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Has anyone put 32GB RAM into a 2011 iMac? According to NewEgg, 4x 8GB of PC3-10600 should be around $200. I guess I shouldn't find that shocking, but I do. I was just brainstorming about the possible maximum RAM for Ivy Bridge iMacs. I don't think anyone sells 16GB modules yet.
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kuskus posted:Has anyone put 32GB RAM into a 2011 iMac? According to NewEgg, 4x 8GB of PC3-10600 should be around $200. I guess I shouldn't find that shocking, but I do. We maxed a couple of them out at work. I think it was around $200, it was $350 from Crucial or OWC
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If new iMacs aren't announced with Mountain Lion, I'm going to go ahead and need to pull the trigger on a new 27 inch model. I'm a firm believer in buying as much processor as you can, so I'm trying to decide between settling for the 3.1 i5 model that's abailable refurbed for $1660 here - http://store.apple.com/us/product/FC814LL/A Or buying new in order to get the 3.4 i7 model for $2200. I'd actually probably also add another $100 for the 2g version of the graphics card, bringing me up to $2300. The machine will be for heavy video editing and audio recording and mixing. I like the idea of getting the i7 for future proofing - I'm one of those people that never upgrades until I absolutely have to (currently rocking an '08 C2D iMac), but then I look at those numbers and see myself spending $650 more for an i7 over an i5 and one more gig of RAM on the same graphics card. Is there any way that's remotely a reasonable choice?
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Jul 22, 2012 23:08
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a bad poster yall posted:Get the 8GB of RAM and it'll be more than good enough. 
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ufarn posted:Pretty close to getting a 13" Air. Is there anything it can't do in terms of performance I should know about?
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Jul 22, 2012 23:20
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:You absolutely don't need 8GB for browser tabs. You might not need 8GB, but it's nice to have more than 4GB. I've slowly been upgrading people around the office who are on older 15" Macbook Pros from 4GB to 8GB. I'll fire up activity monitor and see they have 0 free memory and a 3GB swap file, and all they have open is Office and about 20 browser windows. Sure, they could just restart their computers every day instead of every week, but c'mon, this isn't Windows.
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Jul 22, 2012 23:29
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Bob Morales posted:Office
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:You absolutely don't need 8GB for browser tabs. True, it was more of a "you might as well as it's cheap and you'll get an amazing machine" kinda post.
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Jul 22, 2012 23:58
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Bob Morales posted:Next time someone says "You can get a Sony/Dell/whatever for $599 that has the same specs as a Apple...." To be fair, aluminum laptops suffer from pitting in some cases.
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Jul 23, 2012 02:51
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Uuudar posted:To be fair, aluminum laptops suffer from pitting in some cases. Very rare.
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Jul 23, 2012 03:41
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Bob Morales posted:Very rare. Are the intel macs better in this regard? I've never seen a G4 Powerbook that wasn't pitted to hell after a couple of years.
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Transistor Rhythm posted:The machine will be for heavy video editing and audio recording and mixing. I like the idea of getting the i7 for future proofing - I'm one of those people that never upgrades until I absolutely have to (currently rocking an '08 C2D iMac), but then I look at those numbers and see myself spending $650 more for an i7 over an i5 and one more gig of RAM on the same graphics card. It looks like (guessing based on the GHz) the processors themselves are the i5-2400 and i7-3770. You'll lose hyperthreading (which is say a 0-30% performance boost, depending on workload), the CPU frequency's lower, 6 MB of cache instead of 8 MB, same number of cores, they support 1333MHz vs 1600MHz RAM. If you're doing interactive CPU-bound workloads all the time, where you the human are waiting for the CPU to finish its work, getting a faster CPU can make sense. (But maybe memory bandwidth is the bottleneck, in which case a cheaper Ivy Bridge CPU might be more appropriate.)
