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Few questions about Macbook Pro Alu

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Orthank

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Jan 14, 2009
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I received my new Macbook Pro Aluminum one week ago. That is my first Mac computer, so probably I am just unfamiliar with some things, but I have questions:
1) When the computer is working and I am lifting it up, or just taking it on the right side with my hand, I hear unfamiliar sound like something is "clicking" inside, a bit like when hard-drive stops, but nothing freezes, everything works, just that sound. What could it be?
2) When I am playing games in WinXP SP3, with newest mobility drivers from official Nvidia web-site installed, game could just suddenly quit to desktop. It happened with Far Cry 2 and Crysis. Do you think those are driver issues or overheating? Because it happens more often when computer is on my knees and when I am using trackpad.
3) Sometimes, when I boot into Mac OS, my touchpad doesn't respond to Secondary Click (with 2 fingers), until I go to System Preferences and uncheck and check that "Secondary Tap" in trackpad settings. What could it be?
4) Also, when I am playing Far Cry 2 on WinXP I hear strange pitch-noises appearing randomly, while I am moving, or shooting. After approximately 5-10 mins of game they eventually dissapear... ?
5) Is Win Vista more stable on Mac than XP? Overally I mean?

Thanks in advance :)
 
1. That would be your hard drive parking its heads so that it doesn't destroy itself.
2. Driver issues.
3. Weird. My only suggestions are rather silly.
5. Heck, no. Windows 7 is even nice, but still nowhere as stable. You should look into actually using OS X.
 
Don't judge from questions, I am using OS X for 95% of time, just for games I need Windows :) And there I have some issues...
 
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