{"id":56,"date":"2008-07-06T13:03:45","date_gmt":"2008-07-06T11:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/2008\/07\/06\/ok-so-i-got-a-mac\/"},"modified":"2008-07-08T16:53:25","modified_gmt":"2008-07-08T14:53:25","slug":"ok-so-i-got-a-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bergs.biz\/blog\/2008\/07\/06\/ok-so-i-got-a-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Ok, so I got a Mac&#8230; :)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I received a new work-horse for my job some days ago, a MacBook Pro. It&#8217;s very nicely equipped, featuring the following items:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor<\/li>\n<li>4GB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM &#8211; 2x2GB RAM<\/li>\n<li>200GB Serial ATA Drive @ 7200 rpm<\/li>\n<li>extra power supply<\/li>\n<li>AppleCare Protection Plan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"f10\">The whole package cost almost EUR 2.900. \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n<p>What I found strange is that the MacBook came preinstalled with 2 RAM sticks of 1G each, which I had to remove and replace with 2 sticks of 2G each, &#8220;Kingston&#8221; brand. I don&#8217;t know whether this is Apple&#8217;s official policy, or whether it was our local dealer who wanted to earn some extra bucks. \ud83d\ude09 Anyway, I now have two spare 1G sticks which I will put into the old Dell D810.<\/p>\n<p>The MacBook already has the new multi-touch trackpad, but it hasn&#8217;t got the fastest CPU available today, which is the 2.6 GHz model. 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