Comments on: I hate Vista http://tara.teich.net/archives/i-hate-vista There is no candy here. It's just thoughts on video games, tech gadgets, movies and whatever else inspires me. Which is almost like candy. But not really at all. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:37:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: BenG http://tara.teich.net/archives/i-hate-vista#comment-91788 BenG Thu, 26 Jun 2008 11:50:03 +0000 http://tara.teich.net/?p=590#comment-91788 I downgraded from Vista on my Dell laptop after iTunes kept skipping -- MS thinks it's Apple's fault and vice-versa -- and after similar frustrations with that ridiculous user account control system and after the MacOS -wanna-be background indexing guaranteed to stretch the limits of my hard disk's MTBF. I downgraded from Vista on my Dell laptop after iTunes kept skipping — MS thinks it’s Apple’s fault and vice-versa — and after similar frustrations with that ridiculous user account control system and after the MacOS -wanna-be background indexing guaranteed to stretch the limits of my hard disk’s MTBF.

]]> By: Tara http://tara.teich.net/archives/i-hate-vista#comment-91771 Tara Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:08:45 +0000 http://tara.teich.net/?p=590#comment-91771 I've been doing some reading on it, and it sounds like it does just get crazy hot when playing WoW. My concern was that I've had it a couple years and it seems to be running HOTTER now than it did, so what changed? We shall see what the Apple store says. Probably "don't use on your lap, n00b!" I’ve been doing some reading on it, and it sounds like it does just get crazy hot when playing WoW. My concern was that I’ve had it a couple years and it seems to be running HOTTER now than it did, so what changed?

We shall see what the Apple store says. Probably “don’t use on your lap, n00b!”

]]> By: Lars http://tara.teich.net/archives/i-hate-vista#comment-91770 Lars Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:41:25 +0000 http://tara.teich.net/?p=590#comment-91770 Ha! I shouldn't laugh, but there's a reason even I only run XP :-) BTW, my Macbook Pro is also a real egg fryer, though only when I'm playing WoW or doing really compute-intensive hacking. One thing that helps is I elevate the back (jury-rigged with just a piece of plastic), though there are a bunch of people who swear by the cooling stands. If you hear anything interesting on the cooling front please let me know; I'd just assumed that this was "how it is" while gaming on it. Ha! I shouldn’t laugh, but there’s a reason even I only run XP :-)

BTW, my Macbook Pro is also a real egg fryer, though only when I’m playing WoW or doing really compute-intensive hacking. One thing that helps is I elevate the back (jury-rigged with just a piece of plastic), though there are a bunch of people who swear by the cooling stands. If you hear anything interesting on the cooling front please let me know; I’d just assumed that this was “how it is” while gaming on it.

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