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It's just an iPad Pro in the smaller form factor. Wasn't that complicated.
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Mandals posted:I'm biased because I'm waiting on a rMBP refresh, but that keynote was...underwhelming. Just minor iterations to existing products delivered via stilted presentations. It managed to feel both rushed and plodding at the same time. I love Tim and Phil, but they lack Steve's natural sense of timing and showmanship. Craig is better, but they didn't use him today. Not every keynote can be a brand new groundbreaking product.
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Mandals posted:I'm biased because I'm waiting on a rMBP refresh, but that keynote was...underwhelming. Just minor iterations to existing products delivered via stilted presentations. It managed to feel both rushed and plodding at the same time. I love Tim and Phil, but they lack Steve's natural sense of timing and showmanship. Craig is better, but they didn't use him today. You want them to introduce something new but also think there are too many products?
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Mar 21, 2016 19:43
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I've waited this long, I can wait longer for Skylake unless I see an insane deal.
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Biodome posted:You want them to introduce something new but also think there are too many products? Can't it be both? Pare back the product lines AND release new professional models.  EDIT - Sweet, sweet vindication - http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/21/11278554/apple-ipad-pro-iphone-se-confusing-product-names Mandals fucked around with this message at 06:16 on Mar 22, 2016 |
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Mar 21, 2016 19:48
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If you want a MacBook, wait. If you need one, buy one. Personally, if they change the form factor you're not going to want the first version anyway. And if they don't, it'll be a minor update so if you get a 2015 you'll be fine. Hell I'm slumming it with a 2013 rMBP  Mu Zeta posted:They don't really do events to announce updates to laptops anymore. No poo poo. If they do do they just say oh hey we put new chips in that one thing. lol faster kthxbye
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I'm trying to come up with a word or phrase that conveys how Apple seems to be just aimlessly filling time at these events instead of actually conveying info now, any suggestions? Maybe just "rose gold" used as an adjective, they are certainly in their rose gold phase as a company.
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Lot of people here expecting something that doesn't normally get announced until June.
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It does make me wonder why Best Buy just liquidated their entire stock of rMBs.
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Mar 21, 2016 20:02
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I Am Crake posted:
Please do maintain that attitude and ignore us jaded douchebags; we're only kvetching because we want the latest and greatest, every goddamn event. Oh, and just to toss this in from the OP: 
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numtini posted:It does make me wonder why Best Buy just liquidated their entire stock of rMBs. I think that reflects the poor decisions of Best Buy
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numtini posted:It does make me wonder why Best Buy just liquidated their entire stock of rMBs. And makes me feel dumb as hell I missed it.
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numtini posted:It does make me wonder why Best Buy just liquidated their entire stock of rMBs. cheese eats mouse posted:I think that reflects the poor decisions of Best Buy But everyone was selling them on clearance and suddenly stopped. It wasn't just Best Buy. I'm rocking a launch day 15" rMBP. It's more than enough for me but I want a MacBook because I could actually use it in economy where I currently can't even get the 15" open more than a few inches. So, I don't need one, but drat it in irritated.
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numtini posted:It does make me wonder why Best Buy just liquidated their entire stock of rMBs. Best Buy is circling the drain.
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But didn't you guys hear? No one needs laptops anymore. iPad Pro is the future. It's going to replace hundreds of millions of PCs! Now, check out this video with this VFX about how awesome our pencil is. Oh, laptops really are better? Wacom's been doing that for ages? Any pro work on an iPad still sucks? But oh poo poo you can edit a whole TWO video files at once? Don't tell Tim, guys. Product to press release. Nothing to see here. They'll update the laptops eventually.
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Mu Zeta posted:They don't really do events to announce updates to laptops anymore. Yeah, the latest rMBP refresh was done silently wasn't it? Wonder if they'll do a Mac Pro refresh too - Thunderbolt 3 seems like it'd be a good fit for it. I also hope such a refresh might lead to there being more GPU drivers being made for OSX - a Thunderbolt GPU enclosure would only be useful to macbooks/macpros in a Windows partition if it weren't the case. computer parts posted:Lot of people here expecting something that doesn't normally get announced until June. I think some people thought there'd be a refresh today because if the wait was until June it'd be one of the longest waits ever: http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#Retina_MacBook_Pro
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walropodes posted:I think some people thought there'd be a refresh today because if the wait was until June it'd be one of the longest waits ever: People were bitching and moaning that those refreshes "didn't count" at the time either because they were so minor people hardly noticed. If anything, the Macbook Pro had unusually quick updates until recently. Look at the Macbook Air or the iMac, yearly updates is right in line with them.
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Pryor on Fire posted:I'm trying to come up with a word or phrase that conveys how Apple seems to be just aimlessly filling time at these events instead of actually conveying info now, any suggestions? Maybe just "rose gold" used as an adjective, they are certainly in their rose gold phase as a company. WE'RE GOING TO RAISE CHICKENS ON THE ROOF OF THE SPACESHIP AND ALL EMPLOYEES GET TO TAKE THE EGGS HOME
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Let's talk about forestry
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Pryor on Fire posted:I'm trying to come up with a word or phrase that conveys how Apple seems to be just aimlessly filling time at these events instead of actually conveying info now, any suggestions? Maybe just "rose gold" used as an adjective, they are certainly in their rose gold phase as a company. Gilding the rose
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Thanks for not releasing the iCar today Tim. Now we're facing another month of newspaper editorials about after Steve's death, Apple is doomed because it can't innovate anymore.
