Mac Users Of Mtc (apple: Go Ahead, Take A Bite!)

[jimcooper]

question one - is this easy?

question two - my toshiba hard drives i currently use on my windows laptop and pc. do i have to reformat them? (silly question i hope you wont mind)

tia

 

Makisali nga...

 

? one: do you have 2 individual external drives? If so, OS X can create a mirrored raid set for you out of the two drives. But you have to keep them both connected to your MBP when using. It would be easier if you have one external enclosure with two drives in it.

 

? two: you have to convert them to HFS. Unless the drives are in FAT32 which the Mac can read/write. If these are the drives you want to use as a raid set, then the only option is to reformat.

Edited March 21, 2011 by jimcooper

[ike.santos]

Are the new mbp with sandy bridge chipsets now avail in the phl?

[djrs]

@Boomouse,

 

you always talk how shitty Windows OS and Windows hardwares.

 

I dont believe that Macbook's even the MB Pro are Durable enough. why? a lot of my client only who bought a mac they only uses it for music, facebook, youtube, pictures, office use.. 3 out of 10 they will use it as a video editing machine and photoshop.

 

but there is a lot of hardware issues about apple. why?

 

same Hardrive as a PC, same processors, same memory. actually on expansion slots apple is limited.

 

I agree with riverjordan.. definitely i will choose Alienware over MBPro i7 if I am a gamer.

 

but they are both overpriced.

 

And dont tell me again that i never used a mac.. My wife has a mbpro 13" i have the shitty mbpro with nvidia chipset good thing it has a apple care and the recall.. they replaced the logic board due to the nvidia problem.

 

the irony of it? i did bootcamp it. and i always use windows seven on it.

[boomouse]

 

you always talk how shitty Windows OS and Windows hardwares.

 

public/style_emoticons/default/laugh.gifHey, it's an opinion I express in a Mac thread. I am entitled just as you are to say otherwise.

 

I dont believe that Macbook's even the MB Pro are Durable enough. why? a lot of my client only who bought a mac they only uses it for music, facebook, youtube, pictures, office use.. 3 out of 10 they will use it as a video editing machine and photoshop.

 

Again, your opinion. Mine comes from experience which includes being soaked overnight in the muddy waters of the Ondoy floods. Why would I not be impressed? I've had a circa 2007 Macbook Pro and it has not missed a beat. It has gone through several RAM and HD upgrades including an MTRON ssd, I replaced a keyboard last year (P1,750 at the Greenbelt 3 Mac Store), bought a new battery and a replacement charger at the same time. But the darn thing keeps on going. I now use it as a mobile server and as a bit torrent server, and for encoding video through XGrid as its post-retirement role and still it keeps on going. This thing led a very hard life when I used to travel a ot in 2007/2008. I usually would just check it in with the rest of my luggage, it has been dropped at least three times inside its case. I had a case of bleeding LCD pixels in 2007 which Apple replaced under warranty but the bottom line is that is just keeps going.

 

It also runs Final Cut Pro at a decent speed. It is adequate for minor Photoshop work not because it is not fast enough but because the LCD screen is not photographic-grade (read: the color gamut is way off from what reproduction devices such as a proofing printer or digital colorpress can produce). For that you need a calibrated screen from EIZO with controlled ambient lighting.

 

but there is a lot of hardware issues about apple. why?

 

same Hardrive as a PC, same processors, same memory. actually on expansion slots apple is limited.

 

I agree with riverjordan.. definitely i will choose Alienware over MBPro i7 if I am a gamer.

 

but they are both overpriced.

 

And dont tell me again that i never used a mac.. My wife has a mbpro 13" i have the shitty mbpro with nvidia chipset good thing it has a apple care and the recall.. they replaced the logic board due to the nvidia problem.

 

the irony of it? i did bootcamp it. and i always use windows seven on it.

 

I agree with you in that I would not use a Mac to play games. But that is because I am not a gamer and I am of the opinion that playing games are a most inefficient way to spend one's time. But then, to each his own right? Of course you would get the replacement on the bad NVIDIA chipset. Youare entitled to that. Have you ever tried getting relief from Dell or HP or Compaq? I bought my son a Ferrari laptop from Acer and the LCD bled within two weeks of the warranty expiring. The Acer shop doesn't even know when they could get a replacement part in or if they can have Acer cover it under warranty or how much it would cost if I had to pay for it. And this was for their premium designer brand. All I got was a lot of head scratching and wasted time. When you get treated like that, dealing with the Apple guys looks like a classy operation.

 

Of course an NVIDIA problem would necessitate a logic board replacement. The chipset is surface-mounted on the board.

 

As for your using Windows on a Mac, congratulations. The first step is the hardest. but I've seen that before too. A lot of people put in Japanese diesel engines in Mercedes-Benz bodies and they do the job too. Whatever turns you on.

[boomouse]

anyone here had a problem with the batt of their mcbook pro 15'(2008)? my gf's batt (not butt) is now swollen for some reason and it affects the trackpad. oh well, prolly time to replace the old batt. but I was wondering if apple replaces them or gives a discount for a known issue...

