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As far as I know if you order the iMac without the SSD card thing then Apple don't even solder the connector onto the board.
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# ? Dec 3, 2012 23:08 |
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Caged posted:As far as I know if you order the iMac without the SSD card thing then Apple don't even solder the connector onto the board. Shmoogy posted:Yeah people have found the commands to create the fusion drive-- but they strongly recommend against using an external drive as the second one. It sounded like if it gets disconnected for any reason, it might make you have to reformat or something.
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# ? Dec 3, 2012 23:22 |
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According to iFixitquote:The late 2012 iMac 21.5" – code-named EMC 2544 – is an exercise in disappointment for us. We were quite worried when we saw that super-thin bezel during Apple’s keynote, and unfortunately we were correct: the glass and LCD are now glued to the iMac’s frame with incredibly strong adhesive. Gone are the lovely magnets that held the glass in place in iMacs of yesteryear.
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# ? Dec 3, 2012 23:25 |
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wolffenstein posted:Better yet stay with Windows 7. Yes for now stick to Win7 unless you want to develop Windows Phone 8 or Windows 8 applications.
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# ? Dec 4, 2012 00:17 |
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Mu Zeta posted:According to iFixit I thougth some site used guitar picks to get the screen off? I just wonder if they can stick it back or what.
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# ? Dec 4, 2012 00:54 |
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terriyaki posted:Wasn't aware that the base 21" iMac's HDD was 5400rpm only and non-upgradeable. That's pretty brutal. Thanks for this. Works pretty well except it was weird getting mouse acceleration off (if that can even happen).
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# ? Dec 4, 2012 01:48 |
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So I just realized that my new iMac due to arrive in a few short days has no display out for my twin Dell 24" displays... Does thunderbolt act as a mini DVI out? Or am I hosed?
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# ? Dec 4, 2012 04:44 |
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lowercasejames posted:So I just realized that my new iMac due to arrive in a few short days has no display out for my twin Dell 24" displays... Does thunderbolt act as a mini DVI out? Or am I hosed? Yeah but you have to buy the adapter. You can get something like this http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB571Z/A/mini-displayport-to-dual-link-dvi-adapter
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# ? Dec 4, 2012 04:48 |
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Suqit posted:Yeah but you have to buy the adapter. Well gently caress. Wait, this doesn't make sense. I have a mini display adapter for both DVI monitors. Doesn't the mini display adapter work in the thunderbolt slot?
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# ? Dec 4, 2012 04:51 |
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lowercasejames posted:Well gently caress. I'm not sure if the new iMacs have two thunderbolt ports but you can just buy two of these also. http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB570Z/B/mini-displayport-to-dvi-adapter?fnode=53
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# ? Dec 4, 2012 04:54 |
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Suqit posted:I'm not sure if the new iMacs have two thunderbolt ports but you can just buy two of these also. Thanks. I did some googling... Should not have a problem. There are two outputs. Thanks.
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# ? Dec 4, 2012 04:57 |
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lowercasejames posted:Well gently caress. If you have a DVI to Mini-DisplayPort adapter it should work. That's how I connect my Dell U2412m monitor to the Thunderbolt port on my Macbook Air.
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# ? Dec 4, 2012 04:58 |
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Suqit posted:Yeah but you have to buy the adapter. This thing is absolute poo poo. The worst adapter I have ever had the displeasure of using. Sleep->Resume usually results in digital snow, sometimes the display randomly cuts out while being used. It's a rampant problem with these adapters with no fix in sight from Apple. gently caress these things!
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# ? Dec 4, 2012 06:25 |
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Judging by the tech specs page on the Apple store, both the 21" and 27" models have two Thunderbolt ports, so you should be able to get by with two mini-DisplayPort->DVI adapters. Edit: Depending on the model of the Dell monitors they might have DisplayPort inputs. If so, you can get a couple of mini-DisplayPort->DisplayPort cables from somewhere like Monoprice which should be cheaper than getting DVI adapters. Mercurius fucked around with this message at 07:54 on Dec 4, 2012 |
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Mercurius posted:Judging by the tech specs page on the Apple store, both the 21" and 27" models have two Thunderbolt ports, so you should be able to get by with two mini-DisplayPort->DVI adapters. Yeah, this... thanks guys. Just a moment of buyer panic.
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# ? Dec 4, 2012 13:13 |
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jink posted:This thing is absolute poo poo. The worst adapter I have ever had the displeasure of using. Sleep->Resume usually results in digital snow, sometimes the display randomly cuts out while being used. It's a rampant problem with these adapters with no fix in sight from Apple. gently caress these things! At least the new rMBP finally come with a standard HDMI connector to help avoid all the adapter cable grief.
