MacBook Pro :: Which Laptop Is Effective For Research And Study Purposes
Jun 12, 2012
I'm going into high school and I have been doing my research in finding a laptop for me and high school. I have been torn between the MacBook pro 13 inch 2.5 ghz and the MacBook air 13 inch 128 gb. I don't know what one to choose and I know that the air doesn't have a SuperDrive but you can get one on amazon for $25. I'm not going to be doing anything 3d or designing stuff. I'm prob going to get word PowerPoint and excel puton there and that's about it. I'm going to use the Internet a lot too! Let me know what I should do
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iPad 2, iOS 5.1.1
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Jul 3, 2012
Wondering whether I should purchase a Macbook Air or Pro for college. I'm a Freshman and a inteded Political Science major with a minor in Secondary Education. I'm having a hard time picking
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Jul 16, 2009
I am having a hard time deciding on which laptop I should buy. I narrowed my search down to:
-HP's HDX18,
-MacBook Pro, t
-Dell XPS 16,
-Sony Vaio AW (with the 18 inch screen).
I watch movies in abundance. My film and music libraries are about 500GB. I also enjoy taking and editing movies and pictures. Weight is not an issue. I would be very thankful if you can help me choose which of these LTs is the most enjoyable. I'm going to Grad School in France next September. My laptop should be my main source of entertainment.
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Feb 2, 2012
I have dvd's for studying that I wish to put on my computer rather than always carrying around all the discs. How do I do this?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Apr 22, 2010
I needed it for field research. The main thing I regret missing out on the upgrade was the mini display port which carrys both video and audio, as the amount of wires I have hanging around are a nightmare. Can anyone tell me if there is likely to be a third party software fix that could enable the use of this feature or is it different hardware?
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Jan 24, 2009
Has anybody tried the Moshi Cleargaurd on the new MBPs? Does it affect typing? Would the cover create any friction when typing? How about ventilation?
I would really apreciate it if someone could show me some pictures of actual usage, not just the photo on the Moshi website.
This is a fairly important question as I have read around these forums that the keys on the new MBPs get worn out really quickly, in the sense that the shine that appears on the black keys are really evident.
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Jun 12, 2012
I have recently bought a MBP so am new to OSX.I dont have a backup version of OSX on CD or DVD. Is there a way of downlaoding a copy from the app store that I can archive in case I need to reload the MBP?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4), 13 inch 2.4Ghz Core i5 4 GB RM
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Apr 5, 2009
I've looked at OmniOutliner, Yojimbo, Evernote, Scrivener and Zotero. I use and love Zotero and Evernote for other purposes, but they don't quite do what I want to do for research. I can't be that weird - I imagine there's a lot of folks in academia with similar interests. I want to read research articles and take notes on them. But, then later, I want each individual note to be organizable into my paper flow but still linked to the reference they are from. That's the catch - all the above allow you to organize notes under the item, but then you can't rearrange them independently of that structure.
For example, say I have two articles:...............
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Mar 17, 2012
I have a late 2009 27" iMac.I am very capable of repairing my own machine. I replaced the HD over the holiday break without a glitch. My struggle is my SuperDrive needs replacing.It will no longer burn dual layer disks. So, I thought it would be simple to find a replacement and get one ordered.The names of drives don't really help shoppers shop by brand, etc. Mine is a "HL-DT-ST DVDRW GA11N". Nice. Try googling that...Some say that name relates to an LG brand drive, while others clearly don't agree. How is an end user supposed to replace such a part if trying to find an exact match it is so difficult? Also, there have been so many others with failed drives that I really don't want to buy a used one, as I'm sure it too would fail; however, general internet serches don't give me many options for new. Perhaps that is because I still don't know the true brand of the existing "turd" that is in my Mac.I'm tired of looking and not seeing much out there. You would think there would be clear options or ways to shop for an "upgraded and compatable" drive.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2), 27 inch, 1 TB HD
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Jul 15, 2009
I am curious to know if L2/L3 cache impacts the performance of a macbook being used for Design and Drafting purposes. Of course this involves retrieving and real-time changes that will be made on a server and/or the macbook itself. Secondly, how significant will the functioning depend between a 3mb and a 4mb L2/L3 cache?
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Aug 9, 2010
After a bit of Google research I've found countless notebook elevators for cooling purposes. So many to choose from. Just curious if any MacRumors users could share their first hand experience?
I have a 13" MBP and am looking for a slight elevator to let air get under the notebook. I do not want a stand with actual fans / coolers that plug into your notebook and use battery. I'm just looking for a simple, glorified phonebook to stick under the MBP
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Jul 5, 2007
what are some good apps for those of us who are going into college and need things to organize homework and what not as well as writing research papers?
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Apr 19, 2010
I would like to get a raid setup going on at my house. I currently have
2 Intel iMac's
1 Intel MBP
1 Mac Mini HTPC
I am in the process of making digital copies of all my music, movies, and photos. Obviously this is quite a memory hog. What is the best way to have all the files in one central location, and backed up. I would like the files also though to be wirelessly accessible. Is that feasible? Is there a way to have files on a remote computer, but show up in your aperture library/itunes library/ plex database etc?
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Mar 22, 2012
Recently broke my monitor and need to find a cheap replacement asap. I know that you need something that has the right adaptor to plug in but it doesn't really matter if it's apple, acer, etc. My question is does anyone know of a cheap monitor for the time being that has the right adaptor for the powerman g5?
