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    Refurbish "MB Pro " small dog electronic

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by CTU:Agent Hogan, Dec 14, 2006.

  1. CTU:Agent Hogan

    CTU:Agent Hogan Notebook Enthusiast

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    i change the name " sorry "

    I'm going to make the "leap" back to mac for good and i want to see if these machine are good " i want a pc but i decided to back to a mac "

    I seen these 3 refurbish MB Pro on " www.apple.com "
    http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APP...RXfhzg/1.0.0.21.1.0.8.7.3.5.1.1.0.1.5.1.0.5.0
    http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APP...RXfhzg/1.0.0.21.1.0.8.7.3.5.1.1.0.1.5.1.1.5.0
    http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APP...RXfhzg/1.0.0.21.1.0.8.7.3.5.1.1.0.1.5.1.2.5.0

    and as for gaming will this be good for it " because all 4 got the Radeon X1400 128mb Video card

    and what is the sound quality

    and will i get " my money worth "
     
  2. hollownail

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    I'd go for the 2nd or 3rd one. They are the same specs, but it will depend on if you want glossy or matte display.

    They should all be able to play games fine. The speakers are decent, but not fantastic. You'll probably want a set of speakers or headphones.
     
  3. CTU:Agent Hogan

    CTU:Agent Hogan Notebook Enthusiast

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    Okay the 2nd and the 3rd MB Pro

    how loud are the speaker

    and also i seen video on youtube that MB Pro with some fans issues " is there something i should be concern about "
     
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    The speakers aren't loud. I'd say they're about the same as any other notebook. At least, any other non DTR type notebook.

    Fan issues? uh, nope. The issues you've probably heard about on the MBP and MB are pretty much long gone, and have been for a while.
     
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    i might need some convincing about doing the switch but what concern me that i so use to a pc but with all the problem that i get " virus,security,etc " i know you going to say keep everything up to dated but there is away a way for some idiot to sneak in your pc

    i really really want to make the leap !

    but i need some convincing
     
  6. hollownail

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    Well, OS X is much more secure than Windows. The simplest thing you can do to secure OS X is simple make a root (super user) account and a normal user account. Only use the normal user account. This will prevent any would be viruses and such from harming the real system.
    There are also no real virus threats for OS X (nor any *nix platform).
    There is also no spyware that I have heard of. If you keep to using a normal user account, anything that tries to get installed needs to be approved by the root (it will ask for the root password).