World of Warcraft is the world’s most popular MMORPG and many Mac users are playing this game on their MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air. What are these users saying about playing WoW On the MacBook? Here are some feedback from these Mac users.

It may look nice, but does it play World of Warcraft? – So far I’ve played WoW on 4 computers – my parents’ AMD Athlon 3000+ (512 MB RAM, 64 MB VIA graphics), Hari’s Pentium 4 (512 MB RAM, 128 MB nVidia graphics) and my Mac Mini (1.42Ghz PowerPC, 512 MB RAM, 128 MB ATi graphics), as well as my MacBook (1.83Ghz Core Duo, 1 GB RAM, 64 MB Intel Graphics). … And now to my MacBook. I really didn’t know how it would handle WoW – though it has the best processor of the lot, with a high clock speed and two cores, and the most RAM, its graphics abilities aren’t that great. However, out of the 4 machines, WoW plays the best on the MacBook. Framerates are between 15-20 fps on average with 30+ possible indoors, and there’s almost no lag, even in the busiest parts of Ironforge. – http://www.neilturner.me.uk/2006/Aug/29/world_of_warcraft_macbook.html

World of Warcraft and MacBook Pro – So my nephew installed World of Warcraft on my MacBook Pro to test how fast WOW would run, and we must say it is definitely phenomenal! Originally on the PowerBook I had, WOW ran quite laggy and the graphics were choppy and unexciting; essentially WOW worked on the PowerBook, it just wasn’t very satisfying to play on it. The MacBook Pro, on the other hand, seemed to be day and night difference, of course to be expected since the video card is better, dual core processor, and so on. – http://bui4ever.com/blog/2006/04/16/world-of-warcraft-and-macbook-pro.php

MacBook Pro + World of Warcraft = AWESOME! – World of Warcraft on a Mac Book Pro is WOW! I am sure that some of the other massively GPU intensive games might have problems but, at least for me, World of Warcraft played perfectly. – http://www.richandstephsipe.com/wordpress/2006/06/18/mac-book-pro-world-of-warcraft-awesome-2/

Black MacBook – My Wowspace – I play WoW on a Black MacBook, and it runs fine. I can’t have all the graphic modes set to highest, but don’t I have to have them on the lowest either. With a little tweaking, the game still looks beautiful. – http://scoots.wordpress.com/2007/04/08/black-macbook-my-wowspace/

Playing World of Warcraft on a Macbook – The picture above shows the current WoW video settings for my 2GHz Core 2 Duo Macbook with 2GB of ram. The graphics chip is a GMA 950. After some tweaking, I’ve found these settings work well for me.

They won’t give you the fastest frame rates but I think they’re a good compromise between graphical detail and raw speed. I typically get frame rates that range from the high teens to low 20s. If your Macbook has the newer GMA X3100 graphics chip, you should be getting even higher frame rates. I wouldn’t raid with my Macbook, but questing and 5-member instance runs certainly aren’t out of the question. – http://www.appleotaku.com/2007/09/23/playing-world-of-warcraft-on-a-macbook/

MacBook Air: Rambling First Impressions – The Air runs World of Warcraft pretty damn well. Sure, I don’t have, uh, specular water reflective anti-aliased spectroscopic quadrophonic roto-tilling turned on. But, you know, I can, like, heal things and run around and pick liferoot and run around some more. (PHEAR MY HEALING, EVIL-DOERS OF AZEROTH!) – http://www.wilshipley.com/blog/2008/02/macbook-air-rambling-first-impressions.html

MacBook Air – My Brief Love Affair – I briefly tested the MBA with World of Warcraft, and I thought it was fine. It performed about as well as a standard macbook, and I told myself that I could live with that. – http://www.randomstatic.org/?p=69

Mac Games: Playing WOW on my 17″ MacBook Pro – I recently installed a trial copy of World of Warcraft on my 17? MacBook Pro. … Since I’ve installed WOW on my 17? MacBook Pro, I really have no reason not to play. No, I’m not getting sucked into the wonderful world of WOW. I give myself a certain amount of time to play and once I reach that limit. That’s it, no more gameplay. – http://themacdiva.com/mac-games-playing-wow-on-my-17-macbook-pro/

Reading all these positive comments from various websites about the Asus Eee PC makes me want to get one too.

