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We don't even have Apple Pay. This country is a shambles
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ddogflex posted:That wasn't a "pro" machine by any loving means. Those changes are not nearly as significant either. Yeah, but all or nothing approach being applied to mac products feels like hubris. It's also lovely that they're relying on 3rd parties to supply things like TB3/USB-C docks. I'm not thrilled about blindly buying docks off Amazon in the hopes that it *might* work with a bunch of dongles to connect things like external peripherals and monitors.
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gret posted:How much did people bitch back in the day when the original iMac came out with IIRC only USB ports and dropped ADB and SCSI ports?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWoqwCGQIM0 I still like Craig 
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Quantum of Phallus posted:
For reference, it's $4,689.91 with California taxes. Note that the EU and UK versions have the VAT tax built into the price, where for the US models you need to add it into the advertised price alone with other federal fees (i.e. recycling fee). Still, a huge difference Dick Trauma posted:I like how that crazy Razer laptop looks, especially the keyboard LED setting that follows your keystrokes around. Meanwhile on macrumors forums, people are calling it homosexual (in a derogatory way, if it isn't clear) I'd totally get a razer laptop but the more I read into them the more bad things I hear. Horrible customer service, ridiculous throttling due to thermal demand of the 1060, etc. Good customer service alone is worth a few hundred dollars premium... mitztronic fucked around with this message at 20:18 on Oct 28, 2016 |
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They call it a MacBook Pro because when you see it you turn MBP degrees and walk away
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I don't know what my opinion is but I notice that in this thread we are mostly having adult discussions and arguments. But have you guys been reading r/apple over the last 24 hours Mass tantrum is an understatement. Holy frijoles are they angry.
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I was debating getting a non-touchbar MacBook Pro, but then I was like... nah. I'll just stick with my mid-2012 maxed out Air until forever. Is there somewhere I can get a cheap Thunderbolt display? To my knowledge, having a TB display the only way I can connect two external monitors to this aging beast, assuming I can daisy chain a non-Apple monitor with DP to the TB display.
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I would absolutely not buy a Razer laptop and expect it to work for several years as my primary computer, no chance. I still have serious doubts about any non-Apple manufacturer because all of my pre-Apple laptop memories involve 30 minute battery life after owning the machine for a year or so. Any shiny new laptop can get a good review, but I'm interested in what someone thinks of it two years later.
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teagone posted:I was debating getting a non-touchbar MacBook Pro, but then I was like... nah. I'll just stick with my mid-2012 maxed out Air until forever. Is there somewhere I can get a cheap Thunderbolt display? To my knowledge, having a TB display the only way I can connect two external monitors to this aging beast, assuming I can daisy chain a non-Apple monitor with DP to the TB display. Did you look at the matrox dualhead or consider a usb3 video adapter?
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Quantum of Phallus posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWoqwCGQIM0 I like to think that 30 days from know, there will be a bunch of Apple execs in a boardroom sitting around a screen reading internet posts about how dumb the touchbar is and all the dongle chat, then Tim Cook says "we've only sold 35,000 MacBook pros this is a disaster, put the drat ports back" and then B&H and MicroCenter blow the existing inventory out for $500 below retil
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lmao at the thought of Tom Cook saying anything about the MacBook again until next October.
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Honestly. We'll all end up buying the 2017 model.
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Apple is now saying that they couldn't include more than 16GB of ram due to power concerns. Why didn't you put in DDR4 RAM then you morons? quote:Question from David: The lack of a 32GB BTO option for the new MBPs raised some eyebrows and caused some concerns (me included). Does ~3GBps bandwidth to the SSD make this a moot issue? I.e. memory paging on a 16GB system is so fast that 32GB is not a significant improvement?
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Bob Morales posted:Did you look at the matrox dualhead or consider a usb3 video adapter? I looked at the dualhead but saw it only creates a giant, stretched desktop across two displays. I would like to have each display be their own. The USB3 to HDMI/DVI is something I've held off on because I updated to Sierra and it looks like the only decent USB3 video adapter has a bunch of issues in 10.12 http://support.displaylink.com/knowledgebase/articles/949426
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prom candy posted:I would absolutely not buy a Razer laptop and expect it to work for several years as my primary computer, no chance. I still have serious doubts about any non-Apple manufacturer because all of my pre-Apple laptop memories involve 30 minute battery life after owning the machine for a year or so. Any shiny new laptop can get a good review, but I'm interested in what someone thinks of it two years later.
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prom candy posted:I would absolutely not buy a Razer laptop and expect it to work for several years as my primary computer, no chance. I still have serious doubts about any non-Apple manufacturer because all of my pre-Apple laptop memories involve 30 minute battery life after owning the machine for a year or so. Any shiny new laptop can get a good review, but I'm interested in what someone thinks of it two years later.  But, then, I'm still salty about having two Dell laptops in a row in college suffer total hinge failure in the span of like 6 months each.
