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New MBP.. Reformat and fresh install?

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MacDannny

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hi, i just got my new MBP finally!
I'm just in the process of calibrating the battery (first initial charge). when its charged and I can turn it on, would you recommend reformatting the drive and freshly installing OSX?
if so, would anyone be kind enough to be able to point me in the direction of useful instructions? (I have an idea, but dont want to mess it up).

thanks, and much appreciated.
 
Not needed IMO

To do it, just boot from the install disk #1 by holding C while booting and open Disk Utility from Menu bar and erase the HD, then exit Disk Utility and install OS X. Unless you have issues, don't do it
 
MacDannny said:
hi, i just got my new MBP finally!
I'm just in the process of calibrating the battery (first initial charge). when its charged and I can turn it on, would you recommend reformatting the drive and freshly installing OSX?
if so, would anyone be kind enough to be able to point me in the direction of useful instructions? (I have an idea, but dont want to mess it up).

thanks, and much appreciated.
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Reinstalling Mac OS X is not required, as only when you turn on your MacBook Pro for the first time the Mac OS X installation is finalised.

The correct term is to format by the way, not to reformat. A reformat would imply that you format your hard drive... and then format your hard drive again, which would not be useful. ;)
 
Above posters are right. You don't need to re-install OSX. One of the best things about Macs is the LACK of BLOATWARE. Every windows laptop I've bought in the past would get a 50% speed upgrade by just deleting the HD and reinstalling windows due to all the bloatware.
 
I shall be reinstalling OS X, when my MBP arrives, just because I like to be certain everything is the way I like it, I'm quite fastidious about it :D
 
Tim Lyons said:
I shall be reinstalling OS X, when my MBP arrives, just because I like to be certain everything is the way I like it, I'm quite fastidious about it :D
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what settings can you set during instillation that you can't post install?
 
Unless you plan on upgrading the hard drive I see no reason to do a fresh install, its not like windows where each manufactuere adds there own crap.
 
I know that, I've owned a Mac in the past, I enjoy doing it :D

I will have to reinstall again when I get my SSD.
 
I always format my Macs when I get them. I like to remove things like iWeb, Garage Band, the language translations, etc. You can save quite a bit of space by doing this. I prefer to keep my computers loaded only with applications I use.

Is it required? No. Do I prefer it, yep.
 
Celeron said:
I always format my Macs when I get them. I like to remove things like iWeb, Garage Band, the language translations, etc. You can save quite a bit of space by doing this. I prefer to keep my computers loaded only with applications I use.

Is it required? No. Do I prefer it, yep.
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Is it possible to remove the extra languages post-install?
 
Celeron said:
I always format my Macs when I get them. I like to remove things like iWeb, Garage Band, the language translations, etc. You can save quite a bit of space by doing this. I prefer to keep my computers loaded only with applications I use.

Is it required? No. Do I prefer it, yep.
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good point, i'll be doing the same
 
all things considered, it is probably a good idea to at least zero out the hard drive before using it... at least, that is standard practice for any newly purchased hard drive, and I doubt this happens w/ the new computers due to the time it takes.
 
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