Just got my first mac: Macbook Pro

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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.

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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.

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 :)

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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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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.

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

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

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.

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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.

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