yup first page i'll stay as well...
Star Newspaper advertised Mac City with freebies ~
It seems PC Fair full of ppl ..might as well visit Mac City or Machines for smooth traffic for all QnA

haha basically String, rx330 got the same principle as me for getting MBP ~
Firstly "Screen" whereas is portable
Secondly better "Graphic card" Watch movie i guess
Thirdly "Backlit keyboard (using in the dark after 12am)
Lastly is stated "PRO"

Although we paying quite high price but i think worth it, is tat so rx330

Hmm...MB + 24" Cinematic lcd? will tat be costly as well? More electric power consumption i guess

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Added on December 31, 2008, 11:52 pmn Happy new yr to u guys

This post has been edited by terencetoo: Dec 31 2008, 11:52 PM

Hi String,

From your post:


im abit confuse, buy it on what it can do now...basically, i'm a windows user for ages never touch Mac OS before, i was very tempting to get an iMac at the first place but since Macrumours mentioned the new released will be out soon in Jan (finger cross) but i need something portable where i travel once a month back to M'sia by bus...so im worrying Spore/JB custom will ask lots of question about electronics stuff bringing in/out.

So off iMac, then comes to portability, I was thinking MBP but im not a graphic designer cum Multimedia guy I "Admire" MBP with larger screen and sharp quality display, althought the Processor/hdd/graphic card + backlit keyboard is the advantage from MB -->MBP with extra RM1300 (comparison from high-end MB --> Base MBP)

My usage just to surf net, watching movies, listening to music n P2P. Another factor i holding back my purchase due to P2P...coz i used to stress my laptop 24/7 but it can survive for close to 5 yrs now. So i might worry MBP suffer from "internal bleeding"

After reading your post regarding MBA, i love the concept u wrote it there.... although MBA only comes with 1USB i still okie with it...but it started again...the old model or the new model MBA? Well...i know the MB/MBA will be good for portability and carrying around n the price tag is not as high as MBP would consider it as well.

For the picture quality indeed MBP wins.. an excuse for me to get it but i only left it stationary at home for most of the time.

And another thing by watching movies under .mkv/ rmvb/ .avi how is the graphic card utilization with nVidia 9600?
Will the graphic card enhanced the colour boost for movies?

Basically, spending a huge amount of money into things that i don’t really utilize it is kind of wasted. I agree with that

haha brother, i wanted to stop thinking...but whenever i visit Apple shop...my mind start flying around, looking at MB, MBP and MBA even iMac they are sooo gorgeous

been goggling alot and i think i'll stick back to MBP "la" since that is the maximum tolerate size for portable laptop, well~ since i don’t really utilize the functions. Just because the larger screen alwiz catch my eye side...cant resists to stop looking at it...

So far did Macrumors mention they will unable the dual SLI mode / without soft resetting your laptop to change the graphic card?

And where can i search for the comparison chart for MB VCS MBP performance (benchmark for speed/video encoding..etc)

On the other hand, 1 good news for me my company has joined the APPLE Corporate Employee Purchase Program. yahoo start buying n spending hahaha worth of getting 24" cinematic display?


So far there's no special discount for Mac City/ Machines at the moment...im waiting for free 4GB Apple Certified Ram, maybe Chinese new yr promotion?

btw, what u do most on your MBP? really just surfing the net and watch movies? video encoding can i say converting the video from any file (.mkv/rm/rmvb/ .avi) --> .Mp4?

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Added on January 3, 2009, 10:53 am

Guys i think i try to find the price for u regarding Seagate Free Agent 500GB. Let me check it out does this model comes with USB or Firewire 800...if im not mistaken there's one 3.5" 1TB Free Agent too..

The WD 1TB firewire WD studio Edition selling rm600+



This post has been edited by terencetoo: Jan 3 2009, 10:53 AM

WD firewire rm494? u sure?
mind telling me where is the palce to get

I was thinking either get WD Home Studio/ Apple TC or NAS

opps my mistake hehe studio
65 pounds! u r kidding man haha
i'll double check the price in an hour going to visit the shop n check is there any promotion going on "again"

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Added on January 3, 2009, 12:25 pmi also have bad experience with Acer too...
the lcd screen ribbon went loose...sold it in Aus with good price

This post has been edited by terencetoo: Jan 3 2009, 12:25 PM

okie check on the price just now...

1)Seagate FreeAgent 500GB =rm619
2)Seagate FreeAgent Cradle =rm85
3)Seagate FreeAgent Extream 1.5TB =rm881
4)Seagate FreeAgent Desk 1TB =rm506
5)WD Home Firewire 400 1TB =rm595
6)WD Essential USB 1TB =rm521

**Seagate is giving 5 yrs warranty whereas WD is giving 3 yrs only...
practically which brand serve well in 24/7 long term usage...?

***Apple Time Capsule no need to say...any new release for Time Capsule for larger capacity (1.5TB or higher?)

Add on: I think this is a pretty good Apple Website to see which Mac to get "MB VS MBP"

This post has been edited by terencetoo: Jan 3 2009, 09:49 PM

haha but we are talking about quality not quantity of acer

Quality and Quantity should be Apple with 1 piece of Aluminum Masterpiece

haha basically here really "poison" place i "was" one nearly temp to get one when i first launched~ ..now waiting promotion~ hehe no good deal yet...

ohh how come Mac City dont really update their website? thier still having christmas promotion~ ...hmm wired..

im waiting for CNY promotion haha
hoping to get withough ACCP but free 4GB RAM that's more than enough hehe

SO far i haven see anyone here using 17" MBP

the old/new MBP bro~
So far i see most "Mat Salleh" love to use 17"
i think they got it quite cheap at US compare to Asian Country~

Too bad the graphic card for 17" MBP is the same as the 2.5Ghz MBP only...should adopt higher graphic card spec for better usage

From the Apple website stated MBP can last 5 hours + with Wifi is that true?

I see u guys here posting the usage and the charging cycle seems there some minor prob with the battery charing mode?

if MBP can sustain at "least" 4 hours then it is a good buy

wow how come suddenly so many problems?

Will windows software running under boot camp will have some incompatibility?

i was wondering a few software

-Garmin
-P2P

will work in Mac OS version or the stability in Boot Camp.

Ohh is this really true? The laptop will senses the battery is full and skip charging the batt? Oh this is really a new thing to me.

Do u have source to refer so i can read it nicely

Thanks mate!

today is the day for "special 1-day shopping event"
Would hope Apple online store provide good surprise!

Anyway if i would like to use bootcamp...am i able to use "ahem" cd to install? or do i need original windows XP/vista?

thanks mate!

I dont know...i though have to use ori Windows to prevent voiding the Mac OS warranty or something. Totally i have no idea on it

Since u say can use ahem then im very happy to hear that n most probably i'll wait till 12am tonight to check on Apple Online store ~

Oh yeah, and 1 more thing...Do MBP users face hot at the bottom of the panel? last sun i felt the MBP producing quite hot temp in open environment (display set)

emm how would i say...but i felt hot like having 30 sec food in microwave

Good thanks for the info...

THink MBP will be a good choice to pick ~

what is the Mac execution file? is it .exe as well?

haha yeah worry ~ before deciding which to get MBA or MBP haha
No worries will do~
THanks for the info

hey guys do u customize your MBP when purchase?

Im thinking the Hdd portion..

1)250GB Serial ATA @ 7200 [Add RM 180.00]
2)320GB Serial ATA @ 5400 [Add RM 359.00]
3)320GB Serial ATA @ 7200 [Add RM 539.00]

Do these really make a differences in speed?

Or can v just buy 500GB hdd 7200rpm at lowyat and install ourself?

Thanks