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enojy posted:Can someone educate me on the best price vs. quality ~27" monitor to use with a 2015 13" MBP? Do I want to splurge on something bigger than 1920x1080 lest it look like junk compared to the built-in Retina display? Ideally, I'd like to stay around $200.
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Jun 1, 2016 16:37
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Bob Morales posted:It would be more than $200 but have you thought about a used 27" Apple Cinema Display? That's what I have plugged into my 2013 13" rMBP and it's awesome. I already had a so-so Acer 21.5" 1080p display so I figured I would upgrade to 2560x1440 and have not regretted it one bit. Nope, haven't even looked at used/refurbished Apple displays yet! My interest was piqued because I've been using Xcode a lot more recently, and I just want poo poo to be bigger. 1680x1050 on the 13" MBP is fine for just about everything but Xcode. Newegg also had this on sale, and I was like huh, a 27" monitor isn't as expensive as I'd thought. Only 1080p, though.
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Jun 1, 2016 16:52
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enojy posted:Nope, haven't even looked at used/refurbished Apple displays yet! My interest was piqued because I've been using Xcode a lot more recently, and I just want poo poo to be bigger. 1680x1050 on the 13" MBP is fine for just about everything but Xcode. Newegg also had this on sale, and I was like huh, a 27" monitor isn't as expensive as I'd thought. Only 1080p, though. It's hard to find a good one and then you have to get an adapter because so few cheap ones have Displayport connectors
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Jun 1, 2016 16:55
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Arsten posted:
And why physically dock to a desktop when you can do it all wirelessly through your Apple TV 
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Jun 1, 2016 17:21
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Why would you need sixty eight ports when you can connect almost nothing to your iOS device in the first place?
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enojy posted:Nope, haven't even looked at used/refurbished Apple displays yet! My interest was piqued because I've been using Xcode a lot more recently, and I just want poo poo to be bigger. 1680x1050 on the 13" MBP is fine for just about everything but Xcode. Newegg also had this on sale, and I was like huh, a 27" monitor isn't as expensive as I'd thought. Only 1080p, though. If you have patience, you can wait for a cheap 27" 1440p refurb monitor off the Acer store. http://acerrecertified.com/27-and-Up Sometimes you can get lucky and pick one up for $200~ edit: You can also go the cheap Korean 27" 1440p monitor route but I don't recommend that with Macbook computers. I have the official apple adapter (MDP -> Dual DVI) but for some reason my korean monitor does not play nicely with my rMBP with a m370x. The screen flickers every 4 seconds. It's strange though, the korean monitor plays perfectly nice with my 11" MBA though. It makes me assume it has to do with the m370x. double edit: I went to go play with it again and it seems like the screen does not flicker when I use bootcamp. So it has to do with a software problem with the m370x Rabid Snake fucked around with this message at 17:32 on Jun 1, 2016 |
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Jun 1, 2016 17:25
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Bob Morales posted:It's hard to find a good one and then you have to get an adapter because so few cheap ones have Displayport connectors Those adapters are like ten bucks though. I use an AmazonBasics one that works perfectly.
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Jun 1, 2016 18:18
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japtor posted:I just meant Lightning or USB-C and audio mini jack, you know it's all going away eventually! Everything becomes obsolete. Especially us. For the docking, I would prefer to physically dock to something because you can't lock your screen/turn off the display on the iPad and have it use the second screen exclusively so you need a power source to drive that giant, power hungry slab of glass. So, into the chargerplug with ya. (Also, TV screens SUCK for text at rear end-on-couch distances).
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Jun 1, 2016 18:22
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Arsten posted:Everything becomes obsolete. Especially us. I have a 70 inch tv and it's fine for using a computer as a computer, I think anything smaller than like 60 inches wouldn't work though, it's terrible on our 42. There's no good way to use a mouse and kb on a couch, though.
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Jun 3, 2016 18:22
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tuyop posted:I have a 70 inch tv and it's fine for using a computer as a computer, I think anything smaller than like 60 inches wouldn't work though, it's terrible on our 42. There's no good way to use a mouse and kb on a couch, though. For our htpc I use the snazzy Logitech wireless kb that has a two finger trackpad on it. It's very nice and around a hundred bucks. I'd be interested in that I think corsair? Couch gaming job with a long USB cord and mouse platform, but i dunno if it's out yet.
