I'm actually begining to think that my video card is going bad on my early 2008 MBP. On the otherhand I'm only having problems with Quicktime X and even there it is pretty random.
You my friend, need to research the recently announced class action settlement with Nvidia over bad cards. It affects MBP from 2007 to mid-2008. You might be eligible for a free replacement.
Well, neither the new build or the previous release of 10.6.5 makes a jot of difference to the OpenGL engine used in WoW. Framerates take a nosedive when the new water and sunshaft engine is enabled. On the exact same hardware running Win 7 in bootcamp the framerate stays unchanged when the water and sunshafts are on.
Pretty disappointing and not a good sign for gaming on the Mac platform if the drivers perform so poorly compared to running in windows on bootcamp.
That's mainly due to the terrible graphics engine in WoW. It's really, really old and slow. Try Steam games, they run perfectly with max settings.
You my friend, need to research the recently announced class action settlement with Nvidia over bad cards. It affects MBP from 2007 to mid-2008. You might be eligible for a free replacement.
Is this finally going to standardize 10.6 across the hardware spectrum again?
Right now at least the 2010 Mac Minis are running a different build of 10.6.4 than other Macs. They also ran a different build of 10.6.3. For those of us who maintain separate "master images" to deploy in managed network environments.... Let's just say this has been a pain when we got new Minis in.
Happy we'll "resolve an issue with Wikipedia information not displaying correctly in Dictionary"
THAT was getting annoying
Now, if can "fix" the Finder Search Results View Options - i.e. Size, Date Created, et al
You know, how it USED to be in 10.4 and previous
.
Now, also find it humorous (sadly funny, sic) that after all these years are still problems with Printers
Yeow, Folks still USE printers ?
You know to use a printer you also need Paper - poor trees don't stand a chance
(never forget pictures of 9-11 in NYC after Towers fell - more paper floating around than anything)
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And yes, QuickTime has seemed a bit "iffy" in recent years
Only thing I can imagine it's now based on some "new foundation" and will take a while to get back up to the "speed/features/no brainer use" it had in past - we'll see.
In meantime, hardly ever fire up QT anymore - happy to use Handbrake/VLC/et al - let THOSE apps figure out the "under-the-hood-applications/uses" of QT
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I'm actually begining to think that my video card is going bad on my early 2008 MBP. On the otherhand I'm only having problems with Quicktime X and even there it is pretty random.
You my friend, need to research the recently announced class action settlement with Nvidia over bad cards. It affects MBP from 2007 to mid-2008. You might be eligible for a free replacement.
Check it out ...
http://www.cultofmac.com/nvidia-sett...pro-gpus/61338
Well, neither the new build or the previous release of 10.6.5 makes a jot of difference to the OpenGL engine used in WoW. Framerates take a nosedive when the new water and sunshaft engine is enabled. On the exact same hardware running Win 7 in bootcamp the framerate stays unchanged when the water and sunshafts are on.
Pretty disappointing and not a good sign for gaming on the Mac platform if the drivers perform so poorly compared to running in windows on bootcamp.
That's mainly due to the terrible graphics engine in WoW. It's really, really old and slow. Try Steam games, they run perfectly with max settings.
You my friend, need to research the recently announced class action settlement with Nvidia over bad cards. It affects MBP from 2007 to mid-2008. You might be eligible for a free replacement.
Check it out ...
http://www.cultofmac.com/nvidia-sett...pro-gpus/61338
Hasn't Apple been fixing these for free regardless of Applecare coverage anyway?
Right now at least the 2010 Mac Minis are running a different build of 10.6.4 than other Macs. They also ran a different build of 10.6.3. For those of us who maintain separate "master images" to deploy in managed network environments.... Let's just say this has been a pain when we got new Minis in.
THAT was getting annoying
Now, if can "fix" the Finder Search Results View Options - i.e. Size, Date Created, et al
You know, how it USED to be in 10.4 and previous
.
Now, also find it humorous (sadly funny, sic) that after all these years are still problems with Printers
Yeow, Folks still USE printers ?
You know to use a printer you also need Paper - poor trees don't stand a chance
(never forget pictures of 9-11 in NYC after Towers fell - more paper floating around than anything)
.
And yes, QuickTime has seemed a bit "iffy" in recent years
Only thing I can imagine it's now based on some "new foundation" and will take a while to get back up to the "speed/features/no brainer use" it had in past - we'll see.
In meantime, hardly ever fire up QT anymore - happy to use Handbrake/VLC/et al - let THOSE apps figure out the "under-the-hood-applications/uses" of QT
.
http://discussions.info.apple.com/th...981&tstart=120
http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtop...f=19&t=1110585
etc.