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My 15" rMBP arrived yesterday, and I can't see any problems with the screen. Then again I'm not a MacRumors forums sperg.
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:My 15" rMBP arrived yesterday, and I can't see any problems with the screen. Then again I'm not a MacRumors forums sperg. I started making a list of their dumbest threads but it broke my brain. "What do you enjoy drinking when using your Air?" "Are most Air users male or female" "Should I buy a Mac laptop"
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Jan 14, 2014 17:27
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Binary Badger posted:How do you know it's a Samsung panel? Did you look at its ColorSync profile? I looked on Google when I bought it and there was a way to tell I which I dont remember at the moment, but both the screen and SSD indicated Samsung.
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Jan 14, 2014 18:41
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:My 15" rMBP arrived yesterday, and I can't see any problems with the screen. Then again I'm not a MacRumors forums sperg. Yeah, why don't we only just discuss goon issues and not import drama from a lovely external forum? That sounds reasonable to me. So you got a brand new one instead of a refurb, right? Didja get 10.9.1 on it or just 10.9?
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Jan 14, 2014 23:39
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Bought a new 15" mbp and a new linksys AC router, but im stuck at 20mbps over wireless a room away from the router. Network monitor shows 144mbps (instead of 867mbps i get when sitting next to the monitor). Any way to fix this? Kind of a bummer that im going to have to hook this macbook up with a gigabit connection in my room to even use my 50mbps connection.
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Jan 15, 2014 00:15
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Binary Badger posted:So you got a brand new one instead of a refurb, right? Didja get 10.9.1 on it or just 10.9? Re: 10.9.1: No clue. I wiped it as soon as I got it. It Internet Restored to 10.9.1 though.
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Jan 15, 2014 00:21
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Bob Morales posted:I started making a list of their dumbest threads but it broke my brain. Will a mac improve my sex life?
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Jan 15, 2014 01:09
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Animal posted:My Haswell 15" rMBP has suddenly started showing a bright white spot on the lower left part of the screen. Its about 1mm in size and only visible on light backgrounds. Its a Samsung panel. Hopefully I'll be able to get the panel replaced. Same deal on my 2012 with a Samsung replacement screen. It seems like it's a pixel set to full brightness compared to the others. About 600x100 in from the edge of the screen.
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Jan 15, 2014 01:47
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coolskillrex remix posted:Bought a new 15" mbp and a new linksys AC router, but im stuck at 20mbps over wireless a room away from the router. Network monitor shows 144mbps (instead of 867mbps i get when sitting next to the monitor). Any way to fix this? Kind of a bummer that im going to have to hook this macbook up with a gigabit connection in my room to even use my 50mbps connection. Is this on 5Ghz or 2.4Ghz? Wall penetration maybe a factor.
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Jan 15, 2014 01:54
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:My 15" rMBP arrived yesterday, and I can't see any problems with the screen. Then again I'm not a MacRumors forums sperg. Thanks. Yea, over-analyzing their base model air screens. But I can't rag on people having high standards for their high end 15" models.
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Jan 15, 2014 04:06
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My Early 2008 macbook is essentially on its last legs of viability. I'm not sure if an iPad + keyboard attachment would be all-around better than something like a used mid-2011 11.6" macbook air 1.6ghz for $600ish? I really would want a real keyboard, but the portability/ease of use aspect of something like an iPad mini is really appealing... My primary use is just surfing, chatting on facebook, and potentially watching netflix/hulu plus/youtube in bed or something. I read on a kindle so using it as an e-reader isn't a big deal for me. Portability isn't super important, as I wouldn't carry it with me every day. Anyone with anecdotal experience is welcome to chime in.
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Jan 15, 2014 17:43
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ShaneB posted:My Early 2008 macbook is essentially on its last legs of viability. I'm not sure if an iPad + keyboard attachment would be all-around better than something like a used mid-2011 11.6" macbook air 1.6ghz for $600ish? I really would want a real keyboard, but the portability/ease of use aspect of something like an iPad mini is really appealing...
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Jan 15, 2014 17:55
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Animal posted:My Haswell 15" rMBP has suddenly started showing a bright white spot on the lower left part of the screen. Its about 1mm in size and only visible on light backgrounds. Its a Samsung panel. Hopefully I'll be able to get the panel replaced. My 2012 has this problem too. It showed up a little after the applecare expired. I would get it replaced.
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Jan 15, 2014 17:58
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Kenny Logins posted:I know a keyboard is a keyboard but do you have any experience with iOS dictation? I find that once you train yourself on it, really alleviates the need for a keyboard for light (communication) tasks. You could always just do a trial run with the iPad (mini), even online has 14 day return window from when you receive it. Well I would want it for heavy typing comm on facebook and emails. I should probably just get the Air. More flexible all around...
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Jan 15, 2014 18:05
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coolskillrex remix posted:Bought a new 15" mbp and a new linksys AC router, but im stuck at 20mbps over wireless a room away from the router. Network monitor shows 144mbps (instead of 867mbps i get when sitting next to the monitor). Any way to fix this? Kind of a bummer that im going to have to hook this macbook up with a gigabit connection in my room to even use my 50mbps connection. Likely to be environmental factors limiting speeds. Do you have steel beams through your walls / using high interference appliances between the Mac and AP?