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Jun 3, 2016 18:31
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Speaking of Apple Displays, I saw this on Slashdot today: http://hothardware.com/news/apple-5k-retina-thunderbolt-display-integrated-gpu A 5K Retina display with.... a discrete GPU embedded in the device? Could be a cool solution for taking a thin and light laptop and allowing it to do more GPU heavy tasks sort of like the external GPU talk that's gone on the past year or so. But I'm wondering if tying the GPU to a (assuming) $1,000+ display is going to be a bummer when the display is still fine in 4+ years but the GPU is woefully out of date?
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Jun 3, 2016 19:46
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tuyop posted:I have a 70 inch tv and it's fine for using a computer as a computer, I think anything smaller than like 60 inches wouldn't work though, it's terrible on our 42. There's no good way to use a mouse and kb on a couch, though. I have a 64 or 65" screen and it murders my eyes if I'm not close enough to eye-hump the individual pixels (about 20 feet).
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MrChupon posted:Speaking of Apple Displays, I saw this on Slashdot today: Huh. Arsten posted:If you look at it that way, then using the TB2/3 to allow for upgrades would mean that you'd buy that upgrade a year into their release cycle and see no need to upgrade the following year because the new processor and RAM is all-but identical to your current processor and RAM. The software is actually getting faster simply because you can't count on speedier and beefier machines in a constant upgrade cycle. 
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Jun 3, 2016 19:55
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Anyone have a good source for refurbished Mac accessories? I lost my MagSafe2 45w adapter while traveling and the official replacement is steep at $80.
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howdoesishotweb posted:Anyone have a good source for refurbished Mac accessories? I lost my MagSafe2 45w adapter while traveling and the official replacement is steep at $80. I'd get the steep new one. The power adapter is the one thing that can catch fire and burn you to death in your sleep.
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Jun 3, 2016 23:55
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MrChupon posted:But I'm wondering if tying the GPU to a (assuming) $1,000+ display is going to be a bummer when the display is still fine in 4+ years but the GPU is woefully out of date? It will be a bummer and knowing Apple they will do something like cram a 1070m into a 32 inch 5k display. This wouldn't be so bad to game on if you could play in integer scaling mode at 2560x1440 but no one will ever write those drivers.
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Would the device you're plugging the display into not power it graphically? Like the old Thunderbolt Display doesn't have any graphics chip inside. Is this because no single cable can stream 5k yet?
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Jun 4, 2016 00:36
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Quantum of Phallus posted:Would the device you're plugging the display into not power it graphically? Like the old Thunderbolt Display doesn't have any graphics chip inside. Is this because no single cable can stream 5k yet? quote:Thunderbolt 3 is based on the DisplayPort 1.2 specification and can support up to 2 streams (eight lanes) of DisplayPort 1.2 video bandwidth. A single cable now provides four times the data and twice the video bandwidth of any other cable, while also supplying up to 100W of power.
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MrChupon posted:Speaking of Apple Displays, I saw this on Slashdot today: iMore with the wet blanket. iMore posted:There'd been some speculation on Twitter and rumor reports about Apple possibly introducing a display with an integrated eGPU. Theory being, it would take some of the graphical processing overhead off MacBooks and/or facilitate a single-cable connection that could drive 5K. It sounds cool, but I asked around, and it's not happening at the keynote or any time in the immediate future. Their sources are usually pretty good.
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Jun 4, 2016 02:12
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Arsten posted:I have a 64 or 65" screen and it murders my eyes if I'm not close enough to eye-hump the individual pixels (about 20 feet). We sit like 15 feet from the 70". I got the laser eyes last fall though so my vision is pretty good. Kind of a curse because I didn't used to care that much about SD video, but now I hate it.
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Jun 4, 2016 05:57
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tuyop posted:We sit like 15 feet from the 70". I got the laser eyes last fall though so my vision is pretty good. Kind of a curse because I didn't used to care that much about SD video, but now I hate it. Getting old: The ultimate anti-aliasing.
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Jun 4, 2016 15:58
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Arsten posted:Getting old: The ultimate anti-aliasing. I'm gonna put my old glasses on next time I have to watch low quality video. Thanks for the tip!
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Jun 4, 2016 17:29
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tuyop posted:I'm gonna put my old glasses on next time I have to watch low quality video. Thanks for the tip! Migraines: The secret to pitch-perfect black!
