Macbook

[rovercare]

Alright, its finally time for me to ease my sphincter a little:eek: I going to buy a new laptop, essentially all I do, is browse the web and some pictures pretty basic, the only reason I'm going to junk my Thinkpad, is it gets hot ans shuts down, if on your lap and the ambient temp is over mid twenties:mad: Oh and something else is a bit humped as I gave it a new battery, but still only has a run time of half an hour if removed from charge

Was thinking an apple? mate has a desktop, starts quick and has no drama's, I like this effort free idea:D

So what do I buy?, bigger screen would be cool and must have a slot thingo for my wireless net:)

And where do I buy?

[Mick-Kelly]

I've got a 17 inch macbook pro that i bought through Inc. Fantastic bit of kit and one that gets used constantly. Runs way faster than our PC.

[Disco_owner]

How much will your sphincter allow you to spend... :p

Here is a review of Macbook Pro's.

Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch (June 2009) Review - Laptop & Notebook computers (http://www.cnet.com.au/apple-macbook-pro-15-inch-june-2009-339296976.htm)

sorry can't help any further ....

[abaddonxi]

Try vacuuming the vents on the Thinkpad, or pull it apart and replace the busted fan.:angel:

Thinkpad maintenance manuals are free and very good, part should be reasonably cheap on ebay, take about an hour, hour and a half tops.

[ariddell]

If your wireless net is usb then you should be all good, if it's a pcmcia/cardbus/expresscard type though you might be out of luck on the macbook as i don't think they have a slot.

[rovercare]

If your wireless net is usb then you should be all good, if it's a pcmcia/cardbus/expresscard type though you might be out of luck on the macbook as i don't think they have a slot.

Just junked the USB set up only a day ago:D, now card thingy, with adaptor to PCMCIA

[rovercare]

Try vacuuming the vents on the Thinkpad, or pull it apart and replace the busted fan.:angel:

Thinkpad maintenance manuals are free and very good, part should be reasonably cheap on ebay, take about an hour, hour and a half tops.

The fan pushes plenty of air, but runs alot and when its on your lap, the venting for it is covered

[discopete]

We bought an Imac from here, saved a few dollars and got a brilliant machine.

Refurbished Mac - Apple Store (Australia) (http://store.apple.com/au/browse/home/specialdeals/mac'mco=MTE3NjY)

Pete

[dmdigital]

I am travelling with my 13" MacBookPro, it is brilliant. I can get anything up to 7 days of battery life (using it about an hour a day with bluetooth turned on). The only negative I have found is the reflective screen can be like a mirror in sunlight. Also the size is perfect for travelling.
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

[Bearman]

The fan pushes plenty of air, but runs alot and when its on your lap, the venting for it is covered

By WHAT Matt. What sort of things are you looking at when this happens?

[rovercare]

By WHAT Matt. What sort of things are you looking at when this happens?

Haha, well right now i'm thinking of you Brian:p

[350RRC]

Hi,

I've had the 13" 160 gig black one for 18 months now. Just great. Totally reliable.

Came loaded with nearly everything. You might want to consider Office for Mac, but you'd only need the student vers.

Current equivalent with ali case is $1899. What they can do with an iPhone is amazing.

cheers, DL

[mjm295]

Wont a new mac book have all the wireless built in?

[350RRC]

Wont a new mac book have all the wireless built in?

Yep, has Airport built in. Picks up networks all over the place when out and about.

At home I use Airport Extreme which is good for over 100m, haven't tried to see what the full range is.

The newer Airport Extremes have a 1tb hard drive built in that Time Machine can use as a back up automatically. Time Machine is a spin out the first time you use it and it comes loaded on Macbooks as well.

cheers, DL

[Captain_Rightfoot]

Alright, its finally time for me to ease my sphincter a little:eek: I going to buy a new laptop, essentially all I do, is browse the web and some pictures pretty basic, the only reason I'm going to junk my Thinkpad, is it gets hot ans shuts down, if on your lap and the ambient temp is over mid twenties:mad: Oh and something else is a bit humped as I gave it a new battery, but still only has a run time of half an hour if removed from charge

Was thinking an apple? mate has a desktop, starts quick and has no drama's, I like this effort free idea:D

So what do I buy?, bigger screen would be cool and must have a slot thingo for my wireless net:)

And where do I buy?

Firstly, if your pc is running hot check that it doesn't have a process that has gone crazy in task manager. Maybe you've somehow scored something undesireable (like a virus checker) :o

Anyway, I'm confused. When you say your wireless thingy, do you mean a 3g modem, or just a wireless receiver. All the macs have built in wireless so you can throw away your wifi card.

If it's a 3g wireless modem then check but most of them should have mac drivers. These days.

The aluminium macbooks are great. They have just dropped the prices on them and they represent reasonable value (for what they are) at the moment.

All your PC problems will disappear. :D Don't listen to anyone on here telling you not to buy one unless they have used one recently for a reasonable period of time. (flame suit on) People that haven't used them are often critical but 95% of people that use one really like them. (the 5% is for Drivesafe).

To give you an idea, all the pc support people I know that have macs themselves freely admit that if their companies adopted them they would be out of work. :o

[rovercare]

Yea 3G wireless card:)

Nothing has gone crazy the CPU does nothing at idle, but work through some pics on photobucket or the like and it cooks

[Captain_Rightfoot]

Yea 3G wireless card:)

Nothing has gone crazy the CPU does nothing at idle, but work through some pics on photobucket or the like and it cooks

Who is the 3g with? I'm sure at least Optus and Telstra support macs. I'm sure the others would as well...if they want to sell the iphone.

If the computer is cooking then it does sound like some kind of cooling failure which means a fan or blocked vent (as mentioned). It probably can be fixed.. but at what cost?

Now you all know how much I love Apple :p However it should be said that like all manufacturers they have HW faults from time to time and laptops are expensive to fix. I would suggest you buy apple care (extended warranty) with your laptop (or any laptop for that matter). As a bonus, if you buy Applecare you get really good unlimited phone support where you talk to real Australians. :)

It is very pricey but can usually be bought from Ebay much cheaper so that may be worth a try.

[rovercare]

Its Telstra 3G

[Captain_Rightfoot]

Its Telstra 3G

You should check before you buy. Does it say in the docco that came with the card?

[rovercare]

You should check before you buy. Does it say in the docco that came with the card?


Will have a bo peep:D

[Roadrunner]

If your IBM has not enough RAM it will use the HDD all the time for swap memory and it would get hot and the battery would not last long.

Just a thought.

Matt