Posts by M3rc Nate

Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism The one feature I would like to see is the ability to disable the dGPU altogether while using the battery. They have a single switch to prevent the IGP from turning on. To me, this seems like an odd...

Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism The test is based on WiFi browsing so if you turn off other apps you should get that. That time also excludes plugins as running Flash will surely drive your power usage up and battery life down. I...

Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism 100% They will leave it how it is until they have a fix for it. We'll likely never hear anything from Apple about it until there is an update for it. it might come in 10.6.4 thus requiring users...

Quote: Originally Posted by G-News HP IO Proxy and Apple's own qmasterd seem to trigger the dedicated GPU on my machine as well. how stupid is that! What do you guys think are the chances that apple will release updates for their...

Quote: Originally Posted by timr100 which mbp would you get 15 inch i7 or 17 inch i5? both would meet my computing needs. is it worth getting the bigger screen? I plan to get one that isnt one of your options, 17" i7 glossy

So is the overall consensious that apple did a bad enough job with the Wifi that multiple people are having to bring in their 2010 MBP's, but not such a bad job that EVERYBODY has to bring in their 2010 MBP's?

Quote: Originally Posted by G-News It's the 15" i7. Oh sorry, i saw before that you said its a i7, what i meant is you mentioned you were playing a GPU intensive game and it got hot but not crazy hot, not more (maybe even less)...

Quote: Originally Posted by G-News Been playing Fallout 3 today for a couple of hours in Bootcamp and the fans have come on pretty quickly, as was the case for the 2007 MBP too, after about half an hour the fans kind of settled to...

Quote: Originally Posted by Aquatic The fans haven't even come on in my i5 MBP. Not even for Flash! Haha, well thats good i think. Just cause im assuming your saying its staying cool, but then again the issue with MBP's and their...

Quote: Originally Posted by G-News My i7 has been running for 3 days in a row now, doing only very mild tasks and it's only warm to the touch, no heat issues whatsoever. Going to play some games soon and will try again then. Great to...