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Alcoholic 007
10-16-2006, 04:05 AM
Greetings,

After yet an other one of my long shore leaves from this evil place I have returned with news of hardware changes and possibilities!

Purchased a Macbook from apple (http://www.apple.com/macbook/);
# 2.0GHz Intel Core Duo
# 512MB 667 DDR2 SDRAM - 2x256
# 60GB Serial ATA drive
# SuperDrive (DVD±RW/CD-RW)
# Keyboard/Mac OS - U.S. English
# AirPort Extreme Card & Bluetooth

Purchased 2 GB of RAM from newegg (http://www.newegg.com).

Purchased Parallels from.. Parallels (http://www.parallels.com/).


Combined the first 2... waiting on the third to arrive.


Plans:
Install Parallels on Macbook.
Install XP, 98se, Dos, Novell, Ubuntu, etc..
Check out the differences in performaces.

We already ran WoW on a MacMini with the same specs as my macbook and it looked pretty good, ran decent too. I don't play that game, but I figure it's a start to being able to do other things.

I am looking forward to showing up at a LAN with a macbook to play CS or something.. hehehe.

Soooo.. Anyone have a MacBook Pro or some thing with the big video card and done any tests with parallels, bootcamp or other games?
8IronBob
10-16-2006, 08:43 AM
Well, this is going to sound weird, but would there be a way to install a graphics card into a notebook without any hassle? I never could find out how to swap out a graphics card on my Inspiron 6000, let alone a MacBook. However, it's the MacBook Pro that has a dedicated video card, if I'm not mistaken.
Duoae
10-16-2006, 01:13 PM
I don't think you can switch a graphics card in a notebook - at least not that i've ever seen without cannibalising the case and wrecking the laptop as a portable platform ;).
IwantMORE
10-16-2006, 01:38 PM
I thought the graphics card on the mac book was on the motherboard. Could be wrong, but I have never had problems playing games with the standard mac graphics cards, so it should be ok.
Kevin Wolff
10-16-2006, 02:22 PM
I don't think you can switch a graphics card in a notebook - at least not that i've ever seen without cannibalising the case and wrecking the laptop as a portable platform ;).
There are a few laptops that have interchangable graphics cards. However, it's not a trivial procedure, and every company that sells such a laptop insists that they do the switch themselves.
Alcoholic 007
10-29-2006, 04:21 AM
Macbooks have integrated intel graphics.. no swapable feature.
Kinda too bad.

Also.. I made a mistake in my first post, the mac we had was running XP through using Bootcamp.

Paralells is still pretty groovy, though, with the way it switches beween OSes real quick-like.

Kevin's right about the companies.. they are hardcore about that kind of stuff, and a pain to deal with.

This macbook is still pretty kick ass.. ran out of money.. so I didn't end up getting parallels when I said I would. Might do a bootcamp in the mean time.

Peace!
Odin
10-29-2006, 03:46 PM
Purchased a Macbook from apple (http://www.apple.com/macbook/)

I'm very sorry to hear that. Condolences.
Samji
11-14-2006, 02:46 PM
MacBook??? Damn, they should have never renamed that. PowerBook was a much better name.
Duoae
11-14-2006, 05:15 PM
Yeah, but the powerbook is called the macbook Pro! So it's okay ;)
Samji
11-22-2006, 06:06 AM
If I make a lot of money sometime, I might get me a Macbook.
I still don't dig the name though. But its the hardware that matters not the name after all. :) Good luck with it, Alcoholic.
Kevin Wolff
11-23-2006, 12:37 AM
As a PowerBook owner, I can't stand the change in names of both laptop lines. Either way, I won't get another anytime soon (mine is only 1 year old), but when I do want a new one, I hope they have a "MacBook Nano" or something, like 12" widescreen that weighs 3 pounds. This 4.6lb Powerbook is basically my limit; both current models weigh more.
Phait
11-23-2006, 04:39 AM
Eh I've had a Powerbook since 2003 (damn time flies :() and I haven't used it since I built my PC system... I don't see myself using it until I move out, as a media center/server/stereo.
ZuljinRaynor
11-25-2006, 06:44 PM
As a PowerBook owner, I can't stand the change in names of both laptop lines. Either way, I won't get another anytime soon (mine is only 1 year old), but when I do want a new one, I hope they have a "MacBook Nano" or something, like 12" widescreen that weighs 3 pounds. This 4.6lb Powerbook is basically my limit; both current models weigh more.

12" is so small though.:insomnia:
IwantMORE
11-25-2006, 07:42 PM
Small, light and very portable, if like me you take your laptop out of the house a lot and have to carry it travelling on foot. The small is beautiful...
ZuljinRaynor
11-25-2006, 09:54 PM
I took a look at the 13" MacBook and damn it looks small and kinda strange. I do like the black one over the white one though. That's the only reason I'm looking at them... the black one is nice. But the prices are a rip-off. What GPUs do this things have? I'm only see Intel GPUs... :insomnia:
Kevin Wolff
11-26-2006, 12:23 AM
12" is so small though.:insomnia:
I have a 12" square now, and played with an 11" widescreen a few nights ago (a Sony). In that case, it was the keyboard, not the screen, that bothered me. And the MacBook has a pretty weird keyboard too. It can't be described...you'd have to try it in person.

I took a look at the 13" MacBook and damn it looks small and kinda strange. I do like the black one over the white one though. That's the only reason I'm looking at them... the black one is nice. But the prices are a rip-off. What GPUs do this things have? I'm only see Intel GPUs... :insomnia:
Intel GMA 950. Egads. The unit is really not that small, at least I don't think it is...maybe that's just because I'm small (I'm only 5'4" and have really small hands). To me, it's really only small when you have to start modifying the keyboard to get it to fit.

Unlike the black iPods, the black MacBook is not shiny. While not as "ooooh pretty," this is probably better because it won't smear. And the black model is inded a rip-off - there's a $150 "black tax." The white models are where they should be.
8IronBob
11-26-2006, 12:55 PM
That's one reason why the 15.4" and 17" notebooks are so popular now, is because you get that desktop quality in a miniature notebook/portable package. I mean, it's getting to the point where the notebook may almost make a desktop obsolete anymore. After all, that's how I'm using my notebook is a lot like a desktop, just having it docked here on my bedroom counter, with a keyboard and mouse to control my games with, and such. Can't get any better than mobility becoming like desktops as far as what they can do this day in age.
ZuljinRaynor
11-26-2006, 01:02 PM
I still think it'll be a while until the inside of a notebook will equal a desktop. (Price, efficientcy overall space inside for stuff.)
8IronBob
11-26-2006, 02:11 PM
Don't forget upgradability, that's another thing to think about in a notebook.
Phayzon
11-26-2006, 02:14 PM
Yeah, with most, if not all, notebooks all you can [easily] upgrade is RAM and the harddrive. Im not sure with newer notebooks, but back when they still put AMD K6's in notebooks you could tear it apart and replace the processor too. Had to do that with a Pentium 133MHz before (it burnt out), opened it up and put a nice new K6-2 475MHz in it :)