 

A swollen battery is sign of a broken battery. Unless it happens within your warranty or Applecare period, Apple will not replace it–as probably most computer makers. Its P7,500 from the Greenbelt 3 Mac Shop. Try downloading COCONUT BATTERY to check it first though. I doubt if there is an issue with this that can be the basis for a claim on the factory but there is no harm asking the service guys.

 

There is one way to k*ll your battery quickly. All you have to do is to use one of those rinky-dink notebook coolers like what CD-R King sells and plug it into your USB port and keep it plugged in even when the computer is put to sleep with the lid closed and the charger disconnected. It will keep on sucking power form you laptop until the battery state-of-charge drops below nominal and kills itself. Lithium batteries are very obedient. They will keep on giving for as long as you keep on asking. Even at the cost of its life.

[racerklm]

VMware Fusion is excellent for use in a Mac. Using the unity function helps in making the windows programs feel as though they are part of OSX. Quite interesting to hear that the i7 from the MBP 15" is only a dual core. That would be false advertising on Apple's part since they do claim it is a quad-core on their website.

[boomouse]

VMware Fusion is excellent for use in a Mac. Using the unity function helps in making the windows programs feel as though they are part of OSX. Quite interesting to hear that the i7 from the MBP 15" is only a dual core. That would be false advertising on Apple's part since they do claim it is a quad-core on their website.

 

There is a dual core and quad core i7 available.

[artvader]

Hmmmm.... my one year old macbook's internal speakers are conking out on me (or rather, it's the line-in socket that's acting up). In any case, the option to select the internal speakers as the output disappears.

 

I thought they made these things to last...

[boomouse]

Hmmmm.... my one year old macbook's internal speakers are conking out on me (or rather, it's the line-in socket that's acting up). In any case, the option to select the internal speakers as the output disappears.

 

I thought they made these things to last...

 

If the internal speakers are conking out, then there is no argument that you have a quality issue.

 

But if you are saying that the line-in socket is the source of the flaky performance, than can also be caused by tilting the thing on its side while you have something inserted in the audio in port so that the weight of the entire laptop is placed on that connector/socket. You would definitely break it that way as the thing was never designed to carry that kind of weight in that way. I have seen that happen--usually in Macbooks used by teenagers.

[artvader]

Well thank goodness I'm not a teenager. But I can safely say that I haven't been tilting the darn thing while an audio plug was inserted. I only use the audio jack when I'm watching movies (connected to an external speaker) and the machine is laid out flat on a table.

 

So... it's supposed to be a portable gadget, but it's not designed to take on some usage strains from something that it would most likely experience in its lifetime. I would say that's odd. For a desktop machine I would accept that. But for a laptop? Hmmm.

[i-rivere]

^ maybe you need to have it check if it's covered with AppleCare..

[n70]

Makisali nga...

 

? one: do you have 2 individual external drives? If so, OS X can create a mirrored raid set for you out of the two drives. But you have to keep them both connected to your MBP when using. It would be easier if you have one external enclosure with two drives in it.

 

? two: you have to convert them to HFS. Unless the drives are in FAT32 which the Mac can read/write. If these are the drives you want to use as a raid set, then the only option is to reformat.

 

thanks...

 

im almost near buying a macbook pro, kaunting ipon na lang

 

regarding the one external enclosure with two drives in it, considering the size of the enclosure, would it still be portable?

 

as to HFS, my toshiba 1TB drives are NTFS, so i have to back up first my files? then reformat to HFS? then copy them all back?

 

i so newbie to the macworld, please bear with me guys. im just making preparations... i have a lot of client photos i need to protect so i am paranoid with my shift.

[boomouse]

Well thank goodness I'm not a teenager. But I can safely say that I haven't been tilting the darn thing while an audio plug was inserted. I only use the audio jack when I'm watching movies (connected to an external speaker) and the machine is laid out flat on a table.

 

So... it's supposed to be a portable gadget, but it's not designed to take on some usage strains from something that it would most likely experience in its lifetime. I would say that's odd. For a desktop machine I would accept that. But for a laptop? Hmmm.

 

Pivoting a Macbook on an audio jack while inserted in the audio in port is not what you would call usual usage. Its called equipment abuse. But apparently you don't do this so my suggestion is to have your laptop checked. Just a thought: I think the 13-inch Macbook has a unified audio in/out port, if you are using external speakers, it is possible that the pressure contacts inside are not squarely hitting the right parts in your jack. Those contacts can be a bit smaller than what is usual because there are more of the to handle the 'out' as well as the 'in' parts of the business. Of course it is possible the contacts are 'tired' and have to be bent forward a bit in the shop. But also check you jack for straightness. Sometimes, jacks can be bent and this causes strain on the internal contacts as well. I've seen this happen to me after having stepped on the jack.

[djrs]

well base on my brother who owns a macbook pro 13 late 2010 when they use the latest MAYA on it it will take forever.... but his GF who has an i5 samsung it rendered flawlessly... then some of his colleague's macbook pro 13inch died while rendering.

[omphs_xxxx]

Love mac, macbook pro for work and macbook for home and personal use. 