So i got a mac book pro....

sonicjam · July 4th, 2008

yeah i got a mac book pro its a pretty impressive machine i tell you. I fell in love with it i had it for 2 month right now and i had done a lot of things with it. i've ported Oblivion with cider for the mac os x. I also did a lot of gaming on it too because the specs on this machine is good enough to play gears of wars

. now i'm just using windows for gaming XD i do everything else on my mac.

skoreanime · July 4th, 2008

It's a decent laptop, but for the same specs, I could get an Asus one a lot cheaper

Especially if it's mainly used for gaming.

sonicjam · July 4th, 2008

well its a laptop, hard drives for laptop isn't so cheap >.<. another reason its cost a lot because they come multi-touch mouse pad, blue tooth integrated, tilt sensor, and light sensors. also light up keyboard, probably a lot of thing is crammed on this laptop i probably don't even know about it yet because compact stuff cost a lot even cell phones cost more then a desktop pc XD that's one of the reason why it cost so much.

Shin_Gouki · July 4th, 2008

i got a macbook

its soo much better then windows

is that trillian 4 alpha? where u get it?

skoreanime · July 4th, 2008

Meh, I have a friend who has an Asus G1 and a friend with the Mac Book Pro. The G1 has everything the Mac has (except the OS obviously). Almost identical CPU and GPU, hard drive, bluetooth, WiFi etc... and yes, even a keyboard that lights up

And he paid hundreds less.

Like I said, it's a nice laptop, but price/performance wise, there are better choices out there. Like their Ipods, there are just better value MP3 players out there

Shin_Gouki · July 4th, 2008

my mac is silent, it has the power i need. The display offers excellent quality, the sounds peripherials have a quality which i havn't seen with pc notebooks. It runs wc3 and starcraft , i love it :P

And gaming is for sure not the MAIN Aspect for getting a notebook. Its mobility , usability with certain comfort.

sonicjam · July 4th, 2008

no its adium x in disguise lol

runawayprisoner · July 4th, 2008

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Originally Posted by sonicjam

well its a laptop, hard drives for laptop isn't so cheap >.<. another reason its cost a lot because they come multi-touch mouse pad, blue tooth integrated, tilt sensor, and light sensors. also light up keyboard, probably a lot of thing is crammed on this laptop i probably don't even know about it yet because compact stuff cost a lot even cell phones cost more then a desktop pc XD that's one of the reason why it cost so much.

Hmm... wanna know what my EeePC can run? Wanna know how small it is? And most of all, wanna know how much it costs me?

While I believe that Mac OSX is so much better than the mess that is Windows, I disagree that a Mac is the best value for your money.

tiki · July 6th, 2008

I have a macbook.

I enjoy my macbook because it turns heads and I like the trackpad better than the average PC laptop, and I like the fact that I can install windows on it.

With all that said, everything else is completely wrong with Macbooks. They can basically do what an EeePC can do. Price/performance wise, the macbook pros are so ridiculously overpriced its sick.

But if you have the money, the 1800 dollar model of the macbook pro is nice

makotech222 · July 6th, 2008

i have a question, why cant mac osx install on regular laptops/desktops?

Im spending my 1800 on a lenovo touchpad for college. new model is supposedly coming mid july. i have a good deal for employee discount too

Squall-Leonhart · July 6th, 2008

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Originally Posted by sonicjam

hard drives for laptop isn't so cheap

especially using SSD's

makotech222 · July 6th, 2008

yeah i really wish i could get an SSD for mine but i bet itll cost over 300 for like a 32gb...

**mudlord** · July 6th, 2008

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my mac is silent, it has the power i need. The display offers excellent quality, the sounds peripherials have a quality which i havn't seen with pc notebooks. It runs wc3 and starcraft , i love it :

Well, Starcraft and Warcraft III have native MacOS ports......>.<

S.SubZero · July 6th, 2008

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Originally Posted by makotech222

i have a question, why cant mac osx install on regular laptops/desktops?

Apple doesn't want it to.

Apple makes OS X, and they have no obligation to make it run on platforms outside of their own. As a hardware company, they make their profit on Macbook Pros and iPods and iMacs, not OS X. Besides, OS X currently is tweaked specifically for Macs, and the Intel Macs especially have a very narrow range of hardware, making them easy to support.

I bought a Macbook Pro a few months ago. It's nice, but the "wow" factor wore off and I don't use it much these days. I tried doing like the OP and using the Mac for everything but games, but I realized that everything I was doing on the Mac that wasn't a game, I could do on my Vista laptop anyway.

sonicjam · July 6th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by makotech222

i have a question, why cant mac osx install on regular laptops/desktops?

