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    Vista Boot Camp - 1st impressions, problems

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by jtanwanteng, Oct 27, 2008.

  1. jtanwanteng

    jtanwanteng Notebook Enthusiast

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    ok so i got vista up and running on my new 15" mbp this weekend. It runs really really fast/smooth and i didn't have any hiccups at all in the install process

    however,

    1. secondary click does not work at all (two fingers, shift, alt, option whatever). Even after going into the settings to enable it. I had to hook up a mouse to right click.

    2. It runs HOT after about 2 hours (maybe because of aero?)

    3. it freezes after about 2-3 hours just while webrowsing (might be related to #2)

    I have not yet figured out how to enable the IGP, it is currently running on the 9600m gt. I'm thinking I need to disable aero or run on the 9400m to solve heat issues, and use the 9600 for gaming only. The touchpad drivers are truly crap, hopefully they get updated to OS X level someday.

    I'll post more impressions after I play with it for a couple of weeks.
     
    jtanwanteng, Oct 27, 2008
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    StrongerThanAll Notebook Deity

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    yeah, in the beginning i noticed it ran really hot.. but eventually, after really playing TF2 for about 2 hours it was very acceptable the heat level, it was probably around 70 degrees celsius
     
    StrongerThanAll, Oct 27, 2008
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    It takes 3 fingers to get the right click.
     
    lixuelai, Oct 27, 2008
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    For those who have boot camp after you go back into OS X (or just start up your computer) is there a "untitled" disk/drive mounted?
     
    unnamed01, Oct 27, 2008
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    jtanwanteng did you install the 32Bit or 64Bit version? i wonder why there is such a variance between the right click working with people and not..
     
    sweatypickle, Oct 27, 2008
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    i installed the 32bit vista ultimate and secondary click does not work for me either (on the trackpad)

    so i have use a mouse
     
    StrongerThanAll, Oct 27, 2008
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