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    what feature loss on Mac Air using Vista?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by soda97, Jun 4, 2008.

  1. soda97

    soda97 Notebook Geek

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    If I run Vista on Mac Air, what feature will I lose?

    1) right click?
    2) web cam?
    3) keyboard light?
    4) multi touch?
    5) power management? (no sleep or hybernation?)

    Is there anything else?
    If not, how do you use or turn it on?


    btw, will the Air be updated anytime soon?


    thanks in advance,
    soda
     
    soda97, Jun 4, 2008
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  2. Deifiic

    Deifiic Notebook Guru

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    I don't own a Macbook Air, so I can't comment on #2-5, but I'm pretty sure that if you use an external mouse you can still right click.
     
    Deifiic, Jun 4, 2008
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  3. kgeier82

    kgeier82 Notebook Deity

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    you retain all of those features through bootcamp drivers.
     
    kgeier82, Jun 4, 2008
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  4. swarmer

    swarmer beep beep

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    Disk space. ;)
     
    swarmer, Jun 5, 2008
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    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    the "two finger trackpad tap" for rightclick is not available in windows. you have to use the slightly more archaic "place two fingers on trackpad, and also click using the bar" method.

    web cam, keyboard light, and some power management features come through. however, the battery will not last nearly as long in windows as it will in osx.

    i don't know about multi touch, but its doubtful.
     
    masterchef341, Jun 5, 2008
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  6. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    HA! Priceless!!
     
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  7. soda97

    soda97 Notebook Geek

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    I heard you can trim down the OS
    so I guess it's not that bad...

    Does 2 finger scolling work?


    soda
     
    soda97, Jun 5, 2008
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  8. saturnotaku

    saturnotaku Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    At least with XP on my MBP, it does work, though not quite as flawlessly as it does in OS X. Sometimes I need to tap more than once in order to get the trackpad to obey my order. I often find it's faster to click and hold on the scroll bad on a web page to move it, rather than "fight" with the two-finger deal.
     
    saturnotaku, Jun 5, 2008
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  9. soda97

    soda97 Notebook Geek

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    soda97, Jun 5, 2008
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  10. someguy00

    someguy00 Notebook Consultant

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    you lose your sanity!
     
    someguy00, Jun 6, 2008
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  11. Phil

    Phil Retired

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    I can only answer for XP on Air, but I assume it's similar.

    Only by two finger tap together with clicking the button. (quite a hassle compared to OS X where just tapping works)

    Tap to click does not work under XP (not for one finger, not for two.)

    OK.
    OK.
    Three finger swiping does not work.
    Two finger scrolling does work.
    Hibernation did not work flawless on mine. It seemed to work, but it did not switch off completely, causing battery loss.
    Can't comment on sleep.

    The lacking touchpad drivers in XP, the slower harddrive, and the poor (imo) anti aliasing in OS X caused me to sell my Air.
     
    Phil, Jun 6, 2008
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  12. kgeier82

    kgeier82 Notebook Deity

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    yea, hibernation is a real PITA with 4GB of addressable ram. really makes bootcamp suck up some space :)

    i have it disabled, until i get the 500gigger. 200 is "just cutting" it with 70GB of music.

    I cant imagine the MBA with 80GB-OSX. I love the form factor, and the performance would be adequate im sure. Thats the only reason i didnt buy the AIR, HD size.
     
    kgeier82, Jun 6, 2008
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  13. stealthsniper96

    stealthsniper96 What Was I Thinkin'?

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    I doubt you will have multi-touch in windows. Everything else should work.

    Haha. +1
     
    stealthsniper96, Jun 6, 2008
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  14. Phil

    Phil Retired

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    By the way, you also gain a feature by installing XP/Vista

    The latest Intel X3100 drivers make the screen much brighter than under OS X, in my experience.

    These drivers are not the ones in bootcamp, but can be downloaded from Intel.
     
    Phil, Jun 7, 2008
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  15. Lysander

    Lysander AFK, raid time.

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    You can also game in Vista. Have fun.
     
    Lysander, Jun 7, 2008
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