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I'm just curious , does anybody have any idea how much it costs apple to actually manufacture a 15 rmbp.
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ethanol posted:I'm just curious , does anybody have any idea how much it costs apple to actually manufacture a 15 rmbp. $76 canadian
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Mar 11, 2016 04:34
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ethanol posted:I'm just curious , does anybody have any idea how much it costs apple to actually manufacture a 15 rmbp. I'm seeing reports that a retina screen alone costs ~$160 each. The answer is probably "Significantly less than what you pay for it, but that's ignoring the cost of the supply chain which still needs to be paid off".
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Mar 11, 2016 05:04
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I imagine the whole package probably costs around $400, with the screen being the most expensive part, followed by the CPU.
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Mar 11, 2016 05:50
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A few years ago, when I was paying attention to AAPL, analysts were estimating gross profit margins around 30% on their laptops. This is very high compared to other computer manufacturers but well below their phone business.
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Mar 11, 2016 10:53
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Can you connect two monitors to a new 13 inch MacBook Air?
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Mar 11, 2016 13:30
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Danger Man posted:Can you connect two monitors to a new 13 inch MacBook Air? Iirc it has a single thunderbolt port, so you'll need to buy a dock that has two video ports on it, but it might work with that. Alternately, if you're just looking for something for productivity, a USB3 DisplayLink adapter would work just fine.
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Mar 11, 2016 14:38
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frrtbkr posted:I have a late 2008 MBP that won't turn on anymore. Is the general consensus that it's not worth fixing? I took it to a potentially sketchy "premier" mac shop and they said it would need a new motherboard. I say potentially sketchy 'cause I think they were selling 2011/2013 macbooks / macbook pros as 2015 models at full rip. I took a picture but it might be too hard to read: The specs listed on the sales sheet match the current rMBP offerings. Since the design of the rMBP hasn't changed since 2012 they probably didn't want to open a brand new laptop box every year for a laptop that looks exactly the same. Nothing shady about that.
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Mar 11, 2016 17:15
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AlternateAccount posted:Where can you find a 10GbE card for less than several hundred dollars?? here is one for under $20 http://www.ebay.com/itm/MNPA19-XTR-10GB-MELLANOX-CONNECTX-2-PCIe-X8-10Gbe-SFP-NETWORK-CARD-/131634470127
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Mar 12, 2016 15:09
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Bob Morales posted:I'm gonna swap a 512GB SSD from a 2013 Air into my 2013 rMBP (which currently has a 256GB drive), pretty stoked. Just got done. On the left we have a 512GB 2013 MacBook Air, on the right a 256GB late-2013 MacBook Pro 13"  Get out the trusty iFixIt pentalobe and torx drivers. Bought these back in 2012 when I first did a swap on a Retina and have used them quite a few times since.  Opened up  The drives look almost the same other than some numbers on the chips.  Let's flip them over  There are 3 different types of screws holding the bottom plates of these two laptops on.  Put them back together and fire em up.  Success!  Being 2013's the drive was the same speed in the Air and the Pro.
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Mar 12, 2016 17:46
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How do you clone a drive on osx? Ive got a 2010 Mac Pro that i want to swap the os drive which is a 320gb hdd for a 500gb ssd, is there an easy way to do this?
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Mar 14, 2016 09:43
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track day bro! posted:How do you clone a drive on osx? Ive got a 2010 Mac Pro that i want to swap the os drive which is a 320gb hdd for a 500gb ssd, is there an easy way to do this? SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner. Both cost money. It is also likely that the SSD you buy will also provide software that will be able to clone your drive for free.
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Mar 14, 2016 10:10
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OS X Disk Utility can clone a disk, there should be many adequate guides on google. Although I do feel compelled to mention that while I've done this many times prior to El Capitan I haven't tried to use El Cap's new version of DU to do a clone yet. It's bad, so IDK how smooth the ride will be. Why Apple decided it would be a good idea to update an aging but useful program by removing functionality and making the UI bad is beyond me.
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Mar 14, 2016 10:21
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I'm fairly new to macs and OSX in general, but it looks like I just need to go File>New Image>Image from XXX in disk util from recovery?
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Mar 14, 2016 11:12
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Is it likely that Apple will release refreshed macbooks on the 21st?
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Mar 14, 2016 17:50
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MacBooks yes, MacBook Pro Retina we don't know but maybe, if you can wait than wait. There was discussion upthread basically like "Apple uses Intel's latest chips so they have to update to them eventually" and a lot of people have been reporting supply dry up with various Macbook SKUs which means they want to drop a new one, which is the way it goes, but basically if you can wait - wait.