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Jul 23, 2012 04:26
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ShadeofBlue posted:Are the intel macs better in this regard? I've never seen a G4 Powerbook that wasn't pitted to hell after a couple of years. My 6-7 year old MBP looks flawless aside from a dent. I don't think it's a concern unless you're buying cheap laptops.
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Kilometers Davis posted:My 6-7 year old MBP looks flawless aside from a dent. I don't think it's a concern unless you're buying cheap laptops. It happened to my MBP of the same vintage.
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Jul 23, 2012 04:29
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Hi, I was wondering if I could connect two monitors to a late 2006 Mac Mini. The Mini has a single DVI-I port, so I was thinking of using this splitter: http://sewelldirect.com/dvi-splitter-cable-vga.asp and driving one monitor with DVI-D and the other with VGA. Is this possible, or will the display be only mirrored?
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Pseudo-God posted:Hi, The page you linked posted:This cable does not mirror an image on two displays. It allows you to have two displays connected to one source (i.e. projector and monitor) and to use one display or the other without having to connect or disconnect the cables which can lead to connector stress damage. One display at a time, no mirroring, but no cable swapping.
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Jul 23, 2012 10:14
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Just use a cheapo USB video card.
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Jul 23, 2012 10:47
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ShadeofBlue posted:Are the intel macs better in this regard? I've never seen a G4 Powerbook that wasn't pitted to hell after a couple of years. We're talking about modern computers. G4 Macs are how old? You can see already worn plastic laptops on display at Best Buy.
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Jul 23, 2012 13:55
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Bob Morales posted:We're talking about modern computers. G4 Macs are how old? You can see already worn plastic laptops on display at Best Buy. If you saw how pitted my 4 year old Core2Duo MBP was you'd never stop throwing up.
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HolePisser1982 posted:If you saw how pitted my 4 year old Core2Duo MBP was you'd never stop throwing up. I've seen pictures of them online but never in person. Is it a certain chemical in a lotion or soap, or just what some people's skin has in sweat/oil?
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Bob Morales posted:I've seen pictures of them online but never in person. Is it a certain chemical in a lotion or soap, or just what some people's skin has in sweat/oil? Someone told me it was probably the mix of skin oil and heat (that thing got pretty scorching hot) but I've never really known. I'm hoping it doesn't happen to the new retina, and I don't believe I've ever seen any pitting on a unibody mac, but I guess I'll find out in a year or two!
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HolePisser1982 posted:Someone told me it was probably the mix of skin oil and heat (that thing got pretty scorching hot) but I've never really known. I'm hoping it doesn't happen to the new retina, and I don't believe I've ever seen any pitting on a unibody mac, but I guess I'll find out in a year or two! The pictures I've seen online are right on the corner.
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I have it really bad in several places on my 15" MBP, the model right before the switch to unibody. Just got a 2011 refurbished Air so we'll see if it's just me! Also, there was that fun discoloration of the palm rests of the white MacBooks several years back.
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HolePisser1982 posted:If you saw how pitted my 4 year old Core2Duo MBP was you'd never stop throwing up. Yeah this is my current computer and it's fine except for the sharper edges which are pitted and ugly. Also a few dents but that's my own fault. E - it's one of the first unibodies.
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https://uptodate.apple.com/UtdPrepareAction.action The Up To Date program has started- be sure to fill it out before you forget about it!
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Uuudar posted:To be fair, aluminum laptops suffer from pitting in some cases. My C2D pre-UniBody Macbook Pro got pretty pitted and I was told it was because I have a fake tooth (hockey accident). Now I have a 2011 MBA which is in perfect condition - still have the same fake tooth though. The new models' unibody material seems to be a lot more resistant.
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mik posted:My C2D pre-UniBody Macbook Pro got pretty pitted and I was told it was because I have a fake tooth (hockey accident). Now I have a 2011 MBA which is in perfect condition - still have the same fake tooth though. The new models' unibody material seems to be a lot more resistant. Were you gnawing on your laptop or something 
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Some people have more corrosive sweat. It's a pH thing and is the same reason why latex and nitrile gloves discolor yellow for some people but not others. The amount you sweat also makes a difference - some people have hyperhydrosis or are just sweaty people (fat) which will exacerbate the situation.