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# ? Dec 4, 2012 17:41 |
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etalian posted:At least the new rMBP finally come with a standard HDMI connector to help avoid all the adapter cable grief. That would be great if the HDMI out weren't completely washed out and entirely unusable.
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# ? Dec 4, 2012 17:42 |
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Just got a text from Apple store... My (girlfriend's) 21.5" iMac has shipped and wil be delivered Thursday! That's a 16GB with Fusion, so at least a week ahead of schedule (was advised around the 14th when we ordered)
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# ? Dec 4, 2012 18:19 |
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So I have the core I7 6,2 mini, and holy poo poo this thing is quick. I am getting 16Gigs of ram and a 256gig mushkin chronos for Christmas, and can't wait to see how fast this thing goes. Oh yeah, and I can replace both of those things without having to tear down 90% of the unit. Suck it new Imac owners.
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# ? Dec 4, 2012 20:06 |
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If I'm not concerned about the portability, would it be prudent to get a stock 2.3Ghz 15" RMBP over a stock 2.5Ghz 13"? I feel like it's an easy decision when considering one hundred dollars buys the better GPU and the larger screen. Am I overlooking something obvious?
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Beaucoup Cuckoo posted:If I'm not concerned about the portability, would it be prudent to get a stock 2.3Ghz 15" RMBP over a stock 2.5Ghz 13"? I feel like it's an easy decision when considering one hundred dollars buys the better GPU and the larger screen. Am I overlooking something obvious? Nope, you're not.
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# ? Dec 4, 2012 20:46 |
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Suqit posted:That would be great if the HDMI out weren't completely washed out and entirely unusable. Why is this?
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# ? Dec 4, 2012 21:10 |
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Ziploc posted:Why is this? It seems to be a problem with the graphics card. Apple seem to be aware of it but have yet to act on it. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4080525?start=0&tstart=0 There are several different discussions about it. I experienced the problem going from the HDMI out to the monitor without using the thunderbolt adapter on an rMBP 13".
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# ? Dec 4, 2012 21:26 |
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Beaucoup Cuckoo posted:If I'm not concerned about the portability, would it be prudent to get a stock 2.3Ghz 15" RMBP over a stock 2.5Ghz 13"? I feel like it's an easy decision when considering one hundred dollars buys the better GPU and the larger screen. Am I overlooking something obvious? No, the 13" rMBP is the the biggest rip-off.
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# ? Dec 4, 2012 21:40 |
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ratbert90 posted:So I have the core I7 6,2 mini, and holy poo poo this thing is quick. b-b-b-b-buuuut 5mm thick. What's the graphics card in that thing?
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# ? Dec 4, 2012 22:12 |
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etalian posted:At least the new rMBP finally come with a standard HDMI connector to help avoid all the adapter cable grief. Except the fact that the HDMI port is single link DVI only. Then there's the argument "get a monitor that supports DisplayPort!"... Well, Apple won't output RGB to those monitors (only RGB to Apple Cinema Displays). My DELL U3011 only receives YCbCr, which I can't calibrate and the colors are absolute poo poo. The rMBP under Windows? RGB all day long. Then there's the fact that dual link DVI monitors can't be rotated under Displays without being forced to a lower resolution. (My Radar was closed as a Duplicate). What the gently caress, Apple.
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# ? Dec 4, 2012 22:17 |
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lowercasejames posted:b-b-b-b-buuuut 5mm thick. Intel HD 4000 GPU. No discrete option available on this model either, only on the Mid 2011 Mini models.
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# ? Dec 4, 2012 22:44 |
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Binary Badger posted:Intel HD 4000 GPU. No discrete option available on this model either, only on the Mid 2011 Mini models. While this may be true, the HD4000 can play GW2 just fine at medium settings. However I do wish there was a discrete graphics option.
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# ? Dec 4, 2012 23:00 |
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About to order my first Apple product that is not a phone. Since the 15 rMBP doen't come with an optical drive, I am trying to figure out the quickest way to get Win7 Home Premium 64 bit with SP1 on it after buying the license. I have my old USB stick that I made an ISO of my computers Win7 installation on for USB installation purposes, but that is non SP1, just the original release. Is there a location that has the Win7 64 bit SP1 baked in as an ISO download for installation via a USB or should I just bite the bullet, install Win7 and then upgrade to SP1 after the fact? Seems like Amazon has it for $91.xx
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# ? Dec 5, 2012 00:41 |
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MrBigglesworth posted:Is there a location that has the Win7 64 bit SP1 baked in as an ISO download for installation via a USB or should I just bite the bullet, install Win7 and then upgrade to SP1 after the fact?
