Hey hey,

Just want to update everyone. I bought a MPB, the base model, and I love it. Setting it up and transfering files from my Windows PC. I got a long day of software installation but the experience is great. I have a second monitor hooked up and it works flawlessly.

This thing is fast too! One thing tho is that it is feels freakishly hot.

Question: I have speakers hooked up. Is there a way to make the output volume 100% but the onboard speakers lower? I don't want to have to turn it down and up everytime i disconnect it.

Thanks again everyone.

congratulations
I'm waiting till September to get mine (my bday )

Happy Mac day to you, happy Mac day to you, happy Mac day, dear Ashisv-something, happy mac day to youuuuuuuuuuu!

Thanks for updating us.

I don't know about the Pro, but on my Macbook it remembers the last setting for onboard and when I plug in headphones e.g. set it at 6 with headphones in and 10 without headphones in, I plug in headphones and it changes to 6

Dont worry about the heat issues dude, well, issues is the wrong word. It's a powerful system expect it to get hot

Thanks for the welcome boys.

Another issue: I'm transferring files between my old laptop and this one over wifi and it works. The problem is that when I'm doing this, I lose web connection and keep timing out...everyone on the network does.

Is there a way to limit the amount of bandwidth used? I'm on a G network so I figure there is enough bandwidth for everything.

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where are the unboxing pics? and the UPS guy pics too LOL

I was happy when i got my iMac, but after things started to go weird, iam thinking to my self, am i sure i spent the $3300 wisely...

My Mac gets greedy I think as well, and I sometime loose connection to the Web.

haha it was sent within canada with canada post so it was the regular mail man. He knew I was waiting for him since I opened the door before he rang the door bell.

As for unboxing, I was thinking of taking pics but that would have slowed me down!

Everything is up and running now, including parallels (amazing). All my torrents were downloading excrutiatingly slowly and I went through about 5 clients before I reluctantly got Azureus, which works a lot better, read faster.

I love how it automatically enables and disables my secondary monitor when I connect it.

I need to get/make a stand for it, approx. 3-4 inches high so that it is level with my monitor and a front row remote (so frustrating that they don't include it).

EDIT: solved the stand problem with a plexiglass magazine rack.

lol @ pics of ups guy!

Pics or it didn't happen.

Congrats! I started with a MAC about 6-7 years ago with a Dual 1GhZ MDD. It is still great today. Last year I left my Dell Inspiron laptop behind as it started to lag and upgraded to a 17" MBP on which I use bootcamp and Vista Ultimate as well. MAC OS is my preferred OS but as a Windows developer, I still need the Windows world.

grats hope you enjoy it as much as i did mine

Update:

Smoooooth. Connect360 = fantastic. Phonebooth, I know it's more of a toy but it's got everyone in tears with the effects. I gotta learn how to use garageband with two usb mics to record my podcasts.

Really good experience so far.

You mean Photobooth

And don't worry about Transmission. It is definitely slower than Azureus for me as well

Lol Phonebooth

Yeah, Photo Booth is great fun to mess around with when you're showing it to people. Careful though, it's turned me into a huge camwhore

Phonebooth sounds like Apple's new tool to create that voice from Saw using the Macbook's built-in mic.

haha yes Photo Booth is what I meant. iLife = amazing! so many possibliities with these programs.

Congratulations on your purchase, I am sure you will enjoy it! The MacBook Pro is a very good computer which will last you for quite some time.