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This article requires a basic understanding of Adobe Flex programming. It is intended for both beginning and advanced Flex users who are writing their first Flex mobile apps and are looking for a basic performance guide.
This article covers performance decisions you can make to keep your Flex mobile app running smoothly. The single most important step you can take to ensure solid performance is to use and build off of the many highly-optimized mobile components, skins, and item renderers that ship with Flex 4.6. Using these components and following the set of best practices outlined in this article, you will enjoy high framerates and quick load times on iOS, Android, and QNX devices with a single Flex code base.
A mobile app may include dozens of item renderers, and when your app does, it is important to optimize them. Optimizing item renderers will keep your application's framerate high during scrolling, which will give your users a smooth, responsive experience. The Flex team recommends you write item renderers in ActionScript to achieve optimal performance. ActionScript item renderers are more difficult to write than MXML item renderers, but the performance gains can be significant. While MXML item renderers provide many conveniences including state syntax, dynamic layout, and binding expressions, ActionScript item renderers strip these out for speed.
You can improve performance by writing your item renderer in ActionScript and building off of the highly-optimized Flex LabelItemRenderer or IconItemRenderer. To implement your LabelItemRenderer or IconItemRenderer subclass, you override the item renderer's data setter and the
createChildren ,
measure ,
drawBackground , and
layoutContents methods.
To get started with an ActionScript template that extends LabelItemRenderer and overrides those methods, follow these steps:
The generated code will include comments that explain what to do in each overriden method. To get more specific code examples for each overidden method, don't be afraid to dive into the superclass's methods.
If you're familiar with the Flex component lifecycle, you may notice one new convention:
updateDisplayList has been divided into two new methods,
drawBackground and
layoutContents . In LabelItemRenderer and IconItemRenderer,
updateDisplayList simply calls
drawBackground first and calls
layoutContents second.
Figure 1 shows an example of a simple ActionScript item renderer that displays stock ticker symbols and their change in value.
The StockRenderer class extends LabelItemRenderer, uses a custom background, and creates an additional StyleableTextField to display the stock's change in value. Here is the code:
public class StockRenderer extends LabelItemRenderer
private const PADDING:Number = 20;
private const GAP:Number = 40;
private var change:Number;
private var changeLabel:StyleableTextField;
public function StockRenderer()
override public function set data(value:Object):void
super.data = value;
change = (data ? data.change : 0.0);
changeLabel.text = (change > 0 ? "+" : "") + change.toString();
override protected function createChildren():void
if (!changeLabel)
// Create a StyleTextField to display the stock's change value, and add it to the display list.
changeLabel = StyleableTextField(createInFontContext(StyleableTextField));
changeLabel.styleName = this;
changeLabel.editable = false;
changeLabel.selectable = false;
changeLabel.multiline = false;
changeLabel.wordWrap = false;
override protected function measure():void
// Determine the item renderer's desired width and height.
measuredWidth = PADDING + labelDisplay.getPreferredBoundsWidth() + GAP + changeLabel.getPreferredBoundsWidth() + PADDING;
measuredHeight = PADDING + Math.max(labelDisplay.getPreferredBoundsHeight(), changeLabel.getPreferredBoundsHeight()) + PADDING;
measuredMinWidth = measuredWidth;
measuredMinHeight = measuredHeight;
override protected function drawBackground(unscaledWidth:Number,
// Choose green or red for the background color based on the stock's change value.
var backgroundColors:Array = (change >= 0 ? [0x00CC00, 0x009900] : [0xCC0000, 0x990000]);
// Create a matrix to rotate the background gradient 90 degrees.
var matrix:Matrix = new Matrix();
matrix.createGradientBox(unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight, Math.PI / 2, 0, 0);
// Draw the gradient background.
graphics.beginGradientFill(GradientType.LINEAR, backgroundColors, [1.0, 1.0], [0, 255], matrix);
graphics.drawRect(0, 0, unscaledWidth, unscaledHeight);
override protected function layoutContents(unscaledWidth:Number,
// Position labelDisplay against the left edge, and vertically align it.
var labelDisplayX:Number = PADDING;
var labelDisplayY:Number = (unscaledHeight - labelDisplay.getPreferredBoundsHeight()) / 2;
setElementPosition(labelDisplay, labelDisplayX, labelDisplayY);
// Position changeLabel against the right edge, and vertically align it.
var changeLabelX:Number = unscaledWidth - changeLabel.getPreferredBoundsWidth() - PADDING;
var changeLabelY:Number = (unscaledHeight - changeLabel.getPreferredBoundsHeight()) / 2;
setElementPosition(changeLabel, changeLabelX, changeLabelY);
Internally, IconItemRenderer uses the Flex ContentCache class to cache externally downloaded icon images. This means that when a user scrolls down a list containing IconItemRenderers, external images will take a moment to load from the server, but when the user scrolls back up, the images will appear immediately, coming directly from the IconItemRenderer cache.
StyleableTextField is much faster at rendering text than Label or RichText, so always use it to display text in ActionScript item renderers. Note that StyleableTextField is ActionScript only, so you cannot use it in MXML item renderers or MXML views.
Writing item renderers in ActionScript will yield optimal performance. However, you can still approach similar performance levels with MXML item renderers, but you will need to carefully tune them with the following optimizations.
cacheAsBitmap property can affect performance positively or negatively, depending on how it's used. Only set
cacheAsBitmap to
true on an item renderer if its internal appearance does not change frequently. When the item renderer's appearance stays the same and only its position changes, the runtime can quickly redraw the item renderer's cached bitmap in its new position. However, every time the item renderer's internal appearance changes, the runtime has to recreate a bitmap, which takes time and can hurt performance.
The same goes for all components, not just item renderers. For example, never set
cacheAsBitmap on a List. A List component's internal appearance changes every frame during scrolling, which would require the runtime to regenerate expensive bitmaps every frame, slowing the framerate down to a crawl.
For more information on
cacheAsBitmap , watch Glenn Ruehle's explanation of correct
cacheAsBitmap usage in minute 47 of his talk Best Practices for Building Flex Tablet Applications.
cacheAsBitmap , which can easily hurt performance if misused,
opaqueBackground can only improve performance. However, your item renderer must be rectangular and opaque for it to render correctly.
Under the hood, the
opaqueBackground property instructs the runtime to use a highly optimized rendering path that can ignore transparency calculations.
To use the
opaqueBackground property, you set it to a specific color on an item renderer. Even though you set a single color for
opaqueBackground , you can still completely draw over that color with another custom opaque background and reap the performance benefits.
Here's a simple item renderer that sets
opaqueBackground for performance gains and completely paints over the solid background color with a gradient-filled Rect:
<s:ItemRenderer xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
<s:Rect left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="0">
<s:LinearGradient rotation="90">
<s:GradientEntry color="#FFFFFF" ratio="0"/>
<s:GradientEntry color="#DDDDDD" ratio=".33"/>
<s:GradientEntry color="#999999" ratio=".66"/>
<s:Label id="labelDisplay" left="5" right="5" top="15" bottom="15"/>
If you define a background Rect in your item renderer as in the previous code example, you should turn off
autoDrawBackground . This instructs Flex to not waste time drawing a default background that you will paint over anyway.
Although StyleableTextField is the fastest component for displaying text, you cannot use it in MXML. The next fastest component that you can use in MXML is Label. Most importantly, you should always avoid using RichText in your app because it is not optimized for mobile.
Under the hood, binding expressions dispatch events and run extra ActionScript code. Complex binding expressions and two way binding expressions are even more expensive. Luckily, you can easily avoid using binding expressions in an item renderer by updating its display in an overridden data setter.
