Comments on: Sysadmin: Macbook Pro, after the honeymoon http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/sysadmin-macbook-pro-after-the-honeymoon/ Renaud Bompuis on the interwebs! Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:56:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Renaud http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/sysadmin-macbook-pro-after-the-honeymoon/comment-page-1/#comment-9824 Renaud Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:28:21 +0000 http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=207#comment-9824 <p>Hi Walter, I just found out that your comment was wrongly marked as spam.</p> <p>Thanks for the comments. I tried disabling the WLAN to see if it was improving my audio issues but alas, it's not having any impact. I'm still hearing harmonics when changing the volume and noise, cracks and pops when listening to audio...</p> Hi Walter, I just found out that your comment was wrongly marked as spam.

Thanks for the comments. I tried disabling the WLAN to see if it was improving my audio issues but alas, it’s not having any impact. I’m still hearing harmonics when changing the volume and noise, cracks and pops when listening to audio…

]]> By: Walter Horstman http://blog.nkadesign.com/2008/sysadmin-macbook-pro-after-the-honeymoon/comment-page-1/#comment-9776 Walter Horstman Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:21:42 +0000 http://blog.nkadesign.com/?p=207#comment-9776 <p>I've also struggled the last 3 days with installing Windows Vista (32 and 64 bits versions) and it was not always as smooth as you would hope, but I like to share some experiences here, maybe it helps somebody else:</p> <ul> <li>A right mouse click could be done pressing two fingers on the track pad and then click the trackpad button. BTW, I also noticed this works in OSX (where you can also use CTRL-Right click).</li> <li>The sound cracks but as far as I found out, this only happens when your WLAN is turned on. Of course, this is unwanted behaviour, but I guess new drivers could fix this in the future.</li> <li>Make sure you reserve enough partition space for Windows when setting up Bootcamp. 32 GB is a good minimum I would say. Although it is possible to backup/restore your Windows partition (using a program like WinClone) and increase its size, I didn't manage to do this successfully.</li> <li>I've tried Vista 64 bits but I'm not sure if it really adds performance (I tend to think so, but I'm not sure). IE7 also exists in a 64 bits version then, but things like Flash player are not available. Also, I noticed difficulties when installing Java in the \Program Files (x86) directory (which it does by default). So finally I switched back to the 32 bits version.</li> <li>With Parallels (I haven't tried VMWare Fusion yet) you can boot the natively installed Vista in a virtual machine, but then the hardware changes and one of the things I've found out, is that Windows wants to re-activate then because it discovers hardware changes. Of course this is unwanted behaviour, anyone also experienced this or knows a solution?</li> <li>Performance in general seems to be very good. The Vista performance index is 4,8 at my MacBook Pro (Early 2008 version).</li> </ul> I’ve also struggled the last 3 days with installing Windows Vista (32 and 64 bits versions) and it was not always as smooth as you would hope, but I like to share some experiences here, maybe it helps somebody else:

  • A right mouse click could be done pressing two fingers on the track pad and then click the trackpad button. BTW, I also noticed this works in OSX (where you can also use CTRL-Right click).
  • The sound cracks but as far as I found out, this only happens when your WLAN is turned on. Of course, this is unwanted behaviour, but I guess new drivers could fix this in the future.
  • Make sure you reserve enough partition space for Windows when setting up Bootcamp. 32 GB is a good minimum I would say. Although it is possible to backup/restore your Windows partition (using a program like WinClone) and increase its size, I didn’t manage to do this successfully.
  • I’ve tried Vista 64 bits but I’m not sure if it really adds performance (I tend to think so, but I’m not sure). IE7 also exists in a 64 bits version then, but things like Flash player are not available. Also, I noticed difficulties when installing Java in the \Program Files (x86) directory (which it does by default). So finally I switched back to the 32 bits version.
  • With Parallels (I haven’t tried VMWare Fusion yet) you can boot the natively installed Vista in a virtual machine, but then the hardware changes and one of the things I’ve found out, is that Windows wants to re-activate then because it discovers hardware changes. Of course this is unwanted behaviour, anyone also experienced this or knows a solution?
  • Performance in general seems to be very good. The Vista performance index is 4,8 at my MacBook Pro (Early 2008 version).
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