I want a macbook...

I am going to college to be a graphic art and photography major so i need a good macbook for a good price. I have been looking at the regular macbook with the 2.4 processor 160GB hard drive and 2GB of RAM. IS this a good choice? I am making the switch from PC to mac and i really don't know a lot about how everything runs on a mac as far as processing, applications, and software. So with what i'm going to be doing would this be a good choice?

If you are going to be doing 3D modeling then you'll want a MacBook Pro because it has a separate graphics processor. The MacBook can handle most of the rest though I gather some people feel a Pro is just enough better for processing RAW data.
When you buy, the usual price advice is to buy RAM from a 3rd party not from Apple. You'll want all the RAM you can get for your work.
The processor speed is not that important given the speed of the machines now. My suggestion is to get an external drive for back-up and simply because your files are going to be large, even huge if you do a lot of modeling. You'll be able to get a faster drive that's bigger because it isn't a notebook component.
Also, you'll likely need a fairly large transportable drive, though probably not right away. You should have a fairly large flash drive or two, but if your files then get larger than a gig or so you might need then to look at a transportable USB drive.

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Who wants a MacBook Pro.............

Raise your hand if you want a MacBook Pro!!! Most of you are probably thinking.... i wish i could get a MacBook Pro.... well me too but you gatta admit those MacBooks are AWESOME!!!!! i really want one... but i just got an iBook G4 like two months ago.... wish i waited...... but i love my cool iBook G4..... any way have loads of questions.... like they just keep pileing on and on. First before i forget, i want to an apple store bout a week ago and saw the coolest screen savers ever. It had the cool new iPod commercial, and i was wondering how to get that as my screen saver, or better yet the new intel mac commercial.... 2nd also at the apple i saw somthing sorta like a dock in the middle of the screen. it had apps on it like a dock but it was in the middle of the screen, how to do that? 3rd when i just downloaded 10.4.4 it asked me to restart so i restarted and it took like a minute or two more to start up, my ibook only takes like 30 seconds to startup, whats up? i guess thats all for now... thanks
- Jordan K.

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First before i forget, i want to an apple store bout a week ago and saw the >coolest screen savers ever. It had the cool new iPod commercial, and i was >wondering how to get that as my screen saver, or better yet the new intel >mac commercial.... 2nd also at the apple i saw somthing sorta like a dock in >the middle of the screen. it had apps on it like a dock but it was in the >middle of the screen, how to do that? 3rd when i just downloaded 10.4.4 it >asked me to restart so i restarted and it took like a minute or two more to >start up, my ibook only takes like 30 seconds to startup, whats up? i guess >thats all for now... thanks
- Jordan

I want my macbook pro in factory settings, how can i do that?

I want my macbook pro in factory settings, how can i do that?

Install or Reinstall Lion from Scratch
If possible backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive.
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Erase the hard drive:
Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
After DU loads select your startup volume (usually Macintosh HD) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
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Going off to college.. really want a macbook

The college I am going to this fall requires every student to purchase a notebook. My school currently has a contract with dell and gives its students a discount when purchasing one and the IT department also fixes your dell for you for free. This seems like the smart way to go but I really want a macbook because i love the OS and just style of apple. I currently have an apple iPhone and an iPod and am very satisfied with apple's products. I am wondering however if it is a good idea to risk my schools insurance policy on dell laptops and get a macbook. I am wondering how satisfied everyone is with their macs and if anyone has experienced a lot of problems with them.

Greetings,
I have had one or more Apple computers, since the 1977 Apple II, for my personal and professional use. I currently own several Macs, including 2 MacBooks and have never had an issue of any kind, so far. I see a lot of posts for this and that, but none have ever affected my equipment, like I said, so far. They are used hard and put away wet most of the time, as I'm always on the go to meetings, lecturing, on site servicing, etc.
I have PeeCees as well, due to my Job as a Network Engineer, where we use both platforms and more, and I have always been grateful to have the Macs on my desk and console to help relieve the stress that the PeeCees tend to bring out in me.
The Mac is the way to go for a stress free smooth functioning environment to work and play in. I can't think of a thing that you can't do with a Mac, except for some of the games out there that are made for a PeeCee, only, but there are more and more out all the time for the Mac that look and play better than their counterpart in the PeeCee world.
The MacBook video card doesn' t lend itself to very many games, especially high end games, so if high end gaming is something you need to do, I'd consider the MacBook Pro as it is well equiped for most gaming.
If you need Office to be able to work with the PeeCees folks, currently there is Office for the Mac 2004, and the soon to be available Office 2008 - both by Microsoft for the Mac platform to be compatible with most of the world. Neo Office is pretty much compatible, as well, and it's free, but I'd go with the Office 2004 for Mac if it's at all economically possible.
Good Computing with your new Mac.
Have Grand Day,
M.

