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White MacBook [unibody] Owner's Thread
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I use iStat Pro. Check out this link to download it.
http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatpro/
It gives you stats on all aspects of your Mac- CPU, battery, network, memory and the fan speed and one thing that I really like is all the internal temperatures.
I use iStat Pro. Check out this link to download it.
http://www.islayer.com/apps/istatpro/
It gives you stats on all aspects of your Mac- CPU, battery, network, memory and the fan speed and one thing that I really like is all the internal temperatures.
Do you find that it is accurate?
Well, I finally bought a mac. I was thinking about purchasing either a macbook, or the 21.5" imac which, in canada, is only about $50 more than the macbook I purchased (4gb ram, 320gb HD) and, I have to say, I absolutely love this computer so far.
I'm still figuring it all out, I just realized what the option key was and what it was for, but for someone who hasn't used a mac since highschool, which was a good 10 years ago, this is great.
It's blazing fast. Faster than the notebook I have sitting on my desk, it handles things a lot better than I thought it would, and also the 13" screen is less of a bother than I thought it would be.
All in all I'm really happy with my purchase, and my first mac, it'll probably take me a few more days until I'm fully comfortable with it, but... so far, so good
I'm still figuring it all out, I just realized what the option key was and what it was for
, but for someone who hasn't used a mac since highschool, which was a good 10 years ago, this is great.It's blazing fast. Faster than the notebook I have sitting on my desk, it handles things a lot better than I thought it would, and also the 13" screen is less of a bother than I thought it would be.
All in all I'm really happy with my purchase, and my first mac, it'll probably take me a few more days until I'm fully comfortable with it, but... so far, so good
All in all I'm really happy with my purchase, and my first mac, it'll probably take me a few more days until I'm fully comfortable with it, but... so far, so good
Congratulations on your purchase and welcome back to the light side.
Congratulations on your purchase and welcome back to the light side.
haha, thanks
It really is an easy machine to use, I was surprised at how easy it was to set up and to get comfortable with it. For the most part, I'm doing everything I was on my windows notebook, it's just the little things that most people take for granted that I'm having trouble getting used to. Like copying files (option key needed to help with that
), and organizing, figuring out where things go on the harddisk (like how most programs in windows install to the program files directory) But, man, it's really easy so far, just a few more days and I think I should be up to speed with everything I need to be.
Though... I don't know why they gave me two apple decals
, I don't have any idea what I'm going to do with them.
haha, thanks
It really is an easy machine to use, I was surprised at how easy it was to set up and to get comfortable with it. For the most part, I'm doing everything I was on my windows notebook, it's just the little things that most people take for granted that I'm having trouble getting used to. Like copying files (option key needed to help with that
But, man, it's really easy so far, just a few more days and I think I should be up to speed with everything I need to be.
Though... I don't know why they gave me two apple decals
I use Windows occasionally (the Mrs. is a PC user) and I have the same problem with trying to remember how things are done. I've been using Macs so long that most of it I don't even think about anymore. I'm sure you'll figure out something to do with the stickers.
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Hey guys, got my macbook two days ago -- love it! You'll probably hate me, but I had to Bootcamp WinXP on it (for work reasons, so I dont have to switch between computers) -- Surprisingly, it runs extremely fast, so I'm double happy.
Question, though. After calibrating the battery once, and then letting it fully charge back up, I've noticed that "Fully Charged" only goes to 99%. Is this normal?
Thanks!
Hey guys, got my macbook two days ago -- love it! You'll probably hate me, but I had to Bootcamp WinXP on it (for work reasons, so I dont have to switch between computers) -- Surprisingly, it runs extremely fast, so I'm double happy.
Question, though. After calibrating the battery once, and then letting it fully charge back up, I've noticed that "Fully Charged" only goes to 99%. Is this normal?
Thanks!
I used to have a problem like that.I heard if you drain your battery down to 95% or lower then plug it back in it will go all the way too 100%.It's some weird apple battery thing.It worked for me.
Fully drain it or probably drain it to about 15 or when the battery icon turns red.
Then shut down, and let it charge the entire time.
That's all.
Would it be a good idea to calibrate the battery, even if you never really use the computer unplugged?
Follow the instructions here:
Apple Portables: Calibrating your computer's battery for best performancehuh, good to know, thanks! I think I'll pop the plug out right now and just let it go down to about 15% and then plug it in to charge overnight.
Has anyone who opted for the 500gb HD noticed any problems or better performance speed wise? I've read that a larger capacity HD is faster even at the same RPM. And according to some benchmarks (can't find the link) the MB with 4gb and 500gb HD performed almost as well as the stock 2.53ghz MBP. Anyone know if this is true?