AlexK asked:


i just upgraded my 13inch macbook pro to 4gb ram. before the upgrade, i noticed the firefox took like 5 seconds to open up, when i open firefox, it still takes that long… the macbook reads the 4gb ram however.

is there a way to test if my ram is working correctly, or a way to optimize my mac to run faster?

thanks

Jesse B asked:


I keep hearing that macs don’t stand the test of time and that after maybe 2 years they will be completely unusable compared to same age Windows comps. Is this true?

Isabella C asked:


I was testing my iMovie and now I want to delete it. I also want to start fresh because I’m about to do a movie soon. So please tell me how to delete everything so I have nothing in iMovie!

tom b asked:


i want to burn videos of a tv show to dvd for my brothers birthday but he told me he had trouble with a disc somebody else burnt for him, here is the raw info:
i have windows, he has mac
i usually burn using nero and create menus with my dvds
i have no way of testing whether they work before i give them to him, so will this work?

Jay asked:


I have been testing my new Mac book pro (13 inch) for the past 5-6 days and everything seems to be awesome, except the battery power. I am not sure whether I have a defective product or whether its just the way mac works…Before buying the notebook, it said it had 7 hrs of battery power. 2 employees also said that the battery power will be around a good 7 hours (including music listening, some youtube, internet stuff, etc)

I wrote a time sheet to see how long it takes for the battery power to die out and from the 3 times I’ve used it and charged it, it seems only 5 hours of battery power have come out of a fully charged one. Is 5 hours from a completely charged battery to completely dead typical?

When I use(d) skype it lost 70% of battery in 2 hrs. Do you think I have a defective notebook or does video chatting really kill the battery that much?

inder g asked:


I was just wondering about this because someone has to test the laptops

Melanie L asked:


This is so weird, usually all of the Disney DVDs that I own, have been working perfectly on my Macbook. And I just bought a new DVD that is from Disney and suddenly, near the climax part, it kept on saying “Skipping Over Damaged Area”
I have tested on my other Mac computer, same result. Same thing for the VLC Player. I noticed that my DVD wasn’t making any sounds at all when it said that quote.
What’s going on with my Mac computers? I just want to play my movies peacefully in my room.
I only own one TV and it is the only one that has the DVD player. The main problem, there’s always someone watching TV so I never had the chance to go near it.

Andrew asked:


So you can use the TV (if it has a vga connection) to display your mac screen etc.. but you also have to go into the mac setting and choose system properties/detect diaplys etc..

So i guess if your testing a suspecting dead mac laptop screen your can’t do it on a TV as you will not be able to get into system properties to swicth the screen output to the tv/

Victor Holmes asked:


He now realizes that you can run windows on a mac, and that was his only question about it. Is there anything else that can close the deal? Such as a test drive or price?

sspaschal2427 asked:


Do you think this is legitimate? They want you to test the mac air’s and then you get it for free?