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Just a couple of updates to Jeff's comments. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Larson [mailto:jeff.larson@sailpoint.com] > Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2007 1:45 PM > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: RE: Macbook for Windows looping > > > I've run XP on a Macbook Pro and I agree with the consensus that it is > a fine machine for XP. I had two relatively minor problems. > > First, the built-in camera did not have drivers for XP so it could not > be used. It's been over 6 months so they may have fixed that by now. > Current Boot Camp fixes that > More significant for me, the PC has both a Delete and Backspace key, > the Mac has only a Delete key which performs the same function as PC's > Backspace key (still with me here?). > > There are some applications that need to use the PC-Delete key. The > are also a few XP operations that need Delete, one is the old > ctrl-alt-Delete key chord that in the old days did a reboot but which > now brings up the Lock/Shutdown/TaskManager dialog. Also, if you have > XP configured to login to a domain, whenever you boot or shut down the > computer you will go to a little welcome screen that requires you to > use ctrl-alt-Delete to login. > > This has supposedly been fixed in newer versions of Bootcamp by giving > you a Delete key by pressing Fn+Backspace but I haven't verified this. > If this hasn't been fixed by now, you can fix it with a "key > remapping" utility. Current Boot Camp fixes that. No remapping necessary for most functions. > > If you are not going to plug in a 3 button mouse you will find the > built-in trackpad useless in a hurry because you can't right click. > This can also be solved with key remapping but it's easier just to buy > a PC mouse. Yeah, Steve Jobs has some kinda religious thing about right-click buttons. You tap with 2 fingers to right-click in OSX. In Windows, with the Boot Camp version I have, tapping on the trackpad doesn't work - you have to click the button. To right click, click the trackpad button with 2 fingers on the pad (ok, a bit awkward). > > If you are used to a the layout of the PC keyboard, you may be annoyed > by the Function, Control, and Alt keys which are in different places > on the Mac keyboard. These too can be moved around with key > remapping. > > Here's a blog entry from last year that describes this in more detail: > > http://alanhogan.com/tips/boot-camp-delete-and-right-click > > > As he notes, some of the issues have been fixed in the newest > version of Bootcamp so you probably won't need to mess with > this unless you want to move your function keys. > > Jeff