Im spending my 1800 on a lenovo touchpad for college. new model is supposedly coming mid july. i have a good deal for employee discount too

well you can because people hacked mac os x to install on regular pc, but sometimes when you install mac os x you probably have to go on the internet to get certain drivers to order get it working properly. also only mac os x 10.5.2 and up supports video cards over 256mb of ram so.

makotech222 · July 7th, 2008

yeah whats the difference between apple hardware and other hardware?

sonicjam · July 7th, 2008

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Originally Posted by makotech222

yeah whats the difference between apple hardware and other hardware?

there is no difference, but the only difference is the bios. but the reason why you might need to find the drivers which is made by hackers is because apple choose their hardware and only make drivers for those selected drivers to keep the OS more stable.

makotech222 · July 7th, 2008

ah i see. thats too bad.

skoreanime · July 7th, 2008

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Originally Posted by S.SubZero

I bought a Macbook Pro a few months ago. It's nice, but the "wow" factor wore off and I don't use it much these days. I tried doing like the OP and using the Mac for everything but games, but I realized that everything I was doing on the Mac that wasn't a game, I could do on my Vista laptop anyway.

No kidding. Big books like that to do simple work or school stuff just doesn't appeal to many people nowadays. I know I'm not. After using my 15.4" for a couple years, I feel like downgrading. I guess there's a reason why super portable laptops, like the Asus EEE, is becoming so popular. They can do pretty much anything you need on the go and super compact.

makotech222 · July 7th, 2008

except, the new EEE prices skyrocketed to like, 650 USD i think, which is rediculous for the power it has.

July 4th, 2008	#1 (permalink)
sonicjam best of sonic adventure 2 Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 335	So i got a mac book pro.... yeah i got a mac book pro its a pretty impressive machine i tell you. I fell in love with it i had it for 2 month right now and i had done a lot of things with it. i've ported Oblivion with cider for the mac os x. I also did a lot of gaming on it too because the specs on this machine is good enough to play gears of wars . now i'm just using windows for gaming XD i do everything else on my mac. __________________ \|[Future Rig]\|:\|[GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L]\| \|[Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz]\| \|[2x 1gb ddr2 800]\|:\|[EVGA GeForce 8800GTX Superclocked 768MB GDDR3 PCI-E]\| \|:[My Mac]:\| \|:[Mac Book Pro 4.1]:\|:[Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4]:\|:[Intel 2 core duo 2.4ghz]:\| \|:[2GB of RAM]:\|:[200gb HardDrive]:\|:[nVidia geForce 8600gt mobile]:\| \|:[Boot Camp Windows XP Pro SP2]:\| Here is my release of Oblivion running under Mac os x[intel only] with Cider 1430 really nice : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=F7U2L343 Last edited by sonicjam; July 4th, 2008 at 13:12.

July 4th, 2008	#2 (permalink)
skoreanime Insomniac in training... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 3,968	It's a decent laptop, but for the same specs, I could get an Asus one a lot cheaper Especially if it's mainly used for gaming. __________________ Born free, riding free, living free. Always be free. Q6600 @ 3Ghz, 333x9 Gigabyte DS3R, Rev1.0 Patriot Extreme DDR2 PC-6400RAM BFG 9800GX2 @ stock

July 4th, 2008	#3 (permalink)
sonicjam best of sonic adventure 2 Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 335	well its a laptop, hard drives for laptop isn't so cheap >.<. another reason its cost a lot because they come multi-touch mouse pad, blue tooth integrated, tilt sensor, and light sensors. also light up keyboard, probably a lot of thing is crammed on this laptop i probably don't even know about it yet because compact stuff cost a lot even cell phones cost more then a desktop pc XD that's one of the reason why it cost so much. __________________ \|[Future Rig]\|:\|[GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L]\| \|[Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz]\| \|[2x 1gb ddr2 800]\|:\|[EVGA GeForce 8800GTX Superclocked 768MB GDDR3 PCI-E]\| \|:[My Mac]:\| \|:[Mac Book Pro 4.1]:\|:[Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4]:\|:[Intel 2 core duo 2.4ghz]:\| \|:[2GB of RAM]:\|:[200gb HardDrive]:\|:[nVidia geForce 8600gt mobile]:\| \|:[Boot Camp Windows XP Pro SP2]:\| Here is my release of Oblivion running under Mac os x[intel only] with Cider 1430 really nice : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=F7U2L343

