2006 macbook pro 1.83 ghz reliability
- 2006 MACBOOK PRO 1.83 GHZ RELIABILITY PORTABLE
- 2006 MACBOOK PRO 1.83 GHZ RELIABILITY DOWNLOAD
- 2006 MACBOOK PRO 1.83 GHZ RELIABILITY WINDOWS
Neither is unacceptable for a portable, neither is especially desirable either.
Again, this seems like form over function (Apple wants a square keyboard).ĪS: I’ll concede that the arrow keys are small. Well, the arrow keys are way too small as well. TH: Here it is strictly related to the ‘enter’ key. I’m a very fast typer, and I often found that on iBooks, I had trouble hitting the spacebar consistently.
2006 MACBOOK PRO 1.83 GHZ RELIABILITY PORTABLE
In general, portable computers suffer in the keyboard area, and if they don’t, they’re probably too big. I find it about as usable as my old iBook. Now I miss it too often, hitting either the backslash key, or the right speaker.ĪS: I haven’t had any problems with the keyboard. The ‘enter’ key is too narrow, which sucks seeing you hit the enter key with a vertical movement therefore it is much better to have a wide enter key. TH: The keyboard is a classic example of form over function. So you can get good quality audio from the MacBook you just need to hook it up to other equipment. TH: However, don’t forget that the machine does have the ability to connect to other audio equipment via digital (optical) means. That’s not unacceptable, but for a computer aimed at excellence in audio processing, this is a shortcoming, plain and simple. Plus, even with normalized music files the speakers sometimes distort with maximum volume. On top of that, the volume is way too quiet.
Seriously better speakers.ĪS: I can’t argue with you there. Again, I’m sorry to say, but my cheap Dell has better speakers. TH: The sound quality of the speakers is appalling.
2006 MACBOOK PRO 1.83 GHZ RELIABILITY DOWNLOAD
Incidentally, I have Mail set to download my Gmail account as a backup, and it launches in about 3 seconds, which I might mention is faster than my Gmail account loads. I don’t know that I expect my mail client to jump open in an instant when I have 10000 messages in it. when opening a large email folder.ĪS: Mail coming to a halt is probably due to the limitations of POP and IMAP, not to mention the mbox format. Mail.app still comes to a crawl quite easily though, i.e. It is still no BeOS (which I consider as the ideal when it comes to responsiveness), but it has indeed improved a lot since the PowerPC era.
2006 MACBOOK PRO 1.83 GHZ RELIABILITY WINDOWS
Especially Mail.app and new Safari windows pop up almost instantly. Now, I still get beach balls – frequently when loading a big webpage like Gmail’s inbox and sometimes when moving around in a video in Quicktime – but overall, application launch speed is a big step up. The speed is significantly faster than the iBook. The boottime has increased majorly due to the switch compared to an iBook G4 or even the latest iMac G5.ĪS: Thom, did you notice the application launch time? The freaking apps launch in a jump or two from the dock. Especially if you’re coming from a PPC Mac. I just expected a better viewing angle on a ‘pro’ laptop.ĪS: The boot time on the MBP is awesome. TH: That’s for sure, the brightness and wideness are very much appreciated. I actually find the display to be very bright. The Dell does not have this problem, or at least, not as bad as the MacBook Pro.ĪS: I haven’t noticed this. What bothers me on the MacBook Pro is how the colours change even when you tilt your head slightly away from the ideal viewing angle, causing me to adjust or my head, or the screen, continuously this especially reveals itself via the shadows underneath the windows in the MacOS. TH: I’m not talking about the glossy thing my Inspiron does not have a glossy screen either. I have no issue with the screen position or angle. While it does make the picture crisp, it also adds glare from virtually every other angle. Everyone seems to go ga-ga over “Brightview” or whatever they’re calling it these days. The screen on my ‘cheap’ Dell Inspiron 6000 is much better in that respect.ĪS: I disagree. TH: I find that the MBP screen has very bad viewing angles, which is extra annoying because it’s a laptop (you have to adjust the screen angle all the time). We decided to focus on a few specific areas of the machine we will each give our thoughts on these topics, and at the end, we will both come to our own conclusions. Adam has the 1.83Ghz version, also 15″, but with 1.5GB of RAM (of which 1GB is after-market), and a 100GB harddrive. Thom has the 2.0Ghz version of the MacBook Pro, 15″ (1440×900), 2.0GB (Apple-branded) RAM, and a 90GB harddrive. Since Adam bought a MacBook Pro for himself only a few days earlier, we decided to review the machines together. MacSupport, together with Apple Netherlands, was so kind as to provide OSNews with a MacBook Pro for review purposes. Earlier this year, Apple, after a long wait, updated its pro line of laptops by introducing the MacBook Pro, the Intel-powered equivalent of the PowerBook.