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william User Feb 25, 2008, 9:35 PM Post #1 of 11 (13888 views) Shortcut MacBook Air... Can't Post Has anyone tried setting up Izzy on a MacBook Air yet? Would love to see some benchmark tests...

skulpture User Feb 27, 2008, 10:35 AM Post #2 of 11 (13867 views) Shortcut Re: [william] MacBook Air... [In reply to] Can't Post It looks sexy, but its spec is poor let's be honest. Only thing I like is the multi-touch track pad. I hope the MBPro's get a firmware update so we can use it. The multi-touch track pad could be a good tool to mess around with in Izzy for spin, and 3D model rotation etc... An instant without duration.... www.grahamthorne.co.uk

william User Feb 27, 2008, 11:14 AM Post #3 of 11 (13866 views) Shortcut Re: [skulpture] MacBook Air... [In reply to] Can't Post Yeah, I know all this, it's a generally poor machine. But nonetheless... it's super portable and some people need that... So.. Has anyone tried using Isadora on one yet? I'm going to try installing the demo on a machine at the apple store, if the folks there let me, i guess.

william User Feb 27, 2008, 7:32 PM Post #4 of 11 (13848 views) Shortcut Re: [william] MacBook Air... [In reply to] Can't Post Update... not that anyone is really interested except for me... It works great on the MacBook Air. I gave it a runthru today at the store, and it's pretty solid... plays back multiple videos smoothly and it can sustain fairly high frame rates. Funny thing, the machine crashed repeatedly, but not from Isadora... from PhotoShop Elements... which was sort of depressing. It can run Izzy and playback videos, but it can open up a 3rd part photo editor. And the airport card went on the fritz too... The verdict would be wait until the next gen...

skulpture User Feb 28, 2008, 6:22 AM Post #5 of 11 (13827 views) Shortcut Re: [william] MacBook Air... [In reply to] Can't Post Haha, I am interested, an I guess you are right about portability. Apple are predictable at needing to wait for newer versions but Its cool that Izzy ran smooth. Bit strange about PhotoShop though... It was cool that the guys at the store let you install software... I don't think my store would let me do that, they basically make you wear gloves and hair nets when touching 'their' machines. An instant without duration.... www.grahamthorne.co.uk

william User Feb 28, 2008, 5:24 PM Post #6 of 11 (13801 views) Shortcut Re: [skulpture] MacBook Air... [In reply to] Can't Post Yeah, I didn't ask... I just brought a USB stick and ran it off the jump drive... so the test was a little less than optimal, but nonetheless impressive. The Apple Stores in NYC are ridiculous... It's like some gigantic Internet Cafe Mall Thing... people list to iPods and dance and video chat and pay bills online and whatever else.... It's total madness, so no one's gonna notice some dude with a USB stick.... at least, not until I took the jump drive out and accidently pulled out the alarm lock and set off sirens!!

gjh New User Apr 1, 2008, 3:49 AM Post #7 of 11 (13338 views) Shortcut Re: [william] MacBook Air... [In reply to] Can't Post FWIW, I'm very happy with Isadora's performance on my 1.6 GHz Macbook Air. IMO the biggest drawback of the machine is not performance, but the lack of screen spanning (which it shares with all Macbooks). best regards, guy

andrewnewy Novice Apr 2, 2008, 7:01 AM Post #8 of 11 (13320 views) Shortcut Re: [gjh] MacBook Air... [In reply to] Can't Post Don't know if this works on the new macbook's / air, (or 10.5 for that matter) but there use to be a program the 'unlocked' the ibooks/imac and enabled Dual screen use, the Link for the program is here [http://www.rutemoeller.com/mp/ibook/ibook_e.html]

gjh New User Apr 2, 2008, 7:05 AM Post #9 of 11 (13318 views) Shortcut Re: [andrewnewy] MacBook Air... [In reply to] Can't Post andrew - many thanks for the tip - i've used it on old iMacs in the past with good success, but it's three years old now, and i'm frankly still a bit too protective of my shiny new baby... i should know better, and digging into the OpenFirmware docs should make it settable manually, too, if the graphics card support it at all but for now at least, i'm chicken, and given that the graphics card is pretty low end, i'd need to check the specs more closely... (This post was edited by gjh on Apr 2, 2008, 7:08 AM)

v8media Novice Jul 29, 2008, 9:15 PM Post #10 of 11 (11686 views) Shortcut Re: [andrewnewy] MacBook Air... [In reply to] Can't Post All of the Apple machines put out in the last couple to few years are capable of dual monitor setups out of the box. You'll only need that software with a specific range of PowerPC iMacs and iBooks. http://v8media.com visuals, interactive/installations, video

Mark Coniglio TroikaTronix / Moderator Aug 8, 2008, 1:06 AM Post #11 of 11 (8489 views) Shortcut Re: [v8media] MacBook Air... [In reply to] Can't Post But now there's this new device that gives you a second screen via USB... so maybe that's a way with the MacBook Air? see http://www.trittontechnologies.com/ Best Wishes, Mark - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Coniglio / TroikaTronix Creator of Isadora

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