Mattwilko92 Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 i bought the basic spec 13" pro with 2.26ghz c2d processor, 2gb of ram, and 160gb hard disk.i then bought 4gb of ram from ebuyer for £75 and a 7200rpm 500gb hard disk for £83. total including the machine itself comes to £1058. to purchase that spec machine ready built from apple would cost £1139, but they don't offer a 7200rpm drive option, only 5400rpm.obviously you could do the same upgrades yourself to the macbook you were considering, but i just think it's worth getting the pro in the first place as over the space of however many years you will keep it, £100 isn't really a massive amount extra and i recon it will stand up to the test of time better.How easy was the RAM and Hard Drive to fit?Also what was the speed like with the standard 2GB DDR3?Seriously considering the basic spec 13" pro nowMatt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam K Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 How easy was the RAM and Hard Drive to fit?Also what was the speed like with the standard 2GB DDR3?Seriously considering the basic spec 13" pro nowMattwell the 4gb upgrade makes things a bit snappier if you are running lots of apps, but the reason i did it was because i run a virtual windows machine using virtualbox, and giving it lots of memory is pretty vital for it to run quick. 2gb would be fine for normal usage, a SSD or 7200rpm hard disk would make more of a difference in day to day normal usage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamGTi Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 My birds getting me the new Magic Mouse and Keyboard for crimbo....Cant wait, looks a great bit of kit. Should go nicely with my 24" iMac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattwilko92 Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 well the 4gb upgrade makes things a bit snappier if you are running lots of apps, but the reason i did it was because i run a virtual windows machine using virtualbox, and giving it lots of memory is pretty vital for it to run quick. 2gb would be fine for normal usage, a SSD or 7200rpm hard disk would make more of a difference in day to day normal usage.I wont be having windows on mine, so i might just stick with the 2GB and buy a 7200rpm hard disk. What size will i need?How easy was the hard disk to fit?Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam K Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 I wont be having windows on mine, so i might just stick with the 2GB and buy a 7200rpm hard disk. What size will i need?How easy was the hard disk to fit?Mattpiece of piss to fit, just undo the screws from the bottom plate on the macbook pro, lift the plate off and you can see the memory and hard disk under there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattwilko92 Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 piece of piss to fit, just undo the screws from the bottom plate on the macbook pro, lift the plate off and you can see the memory and hard disk under there.Superb How did you go about transfering all the data for the system to boot? Is it a 2.5" drive orrrrr?Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam K Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 (edited) Superb How did you go about transfering all the data for the system to boot? Is it a 2.5" drive orrrrr?Mattjust use something like http://www.bombich.com/index.htmlclone your original mac hard disk to your new hard disk in an external caddy.or if you don't have an external caddy you could just put the new drive in the macbook and just install the operating system from scratch from the dvd that comes with the machine. Edited December 15, 2009 by Adam K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dxg Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 I wont be having windows on mine, so i might just stick with the 2GB and buy a 7200rpm hard disk. What size will i need?How easy was the hard disk to fit?Mattos x loves ram - I would prioritise that over a bigger disk if speed is what you're after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattwilko92 Posted December 16, 2009 Report Share Posted December 16, 2009 Ive decided i am going to purchase the White Unibody Macbook and upgrade it myself to 4GB DDR3 and 500GB 7200rpm HDD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Adam K Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 i am selling my mac mini if anyone is interested as i've got the macbook pro and purchase on a 27" imac is imminent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dxg Posted December 30, 2009 Report Share Posted December 30, 2009 I'm starting to go off the idea of a 27" iMac. The firmware update seems to have fixed the display flickering issues - it must have been a driver issue. But the noise from the inverters is still there. The macrumors forums (as well as gizmodo) are full of complaints that both the 2.5 and 27 screens have uneven yellow tinting to them. And complaints about vibrations from the 1tb hard drives, as well as the machines getting really hot.So, let's see what gets announced on the 26th. Hopefully the slate but maybe some upgrades to the other models as well... Maybe a bottom-end PowerMac would be possible. We'll have to wait and see.I get the feeling the Slate is going to be too focused on media consumption to suit my needs. All I want (i.e. need for my job) is something I can view PDFs on in near-enough full size so that I can annotate them and re-save them with my scribbles embedded. I can do this on the screen at the moment, but I would really like are more suitable form-factor. Aside: I finally had some time to mess around with CS3's licensing system and my legit copy is now running on the mini! Never give up, peeps! Esp. when it involves otherwise having to shell out fo software that you shouldn't have to re-purchase. For info, the solution was on Adobe's own site (in case you guys hit the same problem, because seemingly it's not at all rare), here: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/512/cpsid_51260.