I currently have a Macbook pro 10.6.8 and i'm interested software upgrade What are the advantages and disadvantages for upgrading my software.

Ok... the only reason why i want to uprade my software is because of StarCraft 2. For those that don't know, Heart of the Swarm is coming out this March. I've been eagerly waiting for this expansion. I just read that SC2 HOTS will not be able to support any software below lion. I currently have 10.6.8 and i was wondering what are the disadvantages and advantages (aside from being able to play this expansion) of upgrading my software? Are there any draw backs, etc.

Go all the way to Mountain Lion if you can...
Upgrade to Mountain Lion
But...
Before attempting any Major Upgrade... get yourself an External Hard Drive... and create a Bootable Clone Backup of your current Hard Drive...
By far the easiest way to make such a Backup, is to use something like
SuperDuper http://www.shirt-pocket.com/
or CCC http://www.bombich.com/
That way, should anything untoward happen during the Upgrade,
you will NOT LOSE ANYTHING.
(Get an EHD that is at least equal to your current Drive...)
Also, get more RAM...
You can use this Link to check which RAM is suitable for your Mac...
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/apple/memory/
It is Important to get the Correct and Matching RAM
For best performance, fill all memory slots, installing an equal memory module in each slot.
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MBP http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1270

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Very simular, although your cycle count is higher.
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Even though you are out of warrenty they may still have a look at this for you in the store as Apple are renowned for great aftercare .

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Dear all, I have a MacBook Pro bought in April 2011. Last April, it got stuck while the wheel was spinning and I had to force it shut. That cost me my hard drive. Now, it's stuck again. I tried esc, cmd+tab, moving the trackpad on the apple, but no. HELP!

Dear John,
thank you for your prompt reply. After I sent the email, I left the wheel spinning to see if it would eventually stop. It didn't, but after a while the screen turned blue, so I decided to switch everything off with a forced shut-down. I could not restart with the OS DVDs because I am currently away from home, but fortunately everything was more or less fine after restarting. It then got stuck again, I forced it shut again, restarted again, and now it seem to work but I won't overdo it and will switch off smoothly after writing this (unless it gets stuck again). Last April I have replaced the HD, so it's now just under 6 months old. And, of course, since the crash occurred when I was abroad and had backed up just before I left, I have lost only a few days' work. Still, and I know this will make me hugely unpopular here, with my 5 previous laptops running on MS Windows I never had a problem. Which does not mean I loved the OS, or I would not have switched to Mac.
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Claudia

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I have a macbook pro with 250 GB of Space, 2.2 Processor, 16 GB of Memory 1600MHz, and Intel Iris Pro 1536. I backed up my apps using iTunes but I am having a hard time restoring my apps back to my iPhone 5s so could you please help me?

So did you ever get your apps back on your iPhone?

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For optimum performance, install Snow Leopard 10.6.8, to date the most efficient OSX from Apple.
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What are the best export settings for HD without loosing any quality?
What are the best export settings for the size to come out around 500 MB with loosing the least amount of quality possible?
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http://forums.adobe.com/thread/713070
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It Stands for "Coder Decoder."
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A coffe cup (container) can hold pretty much any liquid you drink, where a red solo cup (container) won't hold scolding water. So, the coffe cup would be your container of choice most likely because it has the most options for liquids (codecs). But, you might want a red solo cup for just a single crappy beer at a party (a moderate quality streaming video on the web). In that case, you don't need all the optoins of another container.
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As XI developer what are the roles and authorization i shoul have in realtime, as a dveloper is it possible for me to crate namespace and business system, can any one please exaplain me abt business system in real time scenario.
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Sun Sep 16 23:00:13 2012
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0xffffff80ef3d3ad0 : 0xffffff80002c4794
0xffffff80ef3d3c80 : 0xffffff80002da55d
0xffffff80ef3d3ca0 : 0xffffff8000290560
0xffffff80ef3d3dc0 : 0xffffff800026c9c3
0xffffff80ef3d3f40 : 0xffffff80002c3fbb
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cashworth wrote:
Kindle is connected directly, not thru a hub. Also called Amazon Kindle support, tech was baffled when I told her I was using a Mac. She said, "I'm not really familiar with apple products."
Precisely why it's not an iPad, and why it doesn't cost very much. An Apple rep would tell you how to connect an iPad to every computer.
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