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Re: [PLUG] First 24 hours with MacBook Pro (Core 2 Duo)
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On Sat, Nov 04, 2006 at 12:11:26PM -0500, TuskenTower wrote:
> >Display is beautiful. Backlit keyboard had me baffled for a while until I
> >figured out that a light sensor detected ambient light - so it's not even
> >activated unless it's dark.
> I don't know if your laptop is better at sensing light or not, but you
> may notice the backlight turing on occasionally which makes the keys
> harder to read.
IBM Thinkpads have a little light on top of the screen that shines down on
the keyboard. Two big problems with this compared to Apple's backlit
keyboard:
1. You have to turn it on manually.
2. You can't adjust the light in either intensity or direction (well,
except for moving the screen)
Apple's backlit keyboard is the best execution of that idea I've ever
seen, personally, and it got a little better at sensing the light with the
MacBook Pro.
> >Gnome or KDE environment running on X11, I may forgo installing Linux all
> >together. I've got the apps I need and I'd rather not have to deal with
> >dual
> >booting if I can avoid it.
> If you don't mind plunking down the $80 for Parallels Desktop for Mac
> you can get your Linux lovin sans the dual boot annoyances (and give
> us a review :).
Parallels is fantastic. Well worth the money. Although, if you don't mind
waiting, VMware is supposed to have a product for Mac coming out fairly
soon, and I believe they might release VMware Player for Mac (which is
free). Either way, you'll be able to run whatever alongside OS X very
easily.
> >Overall, a pretty nice experience so far.
> Battery life test please!
First, calibrate the battery, and _then_ test it. Apple's batteries
require calibration in order to get the full battery life out of them.
Instructions on calibrating the battery in Chris' laptop are here:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86284
The last section on that page is the one for MacBook Pro's.
--
Toby DiPasquale
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