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Jan 15, 2014 22:35
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I've got an 11" MBA and a Mac Mini - both purchased since 2012 and both on 10.9.1. For the last couple of days, the Mini has been getting inordinately slow network speeds (50Kbps on a cachefly test) whereas the Air is perfectly fine (6Mbps or so). I've reset my router, restarted, all the normal suggestions - to no avail. They are both in roughly the same area of my apartment with respect to the router (which is in a different room). Any ideas what the hell might be going on here?
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Jan 15, 2014 22:51
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8-bit Miniboss posted:Is this on 5Ghz or 2.4Ghz? Wall penetration maybe a factor. Im actually sitting a floor above it if that makes a diff. 5ghz or 2.4ghz? its a dual band router if that makes any difference.. i know in the 192.168.1.1 it had both 5ghz and 2.4ghz and i changed both to like channel 9
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Jan 16, 2014 00:31
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Hold Option (I think) and click the Airport icon in the menu bar. It will give you more details like what frequency you're connected on.
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Jan 16, 2014 00:33
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:Old Option (I think) and click the Airport icon in the menu bar. It will give you more details like what frequency you're connected on. You just blew my mind. Is there anywhere this kind of stuff is documented?
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Jan 16, 2014 01:23
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Im dumb, only had my mbp for like a day and didnt upgrade to 10.9.1, that fixed everything. maxed out at 58mbps just fine in my room now. (I get 897mbps 5ghz AC pretty far away too)
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Jan 16, 2014 04:12
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ShaneB posted:My Early 2008 macbook is essentially on its last legs of viability. I'm not sure if an iPad + keyboard attachment would be all-around better than something like a used mid-2011 11.6" macbook air 1.6ghz for $600ish? I really would want a real keyboard, but the portability/ease of use aspect of something like an iPad mini is really appealing... An 11" MBA isn't that much bigger than an iPad. The problem with using an iPad as a laptop replacement is you can only do one thing at a time. I have an iPad and like it a lot, but if I didn't have an iMac as well, I would have bought one a long time ago.
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Jan 16, 2014 04:13
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coolskillrex remix posted:Im actually sitting a floor above it if that makes a diff. Usually it's better to name your two bands different SSIDs so that you can associate to one only on certain devices.
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Jan 16, 2014 04:21
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~Coxy posted:Usually it's better to name your two bands different SSIDs so that you can associate to one only on certain devices. That's kind of a pain. 2.4 has better penetration into the basement and out on the back deck. If I had two different SSIDs I'd have to manually switch as I roamed to the edges of coverage. As is, the devices that can do both bands seem to switch back and forth pretty well on their own, preferring 5ghz.
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Jan 16, 2014 04:42
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coolskillrex remix posted:Im dumb, only had my mbp for like a day and didnt upgrade to 10.9.1, that fixed everything. maxed out at 58mbps just fine in my room now. (I get 897mbps 5ghz AC pretty far away too) Well, at least you verified that if you don't keep your system up to date, baaaaad things happen. Also you mean a rMBP don't you? Apple doesn't sell non-retina MBPs anymore except maybe as refurbs.
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Jan 16, 2014 04:48
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Actually they still sell one lonely 13 inch non retina MBP configuration as a budget option. It's only $100 cheaper than the low end Retina and didn't even get refreshed to Haswell, but I guess if you need cheap internal HDD storage or cheap RAM upgradability it makes sense.
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Jan 16, 2014 05:17
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it makes sense if you're apple but if you buy one you're just one of those people who doesn't "get it."
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After using a 2009 13 inch Macbook Pro base model for the past four years or so, I finally pulled the trigger on the Refurb Macbook Air (summer 2013) on the Apple website. I got the tricked out i7/8GB/512GB SSD option because the other options did not look too enticing with the 4GB RAM. Anyhoo, I know the computer is in mid-cycle but I feel like I got a decent deal on it and the fact that everything's upgraded means its definitely future-proof for a good while. Did I make a terrible mistake? Is it a bad idea to buy a Macbook Air at this time? Should I have gone for the 13' Retina? For background info, I'm going to be using this computer for internet browsing, Lightroom for photo editing, and general programming apps like the Github app, sublime text editor, mysqlworkbench, etc. I also plan on either using Bootcamp for windows 8 and maybe a VM for Ubuntu. The only reason I went for the Air over the Retina was because I've heard that the Intel Iris integrated GPU isn't too great at keeping away the lags on the retina screen. Of course, I still have time to return it and buy myself the retina if that sounds like a better choice, thanks!
