[COLOR="Navy"]Being the proud owner of a (not really) shiny new black macbook 2.0ghz, lemme see if I can help.[/COLOR]
[I]1.How hot does it get, its a big concern of mine?? (under normal operation and heavy load..can you use it on your lap)[/I]
[COLOR="Navy"]using OSX: eh, it gets warm - not enough to take out of my lap playing WoW for 20 min to really get it going. using ubuntu: donno, about to redo it, looking for info myself. worried about the screen brightness*[/COLOR]
*2. How long is the battery life under Ubuntu? (normal use)*
[COLOR="Navy"]under OSX its doing very good. i wanted this as a wireless terminal more than anything and the battery life is much more important than speed. i have not been disappointed. under ubuntu - donno yet, but i'll let you know my findings tonight or so once i test it [/COLOR]
[I]3. What doesn't work out of the box in Edgy?? [/I] [COLOR="Navy"]ummm wireless on the new macbook needs to use the ndiswrapper. not my favorite option, but there it is. the screen was overly bright after install and the video playback was... less than desirable... but i decided to reboot to OSX while i research the brightness issues. everything else seems fine so far (sound, screen res came up right, trackpad worked, etc). havent tested USB/Firewire/video out. [/COLOR]
I ) - Is all this true? or is this outdated? [/I] [COLOR="Navy"]i'd have to start with outdated since my screen res was 1280x800 or whatever that native res is. but i am pretty sure that 915res was the reason [/COLOR] *4. XGL/Beryl Experience postive and negative?*
[COLOR="Navy"]i'll get to the fancy stuff when the system is installed and running propper.
-- kwg
- the screen brightness is the only thing right off that concerned me. just worried about damaging it.
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