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<blockquote data-quote="Zoolook" data-source="post: 707514" data-attributes="member: 21101"><p>Question #1 is, how is the fan noise? <span style="color: DarkGreen">If you're just browsing, emailing, it should be silent. Windows machines these days fire the fans up quickly, because Vista requires a lot of graphics grunt just to play the built-in games.</span></p><p></p><p>Question 2 is, the MBP at BestBuy is 5400rpm (250gb). If I "build" the Mac at the Apple site I could then get 7200rpm (200gb). Will the added speed keep the MBP cooler or will it make it run hotter, thus making the fan cycle on/off? The trade-off is 50gb on the hard drive...??? <span style="color: darkgreen">It may consume slightly more power, but it should not affect the CPU fans.</span></p><p></p><p>Question 3, The graphics card is NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics with 512MB GDDR3 SDRAM. Does anyone know if this is discrete memory? <span style="color: darkgreen">Yes it is</span></p><p></p><p></p><p>Question 5, I can get an additional 2gb memory for $200 if I build it online. Is it worth it or is memory simple enough to add later? The BIG issue here is that the salesman said the MBP is so "efficient" that I won't even know that I have less memory. True? <span style="color: darkgreen">The Saleman is partly correct, in so far that Leopard works better with 1GB of RAM than Vista does. However, you really should have 2 GBs of RAM as a minimum, and you'd be better off buying this yourself afterwards.</span></p><p></p><p>Final Question, are there new versions of the OS due soon? Should I wait? <span style="color: darkgreen">SnowLeopard will be out sometime next year, probably June-ish. Don't wait.</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zoolook, post: 707514, member: 21101"] Question #1 is, how is the fan noise? [COLOR="DarkGreen"]If you're just browsing, emailing, it should be silent. Windows machines these days fire the fans up quickly, because Vista requires a lot of graphics grunt just to play the built-in games.[/COLOR] Question 2 is, the MBP at BestBuy is 5400rpm (250gb). If I "build" the Mac at the Apple site I could then get 7200rpm (200gb). Will the added speed keep the MBP cooler or will it make it run hotter, thus making the fan cycle on/off? The trade-off is 50gb on the hard drive...??? [COLOR="darkgreen"]It may consume slightly more power, but it should not affect the CPU fans.[/COLOR] Question 3, The graphics card is NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics with 512MB GDDR3 SDRAM. Does anyone know if this is discrete memory? [COLOR="darkgreen"]Yes it is[/COLOR] Question 5, I can get an additional 2gb memory for $200 if I build it online. Is it worth it or is memory simple enough to add later? The BIG issue here is that the salesman said the MBP is so "efficient" that I won't even know that I have less memory. True? [COLOR="darkgreen"]The Saleman is partly correct, in so far that Leopard works better with 1GB of RAM than Vista does. However, you really should have 2 GBs of RAM as a minimum, and you'd be better off buying this yourself afterwards.[/COLOR] Final Question, are there new versions of the OS due soon? Should I wait? [COLOR="darkgreen"]SnowLeopard will be out sometime next year, probably June-ish. Don't wait.[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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