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Current Ferrari 4005 User, Thinking To Upgrade To Acer 8204 Or Mac Book Pro 2G.

post #1 of 12
Thread Starter 
Hi, i'm currently using Acer Ferrari 4005 , and actually quite happy with it, but there are of course some complains like:

-LCD is quite dim and i foung thet the resolutions is i little bit too high to my liking, i have to put a lot of effort to read web pages with small fonts :P or maybe that's just my not perfect eye sights :P
-Fan Noise , i use it for work and to surf the net at night in my quite bed room, the fan is loud even if i only browsing the net
-performance is ok, but sometimes is quite slow because all the anti virus and firewall, etc on a wingdos machine

anyway i want to upgrade my notebook, and my innitial target is the Acer 8204, but after reading few post on the acer section, i'm quite afraid to go and buy one, seems like more than 75% of people there are complaining about the graphic card buzzing noise, poor screen, and other problems.

yesterday i run into this apple forums, and read about the boot camp, and suddenly i feel like "this is it!" I've been drooling for apple notebooks even before i buy my Ferrari last year, actually i was planning to buy an 12" ibook to try "MAC" and because the price is quite cheap, so if i dun like it i just can sell it again without too much loss, but after seing this macbookpro running XP natively, then i thought why have 2 seperates notebook for 2 seperates OS while i can have them both in 1 notebook at the sametime :P

i need my lappie for:
-Browsing Internet
-keeping data such as pictures,movie,songs,etc
-Office stuff, excel,word, etec
-watching DVD's

some of my question is :
-i own my own shop here , and i use a custom made software for my account and stock availability using an .EXE programs in XP. Will i able to run this software in MBP running boot camp ?
-I dun play games alot but i like to play games like Fifa soccer, Nba Live, CM Manager, car racing games, etc, will they run ok in the MBP running boot camp ?
-Can i use external mouse with 2 buttons , i mean, will both of the button work correctly like in wintel notebook ?
-can i use any printers made for the wintel notebook ?
-can i use gamepad or joystick made for Wintel notebooks ?
-in fact can i use any other USB connectons accecories made for the Wintel notebooks ?
-can i go into MS dos Prompt in MBP running Boot camp?

Sorry for asking so much questions, i've been thingking i want to keep my data and browse internet using macs, and do gaming and work stuff using the XP Via boot camp, and if i cant adjust to macs, then 'll turn the MBP to be tottally an Xp machine, will this be ok ??

Please guide me here cause i never own a mac before, but i really like they design for long time ago, (actually i like the design of the current ibook more than the MBP) i think white is sweet :P

another question is i know that people are saying that new macbook is coming , biut is there any othe 15"4" MAC BOOK ?? cause i only want it in 15"
for me anything below is smaller and bigger is too much :P so is the <BP is the right choice ???

Last question , how is the speed and benchmark and real daily speed of the 2.0G MBP vs my acer ferrari 4005 if both were installed with Windows XP ???

WIll I betterr of with Acer 8204 or Apple Mac Book PRo
??

thx a lot guys, this is the best note book forums in the world !!!
post #2 of 12
1. Yes
2. Yes remember the macbook underclocks the X1600 to save power
3. Yes
3. Yes
4. Yes
5. Yes
6. Yes. the user interface that you see on XP is just a pretty face. it all goes back to Dos. Xp was built on Dos.

And the 8204 Res is tiny i think its the same as Apple

Like white? go apple
Like the flaming macbook? go apple
Like things getting tostie? go apple
Like the OSX? go apple


Ever thought that people only visit these websites to get support? so those with perfect notebooks hardly come here.
post #3 of 12
Thread Starter 
hmm waht do u mean by flamning apple and tostie ???
post #4 of 12
Thread Starter 
about the resolution:

my ferrari is 1680x1050 same as the Acer 8204

Mac Book Pro is 1440x900

so i think the fonts will looks a little bit bigger right ??
post #5 of 12
Turn the fonts on 120DPI! I don“t know why people said "the fonts are to small!"!
post #6 of 12
Thread Starter 
120 dpi make ur font not so smooth
and while it's good in MS excel,
the font is really to small to browse internet with.
post #7 of 12
To make the fonts bigger in Firefox hold ctrl and scroll mouse wheel down.
post #8 of 12
I have no Problem in MS excel and in Firefox! Big like it is on other Lappis too!
post #9 of 12
I suggest waiting a month or so for the Asus W3J.

14", X1600, core duo, <$2000
post #10 of 12
it seems as though the McBook Pro is full of problems. I dis a google in this laptop, and there are lots of complains about heat, different type of noises,
not being able to display the screen at lower brightness because of noise. So you must be checking these issues before you jump the wagon. The same applies for the 8204. A bunch of these expensive laptops are crap. Apple today announce the new 17" at 2880.00 and I wonder if the problems of the 15" are still there.
post #11 of 12
I think that for what he is doing with is laptop it seems like even the ferrari that he has now is a little too powerful so whats the point of getting an even more powerful computer when you won't take full advantage of it. Sounds like a waste of money to me.
post #12 of 12
Quote:
Originally Posted by JaivanK
I think that for what he is doing with is laptop it seems like even the ferrari that he has now is a little too powerful so whats the point of getting an even more powerful computer when you won't take full advantage of it. Sounds like a waste of money to me.


Seriously! you are thinking way beyond your means
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