From what I see working at an Apple Reseller store here in Vancouver, MacBooks are currently the hottest selling computers by Apple. Despite the infamous random shutdown, despite the occasional overheating, and yellowing of the case, the sales are quite high.
Now, a lot of people don’t understand why you have to always have two identical RAM sticks in the MacBook. Especially those whiny PC users - they always want to buy one 1gb stick of RAM, and keep the other slot empty in case they want to upgrade later (pff). Well, I am a MacBook owner myself now, so I decided to find out what really happens if you just use one stick of RAM. (Spoiler: There are lots of explosions, naked girls, and Bill Gates jokes involved, so read on).
Continue reading ‘MacBook - 1 x SODIMM Benchmark’
I’ve finally got around fixing my Juno. She really did deserve it, as it turned out. I’m going to, in an accessable manner and without snobby comments (I’ve tried my best), explain the common voice chip problem of the Juno, how to recognize and fix it, as well as learn to do it all without burning the house down.
UPDATE: For a short list of symptoms, check out the update post.
Continue reading ‘Junomania: How to Fix Your Juno 106′
Now that I’ve got audio running without any glitches on the Macbook, it’s time to optimize Windows for dual-core and audio performance.
For those with the same task up on the list, here is a list of helpful links:
1. Does your OEM do it for you? - A very helpful guide off the Notebookreview.com forums. Thanks Gophn!
2. Sager 5760 Review - A PC laptop review with benchmark results comparing pre- and post-hotfix performance of a Core Duo laptop by Sager. That’s to inspire you to actually go through with the first link.
Finally got my 2.0 Ghz Macbook, and one of the first things I did is install Windows on it. It is pretty stupid, but I need Cubase, and SX3 via Rosetta just won’t cut it.
After installing the drivers for my Firebox, I started noticing constant clicks and dropouts in audio, in both Cubase and iTunes. The problem clearly affected all audio playback, but it was however absent when playing through the onboard audio chip, so it became pretty apparent that there was an issue with the Firebox.
Here is how to fix it.
Continue reading ‘Firebox on Dual-Core Intel, Windows’