Pound for pound, the best value-priced notebook on the planet. – http://www.laptopmag.com/review/laptops/asus-eee-pc-701.aspx

Refreshingly innovative and scandalously cheap, Asus’ Eee PC is a great little device for those with basic needs. A great keyboard makes working on it surprisingly easy, while media playback adds a little extra to the package. Internet browsing is also a key component and though the low resolution screen lets it down somewhat, at this price it would be churlish to penalise it too greatly. - http://www.trustedreviews.com/notebooks/review/2007/10/30/Asus-Eee-PC-4G-701/p1

… an impressive package for portable Web surfing and basic productivity, as long as you keep expectations tempered. The incredibly approachable price outweighs any shortcomings; it’s a near perfect choice for a highly portable second or backup laptop. - http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/asus-eee-pc-4g/4505-3121_7-32466960.html

Eeextremely Eeenticing … Good things come in small packages – http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/eee-pc-review.ars

… the Eee PC is the single most impressive notebook I’ve seen priced below $400. The technical specs might look sub par, but the usability and overall performance of the Eee PC rivals notebooks costing several thousand dollars more. – http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=13453

You can easily carry it around, since it is very light, and if you have wireless access in your hometown, the usability and practicality of this tiny little guy increase by leaps and bounds. You don’t have to be too imaginative to see the delight of web surfing, e-mailing or note taking wherever you are, watching a film during a pause at work etc. - http://www.insidehw.com/Reviews/Notebooks/Asus-Eee-PC.html

Possibly the best ultraportable laptop you can buy, and for a mere $400. – http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/12/review-asus-eee.html

It’s a mainstream, everyday-tasks laptop that happens to be incredibly compact yet remarkably usable, with a combination of hardware, software, and value that hits a sweet spot the industry hadn’t noticed. – http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/reviews/article.php/3711766

Even without the webcam and occasional lag, the Asus Eee PC 4G Surf is one of our favorite notebooks. - http://www.laptopmag.com/review/laptops/asus-eee-pc-4g-surf.aspx

The next generation of the Eee PC – the Eee PC 900 is coming out soon. It will have a 8.9-inch screen with a resolution of 1024×600 compared to the current 7-inch with 800×400 resolution. The S.S.D (Solid-State Disk) storage will be increased to 12GB from the current 8GB storage for a top-spec Eee PC. I’m sure many are waiting for the next generation Asus Eee PC, and I’m one of them.

Related Links:

• How to Install Windows XP on the Asus Eee PC
• How to Install Mac OS X on the Asus Eee PC
• Asus Eee PC photos comparison with Windows Notebook
• Asus Eee PC – The Sub-Notebook for Gadget Lovers
• How to Optimize and Tune the Asus Eee PC

Asus Eee PC Tweak Guide at NotebookReview.com will teach you the following tweaks for your Asus Eee PC:

1. The First Hack: Adding Programs
2. The Second Hack: Adding the Start Icon
3. Windows XP: A Whole New Ball of Hacks
4. Windows XP Tweak: The Swap File
5. Suggested Windows Applications (all freeware, all small in size)
6. Upgrades, Simple or Extensive (both warranty voiding)

The Asus Eee PC is a very versatile PC as you can install various Linux distros (Ubuntu, Debian, Gentoo, Fedora, Mandriva and others), Windows XP, Windows Vista and even the Mac OS X on it. If you decide to revert the Eee PC back to the OS (Xandros) it came with, the Asus supplied DVD will help you do just that.

Related Links:

• How to Install Windows XP on the Asus Eee PC
• How to Install Mac OS X on the Asus Eee PC
• Asus Eee PC photos comparison with Windows Notebook
• Asus Eee PC – The Sub-Notebook for Gadget Lovers

If you’re looking for information on how to install Windows XP on the Asus Eee PC, here are some tutorials to help you.

• EEEUser Wiki: Installing Microsoft Windows XP on an Eee PC 701 4G 
• EEEUser Wiki: Windows XP Professional Installation Onto SD or SDHC card

Once you have installed Windows XP on the Eee PC, you should optimize it to reduce cpu and memory usage. Some tips are available at http://wiki.eeeuser.com/optimizingwinxp and Internet’s Best Secrets: Optimizing Windows XP for SSD use.

Here are feedback from users who have installed Windows XP on their Asus Eee PC.

Although I’ve barely used the Eee PC with XP, I can already see that this is a good combo for me and my work habits. The custom build of Xandros Linux worked well for me and given that I can factory restore the device quickly, I like having both options. The benefits of XP? Fewer issues with device drivers for one; my new EV-DO card doesn’t yet have a Linux driver, but works fine in XP. More third-party and mainstream application support is available in XP also. Not a huge deal for me, but to others, that’s a must. – http://jkontherun.blogs.com/jkontherun/2007/12/microsoft-windo.html.

