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    What are the problems running vista on a Macbook pro Unibody?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by ben9999imsc, May 3, 2009.

  1. ben9999imsc

    ben9999imsc Notebook Enthusiast

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    What are the problems running vista on a Macbook pro Unibody?
     
    ben9999imsc, May 3, 2009
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    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    the touch pad is the most annoying... 3 fingers to right click... and some other things with it...

    power management isnt that great either.. bad battery life...

    but overall its pretty good
     
    doh123, May 3, 2009
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    justbrake Notebook Evangelist

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    I used vmware (fusion) and vista crashed :(
     
    justbrake, May 3, 2009
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    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    Bad power management, stability issue, touchpad issues due to imperfect (poorly written drivers in some cases) from Apple.
     
    jackluo923, May 3, 2009
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    It's Vista. :D

    Sorry couldn't help myself. I switched to Mac to escape Vista.
     
    Jervis961, May 3, 2009
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    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    LOL... You didn't have to switch to a Mac just to escape from Vista, right? There's gota be other reasons behind your choice.
     
    jackluo923, May 3, 2009
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    NgCir Notebook Consultant

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    No serious issues that I have come across yet. An irritating bug(feature?) that I just discovered was that after closing the lid and putting it to sleep I inadvertently moved the external mouse and the computer woke up.

    And I only need to use two fingers to right click...
     
    NgCir, May 3, 2009
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    It was the major reason but not the only one. Its a loooong story...
     
    Jervis961, May 3, 2009
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    It's a feature in Vista. Sleep is a "powersaving" feature in Windows Vista. When you type on keyboard, move external/internal mouse..etc.. Windows will wake itself up to allow you to do whatever you want to do. If you don't like this feature, you can turn it off in windows.
     
    jackluo923, May 3, 2009
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