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Mar 14, 2016 18:29
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BobHoward posted:OS X Disk Utility can clone a disk, there should be many adequate guides on google. Can you elaborate on missing functionality? It was a little jarring at first to use the new Disk Utility but I think I basically like it.
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Mar 14, 2016 18:35
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Pivo posted:MacBooks yes, MacBook Pro Retina we don't know but maybe, if you can wait than wait. There was discussion upthread basically like "Apple uses Intel's latest chips so they have to update to them eventually" Seconded, but there are multiple deals around... I think Bestbuy had or may have had $300 off coupon for current-gen Macbooks. Gucci Loafers fucked around with this message at 18:57 on Mar 14, 2016 |
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Mar 14, 2016 18:42
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Perplx posted:here is one for under $20 http://www.ebay.com/itm/MNPA19-XTR-10GB-MELLANOX-CONNECTX-2-PCIe-X8-10Gbe-SFP-NETWORK-CARD-/131634470127 Well butter my biscuits, thanks!
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Mar 14, 2016 19:05
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fleshweasel posted:Can you elaborate on missing functionality? It was a little jarring at first to use the new Disk Utility but I think I basically like it. You can't use it to burn discs or do RAID stuff anymore.
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Mar 14, 2016 22:01
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fleshweasel posted:Can you elaborate on missing functionality? It was a little jarring at first to use the new Disk Utility but I think I basically like it. It also won't lock an encrypted internal drive anymore. You can unmount it, but it's mountable again without putting in the password. Older DU let you 'eject' internal drives and that would take them offline completely so that they couldn't be mounted again without the password. New Disk Utility blows many goats.
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Mar 14, 2016 22:37
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Another one: just try to create a really small partition of a specific size on a large drive. I dare you. It will end in rage.
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Mar 14, 2016 23:31
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BobHoward posted:Another one: just try to create a really small partition of a specific size on a large drive. I dare you. It will end in rage. This was me a few weeks ago. Try... Multiple partitions 💀💀💀
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Mar 14, 2016 23:37
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Gave up on the new Disk Utility the first time I used it.Weedle posted:You can't use it to burn discs or do RAID stuff anymore. BobHoward posted:Another one: just try to create a really small partition of a specific size on a large drive. I dare you. It will end in rage. Thankfully diskutil still exists on the command line for stuff like this.
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Mar 15, 2016 07:59
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Binary Badger posted:Apple only wants to support what they sold you, TRIM is enabled by default for devices that identify themselves as being made by Apple. Just about to buy 2.5 inch Sandisk SSD for girlfriends early 2011 Macbook Pro. I haven't decided whether to clone or do a fresh install. If I go the clone route is there any advantage to enabling TRIM on the HDD before I clone it to the SSD? If I go the fresh install route do I need a copy of OSX or will it boot to some kind of web interface that enables me to install it from the Apple store? KingEup fucked around with this message at 09:47 on Mar 15, 2016 |
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Mar 15, 2016 09:43
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KingEup posted:Just about to buy 2.5 inch Sandisk SSD for girlfriends early 2011 Macbook Pro. I haven't decided whether to clone or do a fresh install. If I go the clone route is there any advantage to enabling TRIM on the HDD before I clone it to the SSD? If I go the fresh install route do I need a copy of OSX or will it boot to some kind of web interface that enables me to install it from the Apple store? It won't hurt to enable it before cloning but make sure it's still enabled after cloning. As for fresh installation, that machine is new enough to support Internet Recovery if the firmware's up to date. (It already should be if you / your girlfriend have been letting Apple's automatic updates install.) And yeah, Internet Recovery lets you just boot the thing with a completely blank drive and install OS X from an Internet download. All you have to do is enter enough information to get it connected to the internet. It's pretty slick but it will take a while unless you've got a real fast connection.
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Mar 15, 2016 10:22
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Newest model 13" rmbp. My mouse stutters when I hook up external monitors. I've tried the Dell u2415, the U3415w, and the Samsung 34" curved monitor as well. Bizarelly, older displayport monitors work great. Had to backrev to U2412s to fix it. Happens in BOTH OSX and boot camped Win 10, so feels like a hardware issue. Latest system firmware doesn't fix it. Here's a bunch of customers (mostly) bitching about the same problem. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5478231?tstart=0 Anyone have a fix better than "open the OSD on the monitor, press up/down a few times, and close it" (which shockingly works btw, but only till it's reconnected)?
