys, new MacBook user here (unfortunately couldn't really afford the Pro yet). Love the new huge touchpad and the aluminium unibody!

Hi, mac people.
My MBP13" is due to arrive probably on thursday. This is the first time i'm switching camp.
Will be swapping in a 500GB HD which i already purchased.

On all my PC's, I always partition my hard disk into a couple of volumes.
At the very least I normally have 3 partitions.(more if on a larger HD)
1. Operating System only
2. Programs
3. Files

The primary reason why I always have a dedicated partition for the OS is because of the Windows notorious tendencies to screw up. Thus, I can always start with a fresh format and install without affecting my other data.

Even as I move to the Mac, I probably want to maintain the same way I organise my stuff. A search on google revealed others also doing something similar.

Are there any issues I should be aware of if any?

How much space should I allocate to Leopard's partition?

On the curious side, who else here has several partitions to organize their stuff and what is your personal way of doing it?

for mac users, most of the time, organizing data in different way
cuz once you change the location too many, it tends to have link difficulty... unless everything you address ngam ngam
for me, save it!

if you plan to use bootcamp i tihnk you better keep it on one partition coz bootcamp doesnt like more than one partition in the hard disk

well i have all my data in my os x partition - because it gets backed up with time machine, so i dont have to worry

in windows, i just use macdrive to access my files in the os x partition. i believe its not the fastest way to access files, but i dont do anything huge in windows except for the occasional gaming.

bummer... a quick search reveals that this is true. and I intend to use Bootcamp. Unless there's a better alternative?

I can't live with having my data files and OS in the same partition. Potential disaster awaiting to happen. (Although I regularly backup to an external HD)
If the filesystem somehow gets screwed, there goes that partition. My research also indicates Journaled HFS+ isn't particularly a very reliable filesystem. NTFS is in fact actually better (blame windows instead for corrupting files).
So no compromise; my data has to be in a separate partition.

Someone apparently discovered how to get two HFS+ partitions and a bootcamp partition working with OSX and Windows: http://forums.macworld.com/thread/89236?start=15&tstart=0
I hope this works. A bare minimum of two HFS+ partitions is workable for me... one partition for OS and Progs, the other for my data.
I still need two NTFS partitions for the Windows side again though. I wonder if it'll work that way.

Still more research needs to be done...
Are there any equally good alternatives to bootcamp that would enable me to have multiple HFS+ partitions as well as multiple NTFS partitions?



EDIT:
found more links on having two HFS+ paritions with bootcamp:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?sto...071101065229169
http://www.newartisans.com/2007/10/install...partitions.html
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=199262 (last post)

And I found that I can have more than one partition for my windows side... http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=477095

Wish me luck when my Mac arrives

On a side note, when oh when will ZFS filesystem be implemented to the Mac OS? It seems that Snow Leopard still won't have it. It will be a welcome addition to many. HFS+ is primitive already.

This post has been edited by MetalZone: Jun 17 2009, 01:32 PM

Guys,
I bought my macbook for 2-3 months now.
I noticed that there's two small dots of dead pixel on my screen...can i actually bring it back to Mac and change a new set or something?
Thank you.

This post has been edited by yukhim: Jun 17 2009, 07:29 PM

I believe not after the 14 days return policy is over... You didn't realize the dead pixel before this?

bring it to the technicians for a check up,then plot your next course of action normally they'll replace the screen.

i dont think they will replace for u..if not mistaken there must be a minimum amount of dead pixel b4 they will replace it for u.. which is not 2

This post has been edited by hapa: Jun 17 2009, 07:43 PM

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=832238
u may go here for more solution

Just notice that last 2 days.

Not sure thought.Bought it at malaysia but i'm at bangkok now.

here ar a link to a list of Apple authorized service provider in Thailand
http://store.apple.com.au/asia/FMPro?-db=a...x=57&-find.y=14

hope tat tis list can help u

i reinstall my leopard just now, due to some problem..

during the install i set it to "Archive and Install” and “Preserve Users and Network Settings.”

after everything done, i see all my files back... but application, do i need to reinstall it? i did see all my application with this no entry symbol overlap it...

that's mean reinstall it right? because i'm confuse it with "previous system" folder which is save in my hdd... what is that? can i delete it?

has anyone installed this on their macbook > Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500GB, price ?

This post has been edited by preducer: Jun 18 2009, 08:06 AM