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May 2, 2012
I would like to enter my password in everytime I open the mail application (for security purposes). How do I do this?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Sep 6, 2014
while trying to make a presentation or simply playing a video from my MacBookAir over thunderbolt/HDMI table to large screen I am experiencing problems with audio only being played from the MBA and not the soundsystem built in to that screen (unless using a VLS application and manually selecting the audio output target).
how to steer audio output device using 2in1 cable such as thunderbolt?
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MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), TimeCapsule v2 with 3TB HDD ;)
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Jun 22, 2012
How I to delete double Files effective on MAC?
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iMac (27-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.2)
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Jun 18, 2009
I'm planning on buying a Macbook Pro 13" sometime during early August, so my question is that. Is an update of OS X from 10.5 to 10.6 just as effective as a fresh install of 10.6? I have bad memories from upgrading from one version of windows to another, and was simply wondering whether there would be any "excess litter"?
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Sep 20, 2010
Anyone of you experiencing suborn stain, I.E keyboard become yellowish after a long terms usage? (On apple keyboard), well here is the solution for you guys. All you need is
-Toothpaste (any will do but, It works well if the toothpaste have the effect for whitening)
-Clothe,(white color clothe so you can see the toothpaste actually working)
-a little bit amount of water
Okay all you need is take a little bit amount of toothpaste, use your finger apply it evenly on the area, rub on it, after about 10 second of rubbing use the clothe to continue rubbing until you see your keyboard start to turn to normal color as you purchase after rubbing the toothpaste should be dry up but no worries it will leave no stain, use another clothe dip in a little bit amount of water(very little, don't deep in too much else the water will accidentally drip in to the keyboard). and rub on the area. You can see actually the keyboard start to turn to white color, repeat the sequence to achieve the maximum result that you desire.
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Dec 28, 2010
Just quite surprised and then not at the same time that my 11.6 has just 46gbs after a fresh install of leopard. Can't fit anything on there! Looking at my migration assistant, I won't be able to transfer a lot of my applications over. Anyone who wants to do some video work, bootcamping, or photoshopping/editing shouldn't even look at a 64gb. An ultimate 11" seems to be a must for the harddrive space and the 4gb of ram.
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Nov 4, 2009
I just need a bit of help deciding between a software RAID5 vs software RAID1 array for archival purposes. the RAID will be installed into my hackintosh and shared over the network for TimeMachine backups as well as extra backups from my multitudes of external HDDs. i am thinking 3x1TB WD Greens (RAID5) for $103Aus each, or 2x1TB WD Greens (RAID1). my main concern is data loss and speed of the drives. most setups will clearly equal 2TB of total data storage, we feel that will be enough for a few years (will be backing up 2x laptops + 2x iMacs + the hackintosh). which one will be faster? (i guess this wont matter as the network will be the bottlebeck) which one will be more secure in the end? (our house tends to have power dropouts). the network is a gigabit network over cat5e, we may upgrade to cat6e in the future if the speed benefits are THAT great. i am forced to go with a software RAID via OSX at this point in time because a RAID card is just too costly. my current motherboard in the hackintosh is a GA-EG31M-S2 Gigabyte. it has 4 SATA ports and no RAID support - will OSX still be able to do a software RAID? i am presuming that it can. anyway, what are the main pros and cons for this sort of setup?
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Feb 16, 2009
I am trying to run Darwine 0.9.27 on my Mac (OSX 10.5.6) for emulation purposes, however it does not work. I downloaded X11 2.3.2.1 from the Xquartz project to make sure I was up to date with X11, however that did not solve the problem. For example, here is the error I get when I try and run Knytt, a compact, free Windows game: err:module:attach_process_dlls "gdi32.dll" failed to initialize, aborting err:module:LdrInitializeThunk Main exe initialization for L"Z:\Users\Banjaloupe\Games\Knytt\Knytt.exe" failed, status c0000005
I think the problem is with X11, since I also cannot run GIMPshop, which I know needs X11. However, I have no experience at all using X11 in the first place, which is why I am quite stumped. Of course, the real issue could be with Darwine, or some other incompatibility I'm missing.
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May 3, 2010
I am in the market for a new monitor, I would look at matte IPS monitor, but so far (and I haven't done that much research so far) I have only really found the Dell 2209wa which looks great but its only 1680x1050 and I would much prefer 1920x1200 or something to that extent. Those are really my only requirements matte and 1920+ but I also don't want to go above 24" because then it just starts getting too big (especially since it will be in a dorm room next year).
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Jan 10, 2011
also, their all .avi video's. and i'm really confused! also, quicktime isn't letting me play .avi videos for some reason! and vlc won't download for me. and i'll put them on a USB but they wont download on my computer!
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Oct 10, 2006
My mother is switching to mac soon, mostly likely an iMac to use as a family computer for her and my youger sister. She likes what sees so far especially in parental controls. However, she wants to be able to keep tabs on my younger sister to make she isn't going to places or saying things she shouldn't be on the web; she wants a second layer of security (she worries that she can get around things parental controls because she is very computer savvy). I figured a keylogger would be the best thing because we could keep track of everything she types on the mac. Does anyone know any good (free) keyloggers for mac?
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Jan 19, 2009
What is a good software for making demos? Mainly I'm looking for something that i can use to record screens of my mac pro and create a quicktime move out of it so that i can use it for training purposes. I read about SnapzPro but was wondering if there is anything else available.
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Apr 28, 2009
I wanted to know whats a good software for recording desktop screen for tutorial purposes?
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Mar 14, 2012
Are there any official Apple templates for presentations to be provided for educational purposes?
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Jan 7, 2008
Does any company make a laptop stand that holds the laptop in a vertical position for running in clamshell mode?
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Jul 28, 2010
I just got my Macbook Pro, and its getting very hot, why?
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