Comments on: I Have a MacBook http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2008/03/22/i-have-a-macbook/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=i-have-a-macbook A journal of geekery, music and joy Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:30:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: dave http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2008/03/22/i-have-a-macbook/comment-page-1/#comment-50923 dave Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:21:22 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2008/03/22/i-have-a-macbook/#comment-50923 Ken, honestly the Leopard as I have it right now is almost unnoticeably different from 10.4. I think doing the new account with default Leopard settings would show more of the difference but I'm not so sure I care. All that matters to me is that as soon as I upgraded to 10.4 when 50% of software upgrades no longer ran on 10.3, I started seeing ones that required 10.5. Sigh. The best part of the Intel chip under the covers is how well the virtual machines run. Unlike the sluggish Virtual PC, it doesn't have to emulate the chips in software. It's kind of freaky to put the VM window in full screen and swap between OS X and XP. Ken, honestly the Leopard as I have it right now is almost unnoticeably different from 10.4. I think doing the new account with default Leopard settings would show more of the difference but I’m not so sure I care. All that matters to me is that as soon as I upgraded to 10.4 when 50% of software upgrades no longer ran on 10.3, I started seeing ones that required 10.5. Sigh.

The best part of the Intel chip under the covers is how well the virtual machines run. Unlike the sluggish Virtual PC, it doesn’t have to emulate the chips in software. It’s kind of freaky to put the VM window in full screen and swap between OS X and XP.

]]> By: Ken Nelson http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2008/03/22/i-have-a-macbook/comment-page-1/#comment-50921 Ken Nelson Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:02:56 +0000 http://www.evilgeniuschronicles.org/wordpress/2008/03/22/i-have-a-macbook/#comment-50921 Congrats on the MacBook! I purposely bought a MacBookPro ppc when the Intel version was just over the horizon. I mistakenly believed that Apple+Intel=WorldWide DRM cabal, and wanted no part of that. I wish I'd waited now, but someone has to keep the tin-foil hatters in business. How do you like the Leopard as compared to the Tiger? Having bought the upgrade, I was less than blown away by it myself. Interested in your POV. -k- Congrats on the MacBook! I purposely bought a MacBookPro ppc when the Intel version was just over the horizon. I mistakenly believed that Apple+Intel=WorldWide DRM cabal, and wanted no part of that. I wish I’d waited now, but someone has to keep the tin-foil hatters in business.

How do you like the Leopard as compared to the Tiger? Having bought the upgrade, I was less than blown away by it myself. Interested in your POV.

-k-

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