“The MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008) includes a new feature in the Energy Saver system preference pane for adjusting graphics performance,” Apple’s Support Doc #HT3207 explains.
You can select Better battery life or Higher performance:
• Select Better battery life for situations where heavy, graphic-intensive applications are not being used or use of the MagSafe adaptor is limited.
• Select Higher performance if playing games or carrying out other tasks which involve heavy graphics processing.
When choosing a different graphics setting in the Energy Saver system preference pane, you will be required to log out for the new settings to take effect. After choosing Log Out (shown in the message below), you will have an opportunity to save any open documents or other work.
By default, the MacBook Pro (15-inch, Late 2008) uses the Better battery life option.
Full article here.
[Attribution: Macworld UK. Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “New MBP Owner” for the heads up.]
@ichi
i believe you can daisy chain FW devices .. meaning that if your drive has 2FW ports you plug your drive and into your drive you plug camera … true is that not all devices have the 2nd port
@DanielM:
“And to those who complain about Firewire, what can you do with two Firewire ports that you can’t do with one.”
Or better phrased for the new MacBooks, “what can you do with one FireWire port that you can’t do with none?”
Why do you need two GPUs in a Mac anyway, unless you expect people to run Windows on it.
Just got my new MBP 5,1 15″ 2.66 today! It is awesome. FW is a non-issue. A $5 adapter took care of the need for dedicated FW 400. Everything works GREAT! Steve isn’t getting left behind by distancing himself from hard media. Once upon a time, we will have real broadband in the U.S. Once that day comes, iTunes HD is going to be way better than BluRay. (In overall user experience, not necessarily in resolution.)