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[oreology]

anyone know where i can repair my mbp trackpad? i cant press click it anymore.. although i can tap click.

 

[PauseZ]

anyone know where i can repair my mbp trackpad? i cant press click it anymore.. although i can tap click.

the Apple shop at Wheelock place has an official Apple service centre next to it..

 

[SExiao]

Okie, luving the Imac... so is everyone here.... ... now looking at "more advance" setup.... looking to buy a WD 2TB Firewire800 HDD to use as backup and also store the movie, pictures and what not..... or should I also be looking at getting the Time Capsule???

Current setup is cable modem, router and a 2X1TB NAS inside room... me NAS going up lorry, so will be transfering data to the new external HDD... anyway, way too slow the tranfer speed for the NAS.... later when the home is fibre ready, the modem and router will be in the hall... since the fibre thing fix at hall.... and also me bedroom got this Media player.. network to play movie from the NAS.....

So lookig at it... what is best way (hopefully more economical way) to do the setup??

 

[SExiao]

Another question.... if I connect a Firewire HDD to the IMAC, I can share the HDD content out right?? Like my MBA and Notebook PC can access the photos, music file from the Firewire HDD connected to IMAC....

 

[davi502]

Definitely possible.

 

[oreology]

the Apple shop at Wheelock place has an official Apple service centre next to it..

ok will try when i have the time. thanks!!

 

[SExiao]

Definitely possible.

Thank bro.... like that will hold back getting the Time capsule.... will use my 2TB fw800 ext HDD first.... already setup.... do backup till 4am... kns... ..... later when the simi fi(BRA)...... up liao then see how...

 

[DARTHNERD]

Dear all,

I am getting macbook pro 13" soon from singnet promo..
which will be better to use, parallels or bootcamp if i will be using the apps at the same time:
1) oracle/ms SQL database
2) Visual Studio or eclipse
3) web browsers and msn chat..

can i say 4GB ram is eunff for the lower end mac book pro with parallels?

thanks..

 

[davi502]

What would be the recommended system specs for item 1 & 2 ?

 

[poseidon]

Dear all,

I am getting macbook pro 13" soon from singnet promo..
which will be better to use, parallels or bootcamp if i will be using the apps at the same time:
1) oracle/ms SQL database
2) Visual Studio or eclipse
3) web browsers and msn chat..

can i say 4GB ram is eunff for the lower end mac book pro with parallels?

thanks..

parallels / fusion better than bootcamp. You're getting a Mac, use Windows as little as possible and it's more reliable.
1. Oracle / MSSQL in Windows virtual env, with snapshot/rollback capability if you're using for development
2. eclipse run natively in Mac OS X
3. web browser and msn use native Mac clients

 

[[[ShadowBlade]]]

the Apple shop at Wheelock place has an official Apple service centre next to it..

There is another official apple service centre sub to one company located near SPH too right?
I checked it does repair on imac , macbook pro , mac air and ipad.
whereas iphone , itouch at tagra drive? if i get the name right.

lol , surprised wheelock there also has one? I never knew it because seldom walk there.
I'm curious wheelock place the service centre just service imac , macbook pro and mac air/ipad?

 

[DARTHNERD]

parallels / fusion better than bootcamp. You're getting a Mac, use Windows as little as possible and it's more reliable.
1. Oracle / MSSQL in Windows virtual env, with snapshot/rollback capability if you're using for development
2. eclipse run natively in Mac OS X
3. web browser and msn use native Mac clients

ps: can you explian more on "snapshot" feature?/ it is just like resuming what u see on the desktop previously?

With snapshots, you can save a particular state of a virtual machine for later use. At any later time, you can revert to that state, even though you may have changed the VM considerably since then. A snapshot of a virtual machine is thus similar to a machine in "saved" state, as described above, but there can be many of them, and these saved states are preserved.

thanks for the info.. so i presume using 4gb is good eunff?

 

[jupiter12]

I read that Mac is quite virus free one.
So I am wondering any of you guys got install antivirus for your Mac?

 

[IHaveAQuestionToAsk]

hi everyone, may i know that if i were to buy from apple store a 13 inch macbook air, can i upgrade the 1.6k+ mba to the core i7 processor? cause i realize only the 2k+ mba can upgrade to this i7 processor.

 

[nakamoto]

hello. i wanna ask. how come when i alrdy set my desktop pic in my mbp 2011 osx leopard. after sometime it will auto change back to the original osx leopard desktop pic ?

 

[negativzero]

I read that Mac is quite virus free one.
So I am wondering any of you guys got install antivirus for your Mac?

Don't need.
But it still doesn't give you a licence to go about downloading all the porn you want. Still need common sense when you use a computer.

hi everyone, may i know that if i were to buy from apple store a 13 inch macbook air, can i upgrade the 1.6k+ mba to the core i7 processor? cause i realize only the 2k+ mba can upgrade to this i7 processor.

If you check the online store carefully, can.

hello. i wanna ask. how come when i alrdy set my desktop pic in my mbp 2011 osx leopard. after sometime it will auto change back to the original osx leopard desktop pic ?

Did you set to rotate your wallpaper?

 

[edward.t]

Hi can someone clarify if the serial key for Parallel Desktop 7 can be shared among my home mac system or do I have to purchase individual license for each machine?

TIA

 

[edward.t]

hi everyone, may i know that if i were to buy from apple store a 13 inch macbook air, can i upgrade the 1.6k+ mba to the core i7 processor? cause i realize only the 2k+ mba can upgrade to this i7 processor.

For MBA 13inch only the 256SSD model can upgrade to i7 processor

 

[PauseZ]

There is another official apple service centre sub to one company located near SPH too right?
I checked it does repair on imac , macbook pro , mac air and ipad.
whereas iphone , itouch at tagra drive? if i get the name right.

lol , surprised wheelock there also has one? I never knew it because seldom walk there.
I'm curious wheelock place the service centre just service imac , macbook pro and mac air/ipad?

last time i asked, they only service the computers stuff. Not sure iPads included. But phones are no-no.

 

[[[ShadowBlade]]]

last time i asked, they only service the computers stuff. Not sure iPads included. But phones are no-no.

oh ok bro , but what i have know the service centre near the SPH does repair ipad too not sure the wheelock side.

by the way i curious Expose key F3 is there another official keys also can do expose function like F3 beside using function modifier key to do it?