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[PhillyOnRails] [OT] MBP experience
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1.8ghz/1gb ram/80gb hd
I had to run out and get a firewire to firewire cable to use apple's
migration utility which requires you boot the "slave" pc to disk-
mode. No USB option!? Blargh.
The battery life is disappointing, anywhere from 2 to 3 hours with
locomotive (easy ruby/rails/imagemagic/db bindings et cetera,)
textmate, firefox, Preview and fireworks running.
The screen is friggen amazing, however. It is bright enough to use in
full sun (as my tan skin will attest to.)
The backlit keyboard is fantastic in weight and feel. The trackpad
took some getting used to. But its HUGE, which I adore; I have it on
a low sensitivity so fine-grain control is easy, but since the
distance traveled is affected by finger speed, i can still make it
from one side of the screen to the other quite easily.
After the migration from my mac mini, some programs (including
firefox) were still running in PowerPC mode even after updating to
universal binary versions using their built-in updaters. Dragging
ffox to the trash and downloading the same version and dragging it
back into my applications directory made all the difference. WICKED
fast. Also, I had to reinstall MySQL. Getting MS Office to work
required deleting the "preview" that is included by default =/.
the screen is big enough for any single application, and virtual
desktops are so good for organizing that i dont feel compelled to use
my 24" dell widescreen unless i need to recharge the battery (but
there is no dock yet, UGH) , do a group huddle around a monitor or
watch a dvd.
The speakers are worthwhile, and the built-in iSight lets me update
my buddy icon daily.
It's thin, and fits nicely in my Targus padded backpack -- the only
packpack i've ever had that's usable and even in great shape 4 years
after acquiring it.
Using Mac the Ripper, I can back-up a single-layer DVD in a half hour.
you have to hit the function key for the F-keys to not be apple's
special keys.
You cannot force the keyboard backlight on, but you can shut it off
or change its brightness once it kicks in.
the wireless is great, no complaints.
With bootcamp, its the fastest windows box in the house. I dont
really use bootcamp, when i need to use IE, i just fire up parallels.
I wish that i had gone for 2 gigs because that way i could just leave
a 512mb windows install running without worrying about the memory
usage ever. But then, i also wish that the battery lasted for 40
hours and that it came with a dual-layer superdrive.
Best computer i've ever owned.
<sarcasm>
Besides, DHH owns one, so it has to be good.
</sarcasm>
Aaron Blohowiak
On Apr 21, 2006, at 12:13 PM, Randy Schmidt wrote:
I hope, but who knows. You have mbp, right? What specs and what has
your experience been? I am thinking of getting a refurbished one since
all the warranties are the same. This way I can go for the 2.16 ghz
flavor.
Randy
On 4/21/06, Aaron Blohowiak <aaron@aaronblohowiak.com> wrote:
AFAIK, nope. But boy does XGL look sweet. You think apple is going
to up OSX to that level in the next release?
Aaron Blohowiak
On Apr 21, 2006, at 11:05 AM, Randy Schmidt wrote:
Sweet! Is there any way to click on a window and as you rotate to a
new screen, drag it along? Similar to I think it was xgl?? if you
saw
any of those videos floating around.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?
docid=-1819299719647325587&q=xgl&pl=true
Thanks!
Randy
On 4/21/06, Aaron Blohowiak <aaron@aaronblohowiak.com> wrote:
New version of virtue is out, fixes some of the bugs and UI
funkiness
Aaron Blohowiak
On Apr 8, 2006, at 11:53 PM, Randy Schmidt wrote:
Thanks for the reply! I'll check it out. Does anybody know if
powerbook ram is at all compatible with macbook pro ram? I
recently
bought a 1 gig stick for my 12 inch powerbook and it would be
nice to
put it in a macbook pro when I get one.
Thanks!
Randy
On 4/7/06, Aaron Blohowiak <aaron@aaronblohowiak.com> wrote:
I use Virtue because it is Universal and pretty fast. The docs,
well,
I couldn't find any... Enough fooling around in the menus and
discovering shift-tab (which lets you reorder your windows)
lead me
to a better understanding of it. There is no easy way to send
individual windows accross screens (AFAIK) but minimizing in one,
switching and then restoring works just fine for most apps.
Oh, and I now use Parallels (www.parallels.org) for VM so I
can run
legacy operating systems and browsers (like xp and ie6 / ie7
public
beta.) It is in beta now, but pretty cool nonetheless. FAST xp
install from disk image.
Aaron Blohowiak
On Apr 6, 2006, at 10:08 PM, Randy Schmidt wrote:
Aaron,
What was that you were using for a VWM in os x in your
presentation?
Thanks,
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267.334.6833
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