dxg Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 I'm considering buying a 15" Macbook Pro in February 2010 when my BlackMacbook turns 3 years old.The tablet should be out by then, hopefully... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_a Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 (edited) Just booted up my brand spanking new macbook pro, tis proper amazing, just checked software, says its 10.6 so im guessing this is snow leopard sooooo happy, got it from comet but because i reserved it online, i got microsoft office mac for freeee!one of those buy together and it didn't add any cost quick question on itunes 9, on mac how do i add cover art to items? before it just used to have it in the bottom left hand corner an i would drag it to there? cheers, Edited September 19, 2009 by Rick_a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyA Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 The tablet should be out by then, hopefully...Any news on the tablet? I'm holding off replacing my MacBook, in the hope that the tablet will be out soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty_82 Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Has anyone had a problem with the mouse button on the 13" macbook, mine doesnt seem to have the click anymore and can be tempremental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dxg Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 (edited) And I'm posting this from the hackintosh I've built this afternoon!!!It's nowhere as easy as people make out - even with the lifehacker guide. Problems I've encountered:- creating a bootable usb stick from a snow leopard disk- getting the boot sequence right in the bios + finding which of the (twelve!!!) usb sockets on the machine will actually boot from the thing- getting the network to work - ga311 card won't work but onboard does - although it's supposed to have problems - bonjour isn;t working, for example.- getting it to boot into a 32bit kernel - I just can't no matter what I do, because:- can't get sound to work. have tried all the options I can find - I can see the card in the profiler, but not in the sound preference pane. I can, however, get sound to work if I plug in some usb speakers (that have way too much bass I which I hate...) I'm trying to get it into 32bit mode to see if that will make the onboard sound work...This is going to take some tweaking but - my God - is it fast. Four cores baby!Trouble is, I don't have the time to tweak it... Edited September 19, 2009 by dxg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyA Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Has anyone had a problem with the mouse button on the 13" macbook, mine doesnt seem to have the click anymore and can be tempremental.Yeah, I had a new 13" MacBook, and it had a problem the mouse button after about 2 weeks of light use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Building a hackintosh is not as easy as everyone makes out...What is this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dxg Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Xbench results from the hackintosh, for those interested:Results 171.74 System Info Xbench Version 1.3 System Version 10.6 (10A432) Physical RAM 8192 MB Model MacPro3,1 Drive Type ST3500410AS CPU Test 200.82 GCD Loop 332.99 17.55 Mops/sec Floating Point Basic 163.55 3.89 Gflop/sec vecLib FFT 130.51 4.31 Gflop/sec Floating Point Library 318.56 55.47 Mops/sec Thread Test 607.50 Computation 1014.98 20.56 Mops/sec, 4 threads Lock Contention 433.47 18.65 Mlocks/sec, 4 threads Memory Test 251.90 System 289.84 Allocate 689.87 2.53 Malloc/sec Fill 196.04 9531.83 MB/sec Copy 263.15 5435.33 MB/sec Stream 222.75 Copy 208.46 4305.71 MB/sec Scale 212.81 4396.69 MB/sec Add 235.97 5026.76 MB/sec Triad 236.76 5064.95 MB/sec Quartz Graphics Test 267.52 Line 206.09 13.72 Klines/sec [50% alpha] Rectangle 262.97 78.51 Krects/sec [50% alpha] Circle 226.49 18.46 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha] Bezier 243.05 6.13 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha] Text 664.25 41.55 Kchars/sec OpenGL Graphics Test 90.87 Spinning Squares 90.87 115.28 frames/sec User Interface Test 386.98 Elements 386.98 1.78 Krefresh/sec Disk Test 77.90 Sequential 222.57 Uncached Write 228.14 140.08 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 218.12 123.41 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 192.36 56.30 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 262.74 132.05 MB/sec [256K blocks] Random 47.22 Uncached Write 15.33 1.62 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Write 226.66 72.56 MB/sec [256K blocks] Uncached Read 102.24 0.72 MB/sec [4K blocks] Uncached Read 188.18 34.92 MB/sec [256K blocks] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfbr Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 What is this?Intel based mac custom built the same way you would a PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 I'm Happy with my 24" iMac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dxg Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 What is this?Running OS X on PC hardware...This is the guide I was following: http://lifehacker.com/5360150/install-snow...acking-requiredI just can't afford apple's prices. I already have a macbook and a mini, but their form factor justifies the cost. I'm trying to built a workstation for home so I don't have to keep taking the macbook in and out of work (because it's getting worn out).So, for £400 I've got a machine that gives the benchmarks above. I'm reusing an old case and power supply but everything else is new... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Oh I see! Id like a powerful Mac to have connected to the living rooms projector and TV.Thanks for the link, I will ask my Dad to have a look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty_82 Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 Yeah, I had a new 13" MacBook, and it had a problem the mouse button after about 2 weeks of light use.What did you do to get it resolved, send it back to apple ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyA Posted September 19, 2009 Report Share Posted September 19, 2009 What did you do to get it resolved, send it back to apple ?Sold it, I don't tend to keep them long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dxg Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 Oh I see! Id like a powerful Mac to have connected to the living rooms projector and TV.Thanks for the link, I will ask my Dad to have a look I'm still struggling to get it to work - that guide's pretty much hopeless and most of the stuff on the net makes no sense / assumes that you already know how it all hangs together.Still, in *many* hours, I have managed to get it from no sound at all to a clicking on startup and then a hang...And, aside from the sound, there's the small matter of the network being stuck on 10mb/s.If I can't fix it tomorrow, I haven't got anyother free weekend until Christmas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjblyth Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 Yeah, I had a new 13" MacBook, and it had a problem the mouse button after about 2 weeks of light use.13" unibody MacBook? I've not had a problem with my trackpad?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyA Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 13" unibody MacBook? I've not had a problem with my trackpad??Yeah the Alu unibody model.Just cause mine had a problem, doesn't meant they all will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjblyth Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 Yeah the Alu unibody model.Just cause mine had a problem, doesn't meant they all will. Lol I know, but I've heard other people say similar. Mine's 11 months old now so i am guessing i'd know by now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick_a Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 anyone got a good like laptop sleeve for there 13" macbook they can recomend? cheeers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyA Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Lol I know, but I've heard other people say similar. Mine's 11 months old now so i am guessing i'd know by now Yeah I'd imagine yours will be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dxg Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Well, I'm typing this from the Hackintosh...Is it cheaper than a real one? Yes.Is it worth the hassle? No.It's still great, though, but the amount of messing around with drivers and failing to get things to work is just not worth it. If you have as little time as me, it's better just to save up more cash. It took about half an hour to physically build the thing and the rest of the weekend has been hacking drivers (as in compiling your own), experiencing kernel panics and complete reinstalls like nothing before. But it's stable now. That said, though, I am typing this on a quad core machine that OS X thinks is a Mac Pro. It churns through movie encoding like I've never seen; it's near silent and I haven't seen any core break 42oC in 24 hours of stress testing...(But I never could get the sound to work (I'm stuck with usb speakers), and the network only works at full speed when I force it into a 32 bit kernel...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjblyth Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 (edited) I am thinking of a project...It involves one of theseand taking it apart, fitting an LCD screen and then using one of theseto come up with an oldskool looking computer, with a modern day interface and spec...I am wondering if it is possible to do, what problems I may come across and also if it's worth the time/effort... Edited September 21, 2009 by bjblyth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfbr Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 It's been done a few times now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 It's been done a few times now!Links? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjblyth Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Links? Yes, links! I'd love to see this!All I could find was the CRT being replaced with an LCD, but no hardware being changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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