I don't want my MacBook to sleep when I close it.

Hello friends, I am sorry if this an asked question before but I looked for something similar and couldn't find it.
My problem is that I got a brand new MacBook Pro and I want to use it with my LCD monitor that I already had. I can easilly get display output just by pluging in the DVI output to the monitor. I can mirror displays and use as multi displays as well. What I can't do is, I want to use the external monitor by itsself and close my MacBook.( I mean, not turn it off, close the display part on the keyboard part But when I close it it goes to sleep. Is there a way to prevent it sleep and turn off its display while the connected external monitor and of cource the computer itsself still works? I am sorry if I got things too complicated. I'd appricate if someone helps. Thanks...
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Connect an external USB keyboard. You will find this discussed in the MBP's User Guide.
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Macbook air a problem , it powers on only sometimes when it wants to, macbook air a problem , it powers on only sometimes when it wants to

macbook air a problem , it powers on only sometimes when it wants to

Reset the SMC, then test your MacBook Air again.
Power or other problems related to unexpected system sleep, shutdown, lights or fans call for an SMC reset:
Before Resetting the SMC
Try each of the following steps in this order before you reset the SMC. Test the issue after completing each troubleshooting step to determine if the issue still occurs.
Press Command + Option + Escape to force quit any application that is not responding.
Put your Mac to sleep by choosing the Apple () menu from the upper-left menu bar and then choosing Sleep. Wake the computer after it has gone to sleep.
Restart your Mac by choosing the Apple () menu from the upper-left menu bar and then choosing Restart.
Shut down your Mac by choosing the Apple () menu from the upper-left menu bar and then choosing Shut Down.
Resetting the SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own
Shut down the computer.
Plug in the MagSafe power adapter to a power source, connecting it to the Mac if it's not already connected.
On the built-in keyboard, press the (left side) Shift-Control-Option keys and the power button at the same time.
Release all the keys and the power button at the same time.
Press the power button to turn on the computer.

Want a Macbook, but nervous, went to Apple store to listen for whine...

They had 6 MacBooks, 3 1.8s and 3 2.0s, and -every- -single- -one- of them had the whine.
Wow.
I'd never heard it before, just read about it, but it's really an unmistakeable sound. I personally could never live with it, but I could see how in a loud environment for some people it might be overlookable.
I really want to buy one and was hoping the ones that made the noise were few and far between, but I came away concluding that most likely nearly all of them do it, because the sound was nearly identical on every machine. Though putting the plug in on one of them made it go down a bit.
It's really surprising they released these as is, imo. You couldn't have one on in a meeting, for example. It would definitely disturb conversation.
On the plus side though, I didn't think the heat was too bad. Certainly hotter than my PB G4, and I wouldn't want to put it on my lap, but the and keyboards were not remotely too hot to touch. Granted they weren't doing CPU intensive stuff, but they presumably had been powered up all day.
Various Macs and PCs Mac OS X (10.4.6)

I had occasion to visit one of our local Apple Stores (Bridgeport Village) tonite. They had 9 MBP's on display in various locations in the store. The store was practically empty and so I went to each one and listened closely including putting my ear to the speakers on each side, listening carefully for any noise. I can tell you that NONE (ZERO, NADA, ZILCH) had any audible sound, whine or otherwise. They were quieter than my machine, which is a week 8 and has no whine, just the usual fan noise.
This store had a pretty laid back staff. I was able to randomly determine S/N configs on about 4 machines - 8610, 8609, 8613, 8610.
According to the manager, they've had a few machines brought back in for heat issues, but the whine issue has been "...a big nothing". We've heard about it, but we've never seen a machine brought in with anything that approaches the descriptions we read about on this newsgroup. We try to check each machine we display and we've frequently opened machines and helped customers get set up. But that's the extent of our exposure. Our machines run 24/7 and while they get warm, we wouldn't call any of them hot, and, like you, we don't hear any whines.
So, obviously mileage varies widely.

ANYONE WANT MY MACBOOK PRO??