For example, you can override the item renderer's data setter like this:
<s:ItemRenderer xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
override public function set data(value:Object):void
super.data = value;
if (data)
nameLabel.text = data.name;
phoneNumberLabel.text = data.phoneNumber;
nameLabel.text = "";
phoneNumberLabel.text = "";
<s:Rect id="background" left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="0" >
<s:LinearGradient rotation="90">
<s:GradientEntry color="#FFFFFF" ratio="0"/>
<s:GradientEntry color="#DDDDDD" ratio=".33"/>
<s:GradientEntry color="#999999" ratio=".66"/>
<s:Label id="nameLabel" left="5" right="5" top="15" bottom="15" fontSize="12"/>
<s:Label id="phoneNumberLabel" left="5" right="5" top="30" bottom="15" fontSize="10"/>
The previous method is much faster than using binding in an item renderer like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:ItemRenderer xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
<s:Rect id="background" left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="0" >
<s:LinearGradient rotation="90">
<s:GradientEntry color="#FFFFFF" ratio="0"/>
<s:GradientEntry color="#DDDDDD" ratio=".33"/>
<s:GradientEntry color="#999999" ratio=".66"/>
<s:Label id="nameLabel" value="{data.name}" left="5" right="5" top="15" bottom="15" fontSize="12"/>
<s:Label id="phoneNumberLabel" value="{data.phoneNumber}" left="5" right="5" top="30" bottom="15" fontSize="10"/>
The previous method is much faster than using binding in an item renderer like this:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:ItemRenderer xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
<s:Rect id="background" left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="0" >
<s:LinearGradient rotation="90">
<s:GradientEntry color="#FFFFFF" ratio="0"/>
<s:GradientEntry color="#DDDDDD" ratio=".33"/>
<s:GradientEntry color="#999999" ratio=".66"/>
<s:Label id="nameLabel" value="{data.name}" left="5" right="5" top="15" bottom="15" fontSize="12"/>
<s:Label id="phoneNumberLabel" value="{data.phoneNumber}" left="5" right="5" top="30" bottom="15" fontSize="10"/>
When displaying external images in your item renderer, use a shared ContentCache
If you are downloading external images into an item renderer, you don't want to re-download them every time the data item scrolls in and out of view. As mentioned before, the ActionScript IconItemRenderer uses a ContentCache to keep your app from re-downloading assets. You can make a similar optimization in your MXML item renderer by declaring a static ContentCache instance and setting any BitmapImage component's
contentLoader property to it. Then, all item renderers of that type will share the ContentCache instance, which will automatically load and cache your images. This is easier than it sounds, so check out this code example:
<s:ItemRenderer xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
import mx.events.FlexEvent;
import spark.core.ContentCache;
static private const iconCache:ContentCache = new ContentCache();
private function initializeHandler(event:FlexEvent):void
icon.contentLoader = iconCache;
override public function set data(value:Object):void
super.data = value;
if (data)
nameLabel.text = data.name;
phoneNumberLabel.text = data.phoneNumber;
icon.source = data.imageUrl;
nameLabel.text = "";
phoneNumberLabel.text = "";
icon.source = null;
<s:Rect id="background" left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="0" >
<s:LinearGradient rotation="90">
<s:GradientEntry color="#FFFFFF" ratio="0"/>
<s:GradientEntry color="#DDDDDD" ratio=".33"/>
<s:GradientEntry color="#999999" ratio=".66"/>
<s:BitmapImage id="icon" top="10" left="5" width="32" height="32" />
<s:Label id="nameLabel" left="40" right="5" top="15" bottom="15" fontSize="12"/>
<s:Label id="phoneNumberLabel" left="40" right="5" top="30" bottom="15" fontSize="10"/>
You should keep the display hierarchy as shallow as possible. Nesting Group containers with combinations of VerticalLayout and HorizontalLayout to create complex layouts will run a lot of unnecessary layout code. Instead, consider using ConstraintLayout or specifying component positions explicitly using BasicLayout constraints such as
left ,
right ,
top , and
bottom . You might have noticed that in the code examples, I've already been specifying positions explicitly instead of using nested Groups or dynamic layouts.
Consider the following three ways to lay out ContactRenderer (see Figure 2), an MXML item renderer that displays an individual's name and phone number.
You can lay out the ContactRenderer using BasicLayout like this:
<s:BitmapImage id="icon" top="10" left="5" width="32" height="32" />
<s:Label id="nameLabel" left="40" right="5" top="15" bottom="15" fontSize="12"/>
<s:Label id="phoneNumberLabel" left="40" right="5" top="30" bottom="15" fontSize="10"/>
You can also use ConstraintLayout like this:
<s:ConstraintColumn id="leftPaddingColumn" width="5"/>
<s:ConstraintColumn id="iconColumn" width="32"/>
<s:ConstraintColumn id="middleGapColumn" width="3"/>
<s:ConstraintColumn id="textColumn" width="100%"/>
<s:ConstraintColumn id="rightPaddingColumn" width="5"/>
<s:ConstraintRow id="topPaddingRow" height="10"/>
<s:ConstraintRow id="firstRow" height="16"/>
<s:ConstraintRow id="secondRow" height="16"/>
<s:ConstraintRow id="bottomPaddingRow" height="10"/>
<s:BitmapImage id="icon"
left="iconColumn:0" top="firstRow:0"
width="32" height="32"/>
<s:Label id="nameLabel"
left="textColumn:0" right="textColumn:0" top="firstRow:5"
<s:Label id="phoneNumberLabel"
left="textColumn:0" right="textColumn:0" bottom="secondRow:2"
It is best to avoid positioning elements by nesting Group components like this:
<s:HorizontalLayout paddingLeft="5" paddingTop="10" paddingBottom="10" gap="3"/>
<s:BitmapImage id="icon" width="32" height="32" />
<s:VerticalLayout gap="3" paddingTop="5" paddingBottom="5"/>
<s:Label id="nameLabel" fontSize="12"/>
<s:Label id="phoneNumberLabel" fontSize="10"/>
BorderContainer is a convenient component for drawing a container with a border and a background, but it is not optimized for mobile. Instead, use a Group containing a Rect to achieve the same visual effect.
Use a Group containing a Rect like this:
<s:Group width="200" height="200">
<s:Rect left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="0">
<s:SolidColor color="#CCCCCC"/>
<s:SolidColorStroke color="#999999"/>
<!-- Define child components here -->
Avoid using a BorderContainer like this:
<s:BorderContainer width="200" height="200"
backgroundColor="#CCCCCC" borderColor="#999999">
<!-- Define child components here -->
Mobile views should be written in MXML. Unlike item renderers, there is usually only one view visible at a time, so the ease of use of MXML outweighs the performance benefits of ActionScript. Regardless, there are important optimizations you need make to ensure your app is quick and responsive when switching between views.
Do not initialize a View's appearance in a
creationComplete handler because this can cause the view to be reprocessed, which will delay the view transition. Instead, change your view's appearance in an overridden data setter. As with item renderers, overriding the data setter can eliminate expensive binding expressions.
Asynchronous operations such as server calls can return during view transitions and require extra code to run, potentially causing a view transition to stutter. It's best to start an asynchronous operation after the view has already transitioned onto the screen, in a
viewActivate handler. You should also consider cleaning up outstanding asynchronous calls in a
viewDeactivate handler before switching views.
Before a view transition begins, Flex needs to create and lay out all of a view's children. You should keep views as lightweight as possible initially to minimize the delay between user interaction and when a view transition starts playing. Whenever possible, create components incrementally after the view has already transitioned onto the screen, which is after the
viewActivate event. Definitely avoid creating components that are not visible in the initial state of the view.
When possible, use
includeIn and
excludeFrom to remove components from the display list when they shouldn't be visible. This keeps them from being processed. In contrast, if you set
visible to
false the components will remain on the display list, requiring unnecessary layout and rendering processing.
If a user switches back to a view frequently, you might want to avoid the cost of creating it again by keeping it in memory. However, remember that memory is a precious resource on mobile devices! Keeping complex views in memory (or even keeping too many simple views) can decrease performance if you are pushing the limits of the device's RAM.
To improve processing time at the expense of consuming more memory, set
destructionPolicy to
"never" on a View like this:
<s:View xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
title="My View"
<!-- define child components here -->
The following optimizations help you speed up various types of graphics in your app, whether the graphics are found in item renderers, views, or other components.
Image scaling with smoothing looks great but requires a lot of processing power. Instead of creating one large image asset and scaling it down for different screen resolutions and DPI levels, create multiple versions of the image asset in different sizes. Check out Flex computer scientist Jason San Jose's article Flex Mobile Skins – Part 2: Handling Different Pixel Densities for a detailed tutorial with best practices.
Like most high-quality image processing operations, Spark filters are computationally expensive on mobile devices, and you should avoid them in favor of other techniques. Most of the time, you can draw a drop shadow directly into your image assets. When working with text, you can duplicate it and offset it to create a drop shadow effect. If you want a drop shadow on a rectangular component, Flex provides a very efficient replacement for DropShadowFilter called RectangularDropShadow. RectangularDropShadow is not a filter, but a component, which you can use much like a Rect.
Use RectangularDropShadow like this:
<s:Group width="200" height="200">
<!-- drop shadow -->
<s:RectangularDropShadow left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="0"
distance="3" alpha="0.5"/>
<!-- background and border -->
<s:Rect left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="0">
<s:SolidColor color="#DDDDDD"/>
<s:SolidColorStroke color="#999999"/>
<!-- define child components here -->
Avoid using DropShadowFilter like this:
<s:Group width="200" height="200">
<!—- drop shadow -->
<s:DropShadowFilter distance="3" alpha="0.5"/>
<!-- background and border -->
<s:Rect left="0" right="0" top="0" bottom="0">
<s:SolidColor color="#DDDDDD"/>
<s:SolidColorStroke color="#999999"/>
<!-- define child components here -->
The BitmapImage component is a lightweight version of the Image component. Both components can display embedded image assets. The biggest difference between them is that Image can load external images right out of the box, whereas BitmapImage requires some set up to load external images.
Unlike BitmapImage, Image is also skinnable and supports a missing image indicator. For embedded images, you don't need all of these extra features, and you should use the lighter-weight BitmapImage component instead.
Use the BitmapImage component like this:
<s:BitmapImage source="@Embed('assets/icon.jpg')"/>
Avoid using the Image component like this:
<s:Image source="@Embed('assets/icon.jpg')"/>
The runtime is simply faster at decoding the PNG file format, so you should use it instead of GIF and JPEG images wherever you have a choice.
For convenience, you should use MXML primitives to draw simple vector graphics like background rectangles. However, for more complex shapes and vector artwork, you should create FXG files in Adobe Illustrator or a similar design tool. FXG files consist of a precompiled sequence of drawing instructions that can execute faster and use less memory than a large set of primitives declared in MXML. Check out the FXG and MXML Graphics reference article for more information about FXG versus MXML graphics.
Flex provides effects such as Resize or Fade, which make it easy to animate the user interface in response to touch interaction. It's best to limit the number of effects running at the same time because they can add up in terms of processing cost.
By using CSS styles, you leverage the highly-optimized default Flex mobile skins. Most of the time, styling will be sufficient for customizing the look and feel of your UI components. For some examples of CSS styling, see Holly Schinsky's article Styling your Flex 4.5 Mobile Application Tabs and ActionBar.
If CSS styling is insufficient, you may decide to write a custom mobile skin for a component. You should write the skin in ActionScript and extend the default Flex mobile skins to take advantage of their underlying performance optimizations. Check out Jason San Jose's series of articles on mobile skinning to guide you through the process.
At every step in your app's development process, make sure you're hitting your performance benchmarks. Don't let yourself layer on another feature until you're satisfied with your app's performance at its current stage. Saying "I'll fix it later" can be the first warning sign of an overambitious feature or a poor architectural choice. Both are much easier to address sooner rather than later.
Many of the optimizations in this checklist come directly from the fantastic talks by former and current Flex SDK team members, including Evtim Georgiev, Steven Shongrunden, Glenn Ruehle, and Ryan Frishberg. I highly encourage everyone interested in more detail about these topics to watch the talks on Adobe TV:
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Apple's 15-inch 2010 MacBook Pro: More Battery Life Tests, High Res Display Evaluatedby Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/24/2010 1:57 AM EST
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Howard - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkCan't say I'd ever want a glossy screen. Reply
vol7ron - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkI don't understand this, I like glossy screens. Everyone else seems to be against them. Of course, I rarely do anything outside. If I did, I'd probably get a removable screen attachment. Reply
softdrinkviking - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linki like glossies too, and i don't ever notice any glare.
i think there is just an assumption that glossy is bad or something, or
people are convinced that it's a gimmick.
maybe it is, but i like 'em. Reply
Grabo - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkEh? Since it's relatively hard nowadays to find a portable with a matte screen I must conclude that most people are like you, i.e attached to glossy screens.
I despise them. Most desktop monitors (still) aren't glossy, and thus I see them as painting a more accurate picture. Glossies increase saturation and contrast, something which then is a lie, even though most people absolutely adore it. Reply
hybrid2d4x4 - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkI've got natural light coming into the living room from ~135deg around me, and the glossy displays on family members' laptops are completely useless in that room- it's all reflections. I'm probably in the minority, but I'd like to be able to use a laptop outdoors (and probably would). There's no way I'm ever gonna settle for glossy, even if it means never buying a laptop. Reply
MadMan007 - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkGlossy is fine on a desktop monitor where you can control the environment. On a laptop though? Hells no. Reply
orthorim - Monday, April 26, 2010 - linkI have a 17" glossy. I like sunlight and a view, and working near windows with this laptop is very annoying, way too much reflection. In addition, I don't see how anything looks much better on the glossy screen - possible exception movies which really look fantastic on my screen.
But this is primarily a work laptop, and as such, it has a major flaw with the glossy screen. When working in Cafes or near a window, I have to crank up brightness all the way to the max, which then reduces battery life.
I will go with matte again next time. The gains from glossy are minimal, the downside clearly outweighs this. If you never go outside or don't live in a sunny climate, maybe it doesn't matter. I am in the tropics, and I love to see the outside when working. Reply
iamezza - Sunday, April 25, 2010 - linkI agree. I don't use a laptop much outdoors, but when I'm indoors there is usually bright light coming in from the windows that can cause a lot of glare. Reply
Socratic - Monday, April 26, 2010 - linkHave to agree with others here. I much prefer a matte screen. If there are any windows in the room the glare at certain times of the day on a glossy screen makes it unusable, at least for me. In an editing room or business environment with no outside lighting, I can see the appeal. I have however seen offices that the glare from the over head fluorescent lighting was so bad that users had to hang something over the top of the monitor on a glossy screen to be able to use it. Reply
cjhao - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - link'MacBook Pro brought posted some incredible battery life numbers'
i created an account because you guys are great, so i wanted to help maintain the awesome reputation in my small way by pointing this out Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkThank you!
Take care,
Anand Reply
BanditWorks - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkI don't have the new MacBook Pros, but I do have a year old regular MacBook and while I was giving the new Adobe Flash 10.1 beta (the one that utilizes the GPU and CPU) I definitely saw a noticeable difference in battery life.
As I wasn't doing anything that intensive on my MacBook I went back to the most stable version of Flash and it felt as if I had installed a newer, longer lasting battery instantaneously.
PS - Yeah, glossy screens suck big time. They're as tacky as a car with everything chromed out. They may be nice to look at when the screen is turned off, but for everything else they don't really serve much of a purpose in my opinion. Reply
Computer Scooter Joe - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkAnand,
You mentioned under windows the dGPU will always be on. In regards to this i have two questions:
1) Are there any heat issues with the dGPU being on all the time? Does the laptop get especially hot?
2) Do you foresee being able to enable graphics switching under windows? (Be it via Apple or a hack/3rd-party program)
I'm going to be attending University in the fall and i really like the aesthetics of the Macbook Pros; but these two questions have me a little worried. Having tried it, I must admit, I really do not like OSX at all (yes i know, blasphemy and all that), and i plan on bootcamping Windows 7. Price is not an issue; performance (or lack thereof) is what matters.
PS: To other commenters, please do not flame and start saying "Go buy Laptop X from this other company, Mac's are overpriced."
Thanks in advance. Reply
Brian Klug - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkI can't speak entirely for the dGPU temperature in Windows 7 or boot camp installed OSes, but I do think I can talk a little about the dGPU temperature because I find myself switched on it a lot for what I do.
I run a lot of Matlab related software on OS X (as I'm also a student), which requires an X11 instance. It seems that the X11 window system on OS X inevitably calls one of those core libraries that triggers the discrete GPU switching, and usually I don't notice until a good hour or so later that I'm on the dGPU. You'll notice that the battery life estimate changes. It doesn't immediately dramatically suffer, but it just seems shorter. Temperature creeps up a bit, but in practice for what I'm doing being switched on the dGPU doesn't raise internal temperatures more than 15 degrees F. I'd imagine playing games or doing some heavy OpenGL loads would change that though.
Apple has done a pretty good job with the thermal management from what I've seen thus far. I've had a couple of eyebrow-raising moments burning in the matte MBP I used for the display review section, but it's important to understand that temps up to 200F (while admittedly INSANE IMO) are well within the T_junction spec from the i7 spec sheet. The CPU will throttle long before you do any physical damage.
-Brian Klug Reply
solipsism - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkThanks for the review.
I know that there is a Sys Pref option to keep the dGPU on all the time, but there is no power saving option to disable the dGPU completely. Did you find a secret switch, like in an PLIST file that will allow this to happen. This would come in handy for long bouts without a power cord attached. Reply
etikka - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkHi,
Thank you for the review.
It would be great to have a review on the Macbookish HP envy 15". The looks are ok and it would be great to have a quad core CPU and working GPU switching under Win7. Reply
MySchizoBuddy - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkofftopic
So Matlab is still using X11 on Mac OS X. I think they were working on a mac native version I guess they haven't released it yet Reply
Brian Klug - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkSee I agree completely! There needs to be a native version already. I haven't investigated it a lot, but it could be related to the 64-bit version I'm running. I'm on 2010a.
I did some reading a while ago and the consensus was that Matlab on OS X just runs a LOT slower. Almost twice as slow in some cases. It isn't so much a problem stemming from the X11 window session rendering pipeline, but the java swing rendering pipeline. I'm puzzled why the platform is getting so little attention from the Mathworks when I see a huge population of students with exclusive mac setups. Oh well.
There's an awesome (bit dated though) thread here: http://www.macresearch.org/matlab-and-os-x
-Brian Reply
ken.atwell - Friday, May 07, 2010 - linkI work for The MathWorks and a little while back I blogged about MATLAB on the Mac, including MATLAB's (diminishing) dependency on X11 . The performance of MATLAB on the Mac platform is also discussed, though you need to dig into the comments a bit (comment #12). If you are interested in these topics, you may want to visit:
Ken Atwell Reply
damianrobertjones - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkThank you for the info, but, when are you going to review or run ANY articles with regards to the new Fujitsu, HP and Toshiba i7/i5 Tablets which are brand new and just out......
Why don't they/haven't they been mentioned at all? Reply
Anand Lal Shimpi - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkIf you're referring to the upcoming slate PCs I don't believe any of them are out yet. We've contacted HP and expressed our interested in reviewing the HP slate, so we should be good to go whenever they start shipping :)
As far as the other Arrandale based notebooks go, we've got a lot on our list. Jarred and his team have been cranking through them but I'll see about the possibility of getting an HP Arrandale machine in there.
Take care,
Anand Reply
serkol - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkI have a very old 17" macbook pro with a TN panel. I hate TN panels. All my desktop monitors are IPS.
I assumed that Apple uses IPS panels in their new mbp. Do they also use TN panels in 17" models? Reply
icrf - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkI read somewhere that IPS panels consume more power than TN panels. It had something to do with the panel letting less light through so it needed brighter back lights or something. Plus, they're more expensive to produce.
The thing most people notice about them is the increased viewing angle, and that's generally not a factor with laptops nearly as much as it is with other devices. It is much more important on mobile devices, which is why Apple chose IPS for the iPad. Reply
serkol - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkI think that laptops need panels with good viewing angles (IPS or at least MA panels). If a cell phone battery (and iPad battery) has enough power to light an IPS screen, a laptop battery definitely has enough power. If it's bright enough for iPad - it's bright enough for a laptop. I don;t see any technical reason to keep using cheap TN panels in expensive pro-level macbook pros. The only reason - greed. Reply
Cali3350 - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkIs the 1440*900 screen still of the same quality as the previous generations? I dont want the high res but heard they are now using a slightly worse panel (it does have a different model number). Reply
jeffbui - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkAre you guys compensating for the diminished battery capacity of the older computers in any way? The newer notebooks all have an inherent advantage with their fresh battery. Reply
darkswordsman17 - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkI greatly prefer glossy to matte, it just looks so much nicer. To my eyes, matte has a shimmering veil and if glare would be a problem on a glossy display it would be even worse on a matte one for me, as matte generally just blurs the glare so that you get this big blob of light instead of a reflection. That's not always true, but the glare/reflection that matte gets rid of isn't bothersome to me on glossy displays. I also get the screen door effect on matte displays, or rather it becomes noticeable to me.
I've never agreed when people say that matte gives you an accurate image. I know that the devices used to calibrate displays can't work properly on glossy (or at least that was one of the big issues a few years back, so maybe they've improved since then?), but when it comes down to it, the matte finish isn't offering an acurate image either. At least not to my eyes.
Unfortunately, all the quality panels get paired with matte, so you're stuck with a not very good panel to get glossy or pony up to get a good quality one with matte.
I'd like to see them use a glossy finish, but then apply a matte/anti-glare screen protector, this way if you want matte you can leave it on, but if you want glossy you can just peel it off. Or maybe offer where you can just swap the bezel.
One last thing, when are we going to get an OS that will let us scale what's being displayed on the fly, sort of like how we can zoom in/out on browsers on smartphones, but this would work all over. I know we can adjust DPI settings and text size, but that often doesn't work perfectly, and you have to navigate settings menus. I'd be happy with even just being able to in a browser, as there's so many sites that have large amounts of empty space. Make it so that you can hold the left click button and then scroll which would zoom in and out? Reply
Computer Scooter Joe - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkIt sounds like you are referring to a functionality that already exists. If you hold down Ctrl + Scroll the scroll wheel, the page will zoom in and out. Reply
IceBreakerG - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkHey Anand, thanks for the update on the 15" MacBook Pro. I bought mine last week from Amazon for my birthday, and so far have been pretty happy with it. Doing a lot of experimenting and testing. This is my first "real" mac, my only other experience was with osx86, and that was a different experience. Either way, I decided to go with VMware Fusion 3 because Parallels Desktop 5 did not work for me with Windows 7 in Bootcamp (and I need to be able to boot to Windows 7 natively).
Anyway, is there anyway you can say what type of hit I'd take on battery life running Windows 7 in VMware Fusion? I'm not sure if it triggers the dGPU or not, so I don't know if it's just more cycles or something else. I'm assuming I'll most definitely suffer "worse" battery life due to more resources being used, but I'm not sure how much worse. One of the reasons I got the laptop was to be able to run Office 2010 and Visual Studio 2010 in it, but battery life was very important too. Just curious to know if you've done any battery life tests with virtualization as well. Thanks. Reply
dver - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkThe higher resolution is a welcome option, though I'd prefer a 1080 option. The smaller pixel size the better for me. Having now used the 27" iMac screen for a couple months I can honestly say i'll never use anything but glossy now. It's a true wonder to behold. For me there's no contest...matte screens look so terrible now, I can't stand em. I can't bring myself to go TN though, so I'll be waiting and hoping for an ips option in the future.
