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ratbert90 posted:If this is true I hope that means the same for the mini. Goddamnit, I literally bought a Mac mini yesterday. I guess I will find out about Best Buy's return policy very soon!
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Oct 2, 2012 16:24
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Bob Morales posted:I saw this on Reddit so blah blah Let's not get too excited. From that thread: quote:No, you chose a CTO iMac. Those are shipped out from China. The standard models are in stock.
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Oct 2, 2012 18:03
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CombatMedic posted:I'm about to make "the switch" from PCs to a rMBP this week. I use my rmbp for gaming and it works great. Some suggestions if you want to game on your TV. 1. Get a xbox 360 wireless reciever 2. Get the steam beta big picture mode, put in steam in startup 3. Get hdmi cable 4. Get boot champ http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/28468/bootchamp 5. To play on your tv, hook in hdmi, choose bootchamp restart into windows, wait 2 minutes, double tap your xbox guide button, play. Works amazingly well. Bonus: Leave the screen open, and double tap command p to switch video output to TV only to help save your display. It's the best console I've ever had.
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I just ordered a refurbished June 2012, 15" non-retina MBP. I want to upgrade the SSD and RAM myself, so I was planning on ordering the Crucial 256GB M4 2.5" drive, and some DDR3 PC3-12800 RAM. Are these the right parts? Is it worth getting 16gigs of RAM, or should I just stick to 8? I plan on using this laptop for music production, so I think the extra ram will help loading samples in ableton live, or running multiple VSTs.
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Stabbing Spork posted:I just ordered a refurbished June 2012, 15" non-retina MBP. I want to upgrade the SSD and RAM myself, so I was planning on ordering the Crucial 256GB M4 2.5" drive, and some DDR3 PC3-12800 RAM. Are these the right parts? quote:Is it worth getting 16gigs of RAM, or should I just stick to 8? I plan on using this laptop for music production, so I think the extra ram will help loading samples in ableton live, or running multiple VSTs.
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Are there any particularly good stands for the rMBP? Bootcamp gaming is burning the tips of my fingers; I might try elevating it and sliding an external keyboard underneath instead. Edit: an open stand so I can still use the screen, not a vertical stand like the BookArc.
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Sharrow posted:Are there any particularly good stands for the rMBP? I had the same problem so I got a razr nostrama and it doesn't fix the heat problem it just moves your hand away from it. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823114015
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Oct 3, 2012 18:19
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Sharrow posted:Are there any particularly good stands for the rMBP? The Rain mStand is the only one you should be considering. http://www.raindesigninc.com/mstand.html
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I'm having issues with HDMI on a rMBP - whenever I plug it into my TV, it selects 1080p but always requires the overscan slider to be moved in a fair bit to make the screen fit. It's done this on quite a few TV's that I've seen now.. never noticed with a mini-displayport to DVI adaptor before... what is up with this?
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Oct 4, 2012 01:56
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Does your tv have a 1:1 pixel mode? A lot of times its the default for dvi or vga connections but the hdmi ports default to a slightly zoomed in 16:9 mode to ensure any funky video artifacts on the edges are eliminated.
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jt posted:I'm having issues with HDMI on a rMBP - whenever I plug it into my TV, it selects 1080p but always requires the overscan slider to be moved in a fair bit to make the screen fit. It's done this on quite a few TV's that I've seen now.. never noticed with a mini-displayport to DVI adaptor before... what is up with this? I'm seeing the same behavior with overscan, but just not worrying about losing a little bit as I'm only using it for gaming and video.
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Oct 4, 2012 10:53
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11" Retina doesn't have a snowballs chance in hell, does it?
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Why not? The 10" iPad has Retina so it shouldn't be that hard to get a 11" version.
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Mu Zeta posted:Why not? The 10" iPad has Retina so it shouldn't be that hard to get a 11" version. Would they sell enough of them? I really wonder what the ratio is in sales for the 13 to the 11. Not to mention it already has dick for battery life.
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Bob Morales posted:Would they sell enough of them? I really wonder what the ratio is in sales for the 13 to the 11. Not to mention it already has dick for battery life. I'm one of the rare people who thinks the 11" is better than the 13". It doesn't seem much smaller spec-sheet wise, and there's a pretty steep cost to battery life, but holy hell is it ever the most portable and useful thing ever. My girlfriend has a 13" and it seems comically enormous to me. I travel everywhere with it, and at home it even acts as my workstation, driving a 23" monitor and hosting a development VM. I was going to get a Mac Mini for home, but honestly, I don't think I need one.  Best computer ever.
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I love the idea of the 11" but I spent over an hour at an Apple Store trying to compare the two and I couldn't see myself using it as my main computer. It has great design but the 13" was just more comfortable.
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Bob Morales posted:Would they sell enough of them? I really wonder what the ratio is in sales for the 13 to the 11. Not to mention it already has dick for battery life. I think in a few years, there won't be any apple products with sub-retina displays. It's just a question of time.
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I'm anticipating the trickle down that will someday allow me to buy a 21" retina-equivalent lcd.  Begone forever, pixels!
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xzzy posted:I'm anticipating the trickle down that will someday allow me to buy a 21" retina-equivalent lcd. Go find an IBM T221. http://www.amazon.com/IBM-T221-22-2-3840x2400-Monitor/dp/B00006HS5R
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Mu Zeta posted:I love the idea of the 11" but I spent over an hour at an Apple Store trying to compare the two and I couldn't see myself using it as my main computer. It has great design but the 13" was just more comfortable. The biggest problem is you're looking 'down' at the keyboard the whole time instead of 'over' at the screen like you do with the 13" Lexicon posted:My girlfriend has a 13" and it seems comically enormous to me. Yea, the 11" makes the 13" look like the 15". My only real complaint about the 11" is that you can't plug two monitors into it. But I guess one of those could be a 27" and that's enough room.