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walropodes posted:Phillibustering? Ooh I like this one too
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Binary Badger posted:Please do maintain that attitude and ignore us jaded douchebags; we're only kvetching because we want the latest and greatest, every goddamn event. Ha! I can sort of see that timeline happening. I did spend a lot of time considering it though and I've worked with Macs at school and such. Shortcuts are going to take some getting used to although I've figured out all of them by myself already, don't really play games on the PC anymore and basically all the reasons I had for using Windows went out the window a couple of years ago since I've started using computers mostly for writing, image editing, web surfing and media. I'm really digging the display so far and general look and feel of it, the aluminum feels soft to the touch somehow, which is very different coming from an ASUS. That one had the insane ability to feel colder than even after hours of use, which was kinda cool as well. So far the only thing I'm a little bummed out the smooth scrolling doesn't happen when you use a Logitech mouse. What extension do you guys use for ad blocking in safari? uBlock Origin isn't available.
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Let's say I wanted to sell an iMac and 11" Air in order to consolidate down to one machine. Are my only options CL and eBay and random friends on FB? I'm not necessarily looking for the best possible deal--I'd prioritize easy over dealing with the hive of villainy that is Internet Buyers.
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numtini posted:It does make me wonder why Best Buy just liquidated their entire stock of rMBs. The entry level rMBP is $65 off today, in what world is that "liquidating their stock"?
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FCKGW posted:The entry level rMBP is $65 off today, in what world is that "liquidating their stock"? That's something like a $63 loss.
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I Am Crake posted:Ha! I can sort of see that timeline happening. I did spend a lot of time considering it though and I've worked with Macs at school and such. Shortcuts are going to take some getting used to although I've figured out all of them by myself already, don't really play games on the PC anymore and basically all the reasons I had for using Windows went out the window a couple of years ago since I've started using computers mostly for writing, image editing, web surfing and media. Did you get the Retina MBP? I use regular uBlock, never had any issues. https://www.ublock.org Tried installing this? Binary Badger fucked around with this message at 22:32 on Mar 21, 2016 |
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Well, this is a bit odd.  Any ideas? PRAM etc doesn't seem to have helped.
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have you zapped pram and whatever edit: ignore me, i didn't see that part of your post. it's out of warranty but you might need a new battery. did this happen suddenly?
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Pivo posted:have you zapped pram and whatever edit: ignore me, i didn't see that part of your post. Yep, generally been fine for the last good while. New battery would have been my first shout hence the Coconut Battery download and check, but it seems to be pretty good and nowhere near through its full cycle range.
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FCKGW posted:The entry level rMBP is $65 off today, in what world is that "liquidating their stock"? He meant the 12" MacBook. Best Buy just had a $300 off sale a week or two ago. May have been (up to) $300 off (the most expensive configuration), idk, but still a large amount to discount for no apparent reason.
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Neurophonic posted:Yep, generally been fine for the last good while. New battery would have been my first shout hence the Coconut Battery download and check, but it seems to be pretty good and nowhere near through its full cycle range. Yeah, but it is pretty old, and may be out of calibration... Have you tried fully discharging it, and then fully charging it without a load? There's not really much you can do to troubleshoot batteries unfortunately, that I know of. I mean, back when laptop batteries were just an assortment of 18650s you could disassemble them and test each cell individually, but now that Apple's using custom molded batteries, it's not like you can just easily tear into one. It might just be that the solution is a new battery. These things are wear items. And hey, 600 cycles in 4 years isn't bad, you got some life out of that thing.
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Binary Badger posted:Did you get the Retina MBP? Thanks, I'll try uBlock. I think the mouse scrolling is a hardware thing, supposedly the touchpad has a crazy resolution that allows for the smooth movement or something and a mouse scroll wheel doesn't have it. I am using the rMBP, 13 inch with 256GB SSD and 8GB RAM. Didn't want to pay 200 euros for the RAM upgrade, so I hope 8GB will last me a couple of years.
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quote:He meant the 12" MacBook. Best Buy just had a $300 off sale a week or two ago. May have been (up to) $300 off (the most expensive configuration), idk, but still a large amount to discount for no apparent reason. She meant, actually. And it was $300 off all the rMB models. The entry model is sold out online and searching for stock, it's sold out in every store within 250 miles. They didn't just discount it, but the let the discount ride until they were sold out. The 1.2/512GB is still available and still $300 off. Unless they're dropping the item entirely.
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Looks like BBY still has the top non-BTO option $300 off. Weird that both specs are the same $ off. Maybe I'll just get one now with the huge discount.
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Neurophonic posted:Well, this is a bit odd. Third party battery utilities don't always calculate battery percentage the same way Apple's display does. If your battery life is still OK just ignore the discrepancy and move on.
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Is the AMD graphics chip on the top spec MBP a meaningful difference? Or, simply put, should I spend the extra $400ish to get it? If it will enable me to play games, it may be worthwhile, but I'm mostly going to do photo editing, coding, and office-type software on this.
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What kind of games because there's a huge difference between Hearthstone and whatever the current top of the line fps is. It's probably not worth it though either way and your $400 would be better spent with an additional $200 to build a PC.
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