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You can get a lot of used Mac for $500-700. Then if you really want, sell it and buy something brand new after they're released
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Is that through the Apple refurb site, or through Amazon or something?
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Pollyanna posted:Is that through the Apple refurb site, or through Amazon or something? Used as in SA-mart or other for sale forums
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The battery on my 2012 retina MBP is real garbage these days, like under 2 hours on a full charge. I haven't used the machine that heavily I don't think, and the system info only reports ~250 battery cycles. Apple's support site lists the cycle limit of the battery at 1000 cycles. Googling led me to resetting the PRAM, which seems to have helped a little. (It also solved the issue of the fan running full blast all the time, so there must have been something weird going on). But that only helped a little, bringing me up to 2 hours instead of 85 minutes. Are there any other software fixes that might help?
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You should wait for the new Macs to come out. The refurb prices will lower even more ($100-200) but they'll probably sell out quickly so you need to get on it fast.
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Bob Morales posted:I would find it odd if the Air got a retina screen and USB-c but kept the same general form factor. I would expect nothing less than a bigger MacBook (14" maybe?) I wouldn't. I've worked at two businesses now that buy Airs by the crate. They're extremely durable, fast enough for "business" use and cheap.
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How smart is the Macbook Pro's automatic graphics switching? Is it like Optimus where it just has a ridiculously subjective/constantly outdated list of things the dGPU should run on and then switches it even if the integrated graphics would be fine, or does it actually take into account GPU load/FPS/temperatures/power use/etc? It seems like a combo of both but the most recent posts I can find about it are from like 2013. VV Yeah that's what I thought  .
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It works fine if you think Chrome or Twitter requires a graphics card. Here is what the Apple Support page says quote:On Mac computers that support automatic graphics switching between two graphics processors, some software using OpenGL technology may engage the discrete, higher performance graphics automatically. For best battery performance, consider quitting OpenGL-based applications when you finish using them. Mu Zeta fucked around with this message at 08:05 on Oct 19, 2016 |
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DEUCE SLUICE posted:I'm seriously curious - what are the folks who maintain that the current Macs suck looking for in the new ones? Or is this a "I don't know what I want but I know it's not THAT" kind of thing? I'll bite: What I want: Up to date processors (Kaby Lake) GPU with >2.5 Gflops external GPU support via TB3 10 bit color screen with iPhone/iPad-like gamut and calibration "True-Tone" display (automatically adjusted white-point and illumination) >=100 Hz panel with variable refreshrate better and more durable antireflective coating, no screen burn-in longer radius of the chamfered user-facing edges of the case a keyboard that doesn't become "mushy" after 2 years of intensive use thinner screen bezels Not happening: 17" Model with 6-core CPU option, larger heatsinks, larger speakers, one 2.5" bay, SO-DIMM slots magsafe cables that don't fray after a few months of use What I realistically think Apple will announce: a thinner, lighter form factor that causes the machine to throttle as soon as CPU+GPU load is over 50% for 3 minutes 2-3 items off my list (10 bit screens, thinner bezels, TB3) OLED strip with the "Taptic Engine" that removes the physical ESC-key because ~courage~ TouchID and ApplePay integration via a questionable secure enclave that can also be used for all sorts of draconic pre-boot DRM/surveillance eventually ARM CPUs that do not allow code execution of binaries downloaded outside the AppStore
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8ender posted:I wouldn't. I've worked at two businesses now that buy Airs by the crate. They're extremely durable, fast enough for "business" use and cheap. You can lock it to integrated with an app like gfxcsrdstatus
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Mu Zeta posted:It works fine if you think Chrome or Twitter requires a graphics card. Before I baked my gpu in my iMac, Firefox would trigger all the graphical glitches. Switching back to Safari fixed all my problems. Makes sense now. Didn't realize Firefox uses OpenGL.
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My MPB predictions: Likely: Kaby Lake HDR or similar Extra colours Thinner USB-C New Keyboard Not Likely: 144hz External GPU Almost Certainly Not: More USB Ports 17" Anything we turbonerds actually want.
