Macbook thread

[BrRsn]

Hey guys, not a macguy but a friends asking me to put windows on her imac,

its the 27inch and she said she bought in late 2010 (I think around summer 2010?) and it is the i7 based one (i think). Is it ok for me to put windows 7 64bit on it, or will only 32 bit work? I tried installed both 32 and 64 on her macbook and only 32bit worked, im about to order a OEM edition of windows 7 but can't decide whether to get 64 or 32bit ... will 64 work?

[ddr]

all of the CPUs in intel macs core2duo and after are 64-bit compatible

[baggdis300]

UGH

my under month old mbp 13" i5 has this werid problem every couple weeks(its been 2 weeks since last time) this box pops up telling me to hold my power button until turns off in different languages wtf is goin on?

i didn't pay this much money to have these kinds of problems

[roverT]

I had that happen to my 6 year old MBP 15". I still use it and it happened a couple times in a few months. I just got a new MBP 15 and so far everything is good. Let us know how things turn out. You can goto Apple and they can help diagnose whether you have a faulty motherboard. Just because of the Apple image, there are still a few bad apples out of a bunch. There's no such thing as a perfect bunch of apples....haha. That's why we have refurbs!!

[CRS]

Originally Posted by baggdis300

UGH

my under month old mbp 13" i5 has this werid problem every couple weeks(its been 2 weeks since last time) this box pops up telling me to hold my power button until turns off in different languages wtf is goin on?

i didn't pay this much money to have these kinds of problems

Make an appointment and bring it in to an apple store.

They diagnosis on the spot and if it isn't any thing serious, they fix it right away. Even if they do require you to send it in, it takes about a week (or atleast it did for me) to get a return. Pretty quick and very good CS.

[Senna4ever]

Originally Posted by baggdis300

UGH

my under month old mbp 13" i5 has this werid problem every couple weeks(its been 2 weeks since last time) this box pops up telling me to hold my power button until turns off in different languages wtf is goin on?

i didn't pay this much money to have these kinds of problems

Do you have an iPhone tethered to your MBP when it happens? It happens to mine sometimes, but only when tethered to my iPhone.

[skholla]

thats called a kernel panic, the mac version of the blue screen of death. could be a software or hardware problem, definitely take it into apple and let them look after it. if you want to troubleshoot the issue yourself you can try to eliminate the software and OS by backing up and wiping the system. then perform all system updates and try to reproduce the issue, if it does happen then its a most likely a hardware issue. if it does not then it was most likely software, setting or conflict. after that use the migration assistant to import your backed up data (user account only, no system/network settings, no applications) and then try the reproduce the issue again. if not then your user account is okay, if so then you have an issue with your user account, possibly a corrupted preference file or bad system or program setting.

[K-Dub]

AWESOME. This just happened.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kwu/5603104823/
Fuck.

[Iceman_2K]

looks like the lcd connection to the vid card is dying...

[K-Dub]

Originally Posted by Iceman_2K

looks like the lcd connection to the vid card is dying...

Just got back from apple store. Mine isn't covered under the recall/support issue (http://discussions.apple.com/thread....readID=2753605).

49 months I've had my MBP.. why now! You were working just fine last night.

$500 for the logic board, including labour.

Should I do it, or buy the new MBP? Though it is the 1st gen of the new lightbolt/sandy bridge MBP's, I kind of want to wait till the 2nd gen. That or I get a refurb iMac, but they're due for an update come September when the new OS & cycle of product updates come out.. hm.

So if I do buy something new, I have this nice expensive paperweight here. Should I sell it off for cheap and let the buyer know they can fix it but for $500? ehhhh

[!MiKrofT]

Ebay or sell it off as parts. Logic boards are just too expensive to replace when its past warranty.

[K-Dub]

Up and running now.

Edit.. nevermind. Loading youtube made it go byebye.

[02em2]

Hey guys, a friend of mine asked me for advice but I am not a mac person. He has 2 questions:

is the 13.3" Macbook for $949 a good deal at FS (It has a $100 off promo now)? This is the Core 2 Duo version.

Also, can it run PhotoShop?I know it only has 2g ram but I saw NCIX is having a sale:
OCZ OCZ3M13332G 2GB 1X2GB DDR3-1333 CL9-9-9-24 1.5V 204PIN SODIMM Memory for 10 bucks so I am thinking 20 bucks for 2g is pretty cheap

the mac is going to be for his sister and I am sure she doesn't game

TIA

[Senna4ever]

It'll be fine for running Photoshop with 4GB, but the screen resolution of the 13" MBP's (1280x800) sucks. There won't be much space for the image and all of the palettes, unless she uses an external monitor or uses an iPad to dump all of the palettes to.

[K-Dub]

Hey all, selling off my old MBP for cheap.

Check craigslist post for details.


http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/va...373933381.html

[gilly]

efff. my charger broke. the silver connector magnet detached from the cable. ima try to glue it together and see if they can replace it for me under apple warranty lol.

[skholla]

still under warranty? dont glue it, just bring it in and they will replace it.

if not under warranty still take it in, theres a chance that they might. the first design of the magsafe adapter was flawed, weak at the neck and would fray. its a serious fire and safety hazard, stress that point and hopefully they will help you out.

[skholla]

3rd party magsafe power adapters...

http://www.buybatteriesdirect.com/pr...s-Laptops.html

[gilly]

^ k thanks. i just told them it fell off and they switched it for me no questions asked. love apple support.

[Mr.HappySilp]

Thinking of getting the 13inch 97 version of MBP. I mostly surf the web, watch TV and play games. Not planning on anything graphics intensive. I mostly play WoW and the odd RPG here and there such as Dragon Age. Currently in WoW I get 60fps on my desktop (most likely higher). Using AMD P2 X095 Black ed,8GB of Ram, GTX 460 1GB video card. Will the graphics be ok with the 13inch MBP?

I also want to to dual boot for Windows 7 since I need to run windows for some work I do and the programs is only for windows? So do I just pop the Windows 7 disc into the drive and let it install?

I also like to leave my desktop on to download movies and stuff sometimes overnight. That's one of the reason I haven't gotten a good laptop coz I don't want it break down from constanly being on lol.

Will it be Ok?

[PornMaster]

13" is fine for your needs, I use it to play sc2 sometimes :P

Installing windows is a breeze, it comes with 2 disc's you pop 1 disc in then windows 7 after that put in second disk DONE

[ddr]

i could play sc2 on my old 5450

i'd get the 15", screen's better too

[gilly]

13in may b a bit small to play games.

[Iceman_2K]

depends on what games - SC2 is alright, so is L4D

[ddr]

just came across this site when reading petapixel... seems quite informative with benchmarks and recommendations

http://macperformanceguide.com/