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Cherry Kesslinger

Registered User

Join date: 21 Nov 2007

Posts: 1

12-31-2007 09:28

Hello all! Wow, so glad I found this forum. I just got a new Macbook that has the Intel Extreme video card which is listed on secondlife.com's system requirements as one that is incompatible with sl. I downloaded sl anyway and it of course freezes and my comp has to be rebooted every time. I called Mac Support and they were no help. Any thoughts on what I can do? Am I just out of luck here? I don't want to take my Mac back and get a PC, I love it too much. I have the middle version of the Macbook laptop. Thanks for any and all help or suggestions!

Zak Claxton

SL Live Musician

Join date: 14 Oct 2006

Posts: 121

01-02-2008 19:30

Sadly, it's just not going to work. Macbooks and SL are a bad mix. My MacBook Pro, with its GeForce 8600M GT, handles SL just fine (relatively speaking, as fine as SL runs on any Mac)... but your Intel Extreme card is straight out not going to run SL at all.

I don't think there's anything you can do to make it work for you. Best of luck, though.

Lee Ponzu

What Would Steve Do?

Join date: 28 Jun 2006

Posts: 1,770

01-03-2008 09:06

I wouldn't expect it to work very well, but I expect it to work. Have you tried using preferences in SL to set your graphics down to the lowest level? That might make it workable (barely). If it does, then you can use [] Customize to slowly increase the things that are most important to you.

On the other hand, you can get a new or used MacBook pro, and hope SL/Apple get that mess fixed soon.

_____________________

So many monkeys, so little Shakespeare.

Zak Claxton

SL Live Musician

Join date: 14 Oct 2006

Posts: 121

01-03-2008 14:30

From: Lee Ponzu

I wouldn't expect it to work very well, but I expect it to work.

No... it straight out doesn't work at all. Here's what Linden has to say...

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Second Life may not run on graphics/video cards other than the ones listed above. Unfortunately, if your graphics card includes any of the following words, it's NOT compatible with Second Life:
- nVidia cards that report as a RIVA TNT or TNT2
- ATI cards that report as RAGE or RAGE PRO
- ATI cards that report as RADEON 320M, 340M, 345M, or similar model numbers
- Intel chipsets less than a 945
- Intel Extreme
- 3DFX
- RIVA
- TNT
- SiS
- S3
- S3TC
- Savage
- Twister
- Rage
- Kyro
- MILENNIA
- most cards by MATROX

=====

No stock MacBook can run SL as a result.

David Plymouth

Registered User

Join date: 23 Aug 2006

Posts: 3

01-06-2008 10:35

Macbooks CAN run SL, the older GMA945's run it fine, in OS X or Windows.
The new ones with the x3100 cards CAN run it, and there are details online how you can hack SL to run on these machines.

http://softwareblogs.intel.com/2007/11/29/there-is-a-hack-for-second-life-and-the-intel-965-chipset/

That will allow it to run, the performance isn't the best but it'll run.

macbook with intel extreme video card
Cherry Kesslinger Registered User Join date: 21 Nov 2007 Posts: 1	12-31-2007 09:28 Hello all! Wow, so glad I found this forum. I just got a new Macbook that has the Intel Extreme video card which is listed on secondlife.com's system requirements as one that is incompatible with sl. I downloaded sl anyway and it of course freezes and my comp has to be rebooted every time. I called Mac Support and they were no help. Any thoughts on what I can do? Am I just out of luck here? I don't want to take my Mac back and get a PC, I love it too much. I have the middle version of the Macbook laptop. Thanks for any and all help or suggestions!
Zak Claxton SL Live Musician Join date: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 121	01-02-2008 19:30 Sadly, it's just not going to work. Macbooks and SL are a bad mix. My MacBook Pro, with its GeForce 8600M GT, handles SL just fine (relatively speaking, as fine as SL runs on any Mac)... but your Intel Extreme card is straight out not going to run SL at all. I don't think there's anything you can do to make it work for you. Best of luck, though.
Lee Ponzu What Would Steve Do? Join date: 28 Jun 2006 Posts: 1,770	01-03-2008 09:06 I wouldn't expect it to work very well, but I expect it to work. Have you tried using preferences in SL to set your graphics down to the lowest level? That might make it workable (barely). If it does, then you can use [] Customize to slowly increase the things that are most important to you. On the other hand, you can get a new or used MacBook pro, and hope SL/Apple get that mess fixed soon. _____________________ So many monkeys, so little Shakespeare.
Zak Claxton SL Live Musician Join date: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 121	01-03-2008 14:30 From: Lee Ponzu I wouldn't expect it to work very well, but I expect it to work. No... it straight out doesn't work at all. Here's what Linden has to say... ===== Second Life may not run on graphics/video cards other than the ones listed above. Unfortunately, if your graphics card includes any of the following words, it's NOT compatible with Second Life: - nVidia cards that report as a RIVA TNT or TNT2 - ATI cards that report as RAGE or RAGE PRO - ATI cards that report as RADEON 320M, 340M, 345M, or similar model numbers - Intel chipsets less than a 945 - Intel Extreme - 3DFX - RIVA - TNT - SiS - S3 - S3TC - Savage - Twister - Rage - Kyro - MILENNIA - most cards by MATROX ===== No stock MacBook can run SL as a result.
David Plymouth Registered User Join date: 23 Aug 2006 Posts: 3	01-06-2008 10:35 Macbooks CAN run SL, the older GMA945's run it fine, in OS X or Windows. The new ones with the x3100 cards CAN run it, and there are details online how you can hack SL to run on these machines. http://softwareblogs.intel.com/2007/11/29/there-is-a-hack-for-second-life-and-the-intel-965-chipset/ That will allow it to run, the performance isn't the best but it'll run.

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