I've been kicking my heels a bit at work today so I thought I'd take the plunge at put Windowz onto my Macbook. It's a sad fact of life but I need to have Windows for such things as VCDS and some other stuff I have.

I truly felt violated it was almost like I'd carried out some sacred ritual and deflowered my Mac. Over the last week or two I've come to love the Mac and it's ease of use over a Windows PC and now having to try and use Windows on it feels really un-natural. :(

was using carls a lot recently , seems wrong somehow

I've been kicking my heels a bit at work today so I thought I'd take the plunge at put Windowz onto my Macbook. It's a sad fact of life but I need to have Windows for such things as VCDS and some other stuff I have.

I truly felt violated it was almost like I'd carried out some sacred ritual and deflowered my Mac. Over the last week or two I've come to love the Mac and it's ease of use over a Windows PC and now having to try and use Windows on it feels really un-natural. :(

Oh no

Another fanboy .... Dress him in pink and call him Susan I boot camped my Macbook from day 1 and run Windows VM's in Fusion, OSX is OK until you have to do some real work.

Oh no

Another fanboy .... Dress him in pink and call him Susan I boot camped my Macbook from day 1 and run Windows VM's in Fusion, OSX is OK until you have to do some real work.

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Hmm, I seem to remember you saying something along the lines of you'd never use a PC again if you didn't have to - I guess something's changed

I'll be using VMWare as well but I thought I'd try the bootcamp too.

Have you tried Win 7 with Bootcamp?

The day Apple agreed to give me my money back on my MBP (two faulty replacement logic boards and awful service from the Apple store) so I could go and buy another Thinkpad was such a happy day.

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Hmm, I seem to remember you saying something along the lines of you'd never use a PC again if you didn't have to - I guess something's changed

I'll be using VMWare as well but I thought I'd try the bootcamp too.

Have you tried Win 7 with Bootcamp?

I know

7 has won me back over, the MBP is a great all rounder, some features are great but others just so clunky. I use it more and more for photo editing as iPhoto is great for a few quick tweaks and photoshop runs well on it. It's not so hot for scripting or powershell though and I really need to find something other than quicktime to use for movies when away.

It is pretty though, and has great battery life, the screen is lackluster though when compared to a friends MSI, and the hard disk is dog slow compared to some of the newer SATA stuff.

Mine's one of the last of the "old" MBP's with the 2.5Ghz CPU and 8600 GT Graphics

I've got the recently released MBP which has a 5400 rpm drive, I do intend to upgrade to a 7200 in due course.

Why but an expensive apple laptop, only to run windows on it?

You could have bought a better spec'd windows machine for the same cash.

Good. Macs are rubbish. Windows is better.

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Why but an expensive apple laptop, only to run windows on it?

You could have bought a better spec'd windows machine for the same cash.

As I siad, I am using Mac OS but I need to run some applications, such as VCDS, that only support Windows.

I've got the recently released MBP which has a 5400 rpm drive, I do intend to upgrade to a 7200 in due course.

I did mine Stu, it's easy enough with a bit of patience. Apple are less than useless when it comes to upgrading though. Local Apple store maintained that upgrading the disk is impossible and not supported ..... it's a hard disk ffs.

I backed up using Time Machine (which is a nice product) then after fitting the new drive used the install CD's to reinstall OSX, created the Boot Camp partition and then restored everything back using Time Machine. That means the Warranty I guess is null and void, but the sluggish 200GB disk was becoming a pita as I tend to use the macbook a lot for photo editing and cataloging.

I have some guides with pix and compatible sata disks when you are ready.

I have some guides with pix and compatible sata disks when you are ready.

I'd be interested in those. I've got a previous-model MacBook whose 80gb drive is just about full, and this is bringing performance *right* down. OS X loves disk space!

I've got the recently released MBP which has a 5400 rpm drive, I do intend to upgrade to a 7200 in due course.

Get an SSD Stu, I have read reviews by people who have done the upgrade themselves and claim that leopard boots in around 4/5 seconds and ilife apps open in the blink of an eye.

I am currently saving for a MBP :(

I did mine Stu, it's easy enough with a bit of patience. Apple are less than useless when it comes to upgrading though. Local Apple store maintained that upgrading the disk is impossible and not supported ..... it's a hard disk ffs.

