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    i hate mbp

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by cypark621, Nov 7, 2006.

  1. cypark621

    cypark621 Notebook Enthusiast

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    ahhhhhh i just spent 300 bucks getting stuff for my macbook pro and i still havent bought it yet!

    some of the things i bought
    booq m2 case - 60
    hard drive - 101
    external hard drive casing - 160
    verbatim dvds - 20
    keyboard cover - 20

    this thread is stupid as i realized just now.
     
    cypark621, Nov 7, 2006
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    You spent $160 on a hard drive casing? I hope thats with the hard drive :-D

    lol You forgot to get the DVI to VGA and the DVI to VGA adapters...
     
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    cypark621 Notebook Enthusiast

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    nope it does not have a hard drive inside but its one of those sata compatible firewire800 casing. Not many around.
     
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    Yeah, definently aren't a lot of those around. Still... Thats a lot of money.
    Especially when good external USB2/FW400 cases are under $50.
    Besides, both IDE and SATA drives will saturate the channel anyway, so both 7200 rpm SATA and IDE will have the same performance.
     
    hollownail, Nov 7, 2006
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    cashmonee Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    MBP comes with a DVI to VGA adapter.
     
    cashmonee, Nov 7, 2006
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    cypark621 Notebook Enthusiast

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    well i had a 80 sata lying around so i didnt want to buy ide case and an ide hard drive. as for the case it carries 2 sata hard drives so the price is steep, but justified. and it looks sexy as hell. heres the link.

    http://www.cooldrives.com/dusahadrfi80.html
     
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    oh yeah! I forgot ;-D
     
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    Ohhh!!! It's a raid enclosure. Thats makes more sense. Though, I wonder if raid will improve teh results over fw800. I'm not really sure, but I think a single drive can sitll max out a fw800 connection. But hrm... makes me want to try one!
    Too bad I don't have a fw800 port on my MBP.
     
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    Thats still pretty expensive
     
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    you find me one that holds 2 hard drives, is sata, and firewire800 for a cheaper price and ill agree with you.
     
    cypark621, Nov 7, 2006
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