TS asked about apple computers in general as for u..

- MBP 13 aluminium body looks better, wont get dirty easily
- black keyboard also wont get dirty easily, plus backlighting is quite useful
- SD card slot. ofc ourse u can juz get card reader. useless if u dont use SD cards for ur digital camera
- firewire 800 port, some people need this. i dont, but i really like it
- IR port for remote. not really useful IMHO

but then, if u buy macbook, RM900 difference can buy...

- applecare protection plan, OR
- upgrade to 4GB RAM + 500GB HDD + Magic Mouse
- upgrade to 4GB RAM + moshi palmguard + clearguard + zagg invisible shield + good laptop bag
- 24" external display
- very good 2.1 speakers / headphones

^ good point juz that ACPP dun have cheaper choices

it feels hot because it's made out of aluminium, a good heat conductor on its own. that's why u see heatsinks made out of aluminium. it's better for the heat to transfer to the body and into the atmosphere (and ur hand) rather than trapped inside the laptop frying the components.

for education price u can only get it at the online store


This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Apr 10 2010, 02:36 AM

there's a good reason for the Core 2 Duo. if apple's claims are true, the Nvidia 320M shud be a great GPU. IMO its a better combination than juz having core i5 + intel GMA HD. core i3 isn't a huge deal

but rm3899 is a bargain dude. that 2.4Ghz proc is from last year's rm7199 MBP 15", which was almost double the price but had half the RAM. obviously the 13" is smaller and no dedicated GPU la, but i still think 3899 is a good bargain

not sure about any problems with the models, but chances are they're gonna do fine. the hardware is pretty much proven stuff already, the only new thing in it is the 320M

i think la, i think the 2.4Ghz one can only go to 6gb RAM. the 2.66 can go up to 8gb. maybe u want to factor that into ur decision making

oh true also. my bad then, didnt know got 2.4 for that core2duo generation

around 2.5k to 3k i guess?

juz get the 15" core i7, fast processor would help a lot 15" not that heavy lah... 13" no i5 and dedicated GPU. the around 1k balance, maybe can get wacom bamboo pen&touch 6x9 or intuos 4x6 for drawing

hehe actually my gf just bought wacom bamboo this afternoon.... so poison

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: Apr 20 2010, 05:45 PM

my gf needs to do a lot of diagrams for her final year project... taking geology. ystrday she spend almost 8 hours juz to do 3 diagrams, drawing with a small mouse. later i ask her, now got bamboo touch, 3 diagrams can draw how fast

she managed to do her work much faster now using pen more natural to draw ma. she has to trace lots of pictures perfectly...using mouse too slow to do this.

maybe 1st 2/3 weeks quite hard for u to get use to it. but maybe after 1 month, go use a PC n u'll wonder why the hell is it so complicated

haha maybe i have same case during semester mmg i wont play game bcuz i dun want to be distracted from my studies. but now even holiday also i dun play game. only play ipod touch games

lol true also... 24inch screen is 3.3x bigger than the 4x6 tablet

seconded

the basic 21.5" spec is pretty good already. shud handle most common tasks with 2 OS.

no one knows... if they announce the new one, no one will buy the current ones

1) comparing in terms of what?

2) if u intend to run OSX on pc, can ask at the hackintosh thread. normally got problems with drivers :S fixable, but sometimes not easy lah

3) experiment with hackintosh 1st if u want. try out OSX n maybe you'll like it if yes, get iMac. if no, get PC

PC can have more graphic power at the same price

what i mean was strictly about GPU power. meaning if u're gonna need a lot of gpu-intensive stuff, a PC might be a better deal. but with imac, u get a more stable system, plus a very good display. how to do graphic designing if ur own display cannot product accurate colours right? u see different colour, people see different colour

one thing i dun like about macs = dun have physical dvd eject button always got them stuck inside.. not only *ahem* verisons

what if wait until july, then august come out new one? if like that better buy earlier...haha

buying rm4k stuff also u prefer to buy from stranger instead of go to a shop?

there's no pirated Macs. look for unboxing photos online to see how they're packaged, must be the same. the MBP itself should be in a cloth envelope thing, sealed with a white sticker. chargers are wrapped in clear plastic.

all MBPs have 1 year international warranty, so wherever u bought it from, u shud be able to send it for service anywhere in the world.

too bad most mbp users dun care about boot times... juz close the lid ;p

if ilife 2010 come out, u need to buy it. no free update from previous versions. dats y im still using ilife 08

hm dunno... ilife mostly launch on january. only ilife 08 was in august...but august 2007 la

my guess is no ilife 2010. quite late for ilife 2010 dy, but maybe august we'll have ilife 2011?

- compared to windows, u get to spend less on software. a lottt of stuff is built-in OSX plus, no need to pay for antivirus, ystem maintenance programs, etc
- yes can use pirated stuff. but we shud not discuss about this here. basically if u know alternative software acquirement in windows, it's the same for OSX
- c programming works on mac, install Xcode that comes with the included dvd (it's not installed by default). words, excel n powerpoint got mac version too (by microsoft), but u can also use apple's own office suite called iWork which includes Pages, Keynote (really good!) and Numbers.
- about softwares in general, most of the time there are equivalent softwares for macs. Adobe's programs got both versions...windows n mac. msn, yahoo msgr, firefox, VLC, utorrent..most well-known programs normally got mac version lah. if dun have, got similar/better alternatives, like Handbrake (dvd rip), Toast (burn dvds n ISO), etc.

maybe u shud give the macbook a try. why not just opt for the 13" macbook pro? small price difference only hehe

iMac is ur best choice. of course u're limited to money la...if cannot get imac, have to make do with mac mini lor :S dun forget to survey n add the price for keyboard, mouse, monitor and speaker though. it only makes sense if u buy cheap ones....if u buy expensive keyboard+mouse+monitor+speaker, might as well get an imac in the 1st place

dun have ya i know what u mean, my parents same case hehe.

oh i see. well if u decide to get the mac mini, i highly recommend u to add rm359 to upgrade to 4gb RAM lah, shud help a lot. if u have a huge external hdd, 160gb shud be fine. better yet, get the 2.53ghz 320gb version

lol. okay if u plan to upgrade ur PC, 1st thing u shud do is get rid of windows vista. go for windows 7

ur RAM is 1x1gb and 1x2gb or what? if u wanna run 4gb, better use 2x2gb. dual channel. and before u upgrade ur GPU, get a fast CPU 1st. fast GPU but slow CPU no use.

juz make sure the components will work for hackintosh. easy route, get mac mini. not that bad laaa

This post has been edited by dvlzplayground: May 3 2010, 08:28 PM