What to do when it finally arrives....

[brian4610]

Whenever my new MBP arrives, what do i need to do to:

Calibrate the battery?

restore from my external HD?

Do i let the battery just run down until it runs out? For the hard drive, do i need to press anything at start up?

thanks.

 

[noah82]

Turn it on. Have fun.

 

[GGJstudios]

Calibrating a portable computer battery

 

[Hellhammer]

Call FedEx and send it to Helsinki, Finland

Calibrating battery

Do you have a Time Machine backup or just files in the external? At some point during the first boor, it'll ask if you want to transfer files and click yes and select from TM backup if you have one. If not, just set up everything then plug in the HD and transfer them

Enjoy it!

 

[Tim Lyons]

I'll be firing up Photoshop CS5 (trial to start with) and Logic with Ivory Piano II when mine arrives ^_^

 

[mloffa]

Make love to it.

 

[brian4610]

thanks for the help, OUT FOR DELIVERY!!!

 

[Tim Lyons]

Make love to it.

mwhaha

edit: I have a question actually, would there be any benefit from me formatting the drive, reinstalling the OS when it arrives?

 

[avediswolf]

mwhaha

edit: I have a question actually, would there be any benefit from me formatting the drive, reinstalling the OS when it arrives?

Nah... This ain't winderz, no need to.

 

[Tim Lyons]

Nah... This ain't winderz, no need to.

Roger dodger, might do it anyway for fun!

 

[Celeron]

mwhaha

edit: I have a question actually, would there be any benefit from me formatting the drive, reinstalling the OS when it arrives?

I always do. Did that yesterday when my i7 15'' arrived. I like to keep things as clean as possible and that includes removing all the language translations, garage band, iweb, etc. Then, I reinstall only the parts I want. Saves 5-6gig.

 

[Tim Lyons]

I agree I love everything to be clean, I get quite fastidious about it.

 

[lacoste-rocker]

Set it up and build a shrine around it.

 

[Hawke]

Whenever my new MBP arrives, what do i need to do to:
.

Send it to your dearest friend.. me

 

[Tanegashima]

Roger dodger, might do it anyway for fun!

You'll loose iLife

 

[Tim Lyons]

You'll loose iLife

Doesnt it come with two disks? the OS X install and "extras"? My iMac did

 

[wandrer2]

Interesting fact: while calibrating my battery I was playing Tales of Monkey Island full screen. This killed my battery in about 90 minutes, but that's beside the point. When I turned it back on the next morning, it restored the state from harddisk and went right back into the game as if nothing had happened!