Ok, so i'm getting my first mac on Monday, a 2ghz macbook w/ 2gb ram.
The machine is part of my plan to build a mobile audio recording set-up for bands and such like. My set-up at home is an external firewire soundcard (alesis multimix 8 fw) and a 19" monitor along with two 320gb hdd's for recordings.
Just a few questions, at home the mac will be treated as a desktop mostly, will be running through my monitor and using my new bluetooth mac kb, is this damaging to the battery life?
Are the two USB hubs shared or separate from each other (bandwidth-wise)?
Is there anyway to have the macbook detect my 19" monitor and switch to it's native res when plugged in, and then switch to the comp's own native res when unplugged, automatically?
Also, any suggested essential apps, i've discovered QuickSilver so far, any other gems?
Thanks for any advice and help, can't wait to receive it.
Lou
The machine is part of my plan to build a mobile audio recording set-up for bands and such like. My set-up at home is an external firewire soundcard (alesis multimix 8 fw) and a 19" monitor along with two 320gb hdd's for recordings.
Just a few questions, at home the mac will be treated as a desktop mostly, will be running through my monitor and using my new bluetooth mac kb, is this damaging to the battery life?
Are the two USB hubs shared or separate from each other (bandwidth-wise)?
Is there anyway to have the macbook detect my 19" monitor and switch to it's native res when plugged in, and then switch to the comp's own native res when unplugged, automatically?
Also, any suggested essential apps, i've discovered QuickSilver so far, any other gems?
Thanks for any advice and help, can't wait to receive it.
Lou