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Apple Announces New MacBook Pros, Updates MacBook Air
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1st time MAC buyer with a couple of question. If my my questions seem stupid to you, that is OK. I'm a newbie trying to learn. 
The new systems seem decent, but I'm wondering if I should wait until Snow Leopard is released with new hardware to buy my 1st MAC.
If I buy now, is the OS upgrade on a MAC cleaner & easier than MS?
Snow Leopard is supposed to support a lot more RAM, if I buy today and install Snow Leopard in the future will I able to install more than 4GB of RAM in the current hardware or does the current hardware limit the volume of RAM?
The new systems seem decent, but I'm wondering if I should wait until Snow Leopard is released with new hardware to buy my 1st MAC.
If I buy now, is the OS upgrade on a MAC cleaner & easier than MS?
Snow Leopard is supposed to support a lot more RAM, if I buy today and install Snow Leopard in the future will I able to install more than 4GB of RAM in the current hardware or does the current hardware limit the volume of RAM?
MAcbook Pro here i come
Cant wait for this weekend (going to florida)
buying macbook pro,, finally the casing is more reliable...
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Macbook 2.0 2gb ram, 250gb HDD, Ipod nano 8gb, Ipod Touch 16gb
(macbook pro on monday)
Cant wait for this weekend (going to florida)
buying macbook pro,, finally the casing is more reliable...
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Macbook 2.0 2gb ram, 250gb HDD, Ipod nano 8gb, Ipod Touch 16gb
(macbook pro on monday)
It hasn't been wise for quite some time....
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB571
It looks like you lose a USB port when you connect, though.
1st time MAC buyer with a couple of question. If my my questions seem stupid to you, that is OK. I'm a newbie trying to learn.
The new systems seem decent, but I'm wondering if I should wait until Snow Leopard is released with new hardware to buy my 1st MAC.
If I buy now, is the OS upgrade on a MAC cleaner & easier than MS?
Snow Leopard is supposed to support a lot more RAM, if I buy today and install Snow Leopard in the future will I able to install more than 4GB of RAM in the current hardware or does the current hardware limit the volume of RAM?
Yep the snow leopard install is a lot cleaner and probs faster too!
If it does support more Ram, apple have probably enabled 4gb ram in parrallel to each slot to give you a total of 8gb RAM, the installer should also transfer files from your computer and put it into a previous system folder, or just use time machine to transfer it nice and clean.
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14 and a mac fan
1st time MAC buyer with a couple of question. If my my questions seem stupid to you, that is OK. I'm a newbie trying to learn.
No such things as stupid questions. Well, there are, but stupid answers are much worse
A golden rule of thumb when it comes to mac hardware is never, NEVER, buy the first iteration of anything. This is becoming even more relevant as time goes by.
Even though I'm beginning to despise Apple (oh, and it's "Mac" – short for Macintosh), this is one thing they got right. Now, if only they hadn't nixed firewire on the latest MBs …
Going by the former MBPs, the RAM-ceiling was one of hardware, not software. My MBP, for instance, (it's a 2.33GHz) holds 3GB, while the newer MBPs, now officialy "previous generation" holds 4GB. Snow leopard won't change that.
Btw, you're not a complete "newbie", knowing about Snow Leopard, are you?
ram
sorry for answering the RAm question a bit wrong, im only 14 and i just read around quite a bit, btw why would you need more than 4 gig ram, when i run fireworks dreamweaver and flash cs3 im still fine with 2 gig ram,
just wanted to know
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freddie220
sorry for answering the RAm question a bit wrong, im only 14 and i just read around quite a bit, btw why would you need more than 4 gig ram, when i run fireworks dreamweaver and flash cs3 im still fine with 2 gig ram,
just wanted to know
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freddie220
Haha, that was cute (no, I'm not being sarcastic).
I think he wants to future proof his mac, or simply wants to use, say 100 tracks in some multitrack audio app. That's my guess, anyway.
My point was more focused on the fact that Apple seems to be discontinuing all support for the Firewire 400 standard. Only having one Firewire port on their "PRO" laptop is simply not enough for a 'real' professional user. I know that I can use a cable to step-down from 800 to 400 for things like drives, but when it comes to something much nearer and dearer to my wallet...my Digital Back...it gets way more complicated! Interrupted Firewire chains are death to high-data transfer flows. Just tossing a cable in the middle of a chain where I'm spitting out 65mb RAW files might sound groovy on paper, but in practice it has lotsa problems. The Firewire bus powers my digital back and any fluctuation in the power stream causes lost images and shutdowns of the back. On most DESKTOP Macs I can't even shoot tethered is I plug into the front Firewire ports because of a power stability issue (that unless you use one of these sensitive digital backs, you probably have never even heard of!). I've already talked to my Leaf rep who has told me that in theory stepping down from the 800 port to a 400 female cable should work, but I will likely have to use a Firewire power booster as well. He also told me that using the ExpressCard/34 slot option as an additional Firewire 400 port won't work because there is definitely not enough power running through the slot to power by back and the same is probably true for the Ethernet port. That leaves me the 800 port as my only possible connection point...and the only way to find out is to drop about $3500 and give it a go...!!!
BT in NYC
yes, that's interesting. I first thought it was simply a way to use the USB hub in the 30" but that doesn't make much sense.
Do these anti-glare filters actually work as advertised? Or do they just ruin the display's clarity without much benefit?
Cant wait for this weekend (going to florida)
buying macbook pro,, finally the casing is more reliable...