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# ? Dec 5, 2012 00:44 |
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ratbert90 posted:While this may be true, the HD4000 can play GW2 just fine at medium settings. However I do wish there was a discrete graphics option. I've been on the fence about a new Mac Mini at tax time next year for a while, was totally sold on one before they revealed no dedicated graphics in the refresh. I've been reading encouraging things about getting tolerable framerates on things like WoW, Diablo 3 and others at 1920x1080. I still find it hard to wrap my head around the idea that integrated graphics could be anything but terrible though. I'd hate to buy one and still have to use my clunky old 15.6" laptop (i3-370m Radeon 5650) for the rare PC gaming I do.
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# ? Dec 5, 2012 00:47 |
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:http://www.mytechguide.org/10042/windows-7-service-pack-sp1-official-digitalriver-download/ Thankee!
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# ? Dec 5, 2012 00:49 |
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jink posted:Except the fact that the HDMI port is single link DVI only. I've had zero issues with the actual HDMI port and it's always out RGB with normal colours regardless of whether I'm using straight HDMI or HDMI->DVI cables.
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# ? Dec 5, 2012 03:24 |
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Mercurius posted:I am using a Dell U2410 at work with my rMBP and it's outputting to RGB through a mini-DP to DVI cable just fine. I used to have the same problem when I was running a a poor quality mini-DP to DP cable instead, but switching the cable to use DVI instead of DP on the monitor end fixed it up immediately. From the poking around on forums I did, it's something to do with the way the mini-DP signal is encoded through Thunderbolt in OS X that the Dell monitors don't like when it's coming through the DisplayPort on the monitor. An active mini-DP->DP converter (instead of a passive cable like I used) would probably also fix this. I am using a certified Mini DP -> DP cable right now with no luck. A Mini DP -> DVI cable won't work for me because I need dual link DVI (which requires an active converter that I already have). My previous DELL monitor didn't have issues because I could use a single link cable (HDMI->DVI). I don't think it's a cable problem. I think these issues are OSX bugs with large resolution screens. Where are you seeing the active Mini DP -> DP cables? Mini DP->DP is passive in nature due to only changing connector size. Do you have any links to more information on this? Frustrating to have an expensive useless dual monitor work machine.
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# ? Dec 5, 2012 03:58 |
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jink posted:I am using a certified Mini DP -> DP cable right now with no luck. A Mini DP -> DVI cable won't work for me because I need dual link DVI (which requires an active converter that I already have). My previous DELL monitor didn't have issues because I could use a single link cable (HDMI->DVI). Also, this appears to specifically be an issue with Dell monitors (and might just be Ultrasharps) because they don't like the way that OS X sends the mini-DP signal over Thunderbolt. You'd probably find if you tested it with an older Mac that doesn't have Thunderbolt port and only has mini-DP that it'd work okay, not that it really helps.
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# ? Dec 5, 2012 05:45 |
Maybe this isn't possible, but I have a question: I want to be able to rip some of my BluRay disks so I can have high quality versions to watch on the go, so I've been looking into external drives. There are a handful of USB 2.0 ones, but that seems pretty drat slow for dealing with 25GB disks, and I'm also not sure about compatibility. Is there any sort of USB 3.0 or Thunderbolt enclosure I could put an internal BluRay drive into that would work with my Mac? What's the best solution here (if there's one at all)?
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# ? Dec 5, 2012 05:54 |
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Blu-Ray drives are slow anyway. I put my Blu-Ray drive in a USB 2.0 enclosure and I don't think it changed my rip times at all.
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# ? Dec 5, 2012 05:56 |
Star War Sex Parrot posted:Blu-Ray drives are slow anyway. I put my Blu-Ray drive in a USB 2.0 enclosure and I don't think it changed my rip times at all. Well bummer, I'll have to deal with it then and just do rips overnight. Any recommendations on an enclosure + drive with good compatibility? e: How do these look? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817145090 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136252 wheez the roux fucked around with this message at 06:07 on Dec 5, 2012 |
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wheez the roux posted:Well bummer, I'll have to deal with it then and just do rips overnight. Any recommendations on an enclosure + drive with good compatibility? edit: that seems like a good combination. You probably won't hit the 10x read speed of that drive, but that's okay. It's been a while since I ripped anything, but I don't remember a BD taking overnight. Even 1x should only take as long as the movie. My drive's a few years old and only does 2x. Star War Sex Parrot fucked around with this message at 06:10 on Dec 5, 2012 |
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That does remind me of my college roommate 8 years ago who was complaining about his external DVD drive taking a day to rip DVDs. He was using a USB 1.1 hub.
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