May 26, 06
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i just got my paychecque, and i plan to blow it all towards a new MacBook laptop. I love how the black one looks. but i wanted to get the Apple Care plan, so its a choice between either that or upgrading to the 1 Gig ram. i know macs are really efficienct as is, but would it be worth it to get the upgrade from 512 --> 1 gig ram, im mainly gonna use it for internet use, recording my mixes, minimal to no production. i know in highschool when i had a PowerBook, 256 Ram went a whole long way. But im wondering with the new Intel chip, will it make a difference?
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May 26, 06
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I would upgrade. Not saying Mac's suck or anything.
Just in my eyes Id rather work on making the one I have even better then investing in something new. Just what I would do!
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May 26, 06
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im a long time mac user.
i too am going to purchase the macbook. but im chooseing the white version. i cant justify 200 xtra dollars for the black one when the only difference is a a 20 gig hd improvement....fucking apple. basically your only paying for black. might i suggest that you get the 2.0ghz white version. then you can apple care it AND pruchase a ram upgrade. and the ram upgrade is well worth it. the only thing i find a little dissapointing is the shared video memory wich is kinda weak. takes out any ability to do some full on FCP rendering and heavy video editing. ....wich then justifys a macbook pro purchase. wich takes advantage of the dedicated ati card. other than that the macbook and macbook pro are pretty much identical aside from the display and form factor **...LOL ive been watching this MACtel crossover like a hawk for months! as soon as digidesing gets the shit together and realese's PT universal im picking up a macbook the same day.
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May 26, 06
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theres a black mac?
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May 26, 06
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for recording,and basic vid editing you will want to use a external fw or usb 2.0 drive wich spins at the very LEAST 7200rpm. if you record to the sluggish 5400rpm internal drive you will experience audio drop outs. keep it at 60 for system,data,documents and basic media. use the money saved and go with a external multimedia drive. a sleek external drive with a ram upgrade and your mac is going to really fly!
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May 27, 06
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Just remember these are Rev A laptops. The Macbook pros are having heat issues possibly due to poor thermal compound application. I've heard similiar stories about the new macbooks too. Apple still won't recognize the problem.
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May 27, 06
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been following every mac forum,visit apple.ca daily, and all of the major music gear forums scouring for reports.(argh fucking hell digidesign!!!!) ive heard the MBP's do run hot, its getting to be a concern for people using them in clubs for digital dj'ing or triggereing sequence's live from albeton. i havent seen any 'neged reports yet of the MB's though. only that apple hit a home run with the MB's aside from the lack of decent video memory... can you link up any issues you have come across with the MB's???...it would sure help.
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May 27, 06
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You sound like me :)
Looks like this guy had an isolated incident but his new one still ran warm http://www.notebookreview.com/defaul...=Apple+MacBook This is a thread about the macbook at another forum http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=202247 and another forum with pictures from the service manual but who knows if the Macbook is actually built like this http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.php?t=295925 There was another thread somewhere as well. A guy recieved his macbook with protective clear plastic covering the cooling vent. Turns out there were a few others with the same problem. I'm in the market for the 17" pro but I'm waiting for that Rev B, I'm hoping it will happen in the next couple months. Maybe in August during the developers conference. Quote:
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May 27, 06
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will you just be using it at home, then? i'm pretty sure the one i saw was a 15" and it looked huge to me.
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May 27, 06
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yeah mostly, I'm tossing around the idea of using it as my main work computer now with boot camp. Since my laptop now is 1920*1200 and I use it in a dual monitor config with a 21 inch 1600*1200 at work so I definately want the 17"
The 17" would be better for watching movies on as well :) Quote:
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May 27, 06
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i dont know anything about the macbook..but i know the appleplan is definately worth it. you can buy it with a student discount too..so get a friend to buy it, or just get some student id number off someone. the apple plan covers lots of small fuckups.. i have really bad luck with technology and it has saved my wallet a few times already. my charger kinda blew up...replaced, white spots on my screen..replaced, some drive thing died..replaced. its worth it.
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May 27, 06
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MacBook Pro's are just too expensive. i sure wish i had the money, but im not planning on doing gaming on there anyways. Just basic internet use, some college made physics and calculus progs, simple audio prod/rec, word processing. basic school stuff with a little extra. im gonna go chek em out tommorow. and as long as the MacBooks are better than the PowerBooks (which i thought were amazing) im all set. It is said to be at LEAST 5x faster. and i love the integration of the iSight, and many other features.
and thanks bebu, that helped.
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