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It's here! The MacBook is here!
If the title isn't clear enough: My MacBook Pro has arrived.I am currently in a euphoric world of speed and beauty, and if I were enjoying myself any more this little laptop would probably be dubbed an illegal narcotic by the Food and Drug Administration and I'd be thrown in jail for substance abuse.
Anyway -- I'm unpacking and settling myself in, and I plan to put this thing through its paces over the next few days. I intend to post a First Impressions, but instead of going with things that simply pop into my head, I want to know: What do you want to know about Apple's first Intel notebook?
Post anything you'd like me to test/examine/report on in the comments and I'll compile them all and post a quickie review as soon as I can.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 5)
Joseph Scott said 7:05PM on 2-21-2006
The big one, what is the battery life like?
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Michael Kalus said 7:06PM on 2-21-2006
Batterylife and performance (e.g. with MacTheRipper / Handbrake).
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Chris said 7:07PM on 2-21-2006
test gaming performance on there. Also test the airport and bluetooth functions. Specifically bluetooth with a cell phone. Thanks
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Andrew Klein said 7:07PM on 2-21-2006
"Post anything you'd like me to test/examine/report on in the comments..."
hmmm..... can you send me a macbook pro so i can test it myself?
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Jeff Beck said 7:07PM on 2-21-2006
Batter life and how hot does it run?
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Darin Johnson said 7:08PM on 2-21-2006
Battery life (of course) and how do the magnetic power cord and magnetic latch perform?
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Stefan Constantinescu said 7:08PM on 2-21-2006
Hello, I am a mac-curious person, thinking about switching sometime after Apple's response to vista comes out, anyway can you tell me the specs of your new lappy? And some subjective speed analysis.
A video of you using the thing would be great because it shows us how snappy it is or isn't!
Also from the touch of the start button to the desktop, how long does it take?
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Elsa said 7:08PM on 2-21-2006
Great! I'm very curious about the battery life and power consumption compared to the Intel iMac and the PowerBook G4.
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Steve said 7:10PM on 2-21-2006
What's the performance of video like within iTunes? This is where my iMac G5 always chokes.
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Copa said 7:10PM on 2-21-2006
Does it stay crunchy in milk? Just kidding...the battery life (after calibration of course).
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Dalton Marks said 7:12PM on 2-21-2006
Please post to us:
* - Any experiances with gaming that you have on it
* - Speed of various apps (Try Garageband, ect.)
* - Try Firefox. I'm intrested to see if there is any increase in speed. Deer Park if you can't find a suitable build.
* - How long does a full battery charge take?
* - On max settings, how long is the battery lasting?
Finally:
* - What faults have you found, and have you managed to see anything that makes it lag badly.
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John B. said 7:13PM on 2-21-2006
802.11 range (possibly compared to a G4 PB), power saving settings for the new processor, temperature/noise, xbench score (assuming they have a universal binary), camera quality (with sample screen shots), handbrake performance, speaker sound quality, rigidity of the whole computer
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BigAndJuicy said 7:13PM on 2-21-2006
This is worth a video podcast!
please answer me! How is the battery?
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Corey McLaughlin said 7:16PM on 2-21-2006
How well does Photoshop CS2 run on it compared to the G4 Powerbooks?
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Chris said 7:21PM on 2-21-2006
"Hello, I am a mac-curious person, thinking about switching sometime after Apple's response to vista comes out, anyway can you tell me the specs of your new lappy?"
Apple's response to Vista has been out for awhile now, it's called OS X Tiger. The better question is, "What will Microsoft's response to Leopard be?" :-)
Let us know what Temperature Monitor reports, how much lap can you singe with this bad boy?
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Rob said 7:24PM on 2-21-2006
Ok people we get it you want to know about the battery life. I second Stefan and would like to know how long it takes to boot up? Also when did you order yours? I'm trying to figure out if mine will ship before the Feb. 28 estimated shipping date. THanks.
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mars said 7:25PM on 2-21-2006
"Hello, I am a mac-curious person, thinking about switching sometime after Apple's response to vista comes out, anyway can you tell me the specs of your new lappy?"
Windows Vista is Microsoft's response to OS X.
OS X has had all of the "NEW" features of Windows Vista for quite a while now.
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Eric said 7:26PM on 2-21-2006
gmail is down??? anyway how hot does it get?
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Scott said 7:26PM on 2-21-2006
gaming under rosetta - specifically, how old/unintensive does a game have to be to run smoothly?
Also, performance with other rosetta apps.
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John Muir said 7:27PM on 2-21-2006
10.4.5 seems to put an X over the icons for Intel only apps on my PPC. Is there any new icon graphic on the Intel to indicate whether an app is Intel/PPC/Universal without bringing up Get Info?
Also, give the Intel compiled SheepShaver a go and see if it's a worlable replacement for Classic.
http://www.gibix.net/dokuwiki/en:projects:sheepshaver
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