new macbook user got questions
 

Bought a late 2009 macbook last month. Bumped the ram to 4gig and changed the hard drive to a 7200 rpm 500 gig travelstar. It seems to be sluggish with firefox and seems to run warm. How would xp run on it with bootcamp ? Thanks

one more thing the trackpad it seems you have to hit it a couple times to get it click something. What am I doing wrong?

Firefox is sluggish by itself. No surprise there.
Runs warm? How warm?

Why put XP on it? If you gotta do windows, put win 7 in there. :2 cents:

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2007/10/fastest-windows/

"The fastest Windows Vista notebook we’ve tested this year is a Mac. Try that again: The fastest Windows Vista notebook we’ve tested this year–or for that matter, ever–is a Mac. "

Why would you want to?

with my mbp... firefox runs SLOW for an hour or so after turning it out then it's nice and snappy.

I have some software that is pc only so if I have to use it. I just can use it in one place. Instead of turning on another machine.

then why don't you use virtualbox or something so you wouldn't have to reboot?

Stop using firefox and use chrome

sure you need virtual machine
something like a virtualbox or vmware fusion


p.s. i think that firefox is sucks with windows too

thanks good tips. does the trackpad take time to get used too and running hot does yours run hot.

bump bump

Welcome aboard!

they all get kind of hot, mine's 140F right now

the trackpad is one of those things it takes some time to get used to. I used a normal pc trackpad today and was swearing up and down because it didn't have the mac functionality ;-)

You guys gave me hope .I was thinking of selling it which was pissing mandy off.I downloaded chrome much faster.:) i will play around with it more.

Update Safari as well, its f'n fast on a Mac!

My Macbook would run so hot my lap would be red after using it. As I used it more, it didn't get quite so hot.

my macbook doesn't get very hot at all... hmm. as far as browser's, i prefer safari.

You say mac is sluggish with firefox. Good luck.

I have 4 windows machines here but I bought me a mac book pro 17" a couple of months ago.
One of the laptops has gone to my three year old. I don't need pc's no more. One Mac is woth more to me than all the pc's I own.

My MBP runs very hot as well but I think that is normal. I don't have a problem otherwise with the heat.

Bootcamp is touchy. Sometimes an update to software or running something CCleaner will cash it to crash and take a while to reboot. I've seen this happen on 3 machines now. Still, it runs XP better than any windows machine I've ever had.

They are hot. They are laptops. By putting a 7200 drive in you are generating MUCH more heat. Heat that is wasn't designed to get rid of.

And FF is shit.

I would recommend trying webkit - fastest browser I've tried.

I have a SSD in mine. Nice and cool and dead silent. Investing in a SSD is worth every penny. :2 cents: