Hi Sven, Thanks for the feedback. I'd just like to encourage anyone with a rev 3 macbook pro to share their experiences on this list. Please also see below.
On 7/10/07, Sven Anders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recommend to wait at least till end of the month to seen, how good the > nvidia support really is and what influence this has on the heat and > battery life issues... > Unfortunately I will be in the US soon which means I can get a replacement for a lot less money otherwise I would (since I live in europe) so I can't just wait til later. Has no one successfully run the closed source nvidia drivers with the 8600? I know they've had some linux problems but I presume at least someone has gotten them to work. > During the winter (in Germany), my fans rotate at about 2000 RPM (like in > MacOSX most of the time). Now, in the summer the average temperture is > at least 10 degrees higher. So my fans now rotate at 3000 RPM most of the > time. This is interesting. Its hard to tell with my machine right now since I've upgraded to Ubuntu Gutsy which broke pommed and a lot of other stuff but I don't think this is how things used to work (so it now seems to run even hotter). If I recall the machine seemed to start at 2000 rpm but eventually just crawl up to 5k and then back down again, etc... I do often run Xgl which might be the problem. The problem is that most of the time I'm in linux I'm trying to upgrade/compile stuff so I stress the processor which heats it up. What kernel are you running and have you done anything to minimize heat generation (I know you've been playing with this for a long time so I'm sure you have)? > > I think the problem are the unusable power savings mechanisms of the > ATI graphics card (and maybe the unoptimized power saving of the CPU, > i.e. kernel drivers, USB, etc...) so the average CPU/GPU temperature is > higher and the fans need to transport more heat out of the box... > > > Are there other driver issues that > > don't exist on the V2? Can you suspend? The more info the better. I > > think you probably know all the relevant issues. > > Have you compared the output of 'lspci' and 'lsusb'? Is the only > difference the graphics card? No, I'm guessing someone's posted the rev 3 outputs somewhere so i should compare them. > > Some other laptops are much louder! But if you take on the big and heavy > ones, these may be quieter... > Yeah I've seen a 17" sony running beryl with an nvidia card work amazingly smoothly and with no sound generation but I think size might be a big issue there. I also have a sony 17" with an ati radeon mobility 9700 though and it was always very loud when running beryl (though its old so the fans might just be dirty). > > Not really. I think the MacBook has one of the best combinations of hardware > parts... Well this looks very exciting: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FreeSoftwareLaptop Unfortunately its probably months or years away ;-( There's an exciting amout of new linux-oriented open hardware (see openmoko). cheers, Sheer ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Mactel-linux-users mailing list Mactel-linux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mactel-linux-users
