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devtesla
Jan 2, 2012


Grimey Drawer
New MacBook has 8 gigs ram and 256 gigs memory and to get an 11-in air with the same specs is 1200. this kind of says more about apple's upgrade pricing but $100 more for a better screen, and thinner and lighter kind of makes sense.

like I'm still skeptical as hell about the new keyboard and trackpad but we'll see.

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haveblue
Aug 15, 2005
Probation
Can't post for 27 minutes!
Toilet Rascal

Elder Postsman posted:

will the M processor run kerbal space program???

"Intel HD Graphics 5300"

ultramiraculous
Nov 12, 2003

"No..."
Grimey Drawer

Sniep posted:

i hope they become permabricked if stolen like iphones

the apple watches being use tested by apple people supposedly went into lockdown/'i need an adult' mode when they took them off and could only be unlocked by their phones.

i'm guessing they'll ship something slightly scaled back from that extreme?

Mathhole
Jun 2, 2011

rot in hell, wonderbread.
it is a sad day

also lol

Tangra
May 1, 2008

Rrrreligion?

It's the catnip of the purrrrrrrrletariat


Mad about your :10bux: ?

:haw:
aaahahahahaha


Shifty Pony
Dec 28, 2004

Up ta somethin'


Sniep posted:

i hope they become permabricked if stolen like iphones

only the absolute stupidest criminals steal iphones cuz your option is to A) realize you stole an iphone which you cannot do anything with or sell, ditch into a trash can

Oh they still steal iPhones. where do you think all those used replacement screens on eBay and whatnot come from?

Tangra
May 1, 2008

Rrrreligion?

It's the catnip of the purrrrrrrrletariat


Mad about your :10bux: ?

:haw:

Shifty Pony posted:

Oh they still steal iPhones. where do you think all those used replacement screens on eBay and whatnot come from?

yep, part that shite. Way less trace-able anyway.

Fabricated
Apr 9, 2007

Living the Dream

zen death robot posted:

all smartwatches are trash

wisdom

Elder Postsman
Aug 30, 2000


i used hot bot to search for "teens"

haveblue posted:

"Intel HD Graphics 5300"

does that mean no? 5300 is a small number in the graphics card world. i had an ati 5670 like 6 years ago, and that's 370 more than the macbook.

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

haveblue posted:

"Intel HD Graphics 5300"

not as hopeless as you might think

well. not completely hopeless

Vintersorg
Mar 3, 2004

President of
the Brendan Fraser
Fan Club



wheres my new emojis dammit

FAT32 SHAMER
Aug 16, 2012



Vintersorg posted:

wheres my new emojis dammit

they coming fam don't u worry 💁

distortion park
Apr 25, 2011


Normally when you spend 17k on a watch it is still cool in 2 years time

Beast of Bourbon
Sep 25, 2013

Pillbug

pointsofdata posted:

Normally when you spend 17k on a watch it is still cool in 2 years time

no because apple will have obsoleted it and it will no longer connect to the new iphone 9

Beeftweeter
Jun 28, 2005

OFFICIAL #1 GNOME FAN

Elder Postsman posted:

does that mean no? 5300 is a small number in the graphics card world. i had an ati 5670 like 6 years ago, and that's 370 more than the macbook.

its a little bit worse than the hd 5000 thats in the mbas and the cpu is a lot slower than even the base i5

FAT32 SHAMER
Aug 16, 2012



zen death robot posted:

it might even appreciate in value

With how relatively rare they'll probably be, this may happen like with Apple IIs

Pinterest Mom
Jun 9, 2009

zen death robot posted:

it might even appreciate in value

when rand paul becomes president and reimplements the gold standard, a 2015 apple watch is going to look like a smart investment

FAT32 SHAMER
Aug 16, 2012



oh right i forgot that gold prices have been climbing

good thing they have that 200% markup going on it otherwise if the price of gold went up by a lot they'd have to up the price!!

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
I can't imagine anyone dropping a cool 10k on a stupid apple watch and still thinking it was worth it a month later, unless they were absolutely filthy rich

the other apple watch would be ok but 17k
you could buy like 3 cars

Jenny Agutter
Mar 18, 2009

maniacdevnull posted:

Apple (R) Band For Sure (tm) helps ensure only Apple(C) brand bands can be used

*Mac error sound* Your Apple Watch Band may not be genuine. You may be a victim of counterfeit watch bands.

Linguica
Jul 13, 2000
You're already dead

triple sulk posted:

iOS 8.2 installs an unremovable Apple Watch app. lol
not on the iPhone 4S, the apotheosis of stebe's magical touch

hobbesmaster
Jan 28, 2008

echinopsis posted:

I can't imagine anyone dropping a cool 10k on a stupid apple watch and still thinking it was worth it a month later, unless they were absolutely filthy rich

the other apple watch would be ok but 17k
you could buy like 3 cars

if your cars don't contain at least 1 $17k option on it you aren't the target market for a $17k watch

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

zen death robot posted:

$17k worth of gold would make for one heavy watch

an 18k rolex submariner weights almost 300 grams or 10.5 oz

FAT32 SHAMER
Aug 16, 2012



qirex posted:

an 18k rolex submariner weights almost 300 grams or 10.5 oz

yeah but how much is gold and how much are stainless steel watch gears

Beeftweeter
Jun 28, 2005

OFFICIAL #1 GNOME FAN
lmao @ that esc key

wtf is up with that keyboard

ultramiraculous
Nov 12, 2003

"No..."
Grimey Drawer

echinopsis posted:

I can't imagine anyone dropping a cool 10k on a stupid apple watch and even being aware that they spent that money a month later

bobbilljim
May 29, 2013

this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me
:shittydog::shittydog::shittydog:
only apple could sell trash for 12 grand

devtesla
Jan 2, 2012


Grimey Drawer
why are people talking like huge margins on a gold watch don't make a lot of sense? the market for a $5k watch is the same as a $10k watch, and you aren't going to sell twice as much at $5k that you will at $10k.

what's weird is that they don't cost more, and that they're loving around with plastic bands.

Polo-Rican
Jul 4, 2004

emptyquote my posts or die

Beeftweeter posted:

lmao @ that esc key

wtf is up with that keyboard

ahhhhhh the power button is now a key, right next to god drat backspace, ahhh!! no!!!

bobbilljim
May 29, 2013

this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me
:shittydog::shittydog::shittydog:

echinopsis posted:

I can't imagine anyone dropping a cool 10k on a stupid apple watch and still thinking it was worth it a month later, unless they were absolutely filthy rich

the other apple watch would be ok but 17k
you could buy like 3 cars

i could buy 8 cars for 16k and they'd all be nicer than teh one i drive now :smugdog::pipe:

FAT32 SHAMER
Aug 16, 2012



bobbilljim posted:

only apple could sell trash for 12 grand

at least this garbage has something of worth on it

unlike you are posting

Sniep
Mar 28, 2004

All I needed was that fatty blunt...



King of Breakfast

Polo-Rican posted:

ahhhhhh the power button is now a key, right next to god drat backspace, ahahh!! no!!!

and this is new how?

never caused me any issue

FAT32 SHAMER
Aug 16, 2012



Polo-Rican posted:

ahhhhhh the power button is now a key, right next to god drat backspace, ahahh!! no!!!

that's exactly how it is on my rMBP and it works just fine

also did anyone notice they finally got rid of the classic MBP with the filthy CD drive? nope they didn't :saddowns:

devtesla
Jan 2, 2012


Grimey Drawer
actually it does for some people but it just puts it to sleep you can hit it again and wake it back up not a big deal

devtesla
Jan 2, 2012


Grimey Drawer

Tusen Takk posted:

also did anyone notice they finally got rid of the classic MBP with the filthy CD drive?

nope that's still around lol

Shaggar
Apr 26, 2006

Beeftweeter posted:

lmao @ that esc key

wtf is up with that keyboard

lol what did you expect?

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

Tusen Takk posted:

yeah but how much is gold and how much are stainless steel watch gears

the movement is tiny, the gold one weighs almost twice as much as a steel one

FAT32 SHAMER
Aug 16, 2012



The Devil Tesla posted:

nope that's still around lol

yeah i just sourced it and found myself to be wrong

bobbilljim
May 29, 2013

this christmas feels like the very first christmas to me
:shittydog::shittydog::shittydog:

Tusen Takk posted:

this garbage has something of worth

lol, log off :synpa:

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Raged
Jul 21, 2003

A revolution of beats

Beeftweeter posted:

lmao @ that esc key

wtf is up with that keyboard

that laptop has Down's syndrome

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