RE: Macbook for Windows looping

[Warren Sirota <wsirota@wsdesigns.com>]

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