I am interested in starting a stream using my MacBook Pro as a my streaming PC. My gaming computer can stream fine until I add a webcam, then my CPU usage goes through the roof and kills my fps in-game. What applications come with macbook pro. I have a MacBook Pro -Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015- Processing Power: 2.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor. 8GB of 1866MHz LPDDR3 onboard memory. Work Faster with Multi-Touch Gestures. The first thing you’ll want to be familiar with is that massive.
My extra MagSafe Power Adapter for my MacBook Pro arrived yesterday, so I now have the last ingredient needed to turn my MacBook Pro into a desktop. The extra adapter enables me to run its wires behind my desk to the machine once it’s in its desktop stand, alleviating the need for the regular outlet chord and for me to need to crawl under the desk and disconnect it every time I take the notebook on the road. I now have my desktop set up so I simply plug and unplug the MBP to its various chords, turn it on, and close it up and slide it into place.
Macbook Pro Vs Pc Laptop
I’m running an Apple Wireless Keyboard (Bluetooth) and a Macally BT Mouse (Bluetooth) with the machine, and the combo seems to work well together. I usually do have to cycle power to the mouse to kick the MBP’s Bluetooth functions into gear, but the MBP picks up both peripherals when I do.
Macbook Pro Desktop Setup
For networking, I plug the notebook into my Gigabit Ethernet router, turn off Airport, and make Apple Talk active on the Ethernet port when I do. I’m using the whole set-up with a 20 inch Apple Cinema Display sitting up on an Allsoft monitor stand. My data disks are a Maxtor Easy Touch III 300 GB Firewire 400/USB 2.0 hard disk for OS X and a Maxtor 160 GB hard disk inside a SIIG Firewire 800 hard disk case for Windows XP. The Easy Touch is also a clone of the boot hard drive on my dual G5. The SIIG contains Windows applications and data that I either don’t need to haul on the road or that are simply too large to fit on the Windows XP partition of my MBP. If you’re wondering how I use the Easy Touch with my Intel Mac, the Intel Mac reads and writes to it without a problem since they’re both formatted using Mac OS X Extended. I simply can’t boot or run the Intel Mac from the drive. But it does allow me full access to all the data I have. I had thought I’d keep both it and the G5 PowerMac in synch by using the MaxTouch Utility, but I tried it this morning and it cannot write some files on the hard drive, at least when I try to clone the whole thing. That said, the mistake was probably mine in that what I believe I need to synch are just the user accounts rather than the whole drive. If that doesn’t work, I’ll probably try one of the file and folder synchronizing utilities available for the Mac.
I plug in and turn on the SIIG FW800 drive before booting the MacBook Pro into Windows XP, and I am finding that Windows treats the drive like an internal drive rather than a removable one. That’s fine with me; it makes my use of the external practically invisible. Microsoft Flight Simulator X and the Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator and CFS2 run better on my MBP than my old AMD 2800+ powered homebuilt PC which has, because of that, been designated to go home with another family member. To hook the machine into my USB peripherals, I am running a USB 2.0 extension chord from the USB 2.0 hub on the rear of the 20 inch Apple Cinema Display to a spot near the USB hub that plugs into the 23 inch Apple Cinema Display near my dual G5 PowerMac. To use the peripherals with my MBP, I simply unplug the hub from the 23 inch ACD and into the USB extension chord.
I still have a few issues to work out, but this set-up allows me to maximize my use of all my computer assets while minimizing the amount of upkeep and expense. I can work on the dual G5 PowerMac or the MacBook Pro as I choose using the same data sets and the same peripherals. I can and often do run both machines at the same time, allowing me to tie up one or the other (and usually it is the dual G5) with video editing or encoding duties or just plain maintenance tasks, without interrupting what I am doing. I also have been able to eliminate the need for a separate Windows PC. The MBP is even Vista capable if I want to go there, something I have no intention of doing at the moment. My money will be going to Leopard next year; I won’t be upgrading to Leopard unless something drives me into it. I doubt that will happen anytime soon, if ever at all. I also still like the Logitech S530 over the Apple keyboard and Macally mouse I’m using, but I’d have to give up a USB port to run that, and they’re scarce right now. If Logitech ever comes out with a Bluetooth version of that set, I’ll buy it and use it with my MBP. But for now, the Apple and Macally keyboard and mouse combo work fine. I do still need to add an external iSight to this set-up, and I’ll probably do that sometime after Christmas.