MB questions (applecare for new mbpro & reinstall discs for white mb 2.1)

skanji · Jul 27th, 2012, 11:58 AM

Can I purchase applecare for my new macbook pro in the US and save about $70 (authorized seller, boxed applecare - not ebay)? Or will applecare purchased in the US be only authorized for US macbooks?

Also, I would like to do a reinstall for white macbook 2.1 currently running 10.5.8. It's starting to get sluggish, but I don't have the discs that came with the macbook originally. How can I get those discs to do a reformat of my macbook?

Thanks in advance everyone!

pm-r · Jul 27th, 2012, 06:09 PM

Maybe, but you'll need to have a US address and someone to sign for it's delivery.

But why bother, it's only $30.00 more in Canada, not $70.00. $379.00 cdn store - $$349.00 us store = $30.00.

Too bad you didn't purchase a copy of Snow Leopard for your MBPro from the Apple Store before they pulled it this last Wednesday for some Apple stupid reasoning logic. ;(

EDIT: Check this members SL for sale:

Mac OSX Snow Leopard Installation DVD! Sealed

pm-r · Jul 27th, 2012, 07:48 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by skanji
	... ... Also, I would like to do a reinstall for white macbook 2.1 currently running 10.5.8. It's starting to get sluggish, but I don't have the discs that came with the macbook originally. How can I get those discs to do a reformat of my macbook? Thanks in advance everyone!

A re-install I've found doesn't always and seldom does speed up a 'sluggish' Mac but...

What does I've found is to use CCC to clone your Mac to an external bootable drive, then with Disk Utility, partition/format your Mac's internal drive, and you must do a 'zero out', and then boot from the external clone and use CCC to clone it back to your newly formatted internal Mac drive.

And PS: I'd take advantage of the SL install disk that's for sale I mentioned.

skanji · Jul 28th, 2012, 12:17 AM

So I need snow leopard to upgrade from 10.5.8 which should improve performance?

pm-r · Jul 28th, 2012, 12:41 AM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by skanji
	So I need snow leopard to upgrade from 10.5.8 which should improve performance?

Yup, and to do so normally and to have a SL recovery install disk available for any serious repairs.

As I mentioned, grab the SL install disk the user has for sale.

And, BTW, if you haven't already done so, upgrade your RAM memory to 4GB. It will make it seem like a new MacBook.

You can't go wrong for memory at:

Canada RAM sells memory in Canada - Apple MacBook Intel CoreDuo and Core2Duo SantaRosa and Penryn

skanji · Jul 28th, 2012, 08:35 AM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by pm-r
	Yup, and to do so normally and to have a SL recovery install disk available for any serious repairs. As I mentioned, grab the SL install disk the user has for sale. And, BTW, if you haven't already done so, upgrade your RAM memory to 4GB. It will make it seem like a new MacBook. You can't go wrong for memory at: Canada RAM sells memory in Canada - Apple MacBook Intel CoreDuo and Core2Duo SantaRosa and Penryn

Currently have 4GB RAM and 500GB that I upgraded on my own. It's just had 4 years of usage, and am in PC mindset of doing a fresh reinstall...from the sounds of it i may be off.

Have reached out to the seller...

kelman · Jul 28th, 2012, 09:59 AM

Repair permissions? Clean up/delete redundant files? Remove apps that auto start that don't need to run.