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Jun 6, 2016 00:19
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That's the bluetooth keyboard and magic mouse
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Saw this going around yesterday. Apparently the 2016 rMB *can* do 4K @ 60Hz, but Apple has limited it for some reason. Cooling/stability maybe. http://9to5mac.com/2016/06/04/how-to-enable-4k-60hz-resolution-2016-macbook/
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Jun 7, 2016 17:54
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I hope they announce an updated Mac Mini this year. If so, I'm definitely pulling the trigger 
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eightysixed posted:If so, I'm definitely pulling the trigger RIP
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Jun 9, 2016 17:11
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If that's what it takes, thank you for your sacrifice 
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Jun 9, 2016 17:53
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So you guys are saying it's unlikely? Well I guess we'll find out next week. If not, Mac Mini refurb it is 
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eightysixed posted:So you guys are saying it's unlikely? Well I guess we'll find out next week. If not, Mac Mini refurb it is I was making a joke about you 'pulling the trigger' (killing yourself). It's not funny if I have to explain it. None of us really know Apple's plans, but they do neglect the Mac Mini line, so I wouldn't expect it personally, not at a big event. They'd do a quiet refresh. But I have 0 insider information, that's just gut feeling.
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Oh. Yea. Got it. Either the joke wasn't funny, or went way over my head. Point is, I want a Mac Mini, but I also don't want to buy one now, and they announce a new one next week. It's been two years since the last refresh, so I have (had, not I guess  ) high hopes.
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Jun 9, 2016 18:48
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And six years since a full redesign, optical drives were still an option back then! Course that means if they do redesign it it'll probably be a tiny box with super low power leftover MacBook scraps  . I just want Skull Canyon in a mini trash can form factor!
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Jun 9, 2016 19:25
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japtor posted:Course that means if they do redesign it it'll probably be a tiny box with super low power leftover MacBook scraps  Yeah, make a baby Mac Pro that looks like a hockey puck on steroids, people will glue handles onto them and pretend they're drinking coffee, etc.
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I mean I can see why they neglect the Mini. Apple's all about hype and high margins, Mini is cheap and no one gets excited for them and they don't sell very well. It makes business sense to ignore them and focus on their profit centres, portables and mobile devices. Just sucks for people who do want a baby Mac, I get it. Who knows, hopefully you'll get a refresh. You never know.
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Pivo posted:I mean I can see why they neglect the Mini. Apple's all about hype and high margins, Mini is cheap and no one gets excited for them and they don't sell very well. It makes business sense to ignore them and focus on their profit centres, portables and mobile devices. Just sucks for people who do want a baby Mac, I get it. Who knows, hopefully you'll get a refresh. You never know. Actually, the 2010s and 2012s sold fantastically. The 2014s sold like poo poo because it was a step back in terms of computing power. (I think they considered them eating into their iMac line?  )
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Arsten posted:Actually, the 2010s and 2012s sold fantastically. Did they? I thought people snapped up lots of them for server farms, but... I don't know a single individual who wanted one, has one or had one. Anecdotes suck though.
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Pivo posted:Did they? I thought people snapped up lots of them for server farms, but... I don't know a single individual who wanted one, has one or had one. Anecdotes suck though. Well, they sold fantastically. I'm sure a lot of that was server-ing. Like I said, I don't know why they limited them so much in the 2014s - but they did the same with their lower end iMacs. I would think it's a way to get you to step up to more pricey options.
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Pivo posted:Did they? I thought people snapped up lots of them for server farms, but... I don't know a single individual who wanted one, has one or had one. Anecdotes suck though. We have a ton of them at work for build and/or test machines; unfortunately we only got one of the quad-core i7s before they nerfed that option in an "update". Likewise though, I don't know anyone who owns one personally - NUCs are a far nicer form factor if you really want a small computer, though obviously not running
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Arsten posted:Actually, the 2010s and 2012s sold fantastically. The 2014s sold like poo poo because it was a step back in terms of computing power. (I think they considered them eating into their iMac line? I think the 2014 mobo's socket type lacked a usable high-end Intel chip at the time of release. I'd be down with a mini-mini Macbook-style option, i.e. all on one chip and great power usage, the size of an iPhone, a Macberry Pi. 
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