I have been attempting to get support for my macbook pro. I am finding it , firtly imposible to get an appointment with a so called "genius". None are available and when they are it's for 9 or 10 AM.... DON'T MOST OF US WORK!!!???
I have spoken to individuals on the phone for support to no avail as all 3 people were rubbish ! and one even said that I will not get any support even though I am in my warranty period as I do not have an apple care plan. THIS IS CRAZY. There are no email addresses for customer service or support, all I want is to have a product that I bought from a company looked at. I feel like I'm fighting an endless battle and might as well throw my Macbook away.
I dont understand why I cant get the support and service I deserve when purchasing a product work +-£2000 .... WHY WONT APPLE HELP ME !!!!
Can anyone suggest what is the best route to take in order to get a result for my issues ???
HELP

Hi
You are entitled to free telephone support for the first 90 days after that Apple will charge. But if the problem is an actual warranty repair, and your MacBook Pro is under a year old, then you will be refunded the charge made to you. So if your MacBook Pro is faulty then I would suggest your best option is to phone Apple Care pay the fee and then have it refunded. Then at least you can do it at your own convenience.
Remember if your MacBook Pro is under a year old you can still buy AppleCare for it, giving you 2 years plus what ever is left of the first year. You will then be entitled to free telephone support and repairs if found faulty.
Phil

Want a macbook pro but one thing is holding me back.

Okay I have been holding off on buying the mbp for like a year now, and have been waiting for an update before i buy, i am using it for school and work.
however, the one thing that was holding me back is that I play WoW and Im hearing people on the wow forums talk about how slow wow plays on the mbp.
I just want to be able to be in populated areas like shatt and get a fps of around 50-60. I mean my brother has a 2 year old dell xps 1710 and he never drops below 60fps, ever.
I don't understand how apples most powerful laptop cant handle a simple game "graphic wise". I mean what does the 1710 have over the macbook pro, i can't find anything.
I know im sounding like im mad, but I really want to be able to have a mac, but i also want a computer that plays wow on highest settings. I would be getting a 17inch the version with the 256mb card and higher res.
If somebody has this version and runs wow please tell me what fps your getting in pop areas.
also if i use bootcamp then maybe that would help as this game runs better in windows right now, "used to be the opposite". So could someone explain how to setup bootcamp. The last mac i had was a g4 ibook.

Im running Leopard.
Sometimes when I am doing 25 man raids, Ill use Boot Camp to load XP. When I do that, I usually see about 15-25+ better framerates. The video drivers for the graphics card under OS X arent quite as finely tuned as those under Windows XP.
Its a totally capable laptop for playing WoW. I mean, you could probably get better performance from a more expensive high-end 'Gaming' laptop...but seriously, I dont regret it at all...and I play WoW a LOT.

I want my macbook to sleep after an hour of idle, but instead it restarts?

It frustrates me because sometimes I want to fall asleep while watching a movie, my macbook will turn off after 1 hour, but it restarts first! Its so annoying because I have saved tabs, documents I wanted to keep open... and I cant seem to figure out why it does that.
Any help would be appreciated.

Connect an external USB keyboard. You will find this discussed in the MBP's User Guide.
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I want my MacBook open and its screen dark when connected to Cinema Display

I have a c. 2009 MacBook Pro running OSX10.8.3. When gaming I want to use my Cinema Display (only) with the MacBook open and its screen dark, in order to facilitate cooling and conserve video card resources. Is there any easy, safe, reliable, non-technical way to accomplish this?? I have searched the Web and found everything from using a magnet to reprogramming to using Hot Corners. Using Hot Corners seemed to have good potential but I can't seem to make that work. I don't want to reprogram my computer whenever I disconnect it from the display. I am afraid a magnet is not good for the computer. And I really find it hard to believe that something this basic should be impossible!

Hi Squiji,
Turn the brightness control all the way down
does that count as an easy, safe, reliable, non-technical way?
Another nice trick:
ctrl+shift+eject
instantly darkens your screen to black.
You can return to normal brightness by pressing any key or the trackpad.
very handy when somebody like your boss unexpectedly comes in, and you don't want him to see your 'confidential information' :-)
Don't know how this behaves with a second screen attached though, I assume that goes black too but you can try it.

Engineering student wanting a macbook pro! HELP!!!