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cowofwar posted:or are just sweaty people (fat) which will exacerbate the situation. Shmoogy posted:https://uptodate.apple.com/UtdPrepareAction.action or go to http://www.apple.com/osx/uptodate/. That link doesn't work for some reason. BlackMK4 fucked around with this message at 05:47 on Jul 24, 2012 |
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160 lbs and 5'8" is nearly overweight according to BMI so you probably would sweat less if you lost 10 or 20 pounds.
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inferis posted:160 lbs and 5'8" is nearly overweight according to BMI so you probably would sweat less if you lost 10 or 20 pounds. Or just turn on the AC. Would this battery be okay to buy? Any goons have a Unibody Macbook 5,1 battery laying around they want to sell? http://www.amazon.com/Original-Appl...=I1YQESHP25YSH0
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inferis posted:160 lbs and 5'8" is nearly overweight according to BMI so you probably would sweat less if you lost 10 or 20 pounds. Ahh this is the kind of great content I love to see when there are fresh posts in the Mac Hardware thread
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Bob Morales posted:Or just turn on the AC. Looks okay, one of the comments says it's original Apple product; probably some authorized dealer who had stock on hand went belly up and someone else just picked these up at auction or something, because there's normally no way that price would be that cheap.. Newer Tech sells their MacBook batteries for at least $100 through OWC.
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Finally just brought my iMac with the wonky airport to the Apple store. I was worried the problem wouldn't present itself at the store but it was actually much worse on their connection than it is for me at home. Looks like I don't get it back for a week though. I wish they would just swap out broken iMacs like they do with iPhones. 
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Well, at least they can run tests on it and see if it's either the logic board, the antenna, the antenna cable, or the combo Bluetooth/WiFi Broadcom based WiFi card. iPhones aren't really easy to service, so handing you a new unit is easier than having someone take the time to take apart your phone to diagnose it, and you get back in business faster. Plus, they can keep more than a dozen iPhones on hand in the same shelf space that an iMac box takes up. Also by taking back the bad iPhone they neatly keep it away from third party fixit businesses who would use it for spare parts. Edit: spellink Binary Badger fucked around with this message at 00:12 on Jul 25, 2012 |
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inferis posted:160 lbs and 5'8" is nearly overweight according to BMI so you probably would sweat less if you lost 10 or 20 pounds. Too bad BMI is a total poo poo way to call that.  quote:It may overestimate body fat in athletes and others who have a muscular build. Binary Badger posted:Well, at least they can run tests on it and see if it's either the logic board, the antenna, the antenna cable, or the combo Bluetooth/WiFi Broadcom based WiFi card. edit2: inferis posted:Oh my bad didn't realize you were a body builder athlete. Totally overestimated your probable 8% body fat. 
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Case in point: Maurice Jones Drew, running back for the Jacksonville Jaguars. 5'7", 208 lbs. Probably 10-11% body fat if I had to guess. (Obviously this is 0.00001% of the population but still) Anyone have any NAS recommendations for a Mac Mini/MBA setup?
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BlackMK4 posted:Too bad BMI is a total poo poo way to call that.
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Shut the gently caress up about BMI. Nobody cares.
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Now that I have my Air, I'm thinking about getting an iMac. While my old black Macbook is still running OK, I only ever now use it as a desktop, and I figure if I am going to use it as a desktop I might as well get an actual desktop. Through work I can get a ~2 year old black / silver: Apple iMac 20" Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66 GHz 4GB 320GB for $300. However, I'd only do this if: - I can upgrade the HD (to a larger internal HD, or to a SSD + HD) - there wasn't some crazy improvement over the last year or so in iMacs that would help here. So how is the quality on these? I haven't owned a desktop since...2002 or so, so I'm a little out of the loop on the finer points of Apple's desktop offerings.
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