Sunday, May 21. 2006
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For the two-finger click on the MacBook. http://forum.osx86project.org/index.php?s=&showtopic=17685&view=findpost&p=118012
I'm surprised that Tamara's old iBook does it - you must have iScroll or Sidetrack installed. The OS doesn't do it by default.
As for the MacBookPro - I have one through work. Its fantastic (even if I want to open it and correct the thermal-paste application).
I ./configure'd; make; make install'ed the carbon version of Emacs the other day you can totally be hooked up that way (no need for X11, not confined to the terminal.
Using Parallels Desktop I run XP and Dapper (not enough RAM right now for all three simultaneously). I even run our PCB design software in Dapper and remote X back to OS X's accelerated X11 for full speed display (PCB layout software is very display-intensive: 8 layer vector graphics of traces will do in an emulated VESA graphics card immediately). Its bloody amazing. Any OS at REAL speeds simultaneous with OS X. (For halflife you'll have to BootCamp).
The Core Duo is pretty good (apart from the heat). Came with 1GB on one stick - I need to get IT to get me another stick.
I have an LG (Pentium M) and a couple of Dells (Core Duo) and a slick Sony (Core Duo) at work. The LG and Sony are very nice (the Sony especially), but for overall features, and functionality, I've claimed the MacBook Pro as my own. The others are Lab fodder. We should be getting an Acer 8200 in very soon, as well as another LG (or two) and a Lenovo. None will displace this machine.
Dollar for Dollar, I'd totally take the MacBook over anything else in the same pricerange. The others are all either heavier, thicker and more cheaply made (except for the Sony SZ - well its smaller, lighter but feels incredibly cheap). The MBP is fully featured and multifunctional in the ways that you can mix OSes simultaneously or dual-boot. Between Darwin Ports (I prefer it over Fink), Parallels Desktop (for Ubuntu and cursed XP), and iLife there's little I can't do using JUST this machine). (Testing CardBus cards is one spot I'm SOL - but I got this under the guise of ExpressCard testing, so no complaints)
The less time I spend FIGHTING a computer the more I'll like it - this one never leaves my side.
I'm surprised that Tamara's old iBook does it - you must have iScroll or Sidetrack installed. The OS doesn't do it by default.
As for the MacBookPro - I have one through work. Its fantastic (even if I want to open it and correct the thermal-paste application).
I ./configure'd; make; make install'ed the carbon version of Emacs the other day you can totally be hooked up that way (no need for X11, not confined to the terminal.
Using Parallels Desktop I run XP and Dapper (not enough RAM right now for all three simultaneously). I even run our PCB design software in Dapper and remote X back to OS X's accelerated X11 for full speed display (PCB layout software is very display-intensive: 8 layer vector graphics of traces will do in an emulated VESA graphics card immediately). Its bloody amazing. Any OS at REAL speeds simultaneous with OS X. (For halflife you'll have to BootCamp).
The Core Duo is pretty good (apart from the heat). Came with 1GB on one stick - I need to get IT to get me another stick.
I have an LG (Pentium M) and a couple of Dells (Core Duo) and a slick Sony (Core Duo) at work. The LG and Sony are very nice (the Sony especially), but for overall features, and functionality, I've claimed the MacBook Pro as my own. The others are Lab fodder. We should be getting an Acer 8200 in very soon, as well as another LG (or two) and a Lenovo. None will displace this machine.
Dollar for Dollar, I'd totally take the MacBook over anything else in the same pricerange. The others are all either heavier, thicker and more cheaply made (except for the Sony SZ - well its smaller, lighter but feels incredibly cheap). The MBP is fully featured and multifunctional in the ways that you can mix OSes simultaneously or dual-boot. Between Darwin Ports (I prefer it over Fink), Parallels Desktop (for Ubuntu and cursed XP), and iLife there's little I can't do using JUST this machine). (Testing CardBus cards is one spot I'm SOL - but I got this under the guise of ExpressCard testing, so no complaints)
The less time I spend FIGHTING a computer the more I'll like it - this one never leaves my side.
Now that I think about it, I think you recommened iScroll or Sidetrack at one point, and I installed it. I just totally forgot about it.
I'm having one ordered today at work. I think that with kids on the way I will want to get a video camera and play with iMovie. There's stuff for linux (kino), but for things like digital video, I want it to Just Work.
I wonder if the RAM and HD are as easy to upgrade on the MacBook Pro as they are on the MacBook (theres a video floating around...)?
I'm having one ordered today at work. I think that with kids on the way I will want to get a video camera and play with iMovie. There's stuff for linux (kino), but for things like digital video, I want it to Just Work.
I wonder if the RAM and HD are as easy to upgrade on the MacBook Pro as they are on the MacBook (theres a video floating around...)?
Yes, with a kid I find I have not time to fight to make things work. "Just working" is worth the time savings.
I don't know about changing the HD, but I believe adding memory is fairly simple - but NOT as easy as the MacBook.
I don't know about changing the HD, but I believe adding memory is fairly simple - but NOT as easy as the MacBook.
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