Tag: macbook pro
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Macbook Pro 9600M GT Gaming Performance Benchmarks
There is some serious debate as to the speed boost in gaming performance of the new aluminum bodied Macbook Pro’s (dual graphics 9600M GT) versus the current “Penryn” or 8600M GT equipped MB Pro’s. If you visit the Apple page regarding graphics performance you can find several graphs touting the noticeable boost in performance of…
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Macbook Sleep LED – Apple Bling
Check out this quote: “close the display and your MacBook Pro goes to sleep. Then an LED glow appears from inside the enclosure. How? During the CNC process, a machine first thins out the aluminum. Then a laser drill creates small perforations for the LED light to shine through. These holes are so tiny that…
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Loud MacBook Drive Sounds Listen and Compare
Think you have a loud or noisy CD/DVD drive in your MacBook / MacBook Pro? Apple was kind enough to record the noises from SuperDrives installed in MacBooks so that we can compare our drive sounds to that of “normal” SuperDrives.ย In my opinion, the SuperDrives make horrible loud clunky noises completely unbefitting of sleek…
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How to Turn Off Safe Sleep
First find your current sleep setting by opening Terminal in OS X and entering this at the prompt: pmset -g | grep hibernatemode That should return you something like “hibernatemode 3”. Remember this number, send an email to yourself, write it down on a scratch pad, whatever it takes to remember your default mode. Mode…
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Can’t Wake MacBook Pro from Sleep
Open the lid and nothing? Tap keys, change brightness, close and re-open lid and your MacBook still in sleep mode? Solution: Turn off Safe Sleep. Or use Smart Sleep. If you open your MacBook lid and notice that you can’t wake your MacBook from sleep, it’s because of the Safe Sleep system Apple designed. This…
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LED Screen Color Balance MacBook Pro
In a follow-up to my previous post on the best laptop screen – MacBook Pro 15″ LED backlit screen, I’ve discovered why the laptop screen is quite different in displaying the same photo as compared to something like a Samsung SyncMaster 206bw which I use as my secondary display. It comes down to screen gamut…
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Hot MacBook Pro Temperature
To reduce the temperature of my MacBook Pro I use smcFanControl by Hendrik Holtmann.ย Normally my MacBook Pro would run somewhere close the 55-60C mark without doing anything intensive, say a 10-15% average CPU utilization.ย I found this somewhat hot for my tastes, especially when using the built in keyboard where it would be uncomfortably…
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Best Laptop Screen – MacBook Pro LED backlit LCD Display
The Best Laptop Screen available on the market is on a MacBook Pro “Santa Rosa” (named that for their use of the Intel Core 2 Duo chips using the “Santa Rosa” line, i.e. 2.2Ghz and 2.4Ghz speeds). Alright, that’s a bit of a strong statement. The Best Brightness on a Laptop Screen… is found on…
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Santa Rosa MacBook LED backlight
Update March 1, 2008: More on LED backlighting on the MacBook Pro 15.4″ Probably the nicest feature introduced on the Santa Rosa MacBook Pro’s is the LED backlit screens. The reason? Instant brightness adjustment (which Leopard now fades in for that ultra smooth user experience…). When waking up a dozing Santa Rosa the screen (in…