July 4th, 2008	#5 (permalink)
skoreanime Insomniac in training... Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 3,968	Meh, I have a friend who has an Asus G1 and a friend with the Mac Book Pro. The G1 has everything the Mac has (except the OS obviously). Almost identical CPU and GPU, hard drive, bluetooth, WiFi etc... and yes, even a keyboard that lights up And he paid hundreds less. Like I said, it's a nice laptop, but price/performance wise, there are better choices out there. Like their Ipods, there are just better value MP3 players out there __________________ Born free, riding free, living free. Always be free. Q6600 @ 3Ghz, 333x9 Gigabyte DS3R, Rev1.0 Patriot Extreme DDR2 PC-6400RAM BFG 9800GX2 @ stock

July 4th, 2008	#6 (permalink)
Shin_Gouki Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Europe / Germany Posts: 774	my mac is silent, it has the power i need. The display offers excellent quality, the sounds peripherials have a quality which i havn't seen with pc notebooks. It runs wc3 and starcraft , i love it :P And gaming is for sure not the MAIN Aspect for getting a notebook. Its mobility , usability with certain comfort. Last edited by Shin_Gouki; July 4th, 2008 at 16:28.

July 4th, 2008	#4 (permalink)
Shin_Gouki Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Europe / Germany Posts: 774	i got a macbook its soo much better then windows is that trillian 4 alpha? where u get it?

July 4th, 2008	#7 (permalink)
sonicjam best of sonic adventure 2 Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 335	no its adium x in disguise lol __________________ \|[Future Rig]\|:\|[GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L]\| \|[Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 Conroe 2.66GHz]\| \|[2x 1gb ddr2 800]\|:\|[EVGA GeForce 8800GTX Superclocked 768MB GDDR3 PCI-E]\| \|:[My Mac]:\| \|:[Mac Book Pro 4.1]:\|:[Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.4]:\|:[Intel 2 core duo 2.4ghz]:\| \|:[2GB of RAM]:\|:[200gb HardDrive]:\|:[nVidia geForce 8600gt mobile]:\| \|:[Boot Camp Windows XP Pro SP2]:\| Here is my release of Oblivion running under Mac os x[intel only] with Cider 1430 really nice : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=F7U2L343

July 6th, 2008	#9 (permalink)
tiki yea sioux sioux Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North Dakota Posts: 159	I have a macbook. I enjoy my macbook because it turns heads and I like the trackpad better than the average PC laptop, and I like the fact that I can install windows on it. With all that said, everything else is completely wrong with Macbooks. They can basically do what an EeePC can do. Price/performance wise, the macbook pros are so ridiculously overpriced its sick. But if you have the money, the 1800 dollar model of the macbook pro is nice __________________ Sold my desktop, still have my macbook though! Last edited by tiki; July 6th, 2008 at 07:17.

July 6th, 2008	#10 (permalink)
makotech222 Chi-city's finest. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,242	i have a question, why cant mac osx install on regular laptops/desktops? Im spending my 1800 on a lenovo touchpad for college. new model is supposedly coming mid july. i have a good deal for employee discount too __________________ [Windows Vista Ultimate x64][Intel E8400@3.8ghz] [DDR2 4gb] [Nvidia EVGA Gtx 260(711/1533/2432)] [Creative Soundblaster] [Corsair 550w]

July 6th, 2008	#12 (permalink)
makotech222 Chi-city's finest. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,242	yeah i really wish i could get an SSD for mine but i bet itll cost over 300 for like a 32gb... __________________ [Windows Vista Ultimate x64][Intel E8400@3.8ghz] [DDR2 4gb] [Nvidia EVGA Gtx 260(711/1533/2432)] [Creative Soundblaster] [Corsair 550w]

July 7th, 2008	#16 (permalink)
makotech222 Chi-city's finest. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,242	yeah whats the difference between apple hardware and other hardware? __________________ [Windows Vista Ultimate x64][Intel E8400@3.8ghz] [DDR2 4gb] [Nvidia EVGA Gtx 260(711/1533/2432)] [Creative Soundblaster] [Corsair 550w]

July 7th, 2008	#18 (permalink)
makotech222 Chi-city's finest. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,242	ah i see. thats too bad. __________________ [Windows Vista Ultimate x64][Intel E8400@3.8ghz] [DDR2 4gb] [Nvidia EVGA Gtx 260(711/1533/2432)] [Creative Soundblaster] [Corsair 550w]

July 7th, 2008	#20 (permalink)
makotech222 Chi-city's finest. Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 1,242	except, the new EEE prices skyrocketed to like, 650 USD i think, which is rediculous for the power it has. __________________ [Windows Vista Ultimate x64][Intel E8400@3.8ghz] [DDR2 4gb] [Nvidia EVGA Gtx 260(711/1533/2432)] [Creative Soundblaster] [Corsair 550w]

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