Ok, so my heart has been set on a macbook pro for a WHILE now.
But lately a lot of people have scared me into shock and are making me think twice about buying it...
I am a computer engineering student at the University of Florida. I have yet to use any specific engineering programs or software but I've heard that many of the programs I will need to use during the next few years will only run on Windows...
And I knoooow about bootcamp and parallels but I've also been told that using those programs makes windows run suppperrrr slooowwwwww and almost impossible to work with..
My plan was to buy the 15" MacBook Pro @ 2.4 ghz and up the memory to 4 gb...
pleeassseee!!! i need some more advice!!
i mean, im spending a good two grand on this laptop... i dont wanna make a mistake!!!
oh and btw, i also have a desktop pc running windows vista that ill have with me at my apt... but clearly its not portable lol... do u think ill be able to get by using those programs only at home? im thinking im gonna need them during classes... idk...
lastly, can someone gimme a list of the programs im gonna need??

Please relax.
*"I've also been told that using those programs makes windows run suppperrrr slooowwwwww and almost impossible to work with.."*
You were told wrong.
Macs are PCs just like everything else on the market. Therefore running Windows on them is no different than running it on any other PC.
*"lastly, can someone gimme a list of the programs im gonna need??"*
I'm sure the computer engineering department at your school has the definitive list of what you'll need.

Wanting Recommendation: MacBook Pro vs. Mac Pro

I'm in the market for a new Mac. I'm used to having Mac desktop models (tower) and never owned a laptop. I'm considering whether to get MacBook Pro laptop or the Mac Pro tower.
As I see it, you sacrifice top performance for mobility, but on a practical and realistic scale, will I notice a big difference on a MBP vs. MP?
The apps I use the most are
Email
Web
Dreamweaver
Photoshop
Lightroom
Toast
iTunes
Final Cut Express
Quicken
Word/Excel
etc.
Please let me know your thoughts and experience with MBP and MP.
Thanks

Yes I should have specified more about my usage model.
I am a serious photographer with DSLR and shoot a lot of photos as a hobby. I use LightRoom from Adobe and PS2 (currently).
I do have a 22" LCD currently which I plan to use if I get a MBP. I would also possibly put 4GB RAM (3rd party, not expensive Apple RAM) and opt for the 7200 RPM drive on the 2.4Ghz 15" MBP. I would connect the MBP up to the 22" LCD and add a wireless keyboard and trackball for good ergonomic comfort while doing serious work. For casual work I'd lounge in easy chair or outside on the deck or in the bedroom or at the kitchen table, etc. I would keep my G4 with it's 3-4 h/d's and use it for disk file serving.
This would be in contrast to getting a MP 2.66 Ghz with 3-4Ghz RAM. My G4 I would sell but transfer over the drives first, to the MP.
I realize the MP has more brute force but I like the idea of portabity, showing family/friends photos, editing photos in LR and PS, surfing web, email, etc. Sometimes in the past I have done video editing too, using Final Cut Express, but not very often. I used to record and edit and encode and burn recorded MPEG2/4 video of TV shows but I recently got a Mac Mini Core Duo 1.83Ghz and it's my record/edit machine now. I have EyeTV and it does a great job with HD record/edit. It's not blazing fast but set it going at night and day (while I'm at work) and it crunches through stuff.
Sounds like MBP would give more freedom but MP could do jobs more quickly if requiring serious CPU, which most apps I use don't (email, web, IM, Quicken, etc).
For those of you with both MP and MBP, for what and when do you use the MP?

HT2490 I want my macbook air to ask me which folder I want to download documents into. Running OS X Lion.

Can I set my computer to ask me which folder I want to download into?

You can't do this in Safari, though you can right-click on a link and the contextual menu will allow you to select where you wish to download the file. If you want your web browser to always ask where to download the file, use Firefox and make the setting in the General/Downloa dpreferences.
Regards.

Want a macbook pro with a french keyboard....

Hi! I am an American Teen who travels back and forth from France fairly often every year and would like to not only own a MacBook Pro but also become fluent in the French Keyboard as well... While I was over in France, I saw MacBook Pros with the French keyboard costing roughly the equivalent of $5000 for the setup that I would like that would cost only around $3800 in the US but with a US Keyboard...
Does anyone know if its possible for me to buy a French Replacement keyboard from any store...?
And if so...does that mean I can buy a US MacBook Pro, then buy the French Keyboard, and then pay an authorized Apple Store (So I Won't Void The Warranty) to install the French Keyboard?
P.S. I'm not worried about the software... I am content for now with an English OSX and can always install the French OSX later...
Thank You Very Much,
JP

ooo ok
So in that case, I should probably order my laptop over the Phone then?

I want a macbook...

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