Great review as always! Reply
ltcommanderdata - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkIt's kind of disappointing that the Core i7 takes a noticeable battery life hit compared to the Core i5 considering they both in the same 35W TDP target. Could you double check the clock speeds of the GPU in the Core i7 model? The low-end Core i5 model you previously showed a GPU-Z shot of was definitely underclocked, but perhaps that's because it's replacing the previous pure 9400M model, whereas higher model MacBook Pros might have higher clock speeds which could help explain the battery life difference.
As well, since you have Windows installed on the MacBook Pros, could you do your round of mid-range laptop gaming comparison benchmarks as was done for the ASUS G73Jh? People don't buy MacBook Pros specifically to game, but people with MacBook Pros no doubt do play games, so I think it'll be useful information. Running it against the Mid-2009 17" MacBook Pro you have would also be good to see the improvement of the GT330M over the 9600M GT.
I'm also curious to see if the limited thermal room of the MacBook Pro limits the effectiveness of Turbo Boost. It might be interesting to chart the CPU frequency of the Core i7 over an hour as it cycles through an intensive benchmark to see if it can hit the top Turbo Boost bin (3 bins for 2 cores) and how long it can sustain that before the heat sinks saturate and the clock drops back down to normal. Of course, without comparison to other laptops with more thermal room, it's hard to tell the "normal" or optimal Turbo Boost behaviour of the Core i7, but it should be something manufacturers should consider to differentiate themselves from others using the same components. Reply
aj28 - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkAnand,
Pardon if you've already covered this and I missed it, but have you done any tests comparing the effects on battery life by the use of Flash 10.1 versus Flash 10.0 on any of the Apple/Optimus GPU-switching i5/i7 notebooks? If Flash 10.1 kicks on the dGPU, is there a chance that the i5 might be able to power through it with ease to the point that you could actually get better battery life by not using GPU acceleration?
I know that goes against common wisdom, and I'm sure you would be better off if we were talking about a low-power integrated chip, but it seems to me that the mid-to-high-end dGPU chips are horribly inefficient for this type of thing in cases like these where they can, unlike a desktop, simply be switched off completely in favor of an iGPU which has to be powered all the time anyway, even if in a low-power state.
Thanks for your reply if you get around to it! Reply
flgt - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkI think you've already stated why they won't put much effort in OS X. It's a huge population of STUDENTS. And students don't generate revenue like fat corporate and government accounts.
I'm sure the Mathworks don't want to artificially limit their customer base, but if it is coming down to a decision between OS X or Windows/Linux it's obvious which one will take priority.
For the vast amount of companies Windows and Linux deliver equivalent or better hardware at much better price points. They also host more of the client applications that drive productivity, which could be argued to be more important than the OS itself.
You could argue it is important to reach students who one day might be paying corporate users, but if a student learns MATLAB on their Mac they can easily be just as productive on a corporate PC. There is no real incentive to make the experience better for a minority of non-paying users. Reply
mbene12 - Sunday, April 25, 2010 - linkI know it is totally off topic, but this is exactly why I left Matlab for python. Their lack of native Mac support. As I transitioned from student to professional I just didnt see a reason to pay $4000 a year for base license and libraries which performed poorly when I could get most of what I needed done in a mix of Python and C for free. Reply
erple2 - Monday, April 26, 2010 - linkI think that thinking is a double edged sword. Students (and more importantly, Universities) are a major piece of the Matlab licensing revenue. I know that the Educational discount is pretty decent, but that's still a significant chunk of change. I'd wager that if you looked at the total number of licenses the Mathworks distribute, Education would be an even player with Corporate and Government levels.
The other argument (that you can get more hardware for the money) has (almost) always been the case with Apple, however. There were a few notable exceptions (Apple had the first Core2 based desktops and laptops - I can't remember if they were on the forefront with the i7 based desktops, though), plus when DDR3 first came out in a SODIMM format, Apple was curiously reasonably priced. Reply
rawd - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkHi Anand, Cody Kreiger on Macrumors has already written an app to monitor GPU usage and it resides in the taskbar
http://codykrieger.com/gfxCardStatus.app.zip Reply
bitninja - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkThanks for the mention rawd! Anyone interested in seeing the MacRumors forum thread where it's being discussed and fleshed out can visit it below until I get a formal page up on my website:
Thanks, be sure to leave a comment with your thoughts if you try it out!
Cody Reply
rcocchiararo - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkIs it posible to get a 15 inches macbook pro with a glossy/matte high res display from, lets say.. amazon/bestbuy/newegg/whatever ?
or only directly from apple ? Reply
Computer Scooter Joe - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkThanks for the info, just one more question. Do the fans spin up as a result of the dGPU being on? Or are they generally fairly quiet?
I understand that it depends on the application, but im talking about just idiling at desktop or web browsing or working in Word. Reply
maxxl - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkI can't post this command here unfortunately, becouse of an error that appears when I try to, so look at this thread for "ioreg -lw0" command:
With the model number you can find manufacturer easily, i.e. here:
Best reards,
Max Reply
Brian Klug - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkAwesome tip! I didn't know you could do that!
Output of running that:
Color LCD
Which appears to be a Samsung LCD of some kind, but doesn't have a datasheet on that website. Interesting. I'll update the article, thanks!
Brian Klug Reply
Brian Klug - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkI also got that same error trying to post with the command; I think the CMS is escaping some characters in there and erroring out. ;)
Thanks for bearing with it and posting that, I was going to resort to trying to pull that info out of some EDID tool from Windows and Boot Camp, but this is better.
-Brian Reply
maxxl - Saturday, April 24, 2010 - linkYou're welcome Brian :)
Ah! I almost forgot… there's one more thing - apart of giving LCD model to you, running this little command gives me complete control over your new shiny MacBook Pro also ;) Just joking… enjoy! ;) Reply
ppayne - Sunday, April 25, 2010 - linkIs it possible to give an idea of fan noise? I hate it and have generally been pleased with the 2009 15 inch laptop. I can hear the difference between running with discrete graphics on and with them off. Usually see 4000 when doing stuff with my laptop like Photoshopping or playing Plants vs. Zombies, though sometimes it goes way down to 2000 rpm. (I have a 160 gb Intel SSD installed.) Can you give an idea of fan RPMs when things are quiet and slightly loud? Reply
aj28 - Sunday, April 25, 2010 - linkCan't say how much quieter than the 2009, but it's a heck of a lot quieter than my 2008, and I kept that thing clean too! The dual fans make a world of difference. Maybe they're using a smaller glob of thermal paste too, compared to the huge mess they had been using... Reply
iwodo - Sunday, April 25, 2010 - linkIt seems Glossy Screen has Black Edge around it while Matter is Aluminium colour....? Reply
Computer Scooter Joe - Sunday, April 25, 2010 - linkYou are correct. The glossy screens have a panel of glass that covers the entire screen + bezel edge to edge. The bezel on these is black.
On the matte option, the screen is recessed a tiny bit, and they get rid of the full glass covering, replacing the bezel with aluminium. Reply
vailr - Sunday, April 25, 2010 - linkCould someone run Everest (in Windows) and see exactly which chipset is being used in these new MacBook Pros, and also include the similar Gulftown CPU desktop iMacs (if available)?
P55 or PM55, H55, HM55, H57 and etc.
