...Otherwise, choose a Descriptive Title: Hope I didn't blow this one already, don't shoot me if I did.
I've been a forum-lurker for quite some time and finally decided to sign up because I still have some questions:
1) I'm currently typing this on a 2006 core duo 1.83Ghz macbook and am looking to upgrade to a mbp 13", bought in the U.S..
2) I guess I'm not allowed to discuss illegal matters in this forum so I'll make up a short story, which is totally not-illegal:
I've got -say- a Grandma living in the States that can buy tax-free in NYC, so she buys herself a mbp + applecare and comes to visit Europe. All of a sudden her mbp dies and she needs her laptop repaired. Applecare and mbp are both registered on her name and adress in NYC. Will she/a family member be able to get her mbp repaired in europe without it being shipped back to the States? (I've searched for this answer on google and the MROOGLE (wtf) option in ppl's sig but haven't found a definitive answer)
-> I guess you guys get the clue: would it be necessary to buy applecare in europe to get coverage for her mbp in EU? Or just buy it in the US with the mbp...
3) Does anyone here use vmware fusion on their old macbook core duo? I upgraded the memory to 2 Gbs last year but my 60GB HDD is constantly full and I cba to upgrade the HDD and discover that I can't run any apps decently in a windows environment (Let's say MS Visual Studio, Percobol -don't blame me, it's for college- and some other development tools, e.g. I tried using Borland Together 2007 natively last week in OS X 10.5 but the UML part didn't show up so...) I reckon the mbp 13" should suffice to run Windows XP/Vista/7 decently, no?
P.S. My epic grandma would upgrade the RAM (and possibly the HDD) herself
I've been a forum-lurker for quite some time and finally decided to sign up because I still have some questions:
1) I'm currently typing this on a 2006 core duo 1.83Ghz macbook and am looking to upgrade to a mbp 13", bought in the U.S..
2) I guess I'm not allowed to discuss illegal matters in this forum so I'll make up a short story, which is totally not-illegal:
I've got -say- a Grandma living in the States that can buy tax-free in NYC, so she buys herself a mbp + applecare and comes to visit Europe. All of a sudden her mbp dies and she needs her laptop repaired. Applecare and mbp are both registered on her name and adress in NYC. Will she/a family member be able to get her mbp repaired in europe without it being shipped back to the States? (I've searched for this answer on google and the MROOGLE (wtf) option in ppl's sig but haven't found a definitive answer)
-> I guess you guys get the clue: would it be necessary to buy applecare in europe to get coverage for her mbp in EU? Or just buy it in the US with the mbp...
3) Does anyone here use vmware fusion on their old macbook core duo? I upgraded the memory to 2 Gbs last year but my 60GB HDD is constantly full and I cba to upgrade the HDD and discover that I can't run any apps decently in a windows environment (Let's say MS Visual Studio, Percobol -don't blame me, it's for college- and some other development tools, e.g. I tried using Borland Together 2007 natively last week in OS X 10.5 but the UML part didn't show up so...) I reckon the mbp 13" should suffice to run Windows XP/Vista/7 decently, no?
P.S. My epic grandma would upgrade the RAM (and possibly the HDD) herself