I backed up using Time Machine (which is a nice product) then after fitting the new drive used the install CD's to reinstall OSX, created the Boot Camp partition and then restored everything back using Time Machine. That means the Warranty I guess is null and void, but the sluggish 200GB disk was becoming a pita as I tend to use the macbook a lot for photo editing and cataloging.

I have some guides with pix and compatible sata disks when you are ready.

Thanks mate but all being well I shouldn't need them. The new MBP has the facility to upgrade the disk more easily than previous models. According to the apple store no effect on wty, the manual includes instructions on how to do it.

Get an SSD Stu, I have read reviews by people who have done the upgrade themselves and claim that leopard boots in around 4/5 seconds and ilife apps open in the blink of an eye.

I am currently saving for a MBP :(

SSD is no good Alex, I need space so I'm looking at a 500gb 7200rpm drive.

If you qualify for the edu discount you can save some serious cash in the apple store.

Thanks mate but all being well I shouldn't need them. The new MBP has the facility to upgrade the disk more easily than previous models. According to the apple store no effect on wty, the manual includes instructions on how to do it.

SSD is no good Alex, I need space so I'm looking at a 500gb 7200rpm drive.

If you qualify for the edu discount you can save some serious cash in the apple store.

Be warned however that the higher capacity drives use more power and the faster drives use more power so a bigger, faster drive is going to use a good amount more power than the old drive so you could get quite a bit shorter battery life.

discount in the apple store? how much as my daughter starts secondary school in september and im sure i could get a nice netbook or something for her to do her homework on (and me take to work lol).

Be warned however that the higher capacity drives use more power and the faster drives use more power so a bigger, faster drive is going to use a good amount more power than the old drive so you could get quite a bit shorter battery life.

And on the newer MBP the battery is internal, on my older one I have a pattern high capacity battery that still gives me around 4 - 4.5 hours for general use and 2 hours of COD5

And on the newer MBP the battery is internal, on my older one I have a pattern high capacity battery that still gives me around 4 - 4.5 hours for general use and 2 hours of COD5

They did what?!?!

You are winding me up right?

Apple (United Kingdom) - MacBook Pro - Meet the new MacBook Pro family. watch the battery video.

It actually makes sense! Although having the option to change it would be nice.

@ people buying Apple products... mwhahaha! You're Steve Jobs' b*itch now!

Apple (United Kingdom) - MacBook Pro - Meet the new MacBook Pro family. watch the battery video.

It actually makes sense! Although having the option to change it would be nice.

He wasn't winding me up :eek:

I can see that making the battery bigger for added power is good, but making it non-replaceable is madness.

This means that every time you kill the laptop batter due to exceeding the 1000 charge cycle, you have to send the thing to apple/take it to an apple store or service centre to have a new battery.

I'd say on average at work we get a new battery every 12-18 months which would mean two or three replacements in the machines life.

That means you lose use of the machine while the new battery comes and also you can't just take spare batteries so you can carry on working when the juice runs out even if there is no mains power available.

Actually, i just checked online and watched a video on youtube that shows you how to do it, and its extremeley easy for anyone that knows how to hold a screw driver. Its 8 screws to remove the bottom panel, then another 3 to remove the battery and it just slides out, no warranty stickers or tape either.

So its not actually that bad.

Actually, i just checked online and watched a video on youtube that shows you how to do it, and its extremeley easy for anyone that knows how to hold a screw driver. Its 8 screws to remove the bottom panel, then another 3 to remove the battery and it just slides out, no warranty stickers or tape either.

So its not actually that bad.

But that still leaves the problems of

1) Warranty is void if you DIY (as you'd need to put in a new genuine battery)

2) How do you go about taking spare batteries when you know you're going to be off power for a while

3) How do you deal with that hour or so where the laptop is non useable (replaces as you suggest) as opposed to the current system? (Eg put laptop on mains, unclip old battery, put on new battery remove mains, keep working)

Regardless of it's supposed benefits, it seems to me like they are making sure they have a market for repair work in these hard times.

Maybe they can now sell the MBP as a Personal Computer (PC) and an iPod as it can play music on the go and you need to send it to apple to get a new battery :P:rofl:

Well yeah.. that is the real reason! Its a typical case of greedy apple :(

I am currently saving for a MBP :(

Buy mine .... give you a good deal