Thanks. Reply
araczynski - Sunday, April 25, 2010 - linka person peeve, but i hate it when companies call pretty much any device that can do 1280x800 or more "HD". Whenever I hear "HD" i expect 1080p minimum.
i know, 720p IS "HD", so all displays that can fart anything close to that think they're HD too, but I think the name is used more to confuse consumers than anything. Reply
araczynski - Sunday, April 25, 2010 - linka person peeve, but i hate it when companies call pretty much any device that can do 1280x800 or more "HD". Whenever I hear "HD" i expect 1080p minimum.
i know, 720p IS "HD", so all displays that can fart anything close to that think they're HD too, but I think the name is used more to confuse consumers than anything.
calling 1280x800 or even this 1650x1050 "HD" is a joke to me. like calling a bottom of the line minimally configured mustang a 'race car' just because it has the mustang name. Reply
Penti - Sunday, April 25, 2010 - linkThere is still no IPS-panels for notebooks being produced really even though the battery powered iPad got one in a area where there were none, but on the other hand as they try to sell it as a machine that can do anything they need a wide-angle viewing screen. Otherwise people would just laugh at it as a ebook-reader and cool colors and comics won't change that. People have grown used to sitting straight in front of the laptop screen. It just isn't acceptable in a tablet device, and smart phones has even begun using AMOLED screens. In fact the professional tablets (i.e. those costing 1500+ dollars) have been using IPS based screens for a while now. But I don't think a single screen is manufactured for 15" notebooks with IPS, and the screens for the 12-13" convertible tablets are optimized for power consumption and viewing angles any way not color. I don't see Apple pony up for IPS-panels in the macbooks. They will get them when the others do use them. Custom parts just aren't apart of their computer lineup. We can't expect more then the Geforce 320M chipset in that apartment :) Reply
rcocchiararo - Sunday, April 25, 2010 - linkAre there diferent "grades" in TN panels quality ?
im 100% sure my GF notebook has worse viewing angles than my late 2008 macbook pro, and that my 2007 or so macbook white was similar or worse than my gf notebook.
Also, no notebook from work has a decent display either.
I almost thought that my macbook pro had a "mobile version" of the s-ips panel my 20.1 inches dell from 2007 has :P Reply
rpottol - Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - linkYup, Levanto dropped them from Thinkpads because the just could not get them reliably in the quantities they needed.
I think I will stick with older thinkpads, but then I'm the sort of person who would want a 15" QXGA display (2048x1536) and yet not have the CPU for HD playback (well, perhaps). Reply
Xyp - Monday, April 26, 2010 - linkAnand -
There is lots of interest in seeing some of your benchmark numbers on the current-gen MBPs (128, 256, and 512...), especially after degradation. If any of your people know the skinny on whether Apple has at all revised the firmware on the currently-shipping Toshiba drives, or whether they will be attempting a TRIM-like function (let's be serious, it's Apple... they'll rename it) with updates to OSX, that information would also be much appreciated.
Thanks for your excellent site. Reply
Wolfpup - Monday, April 26, 2010 - linkDoes this let you install the normal Nvidia reference drivers under Windows? People seem to think Apple's preventing it (or possibly it won't work because of their switching technology).
Either way, if this won't run normal drivers, that rules it out for me :( Reply
asiafish - Monday, April 26, 2010 - linkI just got the new 15" i7 with high-res matte display, and must say this is by far the fastest computer I have ever owned. Build-quality is every bit as good as my Oct 08 MacBook Air, and far better than any pre-unibody Mac (or any other laptop) I've ever used.
Battery life is incredible with simple browsing in Safari and email/calendar in Entourage. Reply
gochichi - Tuesday, April 27, 2010 - linkFor example, does the glossy high resolution screen offer up the same backlight? How do you know that the $50 cheaper glossy display will have the 400 nits backlight? Is the 1440x900 screen as bright?
I mean guys, what I'm hoping a tech website can do for me just to put it bluntly is help me make a decision as to which product to use or buy. In a nutshell, help me make an informed decision. What I want to see is a 3-way comparison of the standard glass covered display, the glossy high res display and the matte high res display. What I get instead is an opinion that someone else would go with a glossy high res display that they've in fact never even seen.
Measure stuff for me, show me some pictures of things I want to see. I've been a long term reader of Anandtech and frankly I expect the obvious. Worse yet, I can go to a local Apple shop and compare th low res to the matte display for myself.
Honestly... on what grounds are you recommending the glossy high res. It just "sounds cool"? Sigh. Reply
Brian Klug - Friday, May 14, 2010 - linkI think you're reading a different article entirely, because basically everything you just sounded off on is actually in this one:
1. 400 nits claim - Right inside: http://www.anandtech.com/show/3669/apples-15inch-2...
Performance was 412 measured with an i1D2.
2. Matte > Glossy - Also inside: http://www.anandtech.com/show/3669/apples-15inch-2...
Comparison and side-by-side with photos.
I'm confused what you're reading, because *all* of that stuff is there.
-Brian Reply
jlyall - Saturday, May 01, 2010 - linkHi Anand,
A big cheers for both the write ups on the new MBP. You have made my job of choosing about 1000x times easier. The hole in my pocket will be bigger but I know I will be happier in the long run. Cheers again and have a lovely day.
warmest regards,
J Reply
Woodoo - Tuesday, May 04, 2010 - linkHi there, I have a question regarding viewing angles differences between the glossy and matte options. Is there a noticable (or at least some) difference between the two LCD panels mounted to the latest MacBook Pros in this aspect?
P.S.: I'd love to see an IPS panel in the future MacBooks Pro, even as a high price option... Reply
bazant - Sunday, May 09, 2010 - linkThanks for the review - helpful! I'm about to buy a new machine - mostly to combine a lot of photography (processor and screen important), a lot of travel (size, weight and battery important) - was looking at the 15" i7 MacBook pro but then the Asus UL30JT has been announced... Any idea how do they compare head to head? It looks like Asus put all the power into 13" body with a very similar battery life...
Any comments would be great! Reply
NoOne1 - Monday, May 10, 2010 - linkAnand-
Could you elaborate on how you tested the machines' batteries?
1. When you say you used iTunes, does that mean you played iTunes songs over the built-in speakers? What was the volume level?
2. On all your tests, was the backlit keyboard on?
3. When you performed your Xvid test, were you playing over the built-in speakers? Was the discrete GPU activated?
4. Was the discrete 330m GPU ever activated or was only the Intel HD being used in all the tests?
I just finished performing an Xvid test on my 2 week old i7, with the battery properly calibrated, with the backlit keyboard at one notch, the brightness at two bars from full brightness, and using HEADPHONES, at a little over half of max volume, and I could only squeeze out about 4 hours. One of the movies I played back once had the brightness set at one notch above MID brightness!! The discrete GPU was activated though.
I have not been able to come close to your browsing number of 451 minutes using just Safari by itself browsing Mac Rumors forums, although I wish I could. Reply
wuju - Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - linkNot sure if it works. Reply
wuju - Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - linkHere is what I have
Macbook Pro 15" High Res, i7 processor, 7200rpm hard drive. installed windows 7 in bootcamp.
I wanted to test the battery with light web surfing with Mail and iCal running in the back to see if I can get close to 9 hours of usage. I've calibrated the battery and it's a week old machine.
I get a 10% drop of battery from the battery indicator per 1/2 hour, which equals to about 4-5 hours of usage. I can see it drop 1% for every 2-3 mins. I have wifi on off course plus using the Apple bluetooth mouse (I imagine bluetooth does not drain that much battery?).
Is my 4 hours of battery result from a full charge normal due to the hardware configuration - it's like half of what Apple claims the battery to be for light web surfing! What do you guys thing? Did I get a lemon and have a defective Apple product before I demand for a new macbook pro replacement? Thanks in advance for all your help. Reply
wuju - Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - linkThe brightness is set to 50% as well. Reply
hd_ - Saturday, June 05, 2010 - linkSame experience, I took it to a service centre. I was nothing wrong with the battery. Reply
PubicTheHare - Saturday, September 18, 2010 - linkAnand,
I think you mentioned (not sure if it was this article) that the 15" MBPs are still running hot, and that we should wait until the NEXT generation.
Was it the latest 15" MBPs that you were referring to?
I have a Santa Rosa 15" and likely won't upgrade until OSX natively supports TRIM and the MBP has USB 3.0, but I'm curious about the heating issue.
My SR MBP runs HOT.
