doesn't cost $20. And who cares.. it just comes with lifetime warranty. The thing is it's cheap.

i guess you go could with 2 of these, they are on sale and are even cheaper, $33.99 each! if you dont want to pay for shipping just walk in to any ncix.

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...Y&promoid=1029

previously i was quoting the following 4gb ram kit... buying ram in matched pairs/kits does have its advantages but you probably wont notice difference except for the extra $100 missing from your wallet.

http://www.ncix.com/products/index.p...acture=Corsair

Yeah I just googled and found a few forums that mentioned most users had no problems using Kingston before I bought. BTW. I totally agree with the applecare. It's great to have and you can buy it anytime before your 1 year runs out. Will probably be my next purchase as I've already got the ram and hdd upgraded.

Ahh ic, i'll just purchase the apple care as my 1 year expires when i go buy it or something =)

Would 2GB of RAM consider good enough for running adobe programs?

Should be fine as long as you're not running multiple heavy-load programs (Photoshop, Final Cut, Lightroom, After-Effects) etc at the same time. It's HDD that's probably going to slow things down because it'd be swapping files if more than 1 or 2 are running at the same time.

Where would you guys recommend buying a macbook from? My buddy told me to stay away from bestbuy and futureshop.. but i dont know why =S

Are you a student? Then your respective student bookstore if you happen to go to UBC or SFU... they've got the discount pre-applied.

Otherwise, go downtown to the Apple Store at Pacific Mall. If you're too lazy, try Simply Computing on West Broadway and Pine.

The guys at Futureshop (less so at Best Buy) will harass the crap out of you to buy extra accessories and services.

Prices, products, and warranties are the same no matter what Apple reseller you get it from, but the service and return policies may vary.

There's no where else that I could get the $100 off for students? Just the Apple Store and online right? T_T

What's wrong with getting it from the Apple store?

Too far.. for me.

Order online....Simple as that.

How easy is it to swap in a new harddrive into the new Macbooks?

really easy to do

So hmm.. do you guys think it's worth upgrading the ram from 2gb to 4gb? The loading time difference is only 18 secs with Photoshop CS3

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple...ory_Benchmarks

Load time is not the issue - performance during usage of application is. More RAM, smoother the app is.

I totally forgot about that -_-"

So where may I find the performance etc based on this?

So I called the Apple Store in downtown. They do the ram upgrade on the spot too, but it might take from 30 mins to 1 hour. T_T

Yeah that's reasonable. Because you have to take the entire baseplate off before you can get at the RAM

Oh well, hopefully I feel better tomorrow. I'm so sick right now, GG.

they can, you just buy 2x2G, and u can swap a 500G hdd in a macbook.

Okay, I got my very first mac today :D

congrats

Still trying to figure out which torrent program is best for torrents. Gotta get my hands on adobe cs4 and install it =\

Vuze vs Transmission vs uTorrent?

If anyone have done this before, PM me :)