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Oct 19, 2016 14:27
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Why would an MBP need 144 hz
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ethanol posted:Why would an MBP need 144 hz It has to be a premier gaming laptop, duh.
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I want a new mini like the old mini. I ended up buying an 09 Mac Pro instead.
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ethanol posted:Why would an MBP need 144 hz Why not? Higher refresh rates makes every motion on the screen smoother and more fluid. Website scrolling, moving windows, everything. I didn't think that higher refresh rates are something that matter to me but moving back and forth between a 144hz hackintosh and a 60hz rMBP makes the difference striking, without gaming. 100hz with the low hanging fruit that is variable refresh rate (now a standard feature of DP and could be used for energy savings) would make me quite happy.
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'Smoothness' is exactly the sort of nebulous term that Apple love to emphasise.
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Finally.
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Remember in 1984 when Steve Jobs unveiled the original Mac it said "hello i am macintosh" or something So that's the "hello again" What's with the colors? HDR?
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official invitation link: http://www.apple.com/apple-events/october-2016/ the logo looks like a color powder explosion, probably a hint at something display-related.
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Oct 19, 2016 21:44
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I have had $1500 squirreled away for months waiting for this. loving finally.
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Yeah, it looks just like the iOS 9 wallpapers.
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1997 posted:Yeah, it looks just like the iOS 9 wallpapers. The new Macbooks will run iOS 9 and nothing else.
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Oct 19, 2016 21:48
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Going to make passionate love to my '15 mbp just to let it know I still care, sort of.
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Be prepared to be disappointed when they release exactly what's been in the rumor mill.
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Bob Morales posted:Be prepared to be disappointed when they release exactly what's been in the rumor mill. I think the current Retina Pros are fine machines. It's just the principle of buying something so old at new prices.
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Mu Zeta posted:I think the current Retina Pros are fine machines. It's just the principle of buying something so old at new prices. I'm curious to see if Apple can come up with anything to motivate me to upgrade.
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You pay the extra money for AppleCare imo but also for getting a clean machine without jizz on it. The apple refurb program is alright though
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OLED displays could be sweet. I think if they have it they'll only put it as a premium option on the 15".
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Yeah, the hinges are literally the only reason I considered upgrading, and I decided to just bite the bullet and pay $80 instead of $1500 to fix it myself.
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Oct 19, 2016 22:10
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You'll pry my late 2013 from my cold dead hands
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I'll probably get this one coming out.
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I'm in the market for a new iMac, so... hopefully a minor spec update comes next week too.
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Tim's gonna have to seriously come up with the goods to get me to switch from my 2013 RMBP.
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It's gotten to the point where I resent my 13" air I just hate that lovely loving screen so much. My personal laptop has always been a secondary device so I've been holding off getting some refurb pro. Mostly because I have to know what the hold up was for these new machines was before I can decide what to get.
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eames posted:official invitation link: Kid Cudi Man on the Moon 3 confirmed 
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:I mean, for a lot of workloads the late-2013 model is still within margin-of-error performance to the current model too. It hasn't even really made sense to buy the current one if you could score an older model. About the only thing you could be picky about with 2015 rMBPs vs 2013s is the marginally better SSD speed (and even there, you need to buy a 512 GB/ 1 TB SSD to see much difference.) I still think I'd hold onto my late 2013 rMBP regardless of what comes out, unless its got some catchy new thing that ISN'T a physical version of the Mac OS 9 control strip or a super de duper turbo PCIe 16x SSD, or something. I'm not gonna trade in my MagSafe 2 for a loving USB-C adapter, even if Apple does make it standard. They're going backward if they go that route, IMHO. I can easily see that as being something that the buying public rebels against, then Apple sheepishly puts it back in the next revision and makes it MagSafe 2 + 3 USB-C ports. Binary Badger fucked around with this message at 23:47 on Oct 19, 2016 |
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I really hope that there's the Mac Pro refresh that's been delayed forever. The new gen AMD graphics cards are here already... It's probably just going to be the laptops though, since there hasn't been a single proper rumor regarding the Mac Pro at all, but at least they're starting to refresh things. New version of FCP X slated to be announced Thursday as well.
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