Thanks, Reply
lilee221 - Monday, September 20, 2010 - linkI bought a APPLE MacBook Pro 15-inch Series laptop, but when i'm on trip, the battery cannot last a long time, so i search a replacement battery online for its relatively cheap price but good quality.
Finally i bought one at www.all-batteries.co.uk Reply
MacManx - Sunday, October 03, 2010 - linkOn the subject of glossy vs matte screen displays for the mid-2010 15-inch Macbook Pro, I am looking for a screen protector which will fit the matte display (with silver surround) - I am aware that the Moshi iVisor AG screen guard does not fit the matte display. Many thanks for any advice. Reply

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Well guys I know you probably put it 150% in this one just like the way you put it -150% in the IRC --- {yes I have issues}
1. The network-manger thing wow now my BT can connect at capabilities smiler to microshity windows - GREAT
2. Mortal Kombat sounds he he he he he he - OKAY
3. FVWM Crystal ahhhhh well it looks nice - OKAY
4. Early release... well i think you guys got too much pressure from the community... ah it happens BT is lick the best thing after sliced bread... (Its an african kinda thing don't roll your eyes)
1. I feel sorry for Noobs... ay hold on I am still a noob... the rest that is coz if you have not been tinkering with linux before and just bumbed into it becuase of the privileges of BT . I suggest you stick to BT3 and the spoonfeeds
2. Ahhhh guys... the least you could have done it with KDE4.1 yah I know you are not into cosmetics.... but that is what BT4 is just cosmetics. If you disagree please bit my ear I am listen. OKay I don't like KDE4.1 coz its just too heavy for me but...
3. What is new in BT4
4. Have you guys been threatened by the techno-bureaucrats is someone suing you.
Well I just want BT4-Final to keep its name... I am I love with BT... hey I never liked the Slackware distro but BT made me fall in love and I throw ubantu & debs out the window. and now... Guys lets pull Oh socks please... Yah about the IRC.... You guys can be mean... but hey... its your show I am are just a noobs
napoleon0di0bonaparte I am sure you don't know the meaning of beta,alpha,RC,pre-release terms.so better not to use it and if you have that much problem with BT.stick with another distro and as told 1000 times.BT is not developed for n00bs.
The developers are doing this at their own cost, this is all free to you. Try and appreciate the work being done.
This got to be a troll or something, if not, the OP should not be using BT.
"In God we trust. All others, we virus scan." --Unknown Person
What I find amazing about the whole process is that the Dev's maintain a blog which has given all of the relevant reasons for including this and not including that. The problem is that there are to many morons who apparently can't take the time to read and understand.
Quoted from Muts (BT Dev) In regards to missing tools:
Its a beta release so get over it. If you want more tools add them in yourself.We consider the Beta to be very stable and usable. A few tools were kept back from this version, and will be soon added to the repositories.
Quoted from Muts in regards to KDE:
A desktop environment doesn't really stop you from using command line tools does it?KDE 3 is being used in BT4. We tried KDE 4, really, we did. It sucked. Maybe 4.2 in BT4 final.
Quote from Muts in regards to the distro switch:
Nothing better than a professional using outdated vulnerable software to check for vulnerable software. That's like a doctor using a stone axe to open your chest to preform heart surgery.The reasoning is simple.
Last year the Defcon people were tracking User Agents on their network, and I was astounded by the massive use of BackTrack throughout the con. What many didn't know is that everyone running BackTrack was potentially vulnerable due to a flaw in wget which was discovered a few weeks earlier.
Again as others have stated if you don't like the distro then don't use it.
The great thing about linux and open source software is that you can roll your own.
To be successful here you should read all of the following.
If you are new to Back|Track
Back|Track Wiki
Failure to do so will probably get your threads deleted or worse.
BT4 beta is sexy!!
I think it is much easier to use for noobs and rookies since you can install 99% of the missing tools with apt-get. If you have difficulties with that go back and play in your sandbox outside....
The devs took the right decision and they have all my respect and support.
Don't eat yellow snow :rolleyes:
To be successful here you should read all of the following.
If you are new to Back|Track
Back|Track Wiki
Failure to do so will probably get your threads deleted or worse.
Sorry but I think if you can't figure out the small issues BT has and you don't know anything about linux, BT isn't definately the thing to use for you.
It is not an OS which will make you become a l33t hax0r with all it's automated tools.
If people don't even know what to do if for example an error states "no space left on device" I am wondering how they want to deal with more serious issues.
I am not disrepecting noobs nor making fun of them. Just the ones who think they will become hackers or pentesters by just using the distro and not knowing anything about Linux.
No not me nor anyone else knows everything and we are all constantly learning. But if you are missing even the most basic stuff, you have no business in using BT.
As mentioned before start to learn about Linux, build your own Linux from scratch in order to learn more about it, learn about networking, the protocols and so on, then start to get into BT. Else it is like putting a kid into a toy shop and expect them to learn about financial stuff.
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Post-root canal abscess
To make it short..... last year i had a root canal done by my dentist. He felt he could take care of it since it was a front tooth with one root. He usually sends patients to a specialist. After almost a year, my temp filling came out and i went to a different dentist who referred me to a specialist. Two months ago i had the root canal redone and i know he said there was a small piece left in there that he could not get out. He didnt` seem too concerned. Well it`s one month after my last visit with him and the area between my two teeth is still red and swollen a little and it throbs. i went to my regular dentist today just to get an x-ray to see if he sees anything and he said that the bone hasn`t begun the healing process yet but it looks like there`s a cyst. i haven`t been feeling well (very sluggish and thickness on that side of my neck and ear feeling strange) so i called the specialist and made an appt for next week. by looking at the xray can they tell if it is infected and sprading? can this be making me tired? (the lady at the specialist place said i wouldn`t feel sick from it)... i had an echocardiagram and it showed minor leaky valve. i`ve been reading that it`s bad to have that and a tooth abscess. of course i`m nervous now. any suggestions, comments will be greatly appreciated.
The endodontist that you have the appointment with should be able to determine by films and an exam whether everything is in the process of healing properly or whether additional steps need to be taken. Infections associated with a tooth are very localized to the tooth and do not usually affect any other aspects of your body. Systemic involvement is a concern when the tooth infection causes large facial swelling and a fever.
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Did you give birth at home, at a birth centre, or in a hospital?
If you have more than one child, did you decide to do things differently for the next birth?
Did you give birth at home, at a birth centre, or in a hospital?
If you have more than one child, did you decide to do things differently for the next birth?
I gave birth at a hospital actually which I had no choice after awhile. I liked it and everything which it was my first son. I am having my second son at a hospital as well since I have to go through surgery and all. No I am not doing anything differently at all, because my doctor thinks that it would be best for me to go through surgery again.
I made the choice to give birth in hospital the first time around without really understanding what that would mean for me and the implications it would have on my birth. For babies number two and three I gave birth at home and this was just want I wanted. I acknowledge homebirth isn't for everyone - but it was right for me.
I planned a homebirth assisted with a qualified midwife but she preferred that I booked into hospital near the end. Another midwife may have done it differently, but since I already had her, and I was so close to going into labour by that point, I went along with it. So I had a planned homebirth that ended not too badly in hospital, although I couldn't help being disappointed and there were some drawn-out repercussions (difficulty breastfeeding which were in part due to hospital procedures after birth). What about you, Jessica?
Baby #1 was born at home and had I been in a hospital I likely would have ended up with a C-Section. Born on the living room floor after labouring in the bath tub for many hours.
Babies #2 & #3 were born at home on the bedroom floor.
Babies #4 & #5 were born at home in a horse trough (literally) but it had never been used for horses - it had only been used as a birthing pool and my midwife carted that big, heavy thing from birth to birth. My water births were the best births of all of them.
all 8 of my children have been born in hospital. The first few I didn't really know all of the options. After my 1st c/s, 4th baby, I was too scared of homebirth. Even now, expecting my 9th baby, I don't think I could manage a homebirth. Apart from the fact that i'm seen as incredibly high risk by many, i have large, 4.5kg+ sized posterior bubs & generally need a little help.
