Comments on: MacBook Pro two year check-in http://damieng.com/blog/2010/01/27/macbook-pro-two-year-check-in?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=macbook-pro-two-year-check-in A .NET developer in silicon valley Fri, 18 May 2012 15:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: MacBook Pro upgrade to Crucial 256GB SSD » DamienG http://damieng.com/blog/2010/01/27/macbook-pro-two-year-check-in#comment-39936 MacBook Pro upgrade to Crucial 256GB SSD » DamienG Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:54:41 +0000 http://damieng.com/?p=1546#comment-39936 [...] been wanting an SSD for some time and last week I caved. Armed with credit card, screwdriver and trusty MacBook Pro I got a sweet system and decided to document the [...] [...] been wanting an SSD for some time and last week I caved. Armed with credit card, screwdriver and trusty MacBook Pro I got a sweet system and decided to document the [...]

]]> By: Andy http://damieng.com/blog/2010/01/27/macbook-pro-two-year-check-in#comment-35344 Andy Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:47:55 +0000 http://damieng.com/?p=1546#comment-35344 Let me know next time you need to physically repair a notebook. I usually order the replacement parts and do it myself. Just replaced the LVSD cable of my display, also on my MBP 2007. A display would have cost you about $250 from ifixit.com and an hour of work. No loose screws or scratches! Let me know next time you need to physically repair a notebook. I usually order the replacement parts and do it myself. Just replaced the LVSD cable of my display, also on my MBP 2007. A display would have cost you about $250 from ifixit.com and an hour of work. No loose screws or scratches!

]]> By: steve http://damieng.com/blog/2010/01/27/macbook-pro-two-year-check-in#comment-35318 steve Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:40:02 +0000 http://damieng.com/?p=1546#comment-35318 I'm still on my 2007 MacBook Pro and although I hanker after the multitouch pads, unibody and glossy screens (yes, I still prefer them for view angle and colour reproduction), I can't deny that my current machine does everything I actually *need* perfectly well already. I tend to use Eclipse for my non-C++ coding (I use XCode for the latter, which keeps getting better while still not quite equalling the magic MSVC + Visual Assist combo). It's great at Python particularly which is good for the small amount of time I have to hack on Mercurial related things, and it's got good plugins for almost everything (SCC, modelling, database etc). I’m still on my 2007 MacBook Pro and although I hanker after the multitouch pads, unibody and glossy screens (yes, I still prefer them for view angle and colour reproduction), I can’t deny that my current machine does everything I actually *need* perfectly well already.

I tend to use Eclipse for my non-C++ coding (I use XCode for the latter, which keeps getting better while still not quite equalling the magic MSVC + Visual Assist combo). It’s great at Python particularly which is good for the small amount of time I have to hack on Mercurial related things, and it’s got good plugins for almost everything (SCC, modelling, database etc).

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