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Laptop for holiday. 13" MacBook Pro MC700/A or Windows 7 13" Laptop?
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1244657" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>Glad to hear you're taking to it so well. Those of us that are savvy (especially if we've used more than one OS over our lifetime) generally take to it better than those who have only ever known Windows.</p><p></p><p>As far as the trackpad goes, the sooner you stop clicking it, the better it will work for you. If you haven't already done so, turn on 'tap with two fingers for secondary click'. Once you get used to tapping with one finger for left and two fingers for right clicks, it works great. There's a lot of options in the preferences for the touchpad, be sure to review them all and experiment.</p><p></p><p>Personally, I love the way Apple's implemented the touchpad, and now when I go back to average laptops, it's really hard to get adjusted. With that said, when I bought my first one, I struggled to get use to having only one button (and later, no button at all). It's just one of those things you have to work through and modify your habits.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Very cool, I did not know that. I don't see any reason why you wouldn't want to run at the higher speed if the chipset is capable. Now, if it didn't actually run at that speed, I'd say you're wasting your money - but that doesn't seem to be the case.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>You don't need to use matched pairs. Just note that like with any other PC, if you don't use matched pairs, the memory will not run in dual channel mode. For most people, the difference in performance will be negligible, and if you're really using all of that memory, it will be an acceptable trade-off.</p><p></p><p>Now, what the heck you'd use more than 8GB for, I'd be really interested to know <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1244657, member: 24098"] Glad to hear you're taking to it so well. Those of us that are savvy (especially if we've used more than one OS over our lifetime) generally take to it better than those who have only ever known Windows. As far as the trackpad goes, the sooner you stop clicking it, the better it will work for you. If you haven't already done so, turn on 'tap with two fingers for secondary click'. Once you get used to tapping with one finger for left and two fingers for right clicks, it works great. There's a lot of options in the preferences for the touchpad, be sure to review them all and experiment. Personally, I love the way Apple's implemented the touchpad, and now when I go back to average laptops, it's really hard to get adjusted. With that said, when I bought my first one, I struggled to get use to having only one button (and later, no button at all). It's just one of those things you have to work through and modify your habits. Very cool, I did not know that. I don't see any reason why you wouldn't want to run at the higher speed if the chipset is capable. Now, if it didn't actually run at that speed, I'd say you're wasting your money - but that doesn't seem to be the case. You don't need to use matched pairs. Just note that like with any other PC, if you don't use matched pairs, the memory will not run in dual channel mode. For most people, the difference in performance will be negligible, and if you're really using all of that memory, it will be an acceptable trade-off. Now, what the heck you'd use more than 8GB for, I'd be really interested to know ;) [/QUOTE]
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