I am considering a waterbirth this time around...albeit in a hospital.
You will love your water birth and labouring in the water :-) So glad you're pursuing that!
I gave birth in a birth centre but I wish I had considered the other options in detail.
I gave birth in a hospital and my experience was okay but I didn't like the part wherein the resident doctors handled me when my OB wasn't around yet. They were just not so gentle when doing the IE.
I gave birth to my 2 sons both in the hospital- same hospital, same OB, same Paediatrician. I was just scared to do it at the birth center or at home. I am not sure if i am ready to try different method for my 3rd child. but I think the water birth sounds okay. I don't know yet, I just feel secured in the hospital for if something happens and needs extensive procedures I don't have to worry that much because i am already at the hospital.
My first, I gave birth to in hospital. I arrived asked if I was in labour and then pushed the baby out when the nurse told me yes. I didn't know I was in labour, as I was 4 weeks early. The second and third at a birth centre. The fourth to eleventh, at home. I had planned to go to the birth centre with my fourth and fifth but never made it there giving birth on the toilet - which happens to be my favourite place to give birth!! Births are quick, a few contractions 10 minutes apart and they are out. I think after you have your first homebirth, it is very difficult to go back to a hospital birth. I didn't like hospital at all and the birth centre was great until they became overbooked and they didn't even let me stay after giving birth to my fifth at home and transferring in. There was not that rush to go somewhere but a peacefulness about just being home in familiar surroundings with everyone you love being able to share in the wonder of new life.
Hello myheartsisters,
I felt the same way you did after giving birth at home. It would have been VERY difficult for me to give birth in a hospital after a homebirth experience.
However, I have a friend who has 14 children and had 13 births (she has one set of twins). She had her first three in the hospital and then decided to have a homebirth. She ended up having the next 3 or 4 at home, and I believe the rest in the hospital.
I remember asking her how she felt about having a hospital birth after experiencing the homebirths, and she said that she really felt like she knew what she was doing (after all, she had already done it 6 or 7 times) and she seemed very positive about it.
The reason they went to a hospital birth was purely a money decision... they had insurance which would cover almost all of the costs associated with having the babies, and as their family grew, they just felt strongly that they needed to cut the cost of homebirth out of their budget.
Now personally, I can't even imagine it, but God gives grace to people for special circumstances, and He must have given that mum special grace to be able to go back to hospital births.
My favorite place to labour is on the lu too. My body just prefers that position for helping to bring baby down. I wanted a birthing stool with my last two, but never had the opportunity to have access to one.
Here's a wonderful article that discusses positioning and the birthing stool is mentioned too.
Are you expecting another baby now, or do you anticipate any more little ones in your future?
Warm Regards,
I had heart failure with my last pregnancy but am now recovered. My story is http://www.myheartsisters.com/storie...jasher-s-story and will help you understand my dilemma.
I will PM you the rest of my reply.
Kate, sorry I can't message you because I haven't posted more than 15 posts..Arghh...My answer to your question about another birth is complicated, so I have written it, but can't send it to you.


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The recent death of Yale University senior Michele Dufault in a university machine shop has prompted Dartmouth's Thayer School of Engineering machine shop to re-examine its own safety policies, according to shop manager and instructor Kevin Baron. Due to a similar but much less severe incident two years ago in which a student's hair became tangled in equipment, the Dartmouth shop already has safety policies in place that guard against such accidents in the future, Baron said.
While working at the Yale machine shop sometime before 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, Dufault's hair was caught in a metal lathe, a large machine that rotates a piece around a stationary tool, according to the Yale Daily News.
Although Dartmouth's shop temporarily suspended evening hours immediately following the Yale incident, the staff decided to instead increase the number of teaching assistants present from one to two during evening hours, Baron said.


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What criteria do you use to pick YOUR Sexiest Man Alive?
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People magazine will reveal their Sexiest Man Alive this week – who will it be? Although People has their own system for selecting the reigning sexy man, we wanted to know, what do YOU think makes a man sexy? We asked real women, what are the things that make you really think a man is sexy? Quite a few of the answers were physical, but still – you all appear to have your values in line – you do weigh kindness as more important than abs.
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AUSTIN, Texas — Twelve chapters of the Texas Master Naturalist program are offering fall training classes for volunteers who want to learn about and help conserve the state's natural resources.
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Rachel but no Ryan
All kinds of internet activity yesterday over a weak report that Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling might be recreating The Notebook. Click here for a refresher. How long were Allie and Noah apart before she saw him in her wedding dress in the newspaper? It was 7 years, right? Has it been 7 years since Rachel and Ryan broke up in real life? OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG It's like the best kind of blurred lines. Full Story
Rachel & Ryan together again?
Everybody wants this. Which is why everybody was so eager to talk about this story today, even though the source is about as sketch as it gets. The report originated from OK! Magazine and it's an easy one to fabricate because Ryan Gosling hasn't been seen with Eva Mendes in a while which OF COURSE means he must be back together with Rachel McAdams. Full Story
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More information from that deposition is being leaked. In case you missed it, Tom Cruise is suing IN TOUCH for saying he abandoned Suri. Click here for my initial post about it last week. During the deposition, in addition to blaming Scientology for his alleged estrangement from his daughter, the magazine's lawyers suggested that Tom was so disconnected from Suri that he went to Cameron Diaz's birthday party instead of being with his child. Full Story
Will Smith cheats on Jada?
With who? Supposedly with Margot Robbie. She's the actress in The Wolf Of Wall Street who, for a while, was rumoured to be dating Leonardo DiCaprio which turned out to be bullsh-t because, well, Leo is strictly models. According to STAR Magazine – so immediately you know it's not true – Will and Margot are hooking up. Full Story
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Central Queenstown is a bustling hive of bars, restaurants and shops, making it a vibrant town center to entertain every visitor. Originally a mining town home to gold rushers, Queenstown has blossomed into the home of adventure sports and the ultimate base camp for visitors to our stunning, pristine natural playground. In town be sure to visit the waterfront, walk past to the Queenstown Gardens or enjoy a ride up Bob's Peak on the gondola to ride the luge or simply have a coffee and enjoy the view.
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Here are 10 things you should know for Wednesday, Nov. 13:
1.-- U.S. stock futures were pointing to a lower Wall Street open on Wednesday after Asian markets declined on disappointment over the lack of bold reforms to China's growth model.
European stocks were weaker in early trading.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 0.2% on Wednesday while China's Shanghai Composite sank 1.8%.
Leaders of China's Communist Party, following a four-day meeting, failed to announce dramatic changes such as curbing the dominance of state industry, extending property rights to farmers or relaxing the one child birth control policy, The Associated Press reported.
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Mrs. G and I went down to Lake Whitney to meet some friends, go camping and take out our friends boat for Memorial Day. We had a blast, but unfortuntately, that might have been the last nice weekend to go camping down here in Texas before fall as the heat is starting to encroach.
My friend and his wife were in charge of dinner the first night and they brought some barbacoa that they had cooked earleir and just warmed up, so I didn't take any pictures. The second night, we made turtle eggs as an appetizer and then some burgers (that somehow I didn't get any pictures of).
My buddy let me drive the boat...sorta
We found a deserted cove to cool off in and have a few beers. Mrs. G enjoying it.
Then we took some turns tubing (my buddy forgot his wakeboard and skis). yeah, that's me. I still feel sore.
After the lake, I cooked the Turtle Eggs on a lil Weber Kettle. Just used a handful of coals and my Maverick to try and keep the temp around 250. The Eggs I made a few days before hand with a mix of whipped cream cheese, pepper jack and mild cheddar. Sprinkled with Stubbs Rub and then froze so they would keep longer in an icechest.
All in all a great little trip. Lots of fun was had by all. I really need to start saving for a mini or small egg, though, to take with me on road trips. Little kettles work, but Eggs are so much easier.