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Oct 5, 2012 13:07
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There's a nice tribute to Steve Jobs on the front page of apple.com if anyone's interested.
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skirth posted:There's a nice tribute to Steve Jobs on the front page of apple.com if anyone's interested. Wow, I was wondering why the hell they were doing it now...and then the video reached the obituary and realized it's already been a year since he died. 
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Bob Morales posted:Yea, the 11" makes the 13" look like the 15". So true. It's such a portable machine. It's practically the size of an iPad.
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Lexicon posted:So true. It's such a portable machine. It's practically the size of an iPad. Solution: get a 13" MBA and a new iPad. I don't travel mass transit that much so it's a pretty sweet setup in my experience.
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Kenny Logins posted:Solution: get a 13" MBA and a new iPad. I don't travel mass transit that much so it's a pretty sweet setup in my experience. Yeah, that makes sense for most people probably. I actually used to have an iPad and ended up selling it - it's hard for me to be productive with it. I really, really hate text entry on it, and find the lack of multitasking a bit hobbling. I ended up only using it as a glorified reddit/SA browser and eBook reader, and eventually found I'd be better served by a Nexus 7 for those needs. I think that's why I'm such a strong advocate of the 11" - it has basically all the portability benefits of the iPad and none of my perceived drawbacks. It's basically the S2000 of computing. Sorry for the car analogy.
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gregday posted:The Rain mStand is the only one you should be considering. The only thing I would say is that a keyboard and mouse are a prerequisite. The FAQs mention that you can type on it, but I've tried and it's not the best.
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Bob Morales posted:Yea, the 11" makes the 13" look like the 15". Both the MBAs have quite a lot of bezel around the screen. I'd love to see an 11" MBA body with an awesome 12.5" screen.
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I'm new to Macs, and this is a dumb question, but I want to ask anyway just to reassure myself. Western Digital makes a 2TB 2.5" portable hard drive. The Mac version is $219, and the PC version is $165. Is there any difference in these drives, (besides the drive formatting) or is it just charging more for the Mac version because they think Mac users will pay more for the same thing? Here are the links: http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Passport-Portable-WDBKKF0020BSL-NESN/dp/B008R7EXJW/ref=sr_1_2?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1349553383&sr=1-2 http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Passport-Portable--WDBY8L0020BBKNESN/dp/B005HMKKH4/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1349553419&sr=1-1
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They think Mac users are dumb. It might have backup software made for Macs but I just erase that stuff before using any way.
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My mother's USB external hard drive is dying, and this is her Time Machine backup drive. She doesn't use the computer at a desk, just browses on it from the couch. Since her drive is dying, she's going to need to replace it so she doesn't loose her photos and etc. I was showing her the Time Capsule so that she wouldn't be tied down to a USB drive that she has to keep stored under an endtable. However, that's $300 bucks on Apple's site. Is there a wireless NAS that would as a Time Machine drive instead?
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IUG posted:My mother's USB external hard drive is dying, and this is her Time Machine backup drive. She doesn't use the computer at a desk, just browses on it from the couch. Since her drive is dying, she's going to need to replace it so she doesn't loose her photos and etc. Not sure if this helps at all, but you can get a refurbished Time Capsule and save 40 bucks: http://store.apple.com/us/product/FD032LL/A/refurbished-time-capsule-2-tb
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gregday posted:The Rain mStand is the only one you should be considering. The mStand is indeed awesome, thanks. 
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Mu Zeta posted:They think Mac users are dumb. It might have backup software made for Macs but I just erase that stuff before using any way. Yup, pretty much. I don't know if that case is plastic or actual metal, but that's pretty much the only difference I saw. It was USB3 though, so maybe the Mac usb3 variant is brand new? There is a Mac WD drive that has the metal look and FW800 ports, which would explain a cost difference but that drive is not it.
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Mu Zeta posted:They think Mac users are dumb. Do they think they are dumb, or have money to spend?
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MrBond posted:
My work let me pull one of those off the shelf to use as a multi-boot and installer drive, and though it's overpriced, it's loving awesome and feels indestructible. I've abused the poo poo out of it and it still looks brand new. Bob Morales posted:Do they think they are dumb, or have money to spend? Pretty much this. WD has online training for salespeople (WD University), and when learning about the Mac versions of their products, it basically says this without coming right out and saying it. empty baggie fucked around with this message at 19:36 on Oct 7, 2012 |
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MrBond posted:There is a Mac WD drive that has the metal look and FW800 ports, which would explain a cost difference but that drive is not it.  I lusted over that drive until I remembered my Airs don't have FireWire ports, and USB 3.0 came out. It's not like most people would notice the speed difference between FW800 and TB in a 'green' 2.5" drive anyway. Bob Morales fucked around with this message at 19:53 on Oct 7, 2012 |
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I'd say those drives will have USB 3.0 within a year. Are there any portable TB drives yet? I don't think I've ever seen one.
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empty baggie posted:I'd say those drives will have USB 3.0 within a year. Are there any portable TB drives yet? I don't think I've ever seen one. Seagate makes a (massive) GoFlex TB adapter: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007IJ7T4G And the Apple store has Lacie and Buffalo products: http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/mac_accessories/storage#m.tsConnections=thunderbolt&m.productKind=portable_hard_drives
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empty baggie posted:I'd say those drives will have USB 3.0 within a year. Are there any portable TB drives yet? I don't think I've ever seen one. There's no point: HDD can't come close to saturating thunderbolt and SSDs as used by external drive makers are ludicrously expensive. The best use for thunderbolt right now is the gig-E adaptor.
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