I Finally Have The "ultimate"

[FelonyRuckus]

I just brought home my 17" MBP with High Resolution screen and 200 Gig HD.

I will post more after I play a little...what do I do to get rid of all the languages and shtuff?

And yes, they had it at the store.

 

[Ryox]

Well, thats optional but you'll have to reinstall the OS and set it up all over again.
Congrats on your new Mac.
Use the disks that came with your MBP

 

[TEG]

On versiontracker there is an awesome utility that will remove the extra languages. Also, you can easily get rid of anything in the Applications folder by just dragging it to the trash.

TEG

 

[Consultant]

Well, thats optional but you'll have to reinstall the OS and set it up all over again.
Congrats on your new Mac.
Use the disks that came with your MBP

This is not a windows box. The default install that comes with Macs works great without any reinstalls.

Congrats! I have the previous gen 17", wondering if I should update to the current one... Well, maybe next gen...

 

[FelonyRuckus]

Thanks guys...I'm just now using my free wireless keyboard and mighty mouse and I'm in clamshell mode to boot!!! hehehe so far i'm loving this thing.

 

[philgilder]

what do I do to get rid of all the languages and shtuff?

use "monolingual" - google it
you can use monolingual to remove excess languages, and code (like the program code for old powerpc apps). remove all lanugages you dont need, and any code, but leave intel and intel 64

Well, thats optional but you'll have to reinstall the OS and set it up all over again.
Congrats on your new Mac.
Use the disks that came with your MBP

This is not a windows box. The default install that comes with Macs works great without any reinstalls.

the advice to reinstall was to get rid of excess languages

 

[andrewdale]

Thanks guys...I'm just now using my free wireless keyboard and mighty mouse and I'm in clamshell mode to boot!!! hehehe so far i'm loving this thing.

My question is, why work in clamshell when you have that beautiful Hi-Def 17" screen to play with?!

 

[Queso]

use "monolingual" - google it
you can use monolingual to remove excess languages, and code (like the program code for old powerpc apps). remove all lanugages you dont need, and any code, but leave intel and intel 64

Don't use Monolingual to get rid of code, just languages. Otherwise you could find Rosetta apps will suddenly stop working.

 

[PowerBookRelic]

If you use monolingual to free up space and remove language, is it as clean (and also, free up as much space) as doing a fresh install?

 

[squeeks]

Don't use Monolingual to get rid of code, just languages. Otherwise you could find Rosetta apps will suddenly stop working.

is it that or is it getting rid of the code needed to run leopard on those older machines?

leopard is universal unlike tiger where there were different versions for intel and powerPC thus why leopard is so much bigger than tiger, so would removing these codes really hurt anything?

 

[fredrickyoon]

Congrats on your purchase and welcome to the MacRumors community!

 

[Neil321]

is it that or is it getting rid of the code needed to run leopard on those older machines?

leopard is universal unlike tiger where there were different versions for intel and powerPC thus why leopard is so much bigger than tiger, so would removing these codes really hurt anything?

Don't use monolingual to get rid of the intel architecture,if you want something
to slim down apps codes etc try Xslimmer