anyone know whether I could use matlab with macbook pro ?

i just went to ask around in Switch, they told me.. SL OSX equipped machines will only make their way here locally around December.... come on man... so slow?

Might as well order online...

@Qool,
The Online Stores doesn't ship the Macs with SL pre installed. U do get a CPU Drop In Disc though. Installation of SL on a brand new 13" MBP takes roughly about 45 minutes.

Also, if I ain't mistaken, there's some sort of promotion at Machines; some freebies are up for grabs. I don't have the information on me but check out their website if you're interested.

hmmm... thanks for the info. guess i'll check out other retailers first b4 deciding. due to budget constrain... i think most likely i'll only get Mac Mini to suit my need. which is sad.... haih... its good.. but not that great i guess.. oh well.... 1 more thing i'm worried bout is the product refresh lifecycle. according to Macrumors.com, Macmini was neutral. meaning at the mid of its life cycle... will the SL updates bog down the mini judging by the specs?

theres heating issue when using SL right ? ... Any solution for that yet ? .

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Added on September 8, 2009, 9:23 pmalso, whats the OS which is pre-installed in the macbook if we buy online ? .. Leopard or Snow Leopard ? ... I think its better to wait for SL to stable @@ hopefull is Leopard which is preinstalled

This post has been edited by jasperng: Sep 8 2009, 09:23 PM

@jasperng,
I've not faced any heating issues; then again I haven't quite been checking but ever since I received this 13" MBP on Friday, I haven't switched it off and i don't think it's heating up.

Mine came pre-installed with Leopard but there was a Snow Leopard CPU Drop-In Disc. Thus far, no issues with SL on my system and Safari is very much more responsive on SL than on Leopard.

really ? .. maybe im being paranoid lol >.< i guess its normal as Im about to spend 6k for a laptop >.< .. *ouch*

@jasperng,
Lemme guess - this is your first Mac purchase? *smiles* Go with it, no need to worry. I've not looked back since I made my first purchase in 2007. Now, I'm almost everything Mac; except I don't like stuffing things into me ears so I never had an iPod

haha ya first apple product in my life. Still worried about engineering program. But I think I can sort it out with parallel desktop if I really need to use a software in window.

@jasperng,
If what you're studying is going to require something that's Windows based then I'll recommend you consider getting a proper Windows based laptop and not a Mac. Otherwise, go with Mac; U certainly won't regret it!

You might want to check with those in the same engineering course as you on what are the software that they use to see if its suitable for running within a virtual machine or not. If its something rather heavy and resource hungry, then you might want to consider dual booting (bootcamp) instead, but if its something small to medium sized, then a VM should be alright.

I'll recommend vmware over parallels though.

hi all the tech enthusiats out there

im very curious y ppl willing to spend way overrrrr price to get apple computer?
in fact the hardware is just so lousy i'd say.
for me what apple attracts me is jz the outer superb look, i don actually know whats the strength of apple computer and make it so unique,
i believe what you can do wif apple, u can do wif normal pc as well, make pc perform even better with the price u willing to pay.

so, pls share wif me y u buy apple, wat u do wif apple computer,what software is better to be used in apple, mayb some day i also will become apple supporter? who knows

This post has been edited by WhiteFlag: Sep 9 2009, 04:05 PM

Luxury. Appearance. Love. And no virus.

It's better for multimedia actually. But frankly PC is more bang for buck by far.

I wish to switch to Mac myself, but if your rig is used for games, stick to PC.

Maybe I get both, since my economy now quite comfortable.

i think u should go to MAC shop to try the MAC that they used to demonstrate, maybe u will know why people choose MAC over PC

and if u a heavy gamer, i not really suggest u go to buy MAC.

This post has been edited by devabby: Sep 9 2009, 04:20 PM

devabby, i disagree, wen i go to apple resellers n try, i find it dem hard to use and frustating, it was when i bought it home and try, only i found out the beauty of it

http://www.apple.com/getamac/

I love mac not only because of the out look, but for the operating system, OSX foundation stand strong enuf to handle everything and it's ilife bundled software completed the entire things in your life.

Mac is not meant for everyone, it is for people with creative minds only

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Added on September 9, 2009, 4:47 pmAgreed with you!

Just like you using a mouse from right hand side shift to left hand side, you might felt it is difficult, but one week you will blow your minds...haha

This post has been edited by teddylife: Sep 9 2009, 04:47 PM

Quite simple really. with the broadcast industry, Apple's products allows me to offer solutions (even customized ones) at a price that's extremely difficult to beat.

See if you can find a workflow & asset management system that's fully customizable and extensible for less than RM3649 (that's how much Final Cut Server). And when you're talking about the high end workstations and servers to handle such types of workload, the Mac Pro and the Xserve are actually very attractively priced, and at times cheaper than competitor products from like HP or IBM too.

The thing about Apple's pricing is well, for the lower range products, the price seems rather high, but for the higher range products, its actually cheaper. Another example where the price is rather difficult to beat will be in high performance storage solutions (Xsan)

you are comparing the price based on the hardware Apple list out... try compare to those that Apple did not list out... Mac's hardware contains more than its looks....

spec are lousy u say? how come Mac OS X Leopard can out perform Vista on these "lousy spec"? spec are no longer the key to winning the "performance war"

This is a myth. MacOSX has virus just like every other OS. It just that hackers tends to target the biggest group, which is the Windows platform. In fact, i read some test and review done not too long ago, VISTA is actually more secured than Mac OSX.

And frankly, this 'better for multimedia' isn't true either. But MAC OSX does have the best presentation and clean interface. I enjoyed my Hackintosh...lol.