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steveo · 3 Jan 2010 at 19:54

mattfinch whats the 13 inch macbook pro like for replacing the the hard drive and memory on your own ???? thinking of getting one to replace my samsung nc10 and to complement my imac

mattfinch · 3 Jan 2010 at 20:22

You should have no trouble at all replacing either parts, you just take off the bottom case, and swap them out, it comes with instructions on both and they are both considered user replaceable parts by Apple.

steveo · 3 Jan 2010 at 20:30

mattfinch said:
You should have no trouble at all replacing either parts, you just take off the bottom case, and swap them out, it comes with instructions on both and they are both considered user replaceable parts by Apple.

thats good to no mate thanks for the fast reply, how do you find the MBP itself fast enough ??? do you get 7 hours out of it ??? do you wish you had gone for a 15/17 inch or are you happy with the 13 inch model, sorry for all the questions just really want one this year

mattfinch · 3 Jan 2010 at 20:37

All the MBP's are professional products, I used to have a 990, the base model, 13" one, that was fine, plenty of resources for everything I wanted to do, but I got the oppertunity to upgrade for free, so, obviously I did.

When Apple say you can get 7 hours of battery out of these, they mean it. I take it to college with me every day, and have never taken a charger with me. I always return home with plenty of juice to spare too.

I wouldn't mind the 15" model, but then again, I don't know, the 13" is a really good size, big enough. I did look at the 15" but I'd have to get the MB986, the one with the 9600m, so the increased cost precluded me there. The 13" serves me well though.

Edit:

As of today, I now have 8GB of RAM in my MacBook Pro

Camoe · 8 Jan 2010 at 17:56

Powerbook G4

1.25 gb of ram
80gb Hdd
Ppc 1700 Mhz prosessor
12'

A nice cute thing, Bit old. But it does what its asked.

Blackhawk47 · 8 Jan 2010 at 21:56

New stand for the Macbook is doing good!

rpn · 9 Jan 2010 at 22:29

I like that stand. Where from, please.

BiGT- · 9 Jan 2010 at 22:42

Blackhawk47 said:
New stand for the Macbook is doing good!

Hi, even though you cant see it in these pictures, do you have a link to your chair please?

Thanks

Blackhawk47 · 9 Jan 2010 at 23:50

BiGT- said:
Hi, even though you cant see it in these pictures, do you have a link to your chair please?

Thanks

Its this one from Viking Direct. Its really nice. :cool:

http://www.viking-direct.co.uk/1/1/3934-rome-superior-executive-leather-faced-chair-black.html

Starky · 10 Jan 2010 at 11:03

Squeezing as much as I can into the small flat and desk that I have at the moment!

The Macbook is over 3 years old now (you can tell from the hole in the front from the defective plastic used in this model, had it replaced two times haha) but still runs Windows 7 like a dream on my 24" Dell Monitor. Really in those 3 years the specs on the Macbooks have barely improved at all, still the same processor with some more RAM and better integrated graphics!

Also got the iPhone 3Gs there and my Xbox360 to make up for the macbooks ability to play games. Also my Microsoft/Logitect Keyboard/Mouse since I'm not a fan of the Apple ones (have the wireless set gathering dust in my cupboard)

The Satellite speakers do the job too, got a sub for them under the desk and they are pretty sweet!

smogsy · 10 Jan 2010 at 15:51

shows you how deep the blacks are on this Photoframe it was on

My setup:
30" Samsung 30STPlus
24" HP Mointor
40" Samsung HDTV
Mac Pro Oct-core 2.26ghz 12GB Ram 4870 2TB Storage
Mordaunt Short 902i Speakers
NAD 315 amp
Cambridge Audio MagicDAC
PS3 60GB
SKY HD
Danbo
Sony 10" photo Frame

steveo · 10 Jan 2010 at 15:51

you could wall mount the monitor or build a shelve just above the height of the screen :confused:

, might give you some space :confused:

smogsy · 10 Jan 2010 at 15:56

steveo said:
you could wall mount the monitor or build a shelve just above the height of the screen , might give you some space

you talking to me if so im confused

r2d2 · 10 Jan 2010 at 15:59

How are you finding the dacmagic smogsy?

Also what speed is your mac?

Setup looks great.

steveo · 10 Jan 2010 at 16:00

smogsy said:
you talking to me if so im confused

No smogsy i wasnt

i was talking to starky

Josh P · 10 Jan 2010 at 16:08

Mine a few months ago, I've sold the iMac since:

smogsy · 10 Jan 2010 at 16:17

r2d2 said:
How are you finding the dacmagic smogsy?

Also what speed is your mac?

Setup looks great.

it was in my post but
Mac Pro Oct-core 2.26ghz 12GB Ram 4870 2TB Storage sickly fast, can get it to google within 13 seconds on bootup. best computer ive owned (i have 3.6 i7 gaming rig)

MagicDAC is amazingly good. far better than the Real-tek Internal sound card. its great for sky to. its just more detailed all around. only thing that annoyed me at first was the high pitched noise from its PSU, but stopped after a few hours of usage. most probably just settling down i guess.

steveo · 10 Jan 2010 at 16:20

mine after a clean up, would like to say thats its like that all the time but alas its not

r2d2 · 10 Jan 2010 at 16:24

smogsy said:
it was in my post but
Mac Pro Oct-core 2.26ghz 12GB Ram 4870 2TB Storage sickly fast, can get it to google within 13 seconds on bootup. best computer ive owned (i have 3.6 i7 gaming rig)

MagicDAC is amazingly good. far better than the Real-tek Internal sound card. its great for sky to. its just more detailed all around. only thing that annoyed me at first was the high pitched noise from its PSU, but stopped after a few hours of usage. most probably just settling down i guess.

Thanks for replying. Bet you spend some time in that room.

Steveo how you finding the new imac? They look amazing imo,

steveo · 10 Jan 2010 at 16:32

r2d2 said:
Steveo how you finding the new imac? They look amazing imo,

its not the new kind its a 24inch (3ghz, ati 4850) march 2009 model, its still an amazing machine and will still be in a couple of years i reckon

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