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1. #2006 MACBOOK PRO MODELS PRONE TO VIDEO FAILURE MAC OS X#
2. #2006 MACBOOK PRO MODELS PRONE TO VIDEO FAILURE SOFTWARE#
3. #2006 MACBOOK PRO MODELS PRONE TO VIDEO FAILURE PC#
4. #2006 MACBOOK PRO MODELS PRONE TO VIDEO FAILURE TV#
5. #2006 MACBOOK PRO MODELS PRONE TO VIDEO FAILURE WINDOWS#

And programs designed for pre-Mac OS X machines, now called Classic programs, don't run on any Intel Macs and never will.

#2006 MACBOOK PRO MODELS PRONE TO VIDEO FAILURE PC#

They include the Now Up-to-Date calendar (the menu-bar list of today's appointments doesn't appear), Microsoft Virtual PC (doesn't run at all) and, at least on my test system, Microsoft Word (jitters like mad when you use the MacBook's "drag on the trackpad with two fingers to scroll" trick). It's also worth noting that a few programs, here and there, will require updates to iron out problems on the Intel Macs.

Current PC expansion cards (including high-speed cellular Internet cards) don't work or fit in the new narrow-format ExpressCard slot. The DVD burner is only half as fast as the previous model (4X instead of 8X) and can no longer burn dual-layer DVD discs. (You can restore the S-video jack with a $20 accessory cable.) The FireWire 800 connector, for high-speed hard drives, is also missing.

#2006 MACBOOK PRO MODELS PRONE TO VIDEO FAILURE TV#

The S-video connector, for high-quality TV playback of movies, is gone - a weird omission, considering the multimedia emphasis implied by the new remote control.

This time around, though, Apple hath taken away quite a few PowerBook features. Now, Apple always giveth and taketh away. Even Photoshop runs all right, although photo editors won't want MacBooks as their primary Photoshop machines. But they run slowly, with pauses here and there. These older programs still run acceptably on the MacBook, thanks to the magic of Apple's smooth, invisible translation software. Unfortunately, most of the big-name programs, like Microsoft Office and Adobe everything, won't be released in Universal format for quite some time.

#2006 MACBOOK PRO MODELS PRONE TO VIDEO FAILURE MAC OS X#

In that category, you'll find Mac OS X itself all of the programs that come with the MacBook (iTunes, iMovie, iPhoto, Web browser, e-mail program, calendar and address book, and so on) over 900 programs from other companies (they're listed at and, later this month, Apple's professional programs (Final Cut, Aperture and so on). Note, though, that all of that speed is available only when you're using programs that have been revised to work with the Intel chip - so-called Universal programs. This laptop makes you aware of how many little pauses you've been tolerating on your old computer. It starts up fast, programs open fast, iTunes imports CD's fast, iMovie processes high-definition video fast and Web pages blink onto the screen, fully formed. It's nothing like the 4X or 5X speedup measured by Apple's benchmarks. The biggest change of all, though, is in the MacBook's speed. And, of course, the new connector means that you can no longer interchange the cord with that of any other Mac laptop, as Apple fans have been able to do for years. On the other hand, the white plastic power brick - in the middle of the cord - is much bigger and bulkier than before. This new connector still lights up helpfully to indicate that it's plugged into a working outlet. Instead, the cord politely detaches and drops, leaving the laptop sitting exactly where it was, grinning away on battery power. If someone trips on the cord - which, in the real world of laptops, is practically an inevitability - your $2,000 computer doesn't crash to the floor. (Why do Mac fans despise the new name so much? Partly because all those harsh consonants - K, K, P - make the name uglier and harder to say.) And this week, the first Mac laptop containing the Intel processor is reaching customers - a 15-inch PowerBook that's been inexplicably renamed the MacBook Pro. Last month, Apple put an Intel chip into the iMac on Tuesday, it put one into the Mac Mini. It does, however, mean that in theory, with the help of a conversion kit that someone will surely write, a Mac could run Windows.)

#2006 MACBOOK PRO MODELS PRONE TO VIDEO FAILURE WINDOWS#

And no, the Intel chip does not make a Mac vulnerable to Windows viruses. (The same Core Duo chip, running at the same speeds, is also showing up in new Windows laptops. By the end of this year, every Macintosh model will receive an Intel brain transplant. In return, it gets the state of the art in laptop horsepower: Intel's new Core Duo chip, which bears two electronic brains instead of one. That process can take weeks or months.īut Apple deemed the big transition to be worth the effort.

#2006 MACBOOK PRO MODELS PRONE TO VIDEO FAILURE SOFTWARE#

The entire operating system and every single software program must be rewritten - recompiled, the geeks would say - to speak the new chip's language. Now, changing chip families in a computer isn't as simple as changing a CD in your stereo. Apple made the eyebrow-raising decision, therefore, to replace that chip family with chips from another company you may have heard of: Intel.