Technical Blog for Jim Beveridge: Netgear GS108 GigE Switch Failure http://linux-macbook-air-killers.blogspot.com/ http://www.adorama.com/ASUL50ATX1.html for $499. No SSD. The UL30A-X1 had the Core 2 Solo, The UL30A-A1 and X3 have the Core 2 Duo; the X3 has a 320gb hdd whereas the A1 has 500gb. All of these are the 13" form factor. The UL80 will be 14". UL20 = 12.1, UL30 = 13.3, UL80 = 14, UL50 = 15.1 The "A" designation seems to be the model without nvidia graphics.No idea what Ag is. you want the 8 cell battery Linux on Mac Book air - trackpad issues Dirk Hohndel - +Darren Hart Keith Packard showed me the tool thatfixes 95% of my problems (he's not on G+...). synclient allows you to enable the palm detection and change the acceleration parameters that make the touchpad perfectly fine (and now MUCH BETTER than the ThinkPad touchpad). I still use an external mouse when I have a chance (as that reduces stress injuries to your wrist) and yes, I still like the nub on the ThinkPad better, but overall the MBA is a better machine (battery life, weight, physical stability) and the screen is just awesome. Even for a personal machine the 768 vertical is just horrible (the 1366 vs. 1400 horizontal is clearly irrelevant). +Jon Masters you are right that I am of course talking about running Linux on Mac Hardware. I do use MacOS as well on an iMac at home (for things like Lightroom or X-Plane), but for a machine I intend to do actual work on I definitely prefer Linux. Building subsurface under macos and trying to create a working installer is driving me insane... Completely agree, there are definitely a lot of fantastic reasons to install Ubuntu along side. I'm currently running the new Macbook air 11 inch with Ubuntu installed and love it. Here's what you need to do: - Install rEFIt so you can boot into your linux partition, before doing anything: http://refit.sourceforge.net/ - Make a new partition you want to install linux on with disk utility in os x - So far, I have not been able to get the 64-bit version to work, so I recommend using the 32-bit version (monitor just goes blank, without options to fix). The only issue with the 32-bit is that it will only recognize up to 3gb of ram, so if you can find a way to get the 64-bit version to work, let me know! - Upon booting your disc or flash drive, make sure to hit F6 before selecting the try or install options, and enable "nomodeset." If you don't do this, your monitor will go blank during the install has the linux CD will have no way to access your video card. - Format your new partition to ext2 or 3 format and install! Make sure you selected to install 3rd party drivers, or your wireless won't work upon first boot. This is important because you'll need to install the nvidia drivers over wireless upon first boot. - Upon first boot, you're going to need to enable "nomodeset" again, or you'll have the same issue with your monitor going blank. Hit e in grub, replace "quiet and splash" with "nomodeset" and hit ctrl+x to start up. - Immediately, install the nvidia drivers by going to System > Administration > Additional Drivers. Once installed, reboot into linux! - Now, in order to get multitouch, volume keys, sound, brightness keys, fans, etc. to all be working properly in Ubuntu, I recommend you check this page: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacBookAir3-2/Meerkat Once you follow the instructions there, you're macbook air will be a fantastic portable linux machine! So far, I have everything working 100%, get great battery life, and am enjoying all of the OS X niceties like multitouch, etc. Definitely happy, but it takes a bit of work to get it all setup correctly. I also recommend the mac-fuse + ext2-fuse tool:http://sourceforge.net/projects/fuse-ext2/ to have your linux partition accessible in OS X. Good luck! |