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MacBook Pro first inpressions...
Dec. 29th, 2007 02:25 amI picked it up this afternoon. Have been playing with it since then, and I have to say so far I'm underwhelmed...
This is supposed to be the fastest thing, top of the line 17" hi-res glossy screen, 200 GB 7200RPM drive, and 4Gb RAM, 2.6 Intel Core Duo... Maybe it's Leopard, but it just seems like it's barely able to handle what I'm throwing at it.
Of course I'm annoyed at the silly one button mouse. With it's odd key combos and double finger positions I have to use to get a simple right click.
The static graphics are pretty enough, but I haven't been able to get something as simple as SecondLife Windlight to even run stably.
Skype, was easy enough to install and the voice quality was good, but I'm surprised that the isight camera didn't handle the low light situations better. (I'm used to the Logitech cams)
Firefox and t-bird both worked as expected.
RDP works, but is annoying, in that it still doesn't mount any shared drives.
So to all the Mac users, am I mising something? is there some default setting that eats away at performance that I need to change, or does it just take a while before the kool-aid hits?
Also are there any other apps you would recommend I look at? (Next on the plate for work apps is of course office).
This is supposed to be the fastest thing, top of the line 17" hi-res glossy screen, 200 GB 7200RPM drive, and 4Gb RAM, 2.6 Intel Core Duo... Maybe it's Leopard, but it just seems like it's barely able to handle what I'm throwing at it.
Of course I'm annoyed at the silly one button mouse. With it's odd key combos and double finger positions I have to use to get a simple right click.
The static graphics are pretty enough, but I haven't been able to get something as simple as SecondLife Windlight to even run stably.
Skype, was easy enough to install and the voice quality was good, but I'm surprised that the isight camera didn't handle the low light situations better. (I'm used to the Logitech cams)
Firefox and t-bird both worked as expected.
RDP works, but is annoying, in that it still doesn't mount any shared drives.
So to all the Mac users, am I mising something? is there some default setting that eats away at performance that I need to change, or does it just take a while before the kool-aid hits?
Also are there any other apps you would recommend I look at? (Next on the plate for work apps is of course office).
