RE: [OT] Windows on a Mac

["Rob Mouser" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Dave

That's good news because other than the heat I love it!
I'll give them a call.

Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of
> David Ward
> Sent: 12 September 2006 09:59
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Windows on a Mac
>
> Rob,
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> I'd take it to an Apple Store or Contact Apple Care
>
> I believe that Apple are replacing the Motherboards in the Mac Book
Pros
> to cure the excessive heat problem
>
> Dave
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> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Rob Mouser
> Sent: 11 September 2006 19:08
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Windows on a Mac
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> >>Anyone running Windows on a core duo Mac lappy? Interested to
know
if
> >>speeds are comparable with a standard lappy?
>
> Just to answer my own post:
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> It flies! BootCamp is very simple to install once you updated OS-X
with
> the latest patches and firmware updates. It creates a Windows Driver
CD
> and off you go.
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> My new 15" Mac Book Pro now dual boots OS-X and XP Pro like a
dream.
> Sexy looks, sleek design, fast as hell (2ghz core duo, 1gig RAM),
great
> screen...............
>
> ...................can you feel the BUT yet......................
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> BUT..........................It runs as HOT as HELL (In OS-X and XP).
> Temperature monitor was recording between 63 and 70c today just with
> surfing and reading mail. But the whole thing being of a metal
(Alloy?)
> construction heats up, even the keyboard! I am fairly convinced it
would
> burn a real wood desk/table. Even Apple have said "don't put it
on
your
> lap"!
> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=30612
> <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=30612>
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> So its back to square one again. So if anyone knows of a midsized
(15.4"
> wide is ideal) good specification laptop that doesn't set fire to your
> furniture or cause your skin to drop off let me know!
>
> TTFN
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> Rob
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