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i7 15" MBP *hot* when running windows
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is it hot enough to fry an egg on? if you spin the mac round and crack an egg on it the base does it cook? try not to get any egg inside the machine, this will break it and make it smell.
Probably. You'll find that the Apple drivers for Windows are not... good, to put it mildly. My late 2006 MBP actually runs better using Windows update to get the latest drivers, than when I installed Apple's bootcamp drivers.
tl;dr: You got a mac, not a PC, and Apple treats Windows like a 2nd class citizen - don't expect to be able to run Windows well.
Windows does run slightly hotter than OS X, but I think it may be power management more than anything else.
Hey, its Mr. Rev B. who thinks that waiting forever will resolve problems, LOL.
I would not put it past apple to make it run hotter and have problems running windows to make it "appear" how much windows sucks.
Apple plays dirty. The fact that generic windows drivers work better than apples is proof of that dirty playing.
I had about seven BSODs the first day I installed Windows on my new MBP and was installing software and firewire and USB hardware. It was really disappointing. (I haven't gotten a BSOD since, i.e. 2 days, however)
Sort of ironic considering Apple used to say that Macs were better at running Windows than PCs were.
Sort of ironic considering Apple used to say that Macs were better at running Windows than PCs were.
Well... Thats very clear, because Windows
It will makes it hot and decrease the batter lift~ You should know that from day 1
It will makes it hot and decrease the batter lift~ You should know that from day 1
I had a few lockups while getting it all set up and installing all of my dev tools, but it hasn't happened since. Runs like a dream. Touchpad driver is REALLY sensitive with tap-to-click turned on, though...
Haven't had any extreme heat issues but it does most certainly run hotter than OS X. Windows power management = for the lose.
Doesn't it seem sort of bizarre? Why does the computer have trouble on the first day, and then run fine?
Whats the touchpad driver called? I think my crashes were somehow related to wdf010000.sys or some such
You should make a graphics switching app for Windows
That would definitely improve battery life and heat
Doesn't it seem sort of bizarre? Why does the computer have trouble on the first day, and then run fine?
Whats the touchpad driver called? I think my crashes were somehow related to wdf010000.sys or some such
You should make a graphics switching app for Windows
That would definitely improve battery life and heat
Definitely...I'm not sure what was up with that. But I'm not complaining, it works fine now. If it's ever a problem I'll just get some RAM from Newegg and bump up to 8GB, then just run Windows in a VM if I need.
I'm not quite sure what the touchpad driver is called, but I've seen similar BSODs on older MBPs running Windows.
I'd love to make a switching app for Windows! I just have absolutely no idea how to go about doing it. I do mainly .NET development...I've never done any Windows device driver kind of stuff. It's worth looking into, though. Can't be any more difficult than OS X driver/kext development. I hate that it just uses the 330M all the time. MS is eating all of my battery life! D:
For those of you who have done this, how do I uninstall the Apple Drivers?
Is there a good driver for the multitouch trackpad for windows that I can use so I can at least do useful things?
Or are there just specific drivers I should give the finger to?
Is there a good driver for the multitouch trackpad for windows that I can use so I can at least do useful things?
Or are there just specific drivers I should give the finger to?
It's not like Boot Camp keeps reign over Windows or anything...if anything it's just a partitioning tool and a boot manager. Windows runs natively. If you really don't want to install and use it natively, you can always install it in a virtual machine with software like Parallels Desktop or VirtualBox. VMs will never perform as well as a native install, though.