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Mar 16, 2016 03:38
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I don't get it, I've been happily replacing spinning media on our older iMac's (2009-2013) for years with no issues using Samsung 850 Evo's, and all of a sudden the last 3 attempts I've made have been met with the dreaded '?' folder. I have a 27-Inch iMac12,2 (Mid-2011) and the In-Line Digital Thermal Sensor from OWC (http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/DIDIMACHDD11/), a brand new Samsung 850 Evo 512GB and a fresh USB Bootable copy of OS X EL Capitan, and I'm being greeted by the flashing '?' folder. Am I doing something wrong? Did Apple gently caress over the latest copies of El Crapitan so they're not bootable? Any ideas?
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Mar 18, 2016 19:45
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McDeth posted:I don't get it, I've been happily replacing spinning media on our older iMac's (2009-2013) for years with no issues using Samsung 850 Evo's, and all of a sudden the last 3 attempts I've made have been met with the dreaded '?' folder.
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Mar 18, 2016 19:50
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McDeth posted:Am I doing something wrong? Did Apple gently caress over the latest copies of El Crapitan so they're not bootable? Any ideas? Did you download your installer prior to February 14? Because Apple's signing cert expired and supposedly older installers simply won't work anymore. You have to download new copies signed by the new certificate.
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Mar 18, 2016 20:16
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In Apple related hardware news: Broadcom, one of Apple's major WiFi hardware suppliers, has been bought out by a company called Avago Technologies. An article in DigiTimes says that 'according to sources,' Broadcom is scaling down their Wi-Fi staff in favor of concentrating only on fiber-optics and server technology. Evidently Wi-Fi is too competitive and the margins too low for Broadcom's new management to bother with. This has the potential to shake things up a bit, especially since Broadcom components are used in nearly every single Apple product, including iPads and iPhones. From what I recall, Apple wasn't real happy with Atheros; at one time WiFi cards for Macs (desktops and laptops) were both Broadcom and Atheros based depending on what model Mac you were using, but I noticed they slowly phased out Atheros and stuck to Broadcom. Wonder who they'll get to replace the main metal in the Airport Extreme / Time Capsule? Gonna be difficult to find a combo Bluetooth/WiFi chip that worked as well as Broadcoms... unless Apple winds up hiring all the Broadcom engineers and makes their own drat WiFi chips.
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Mar 18, 2016 20:48
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Binary Badger posted:unless Apple winds up hiring all the Broadcom engineers and makes their own drat WiFi chips. My guess: Apple is buddy buddy with Intel. Intel wants to make the LTE modems for the iPhone. Could they make them a wifi chip for their computers?
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Mar 18, 2016 20:58
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They make really good wi-fi adapters for laptops, so probably.
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Mar 18, 2016 21:14
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Any change might be slow in arriving. Unless Apple needs new features (new radio standard, reduced power, whatever), Broadcom's existing chips will still work fine, and Avago won't halt production as long as there's a buyer of Apple's size. Chip economics involve very high upfront costs paid long before first revenue, followed by years of earning back the investment and (hopefully) eventually turning a profit. They won't cut off existing products that have major design wins and are earning out. Design teams don't have much to do with a chip once it's in that stage of its life, so they can switch them to another product category while still selling the old stuff.
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Mar 18, 2016 21:33
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This might gently caress over the raspberry Pi foundation though
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Mar 18, 2016 22:48
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Bob Morales posted:My guess: Apple is buddy buddy with Intel. Intel wants to make the LTE modems for the iPhone. Could they make them a wifi chip for their computers? This is my guess too. I can't imagine that making a phone wifi chip is that different from doing it in a laptop, with perhaps a stronger eye toward power efficiency.
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Mar 19, 2016 02:46
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Intel does currently offer WiFi / Bluetooth combo chips, but none of them work any faster than 867 Mbps as far as I can tell; I'm connected to my refurbished Airport Extreme 802.11ac right this very second at speeds that fluctuate between 1053 Mbps and 1300 Mbps. Intel would have to get cracking to step up their game since I'm fairly sure Apple would never hear the end of it if they had to lower their wireless specs.
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Mar 19, 2016 06:07
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KS posted:Newest model 13" rmbp. My mouse stutters when I hook up external monitors. I've tried the Dell u2415, the U3415w, and the Samsung 34" curved monitor as well. I have a variant of this on my Mac Mini 2014. When I turn on my TV/second monitor, watch a movie and then turn the TV off again, the mouse starts stuttering. Putting the computer to sleep for a few seconds fixes it. The TV is for some reason registered as a projector.
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Mar 19, 2016 07:47
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I feel dumbly nervous about the event. I waited for an extra 2 months to buy a rMBP, and if there is not an refresh on that or the Air, then I will be pissed I missed the $300 off that came up a bit ago. It feels like Christmas is coming!
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I bet the airs go away. Upgraded 12". 13" rMBP gets slimmed down significantly, 15" slimmed down somewhat.
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