Just picked up a MacBook Pro..

Discussion in 'General' started by Bee, Feb 13, 2012.

  1. xcautionx

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    do u know if it's possible to go straight from tiger to snow leopard???
     
  2. omgitswes

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    My Mac experience is extremely limited, I'm a PC guy looking to get a MBP for school.

    Hopefully someone else here can help you more than I can. But my guess is if you have the minimum requirements spec wise, then I dont' see why not. I know with Windows you don't need to go from XP to Vista just to get to Windows 7. If you have the right specs you can just upgrade
     
  3. sbib1130

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    i need to pay attention to this thread. i got a macbook about a month ago and i havent really downloaded anything
     
  4. quik1987

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    Could have just googled it.

    But no, you need snow leopard to upgrade to lion.

    I got my blackbook running lion just a few weeks ago,
     
  5. kiendienn

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    [font=Arial, Verdana, sans-serif]http://www.wired.com/gadg...8/6-things-snow-leopard/[/font]
     
  6. xcautionx

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    thnx, just ordered snow from Apple
     
  7. quik1987

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    Warned.
     
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  9. durty pancakes

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    [​IMG]@ ordered. 
     
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  11. cw0974

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    first things first, office?
     
  12. thegoogler

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  13. hoopervilaa

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    Horrible timing though, new ones coming in a couple of months....i returned the macbook air that i won last nov to get the slimmer mac pros
     
  14. th0mas cr0wn

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    how does this work exactly?[​IMG]
     
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  16. born illa

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    Looking to buy a MacBook Pro myself... Sources say the newest edition should be dropping this year.
    Should I wait to cop the newest version or buy myself the current MacBook Pro?

    I've read the newest MBP's will get rid of the disc drive and regular hard drives and have SSD's already installed 
     
  17. nc23

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    THANK YOU!
     
  18. luckyloser

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    Thanks fam, this thread has been helpful.
    Definitely downloaded a few things that was mentioned.
     
  19. BURRack Obama

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    MS Office is so trash on 10.7....
     
  20. dr funk 13

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    [​IMG] at the clowns who have never looked at the preferences on your Mac.
     
  21. Bee

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    Good stuff, you guys came through in the clutch.



    I downloaded a gang load of stuff, some of the more helpful ones were "The Unarchiver"




    and also the "tap to click" setting in preferences [​IMG][​IMG].




    I picked up the stock 13" MBP, i5 processor, 4gb of ram, and a 500gb HD. $1090 i believe after the student discount.




    I am looking to upgrade the ram though, whats the most ram available that is compatible with my mac? 8gb?




    And i read some of you saying to do it myself, this won't void my warranty anyway will it?




    I think I'm also going to look into a ssd if it's that much faster, i just don't know what size to try and buy.
     
  22. Bee

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    Oh and i'm also aware that new MBP's are coming out in a couple of months, but isn't that every year with apple?



    my last laptop crashed and i needed a replacement asap so i said screw it and pulled the trigger.
     
  23. BURRack Obama

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    ^What do you normally do on a computer?  Or what do you plan on doing with 8gb ram and an SSD?
     
  24. imasoleman18

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    posting for later
     
  25. al audi

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    Just converted to Mac last year.....believe the hype.