Hi,
I bought one of these about 10 days ago and just want to share my experience. Some of the issues are quite common while others are not, I think.
My configuration: 2GHz, 2GB, 80GB Hd
I did a fresh install with most language packs disabled and only a few printer drivers. Then I decided to convert all my accounts and data from my now retired iBook G4 (also 80GB HD, so no unecessary printer drivers;-).
Now to the issues:
- whenever I plug in or out my external Monitor (I used it with my iBook befor with the dual-head-patch), the settings for the background image on one of the screens get lost. Opening the Prefenrences Pane, all looks fine but it requires a few clicks to make the settings take effect. This one does not prevent me from working but it is annoying!
- the trackpad sometimes loses its two-finger-tab feature and again, I need to open the Prefs Pane and deactivate/activate it there to make it work. This does not seem to be reproducable but is annoying as well.
The usual things:
- it gets hot. Much hotter than my iBook (1.25GHz) ever got.
- very little whining (not from day one but about one week after purchase)
- no mooing;-) Maybe because CPU load rarely exceeds 20%...
- sometimes it simply does not reconnect to my Airport Express automatically and I need to select the network manually.
The Pros:
- very fast. I do some development work and I'm using FreeBSD with Parallels (one of the reasons to switch to an intel Mac was the possibility to take all my development environments with me, no PCs required;-).
- PPC Apps work fine
- The black one simply looks greate!
Peter
I bought one of these about 10 days ago and just want to share my experience. Some of the issues are quite common while others are not, I think.
My configuration: 2GHz, 2GB, 80GB Hd
I did a fresh install with most language packs disabled and only a few printer drivers. Then I decided to convert all my accounts and data from my now retired iBook G4 (also 80GB HD, so no unecessary printer drivers;-).
Now to the issues:
- whenever I plug in or out my external Monitor (I used it with my iBook befor with the dual-head-patch), the settings for the background image on one of the screens get lost. Opening the Prefenrences Pane, all looks fine but it requires a few clicks to make the settings take effect. This one does not prevent me from working but it is annoying!
- the trackpad sometimes loses its two-finger-tab feature and again, I need to open the Prefs Pane and deactivate/activate it there to make it work. This does not seem to be reproducable but is annoying as well.
The usual things:
- it gets hot. Much hotter than my iBook (1.25GHz) ever got.
- very little whining (not from day one but about one week after purchase)
- no mooing;-) Maybe because CPU load rarely exceeds 20%...
- sometimes it simply does not reconnect to my Airport Express automatically and I need to select the network manually.
The Pros:
- very fast. I do some development work and I'm using FreeBSD with Parallels (one of the reasons to switch to an intel Mac was the possibility to take all my development environments with me, no PCs required;-).
- PPC Apps work fine
- The black one simply looks greate!
Peter
