a silly question here,
i've been using my mac for almost 4 months and i just realized that the firewall is not on and i didnt kena any Virus so far..."touch wood"? was it purely my luck or my machine will finally get worms if i keep my firewall remain off? imaging if im using my PC, Firewall is a must but not sure about Mac?
anyway, i have just turned it on..just need to find out is it very important to turn it on or off?

Kena also nvm. PC virus has no effect on Mac But pity anyone that's going to get files from you xD

Yeah, I also run my Mac with firewall switched off because there was one time connection couldn't get through I switched it off for diagnostic purposes. I don't run any AV also believing that we're pretty isolated from viruses. I hope I'm wrong though. But I have no idea to find an AV app that is as light on resources as NOD32 from Windows.

Any recommendations?

using a early 2009 mac mini basic spec
currently have 1gb ddr3 1066mhz sodimm
can i install a g.skill 2gb ddr3 1066mhz sodimm on top of the 1gb
and run on 3gb?

Yes, you could. Just make sure its not 512MB+512MB on the 2 slots. Otherwise, you'll have to waste one 512MB module to put a 2GB module in resulting a total of 2.5GB.

My MBP came with 1GB+1GB and I had to buy 1 pair of 2GB modules, wasting the pair 1GB modules.

Apple gave 1GB stick as per spec, unless someone changed it.

Hi ,

I'm interested in upgrading my MBP's ram to 4GB as well as the Internal HDD to 500GB or 1TB if possible . I want to ask , Is there any ways to upgrade it internally ? Or I have to use those ''cpu-like'' External Harddisk for it ?

I'm planning to install Windows via bootcamp so I want to give a fair amount of Hard Disk space to both of them . I have been doing some googling but it seems that everyone is either using the external harddisk for the 1TB drive ( Bootcamp or not , No idea ) or Debating with each other about the HDD's size . I'm not able to find anything related to my question .

My conclusion : - Upgrade the HDD internally... Is it possible ? Does MBP support SATA as well ? Or just ATA ? Googling has made me confused ...


My MBP : Late December (2008) , 2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo .

Need any other information ? Just ask me ... Thank you for helping !

Your MBP is using 2.5" SATA drive.
1TB bare drive is still rare in the market now. But you might able to get it from bigger IT outlet. And MBP drive is not user installable part. - correction on post #5.

This post has been edited by wei: Nov 5 2009, 10:40 PM

MBP drive is not user installable part?
weird, suppose it is easier now a day
i swap my before either

the only 1 TB notebook hard drive i know of is from Western Digital, but it's a 12.5mm model instead of the more regular 9.5mm...meaning it wont fit in a MacBook. another 1 TB notebook drive is from a brand named Pure Silicon, but its an SSD. and very expensive . i believe what u meant by 'cpu-like' hard drives are the big ones? you can just call it a desktop HDD..the proper name is 3.5" HDD. Notebook drives are 2.5" HDD. there are also 1.8" HDDs.

most computers today (actually, i think ALL computers) use SATA (serial ATA). ATA (its normally called PATA or IDE) is a very outdated technology. however some shops still sell IDE drives, so be careful. anyway, your best choice now is to upgrade to a 500gb HDD because its widely available and of very good value (around RM280). a lot of us here (including myself) are using a WD Scorpio Blue, another good one is the Hitachi TravelStar 5k500.

about bootcamp, AFAIK bootcamp is for internal HDD. running another OS from USB would be very slow.

i don't mean to offend, but try to learn more on these stuff before you spend ur money on it. i'm just concerned if a shop try to con you. to summarize, what you should be looking for is a 2.5" SATA HDD, the 9.5mm variant.

and yes, both RAM and HDD can be upgraded yourself, but make sure you know what you're doing

My apology, TS MBP is the unibody model and the HDD can be installed by user. It's on the manual page 38. Only the older non-unibody is not.

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Added on November 5, 2009, 11:32 pmApparently OWC listed this 12.5mm drive suitable for MacBook n MacBook pro unibody: http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Western%20Digital/WD10TEVT/

some reported the drive can barely fit in the optical bay. Might get one to try

This post has been edited by wei: Nov 5 2009, 11:32 PM

Can macbookpro , late dec 2008 early January 2009 model
. 2.4ghz intel core 2 duo supports up to 1tb hdd yet ? Can I change the hdd internally rather than running it externally ? I have googled alot , read that a lot that people are using it externally. I want to run it internally as I want to install windows in it .

I yet to test it myself, so I can't testify it. Here's some link about that:
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/archives/dec08/121508.html#S24994
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/archives/jul09/072709.html

okay thanks . Will check it out ... thank you !

I stand corrected. after googling around I found out that the unibody MBPs can accept 12.5mm hard drives, but its not official from Apple.

for the previous gen MBP (non-unibody), only the 17" can accept the taller drive

Hi,
I'm currently using 2GB memory in my MacBook and 4GB in my IBM Lenovo x61.
Can I move the 4GB memory into my MacBook??

Can... but make sure, the spec is same....

eg: main ram using 800MHz, make sure the 2nd RAM also 800MHz..

This post has been edited by msharq: Nov 7 2009, 10:01 AM

Ok thanks .

I will try to look for 500HD HDD then , And the Kingston brand RAM as mentioned in earlier post. So you meant SATA ( Serial ATA ) , = Serial-ATA on my MBP's info ? Correct me if I'm wrong ...

It's 500GB Internal HDD , 2.5'' SATA HDD(Serial ATA) , 9.5mm Variant . 2 x 2GB Kingston DDR RAM.


I'm planning to get the tech experts to do it for me . Like in Apple Retail ? Do they help to do that ?

This post has been edited by Thalmes: Nov 7 2009, 11:25 AM

Hi,
Just want to confirm.
Can I goto lowyat any IT shop buy any DDR3 ram and use in my MacBook unibody??