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam K Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 I'm starting to go off the idea of a 27" iMac. The firmware update seems to have fixed the display flickering issues - it must have been a driver issue. But the noise from the inverters is still there. The macrumors forums (as well as gizmodo) are full of complaints that both the 2.5 and 27 screens have uneven yellow tinting to them. And complaints about vibrations from the 1tb hard drives, as well as the machines getting really hot.So, let's see what gets announced on the 26th. Hopefully the slate but maybe some upgrades to the other models as well... Maybe a bottom-end PowerMac would be possible. We'll have to wait and see.I get the feeling the Slate is going to be too focused on media consumption to suit my needs. All I want (i.e. need for my job) is something I can view PDFs on in near-enough full size so that I can annotate them and re-save them with my scribbles embedded. I can do this on the screen at the moment, but I would really like are more suitable form-factor. Aside: I finally had some time to mess around with CS3's licensing system and my legit copy is now running on the mini! Never give up, peeps! Esp. when it involves otherwise having to shell out fo software that you shouldn't have to re-purchase. For info, the solution was on Adobe's own site (in case you guys hit the same problem, because seemingly it's not at all rare), here: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/512/cpsid_51260.htmli am running CS4 on my mbp, but the lack of desktop real estate pisses me off when i've been used to photoshopping on my pc @ 1920x1200. still haven't made my mind up on the 27" imac, or just get a nice BIG monitor and connect it to my mac mini. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moominjr91 Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 just had a macbook for xmas and i love it. any one know some good apps for download? i think i will never be going back to a pc agen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dxg Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 (edited) i am running CS4 on my mbp, but the lack of desktop real estate pisses me off when i've been used to photoshopping on my pc @ 1920x1200. still haven't made my mind up on the 27" imac, or just get a nice BIG monitor and connect it to my mac mini.It's the uneven (and therefore uncorrectable) yellow tint to the screens that put me off it for that very reason. The screen sounds great if it wasn't for this manufacturing problem. Apparently the 24" Cinema display has the same problem. Which may explain why Apply have kept the original 30" cinema display around for so long - they know that their professional dtp and gfx people wouldn't put up with any defects...There should be a new revision of the PowerMac in the next few months (last updated March 2009) and hopefully these iMac problems will be solved then, so a clear decision can be made. This mini just isn't up to the work I put through it and it's getting frustrating... Edited December 31, 2009 by dxg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartagram Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Why does the iPhone have bluetooth since it can't find anything and even if it does it won't pair with it. Its a bit annoying that I have to email all my pictures to my desktop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjblyth Posted December 31, 2009 Report Share Posted December 31, 2009 Why does the iPhone have bluetooth since it can't find anything and even if it does it won't pair with it. Its a bit annoying that I have to email all my pictures to my desktop.Do you use a Mac? Use ImageCapture and your USB cable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_a Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 anyone got a programme they use to rip dvd' so i can put them on the ipod? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjblyth Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 anyone got a programme they use to rip dvd' so i can put them on the ipod?Handbrake. It's free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartagram Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 (edited) Yeah I've got a mac. I don't wanna sync everythin off my computer. Sometimes I just want the odd image on my mac or from my mac to my phone. That's why it's annoying. Where can I get image capture from? I had a fail with google Edited January 1, 2010 by heartagram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOCK Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 Yeah I've got a mac. I don't wanna sync everythin off my computer. Sometimes I just want the odd image on my mac or from my mac to my phone. That's why it's annoying. Where can I get image capture from? I had a fail with google This really rattles my cage too. The iPhone has no File Transfer Protocol for it's Bluetooth so you cannot send anything using it. There is a free app that will send from iPhone to iPhone but that is about it. Rather annoying that a £30 mobile can do something that my £500+ mobile cannot. I'm hoping that they will add FTP in the next firmware update but I'm not going to hold my breathe :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam K Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 i think the bluetooth works great for what it's designed to do.i use bluetooth tethering from my macbook pro to my iphone, and i use bluetooth headphones on both my mbp and iphone and they both work great with them.if you wanna transfer pics and stuff without having to connect your phone to your mac or pc then use dropbox. https://www.dropbox.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjblyth Posted January 1, 2010 Report Share Posted January 1, 2010 Yeah I've got a mac. I don't wanna sync everythin off my computer. Sometimes I just want the odd image on my mac or from my mac to my phone. That's why it's annoying. Where can I get image capture from? I had a fail with google Image Capture is already on your Mac in the utilities folder!Open it up with your iPhone plugged in and you'll see how easy it is.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobG Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Open it up with your iPhone plugged in and you'll see how easy it is....Plugged in? That's soooo 90's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_a Posted January 4, 2010 Report Share Posted January 4, 2010 well think its time i could use the macbook to download torrents, anyone got a good programme?or is it best to just carry on using pc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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