# Bought a macbook pro... suggestions? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 20, 2008, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-a-macbook-pro-suggestions/42136 "2008-01-20T08:15:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2008, 8:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-a-macbook-pro-suggestions/42136/1 "2008-01-20T08:15:11Z")
SO I bit the bullet, My Ibook g4 was good and for being over 2 years it worked awesome, but I’m on the road a lot and I enjoy playing strategy games (dork!) like sim city and the sims, and the Ibook wasn’t cutting it. I dropped $2500 on a new 15.4" macbook pro with the 2.4ghz system. It runs my games awesome! What upgrades should I do to it? As in free upgrades I can download from the web. Any other suggestions are greatly appreciated! I am not the smartest with computers so bear with me. Basically, I am just asking for some tips and some good programs I can use! ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-a-macbook-pro-suggestions/42136/2 "2008-01-21T10:05:42Z")
I would get the free application “insomnia” it allows you to control when the laptop goes to sleep. I have mine set to stay active if I close the lid when it’s plugged into power but sleep when closed and not plugged in. ---
**Author:** ![FightinMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2008, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-a-macbook-pro-suggestions/42136/3 "2008-01-21T12:04:39Z")
caffeine is a nice app, it stops the backlight from shutting off…say when youre watching a movie or something like that. MEMORY. 2gig at the very least. ohh and istat menu is nice too, its a really nice customizable set of system monitors that sits in the menu bar. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-a-macbook-pro-suggestions/42136/4 "2008-01-22T15:34:44Z")
Coconut battery to keep an eye on your battery in the first year (1st year applecare is free = free battery replacement if your’s goes fubar) Adium for AIM. InsomniaX is a must. NZBDrop if you do newsgroups. Depending on if you torrent and what your sites allow: Azureus 2.5 Transmission. VLC for any videos iStat (widget) for hardware stats Kismac I heard is great to pick up hot spots, however, I haven’t used it effectively yet. And the standard CS3/Lightroom for image editing. Of course coming from a Mac I am sure you use most of them anyways. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-a-macbook-pro-suggestions/42136/5 "2008-01-22T15:39:13Z")
VMware? :lol: ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-a-macbook-pro-suggestions/42136/6 "2008-01-22T15:42:32Z")
> [@FormulaLS1](#): > > VMware? :lol: damnit lol beat me to it, bastard but no real clue personally, I just use what comes with OS… good replies though :tup: ---
**Author:** ![notch-dc5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/919ad9/32.png) [@notch-dc5](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/notch-dc5)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-a-macbook-pro-suggestions/42136/7 "2008-01-22T16:04:32Z")
You should have waited for the new Mac Book pro to come out in around 4 weeks. It is going to have the new multi touch touchpad and upgraded processors. ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Danger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/matt_danger/32/4981_2.png) [@Matt\_Danger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Matt_Danger)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-a-macbook-pro-suggestions/42136/8 "2008-01-22T16:18:11Z")
MenuMeters is a nice little app the displays your CPU, memory, network, and disk usage up in the menu bar. Little Snitch is a handy firewall but isn’t free. PithHelmet is good ad blocking software for Safari unless you use Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-a-macbook-pro-suggestions/42136/9 "2008-01-22T16:22:18Z")
I disliked Little Snitch, but have yet to find a diff program to keep pirated software from phoning home. ---
**Author:** ![Matt\_Danger](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/matt_danger/32/4981_2.png) [@Matt\_Danger](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Matt_Danger)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2008, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-a-macbook-pro-suggestions/42136/10 "2008-01-22T16:34:54Z")
> [@ryanmcell](#): > > I disliked Little Snitch, but have yet to find a diff program to keep pirated software from phoning home. I agree but it beats writing your own firewall scripts. ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 3:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-a-macbook-pro-suggestions/42136/11 "2008-01-23T15:43:27Z")
> [@notch-dc5](#): > > You should have waited for the new Mac Book pro to come out in around 4 weeks. It is going to have the new multi touch touchpad and upgraded processors. Meh, I didn’t hear about any new macbook pro and I’m sure the new ones will be over 3 grand. ---
**Author:** ![FightinMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 6:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-a-macbook-pro-suggestions/42136/12 "2008-01-23T18:36:41Z")
[Rumors](http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/21/macbook-pro-rumored-to-be-getting-multi-touch-trackpad-sun-also/)…But a good bet as well. They usually upgrade things in batches. ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-a-macbook-pro-suggestions/42136/13 "2008-01-23T20:40:45Z")
Strip OSX off it and put on vista. Its clearly the superior operating system ---
**Author:** ![FightinMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-a-macbook-pro-suggestions/42136/14 "2008-01-24T08:13:57Z")
you’re already in the midst of this fight…Why are you trying to start another one? ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-a-macbook-pro-suggestions/42136/15 "2008-01-24T08:24:18Z")
Vista is better that it all ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-a-macbook-pro-suggestions/42136/16 "2008-01-24T08:37:04Z")
more-on ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-a-macbook-pro-suggestions/42136/17 "2008-01-24T08:40:08Z")
its not my fault OSX sucks ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-a-macbook-pro-suggestions/42136/18 "2008-01-24T08:41:39Z")
lol :drama2: ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 8:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-a-macbook-pro-suggestions/42136/19 "2008-01-24T08:48:00Z")
lol srsly way too easy to get the mac dick suckers spooled up ---
**Author:** ![snowracer101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@snowracer101](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/snowracer101)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2008, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-a-macbook-pro-suggestions/42136/20 "2008-01-24T09:06:10Z")
> [@ILCisDEAD](#): > > lol srsly way too easy to get the mac dick suckers spooled up I can easily say, that I am not the smartest computer person out there…but as for having a mac and a pc…the mac after 2 years runs like it’s brand new…my pc on the other hand, I had to take it to a computer repair shop twice to keep it working [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/bought-a-macbook-pro-suggestions/42136.md?page=2)