ok, so Today it arrived, and I was like a kid at Christmas when the UPS guy arrived.
I missed him the yesterday since I had to go to work in the evening.
Now that I have used it for some hours, I have some questions though.
When I ordered the Macbook I had the choice between Dutch Layout and US International, I wanted Swedish layout, but according to the lady on the phone it was not possible to order a custom config with Swedish layout when not living in Sweden, this was only possible if I ordered a standard config.
Since I wanted the high resolution LED screen and the 7200rpm drive, I had to pick US International.
I don't mind that, since I got used to that on my PC while living here in The Netherlands.
However now that I received it, it looks as if I got a US layout and not the US International.
See the difference here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard_layout#US
Both Alt keys are normal Alt keys, but on a US intl the right Alt key should be Alt Gr, also on mine there is no Euro sign.
I have tried to manually configure the layout in the "International" in System Preferences, but there is no US International, although there is a US Extended, but it does not add the Euro sign or any other keys like the US international, it does however change some keys, but both Alt keys are still acting the same.
So did Apple ship me the wrong keyboard?
The second thing I ran into is a minor thing, but it is actually back to the fact that I have no Right mouse button.
I love the multitouch, and I have no issues navigating around in OS X, just takes some time to get used to.
However, I also play games, and one I play frequently is World of Warcraft.
In this game Holding left mouse button looks around, Holding Right Mouse button Changes the direction you walk, Middle or Left+Right Walks and looks at the same time.
How do I do this on my Mac book?
I got the holding left mouse button to work, either by using the big button, or by double tap+hold, I can also use the two fingers tap, to perform a right click in the game, but I can not figure out how to hold down the Right mouse button.
Doing the same as left but with two fingers does not work this instead activates the scroll wheel zooming in and out.
The Holding both left and right I don't really need since I mostly use the keyboard anyway to move back and fourth as well as strafe.
But I really need to be able to hold the right mouse button to be able to change the direction I'm walking, since using the keyboard is not precise enough.
Using an external mouse is not an option since I have R.S.I and can not sue a normal mouse, on my Linux Desktop I use a wacom pen-tablet, but that is a bit big to carry around.
I also noticed the left side of the keyboard just above the speaker, get's very warm when gaming for a while, I guess this is where the GPU is located, but is it normal and safe?
And lastly, do you guys have some recomendations for some software to get hold of, preferably Open Source, but some nice freeware/shareware is also nice, i'm pretty broke after buying the macbook, so no super expensive stuff.
Love my new MacBook Pro, looking forward to many years with it.
Brian.