At this kind of price S$600, you cannot ask for more for the size and portability!!
Know what you are gonna use it for and you will really enjoy your EEE Experience..
Never try any programs as I’m doing it from a casual gamer point of view.
Web-browsing and Emailing is not an issue here definitely, except for the screen res of coz.
Live Messenger works just as well, but had to use mess patch to remove the MSN junks at the bottom, else the contact list too short!
Battery life shows 10% after 2hrs 10mins in XP desktop doing nothing, LCD brightness Max, Wifi on and connected to AP for 1.5hrs.
Screen saver on after 10mins, i move the cursor occasionally..
Therefore, estimated batt life is around 2.5hrs in WinXP with Wifi.
Official 3.5Hrs is with Linux OS and probably without Wifi. - http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=1762468

I have now installed Windows XP Pro on my Eee PC and while the unit’s power consumption characteristics are slightly better than they were under the standard Linux installation, it’s not as much of a gain as I’d hoped for. – http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/12/07/eb_eee_pc_with_xp/

If you haven’t gotten your Eee PC yet, Asus has officially launched an Asus Eee PC pre-installed with Microsoft Windows XP, so you don’t have to install XP on the Eee PC by yourself.

Uneasysilence.com has a tutorial on how to install the Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard on the Asus Eee PC. It’s definitely not a step by step guide for everyone. You’ll need to be familiar with command line to prepare a patched DVD install disk. An external USB DVD drive is required for the installation using the patched installation DVD. This is not for the faint-hearted or anyone looking for instant gratification.

The Mac OS X definitely works on the Asus Eee PC and here are some photographic evidence.

The Mac OS X may work on the Asus Eee PC, but I doubt the Mac OS X performance would be acceptable and since wifi doesn’t work, it’s pretty pointless.

My opinion: installing the Mac OS X on the Asus Eee PC is just for the hobbyist wants to have fun with his Eee PC.

Coming up next: Installing Windows XP on your Linux based Asus Eee PC!

Related Links:

• Build a Hackintosh Mac for Under $800
• EEE PC OS X Project – Project Dedicated to Installing Mac OS X on the Asus Eee PC

HardwareZone.com reviewed the Asus Eee PC and said:

With a clean design, decent specs that provide above average performance and an easily customizable operating system, the ASUS Eee PC could be the perfect holiday gift, if there’s any stock left. Its form factor, light weight, modest screen and a proper keyboard catapults it well ahead of UMPCs like the Sony VGN-UX50, Fujitsu U1010 and others in terms of overall usability. And of course, not forgetting why the ASUS Eee has achieved the popularity it is enjoying is its affordability at just S$598 (~US$414) inclusive of tax. Not bad at all for what it offers.

Related Links:

• Asus Eee PC – The Sub-Notebook for Gadget Lovers
• Asus Eee PC photos comparison with Windows Notebook

Just how small is the Asus Eee PC compared to a normal Windows Notebook?

Here are some photos from flickr.

Asus Eee PC and Dell XPS M1330.

Asus Eee PC and Dell Inspiron 700m.

Asus Eee PC and a 20″ Acer Notebook.

Asus Eee PC and another normal Asus notebook.

Asus Eee PC and a normal 15.4″ notebook.

Related Links:

•  Asus Eee PC – The Sub-Notebook for Gadget Lovers

I stumbled across the Asus Eee PC today and was intrigued by this cheap and small notebook.

And I wasn’t the only gadget lover who is intrigued. A quick hop over to flickr.com got me plenty of Asus Eee PC photos taken by their proud owners.

  
The Asus Eee PC size comparison with a Macbook Pro.

 
An Asus Eee PC in the land of Apples.

 
Asus Eee PC size comparison with a MacBook.

The Asus Eee PC running Mac OS X!

 
A Black Asus Eee PC on a MacBook.

The Asus Eee PC beside a 12" Powerbook.

Next, I’m gonna find me a batch of photos of the Asus Eee PC compared to Windows notebooks. Wait for it!

AnandTech has written a detailed review comparing Apple’s latest MacBook and MacBook Pros that uses the Intel 45nm Penryn Core. If you’re deciding whether to get a MacBook or a MacBook Pro, this review will help you better understand their differences.

The review compares the MacBook against the MacBook Pro; looking at their keyboard, multitouch trackpad, display screen, CPU performance and battery life. There are plenty of photos, graphs and charts comparing the two machines.

As for me, I’m looking forward to the next MacBook revision that will use the Montevina chipset with a new GMA X4500HD graphics core, DDR3 support, lower power chipset and better battery life.

Apple’s 802.11n Wi-Fi Hard Drive, the Time Capsule is a dream come true for the digital pack-rat. I have a huge collection of files, songs, videos, photos, and movies that I regularly housekeep by deleting or backing up to DVDs. 1TB of storage will help cut down my digital housekeeping time.

AppleInsider has a preview and unboxing of the Time Capsule. Read all about it at AppleInsider – Apple Time Capsule Unboxing and Preview.