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- 13.3" macbook pro (2010) 2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 4 Gb RAM, 500GB HD.
So, got my macbook pro 13" about a week ago and I'm quite enjoying it so far.
I've only had one program crash on me so far, that program being firefox.
Decided I'd just go with safari from now on, which is a bit of a pain since it doesn't seem to want to remember forum passwords (it remembers them unless I clear my history, as in it stays logged in) ie. it won't ask to 'remember' them in the tab like it normally does for other sites.
Yes, I have autofill checked in the tickbox!
Basically I tend to keep it running 24/7, sleeping at night when I'm in bed then when I go to use it again I just open it up from sleep and continue where I left off.
Now, compared to a windows machine it's been far better for this, since even windows 7 pc's tend to need reboots quite often, usually from driver related issues, so I'm quite happy so far (I've only restarted twice in a week).
The problem seemed to mainly be with firefox, glitching youtube videos and basically being a major performance hog, was even causing other programs to respond slowly.
I'm basically wondering if this is an issue of my own making (having a dozen things open, firefox, safari, itunes, kindle, mail, app store, trillian, echofon etc) or something related to the fact I don't like to totally shut down my machine?
My CPU usage tends to be at about 35% and sometimes climbing to 50 or 60 when I'm watching videos, and my memory tends to be around 2.5GB active/wired.
Am I mistreating my macbook pro, should I be shutting down more often, having less programs open?
One of the main selling points for me was the 'stability' of the Unix based Mac OS x operating system so I'm going to be quite disappointed if this turns out not to be the case.
Oh and is there a solution out there to safari not remembering passwords (mainly for forums it seems)?
I've only had one program crash on me so far, that program being firefox.
Decided I'd just go with safari from now on, which is a bit of a pain since it doesn't seem to want to remember forum passwords (it remembers them unless I clear my history, as in it stays logged in) ie. it won't ask to 'remember' them in the tab like it normally does for other sites.
Yes, I have autofill checked in the tickbox!
Basically I tend to keep it running 24/7, sleeping at night when I'm in bed then when I go to use it again I just open it up from sleep and continue where I left off.
Now, compared to a windows machine it's been far better for this, since even windows 7 pc's tend to need reboots quite often, usually from driver related issues, so I'm quite happy so far (I've only restarted twice in a week).
The problem seemed to mainly be with firefox, glitching youtube videos and basically being a major performance hog, was even causing other programs to respond slowly.
I'm basically wondering if this is an issue of my own making (having a dozen things open, firefox, safari, itunes, kindle, mail, app store, trillian, echofon etc) or something related to the fact I don't like to totally shut down my machine?
My CPU usage tends to be at about 35% and sometimes climbing to 50 or 60 when I'm watching videos, and my memory tends to be around 2.5GB active/wired.
Am I mistreating my macbook pro, should I be shutting down more often, having less programs open?
One of the main selling points for me was the 'stability' of the Unix based Mac OS x operating system so I'm going to be quite disappointed if this turns out not to be the case.
Oh and is there a solution out there to safari not remembering passwords (mainly for forums it seems)?