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I am surprised that people are upset about not being able to have more than 16 GB of RAM. I don't see any reason to run that many VMs on a laptop.
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Prediction: the envy factor of seeing somebody use this thing in public is going to be huge again.fleshweasel posted:I am surprised that people are upset about not being able to have more than 16 GB of RAM. I don't see any reason to run that many VMs on a laptop. I just bought a Linux workstation with 128GB for that reason. Quantum of Phallus posted:
YOU KNOW YOU WANT IT
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Cingulate posted:Prediction: the envy factor of seeing somebody use this thing in public is going to be huge again. We can complain about ports and prices all we want, but this is the best looking laptop on the planet.
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Oct 28, 2016 20:57
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Haha considering I paid literally 10% of that for my 2013 rMBP, I think I'll pass.
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It's kinda sad the Air is done. My 2013 Air has been so great for uni and I am going to use it dies now.
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JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:source your quotes - me, expressing my actual beliefs
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well why not posted:We can complain about ports and prices all we want, but this is the best looking laptop on the planet. 
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prom candy posted:- me, expressing my actual beliefs poo poo, how many HP Touchsmarts or Motorola Xoom's are still in use compared to iPad 2's. The iPad 2 is also the best example of why you should never buy a first gen Apple product (see iPad 1).
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My mom's been using an iPad 2 for what seems like a hundred years
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krooj posted:Yeah, but all or nothing approach being applied to mac products feels like hubris. This is not new in the slightest. That's why Macs today don't have PS/2 ports but PCs being built today do.
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computer parts posted:This is not new in the slightest. That's why Macs today don't have PS/2 ports but PCs being built today do. Not even macs can protect from USB MitM keyloggers. PS/2 is STILL a requirement for government contracted hardware. Trust me, they wouldn't be there if they didn't need to be. Quantum of Phallus posted:My mom's been using an iPad 2 for what seems like a hundred years They need to make an New iPad 2 just to get the old folks to upgrade.
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Oct 28, 2016 21:29
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By removing the USB-A connection, Apple has saved a whole host of users from MITM attacks. Thanks Tim!
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With this new macbook pro announcement I was thinking, cool I won't have to buy a loving magsafe every year now (they cost $200 here for some reason) and the USB-C cables will be a lot cheaper. Also I'll be able to charge it from either side, which is very cool and useful. I don't give a gently caress about the touch bar, so I won't even consider the touchbar version at the current price point. Btw you can put an i7 cpu on the function keys version and it will be the same price as the i5 touch bar version. But why remove the usb-c ports from the right side in this version??? It makes no loving sense at all. Goddamn it apple, you lost me. I'll probably get the surface book with a discrete GPU that's at the same price point. Or better yet, hold on to my air 2012 for 2-3 more years
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I am certain that the EU pricing is all about the $14.5 billion EU Tax fine.fortune posted:As for Apple’s bottom line, the company made $39 billion in its fiscal 2014, which ended in September and the last year covered by the tax deal. That represents about 20% of the profits it made during the 11-year period covered by the $14.5 billion tax fine. So if Apple had paid its full taxes, it would have owed nearly $3 billion in extra taxes. So now they're sticking it to the customers in the EU. It remains to be seen whether this works out or backfires. I know 5 people (6 including myself) who were dead set on buying a new MBP after the announcement and none of them ordered one so far. unrelated: macrumors posted:No Power Extension Cable: In line with the 12-inch MacBook, new MacBook Pro models do not come with Apple's Power Adapter Extension Cable in the box. Previous MacBook Pro models included the extension cable in the box for several years. The extension cable, which provides extra length between the power brick and wall outlet, can be purchased as a standalone product for $19. eames fucked around with this message at 22:04 on Oct 28, 2016 |
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eames posted:Clowns. It's the small things like this that get me
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90% of the MBP users I encounter in life have attached the extension cable to the power adapter and have no idea where the original duckhead is.
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fleshweasel posted:90% of the MBP users I encounter in life have attached the extension cable to the power adapter and have no idea where the original duckhead is.
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mitztronic posted:Apple is now saying that they couldn't include more than 16GB of ram due to power concerns. holy poo poo no one gives a gently caress what kind of ram they use jfc
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mitztronic posted:Apple is now saying that they couldn't include more than 16GB of ram due to power concerns.
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Holy moly this is so fitting, it's almost scary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1rXqD6M614 Tim Cook, tonerhead #1
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And here's a trade-in program for credit towards MS Surfaces: https://blogs.windows.com/devices/2016/10/27/surface-helps-apple-macbook-owners-trade-up-to-pen-and-on-screen-touch/#D0t5e5rO2DBMHxs0.97 
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