"Collage" Screen Saver Effect not working on new MacBook Pro. Can anyone confirm?

[heldtbt]

[This may very well be my first post on MacRumors, I've been reading forever.]

I just bought a new MacBook Pro 15" (the $2499 version) at the Apple Store. My old computer had trouble processing the "Collage" effect on a photo screensaver. (where the pictures keep zooming out and forming new pictures.) so I wanted to see how this new computer (with it's 512MB vid card) could handle the screen saver.)

Can anyone else with a new MacBook Pro see if they could emulate this problem as well? Just open system prefs and test a sample screensaver.

If not, I guess I'm crazy.

Thanks

 

[panzer06]

[This may very well be my first post on MacRumors, I've been reading forever.]

I just bought a new MacBook Pro 15" (the $2499 version) at the Apple Store. My old computer had trouble processing the "Collage" effect on a photo screensaver. (where the pictures keep zooming out and forming new pictures.) so I wanted to see how this new computer (with it's 512MB vid card) could handle the screen saver.)

Can anyone else with a new MacBook Pro see if they could emulate this problem as well? Just open system prefs and test a sample screensaver.

If not, I guess I'm crazy.

Thanks

I don't quite understand... what's not working? Are the pics not loading, is the system going slow and fans kicking in? What happens when the screen saver starts?

Cheers,

 

[heldtbt]

Sorry for not clarifying! When I click the collage button, system preferences unexpectedly quits before even loading the screen saver preview, and then I have to relaunch system prefs again.

 

[Shawnstra]

I'm using an "old" (Feb '08) MBP, and it works just fine.

 

[emt1]

Screen savers are a waste of everything.

Electricity.
Time and money to develop them.
Your computer's lifetime.

Just set it so that your monitor turns off after a specified amount of time. You will be doing your bank account, your computer, and the environment a favor.

 

[thejadedmonkey]

Screen savers are a waste of everything.

Electricity.
Time and money to develop them.
Your computer's lifetime.

Just set it so that your monitor turns off after a specified amount of time. You will be doing your bank account, your computer, and the environment a favor.

Yeah, but since the computer will probably outlast it's useful lifespan, it doesn't matter.