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after being a PC fanboy since the 80's, i've finally crossed over and placed my order for a macbook this morning. So fingers crossed i'll be completely befuddled and pulling my hair out with my new macbook by this time next week 
I've crossed to the dark side :)
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you lucky smeghead 
whats specs you got
whats specs you got
I decided as it was dipping the toe in the water so to speak that I'd not plump for a macbook pro... so it's a white macbook, 13" glossy screen, 2.1GHz, 120HD and 1Gig ram (which i believe is cheap to upgrade)
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It is indeed a cheap and worthwhile upgrade. I have a similar spec one and tbh have no desire or need for a Pro, I guess it depends what you plan to use it for.
well, it's mainly for me to mess with (i want to learn a little more programing, as i've never quite got to grips with object oriented), but i think i'll migrate itunes there naturally, and probably all my email and stuff, but games will stay on the PC / xbox
only thing I'm worried about is that i'll end up buying photoshop again, and then want a mac desktop
only thing I'm worried about is that i'll end up buying photoshop again, and then want a mac desktop
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While I can't find a link for it, if you only need Photoshop on one computer you can migrate from PC to Mac for free I think. Or a very small fee.
I'd definitely say get a 2GB upgrade ready for when it comes!
I personally think 2GB is a minimum, and with the 9400M being shared the more RAM the better!
Hell even 4GB is cheap as chips now!
O yeah, enjoy! Give it some time and you'll grow to love it, don't let the initial confusion put you off!
I personally think 2GB is a minimum, and with the 9400M being shared the more RAM the better!
Hell even 4GB is cheap as chips now!
O yeah, enjoy! Give it some time and you'll grow to love it, don't let the initial confusion put you off!
Cheers guys, one step at a time... And the free transfer isn't really free as I think I'd end up with a desktop mac
Or at least a bigger external screenCheers guys, one step at a time... And the free transfer isn't really free as I think I'd end up with a desktop mac
Or at least a bigger external screen
yes, very true, but I'm also thinking of my drive capacity... I'm fairly sure I'll get a 250GB drive in a year or so, but for my bike pics, I'll need a desktop i think
... fo rnow I'm going to stay with t hepics primarily on teh PC desktop, but i think if i like macs, then i may even lose the desktop, leaving jsut hte xbox for gaming... but it's all just maybes at the moment
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Is the 9400M in the 2.1Ghz model? I thought the new white macbook model (with the 9400M) was 2.0Ghz. It was the previous model, with the previous graphics that was 2.1Ghz?
I however, will stand corrected
I however, will stand corrected
well i've had the macbook for just over a week now and finding that I really like it... everything is so slick, and i'm even trying to learn the X-Code interface and a little simple programming.
Maybe it's quite shallow, but one of the massive bonuses is the 5+ hours you get out of a battery cycle... my HP nx7400 was only giving me 60-80 minutes when on wifi.
Unfortunately, althoguh I can transfer the likes of Photoshop, I wouldn't then be allowed to run it on desktop which has the massive drive space to keep my photo archive... however, having seen what I can do on the macbook already I'm happy to leave photoshop where it's at for now.
Took your advice and upgraded to 4 gig straight off the bat, and only once noticed the machine slow down when i didn't realise that the red button and closing apps wasn't quite the same thing
Love the way that the iPhone links up with the macbook too
I think that i'll be keeping the desktop PC for games, but pretty sure that the HP laptop will be going soon.
Maybe it's quite shallow, but one of the massive bonuses is the 5+ hours you get out of a battery cycle... my HP nx7400 was only giving me 60-80 minutes when on wifi.
Unfortunately, althoguh I can transfer the likes of Photoshop, I wouldn't then be allowed to run it on desktop which has the massive drive space to keep my photo archive... however, having seen what I can do on the macbook already I'm happy to leave photoshop where it's at for now.
Took your advice and upgraded to 4 gig straight off the bat, and only once noticed the machine slow down when i didn't realise that the red button and closing apps wasn't quite the same thing
Love the way that the iPhone links up with the macbook too
I think that i'll be keeping the desktop PC for games, but pretty sure that the HP laptop will be going soon.
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Go up to the name of the app in the top left, and click on Quit *whatever*
or cmd & Q
or cmd & Q
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People close applications? 
Mo! I texted you a week or so ago when I was in your manor
Mo! I texted you a week or so ago when I was in your manor
You call Macs the dark side??? lol. Welcome to the Mac world
yeha, thanks... i'm enjoying myself with it ... and just started to make my first object oriented program
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People close applications?
Mo! I texted you a week or so ago when I was in your manor
I did get that evenutally, forgot to text back! Got a new number, I'll ping my new one to you now