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Macbook 2.0 2gb ram, 250gb HDD, Ipod nano 8gb, Ipod Touch 16gb
(macbook pro on monday)
UH...casing more reliable? How do you know this? It is a new product! Unless you are privy to the secrets of apple and tested this thing thoroughly for a year or so..unfortunately I don't think you can assume a more "reliable casing".
You asked for it, here it is.
I've started a petition to get matte screens back as an option.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/matte-macbook-pro/index.html
Let'er Rip fellas.
If this gets any momentum at all, maybe... just maybe...
I've signed. And it's not just that, now there is no standard resolution screen available on the 17".
The high res screens make everything so much smaller it gives me eye strain trying to see some of the menus you can't re-size. If you change the resolution via system prefs the quality deteriorates unacceptably. I bought a high res MBP last year and ended up sending it back because of this and getting a standard res matte one.
I have to work all day and often half the night on this machine and my eyes are important to me.
High res eyestrain and glare. Gosh thanks.
Haha, that was cute (no, I'm not being sarcastic).
I think he wants to future proof his mac, or simply wants to use, say 100 tracks in some multitrack audio app. That's my guess, anyway.
Correct, I'm looking at owning the laptop for 3 years and don't want to box myself in with hardware today if a major change is around the corner.
I'm about to rebuild my March 2008 MacPro for the 5th time. Most unreliable computer I've ever had and that includes a lot of home made PCs.
Currently Finder keeps losing all the data on my 1TB images drive which I need to reboot to access again, not to mention the system lock ups and general falling over of stupid machine and software when the data being worked on suddenly vanishes.
So if you want something to really complain about use Leopard.
Which has recently had its 5th lot of bug fixes. And boy have there been a lot of bugs.
My Apple store's suggestion for my frustration with useless machine was to install Vista on it!!
You asked for it, here it is.
I've started a petition to get matte screens back as an option.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/matte-macbook-pro/index.html
Let'er Rip fellas.
If this gets any momentum at all, maybe... just maybe...
Learn to live with it or scoop up an older mbp now. Don't wait because its never going to happen with the new design.
future proofing
i dont think you will be able to 'future proof' your mac
becos mac hardware is hard to change, specialy opposed with
soldered on hardware, but apple are trying to do their best,
i still think that if 4gb ram is top for today, 4gb ram will be middle
in 3 years time, still enough to run all od cs4 probably
any way im just gonna change hdd and ram to max as the
time goes on and e get 1tb 2.5" hdd, hopefully apple have hidden
some features for the software updates to show,
just like the Bluetooth in ipod touch 2G...
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14 year old guy
i dont think you will be able to 'future proof' your mac
becos mac hardware is hard to change, specialy opposed with
soldered on hardware, but apple are trying to do their best,
i still think that if 4gb ram is top for today, 4gb ram will be middle
in 3 years time, still enough to run all od cs4 probably
any way im just gonna change hdd and ram to max as the
time goes on and e get 1tb 2.5" hdd, hopefully apple have hidden
some features for the software updates to show,
just like the Bluetooth in ipod touch 2G...
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14 year old guy
Has anyone on here ever heard of a Firewire HUB??? Geeze, sometimes people just seem to want to make things difficult or make them appear more difficult than they really are.
Here's an all-in-one hub that includes extra USB 2.0 ports, two Firewire 800 ports and a Firewire 400 port:
http://www.newertech.com/products/ministackv3.php
I'm sure there's more hubs with both 400/800 on them as well.
I've had a lot of similar problems with my MacPro, despite being very careful and with very limited software added to my Mac - basically PS, LR, Bridge + Opera. 'Tin Whiskers' is a possible HW cause of such issues.
I have also had problems with a brand new MacBook Pro with nothing added at all, either the Apple software included simply didn't work properly or the HW didn't.
Interesting comments on Charles Arthur's Guardian column here regarding unreliability issues- he's a big Apple fan BTW
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/24/it.apple
Tin whiskers
http://www.calce.umd.edu/lead-free/tin-whiskers/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/03/research.engineering
Speaker up-grade
I've an old (2003) PB 17" and have found the speakers to be next to useless with any kind of background noise. I'm guessing no one has the new MBP yet (mines on the way), but I was wondering if anyone can tell me if the newer MBP's have a better speaker system than the older units... I sure hope so, as I'm tired of having to wear headphones all the time. THX
I've an old (2003) PB 17" and have found the speakers to be next to useless with any kind of background noise. I'm guessing no one has the new MBP yet (mines on the way), but I was wondering if anyone can tell me if the newer MBP's have a better speaker system than the older units... I sure hope so, as I'm tired of having to wear headphones all the time. THX
It's an experience very specific to a given user (and use) and hardware... For instance, I have installed Vista a couple of weeks after it was published and my main PC (Core2 Quad, 975X chipset) is still running fine without much trouble and not a single BSOD. On the other hand, by HTPC was a nightmare, until I finally decided to throw away most of the components, including that bugware NForce4 chipset. Since I have moved to a Core2 Duo and P35 chipset, everything is fine under Vista there too...
So, in my experience, problems are very hardware related. The last time I had strictly software reinstalls dates back to the Windows 95 days. I have also had problems with OS that are supposed to be rock solid, such as Linux.
On the other hand, I have had problems due to buggy chipset (the NF4 is in its own category there), buggy RAM or improper mounting of my CPU (like forgetting to apply thermal paste or not plugin the fan correctly).
And I was hoping for a problem free experience by moving to MacOSX for my laptop needs...
My Apple store's suggestion for my frustration with useless machine was to install Vista on it!!
Vista is not that bad, as long as you give it enough computer to chew on... Integrated GPU is a big NO for instance. It's also better on a desktop than on a laptop (one of the reasons to pick a MB or MBP for me).