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Jan 16, 2014 07:55
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ReptilePicasso posted:After using a 2009 13 inch Macbook Pro base model for the past four years or so, I finally pulled the trigger on the Refurb Macbook Air (summer 2013) on the Apple website. I got the tricked out i7/8GB/512GB SSD option because the other options did not look too enticing with the 4GB RAM. Anyhoo, I know the computer is in mid-cycle but I feel like I got a decent deal on it and the fact that everything's upgraded means its definitely future-proof for a good while. It's not really mid-cycle, it's still before the halfway point in the cycle. Haswell didn't really even become A Thing until October. ReptilePicasso posted:Did I make a terrible mistake? Is it a bad idea to buy a Macbook Air at this time? Should I have gone for the 13' Retina? It's not a terrible mistake, and the timing is fine. The Retina's a good choice if you don't value money enough. ReptilePicasso posted:The only reason I went for the Air over the Retina was because I've heard that the Intel Iris integrated GPU isn't too great at keeping away the lags on the retina screen. I don't think the complaints about lag are really credible. It sounds like people whining about some edge case. It's merely a 2560x1600 screen and Apple's had over a year to optimize things. Or maybe it's specific to particular browsers.
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shrughes posted:It's not really mid-cycle, it's still before the halfway point in the cycle. Haswell didn't really even become A Thing until October. Thanks for the reply, I did look at my friends new 13 inch retina and it didn't really seem like it had too much lag issues. A lot of people did complain about the screen on the Macbook Air but it looks completely fine to me. Also, what do you mean that the retina's a good choice if you don't value money enough? Just wondering, because the 13 inch retina seems very comparable. The one I was looking at was a i5/8GB RAM/512GB SSD for maybe $30 cheaper than the air.
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ReptilePicasso posted:Thanks for the reply, I did look at my friends new 13 inch retina and it didn't really seem like it had too much lag issues. A lot of people did complain about the screen on the Macbook Air but it looks completely fine to me. I mean that the 13" rMBP is generally more expensive than the 13" MBA. It starts $200 higher. Between what you list there and the i7/8GB/512GB MBA you got I'd definitely prefer the rMBP. The CPU performance on the rMBP's i5 is probably not really worse overall, too (except maybe for short bursts of computation, where it could be 10-20% slower in practice).
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Jan 16, 2014 09:06
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I want to buy a Macbook Air, but I absolutely have to put Windows 7 or 8 on it. What's the cheapest and easiest way to do it through Boot Camp? I can only find upgrade versions of Windows to buy.
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Jan 16, 2014 11:36
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I can't use my apple id properly! It seems someone else tried to register with my address. My gmail address is frequently mistakenly entered when other people with similar names sign up for stuff. Unfortunatly one of these people seems to have signed up for an Apple ID with my address and setup security questions without ever having verfied their (read my)email. I've reset the password, verified my email and logged in but there is some stuff I can't change. I don't know their security questions and I can't remove their alternative email (which is not displayed in full) which leaves me open to them taking control of my apple ID in the future! I really want to use my current email as I use it for everything but I can't change the security questions or alternative email! Any ideas?
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Jan 16, 2014 11:58
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the the posted:Any ideas? Call them. My sister forgot her security answers and they fixed it in a minute or two; and this was done on Christmas day. Should be an easy fix since you have access to the original email address.
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Jan 16, 2014 12:03
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Athletic Footjob posted:Call them. My sister forgot her security answers and they fixed it in a minute or two; and this was done on Christmas day. Should be an easy fix since you have access to the original email address. Yep, 20 minute phone call and I got it sorted. Cheers!
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BobHoward posted:Actually they still sell one lonely 13 inch non retina MBP configuration as a budget option. It's only $100 cheaper than the low end Retina and didn't even get refreshed to Haswell, but I guess if you need cheap internal HDD storage or cheap RAM upgradability it makes sense. coolskillrex remix posted:Bought a new 15" mbp and a new linksys AC router, He said he bought a new 15-inch, so it has to be a rMBP.
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Euphoriaphone posted:I want to buy a Macbook Air, but I absolutely have to put Windows 7 or 8 on it. What's the cheapest and easiest way to do it through Boot Camp? I can only find upgrade versions of Windows to buy. If you're a student, you can get a full Windows 8.1 Pro for $70, the educational price at http://www.academicsuperstore.com. If not, then you could pick up an OEM version from Newegg for about $140. OEM means no support from Microsoft and you can't move it to another machine once installed. I'd also get an SSD bigger than 128 GB if you plan on running VMs, just IMHO.
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Jan 16, 2014 17:06
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Which key is the Option Key on a normal keyboard?
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:My 15" rMBP arrived yesterday, and I can't see any problems with the screen. Then again I'm not a MacRumors forums sperg. I've got a 2012 rMBP 15" which I'm otherwise really happy with, but I grimaced a bit when I saw this earlier: (incoming lovely cameraphone image, sorry!)  There's textual and tweetbot showing through on the 1password grey lock screen. Tweetbot especially noticeable on the right side of the image, and textual's white window borders / scrollbars. I realise I hardly ever see it because it's just not that visible until something 50% grey pops up (so basically the 1PWD lock screen, and twitch.tv flash streams loading up before the video data comes through). Is this considered 'bad' retention? If so, is it worth taking it to a fruit stand or is this just one of the risks of the first-gen retina screens?
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andyf posted:Is this considered 'bad' retention? If so, is it worth taking it to a fruit stand or is this just one of the risks of the first-gen retina screens?
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