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JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:I'm using a late 2013 rMBP for going on three years, can't find a reason to get a new one. Lightroom and PS with ~600MB images is the most work it sees. Cool. Yeah, I was just looking at 2015s since they're the most recent (not counting these new ones), but I think a 2014 might be more in my budget. From the research I've done, it doesn't seem like there's much major difference between 2015 and 2014 either, but I could be completely wrong because I'm not knee deep in mac stuff like most of you here.
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Quantum of Phallus posted:That's pretty much the whole "gaming" PC market space . It's absurdly hard to find a non trash looking laptop with any gaming potential. The one that sorta makes the cut is the dell inspiron gaming, at least it looks like an ugly business laptop, not an ugly gaming laptop.
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kefkafloyd posted:Just got a shiny loaded 21 inch 4K iMac at work. My old late 2009 was barely hanging in there. I'm OK with it as anything new would blow my old machine away and I'm not sure when Kaby Lake desktops will be out. At Best Buy the other day, thought a 21" iMac looked funny. I didn't realize they still made a 1080p iMac, I thought they were all Retina by now  Apple
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JAY ZERO SUM GAME posted:I'm using a late 2013 rMBP for going on three years, can't find a reason to get a new one. Lightroom and PS with ~600MB images is the most work it sees. Post Walt.
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Mordiceius posted:Cool. Yeah, I was just looking at 2015s since they're the most recent (not counting these new ones), but I think a 2014 might be more in my budget. From the research I've done, it doesn't seem like there's much major difference between 2015 and 2014 either, but I could be completely wrong because I'm not knee deep in mac stuff like most of you here. If we're talking about 13" and 15" rMBPs, there's poo poo for difference -except- in SSD speed, GPUs, and video output. 2014s have older Intel Iris iGPUs and nVidia GTX 750 dGPUs (15-inch only), can drive 4K displays at 24/30 Hz over HDMI, 4K displays at 60 Hz over Thunderbolt (only 15-inch with nVidia GT 750) 2015s have faster SSDs than 2014s, newer Iris iGPUs and an AMD R9 M370X dGPU (15-inch only), can drive 4K displays at 30, 60Hz, 5K displays at 60 Hz (only 15-inch with AMD R9 M370X option) Which one matters to you is a preference of taste, although you'll get CUDA acceleration with the older nVidia dGPU. If you neither know nor care about CUDA, it's a non issue. Binary Badger fucked around with this message at 22:38 on Nov 1, 2016 |
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Mordiceius posted:How are 2014 MBPs? I found someone selling a "2014 2.5Ghz / 16GB / 512GB SSD / GT750M, it is almost brand new with 7 battery cycles and is under the standard one year Applecare warranty until 10/2017 and can be extended to three years" Would $1300 be an okay deal for this?
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Wait why is the touchpad randomly to the right of the whole keyboard? Is there some 'gamer' purpose for this or is it just totally asinine hardware design (like removing the SD card slot on the MacBook Pro)?
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WASD keys and the mouse are the two most important components in gaming. The location of the trackpad definitely makes a lot of sense if you're pwning n00bs instead of writing prose/code. Though who uses a trackpad instead of plugging in a mouse 
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Binary Badger posted:If we're talking about 13" and 15" rMBPs, there's poo poo for difference -except- in SSD speed, GPUs, and video output. Most of that is gibberish to me, so none of it really stands out. I guess I should be good with the 2014.
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Dangerllama posted:pwning n00bs
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Bob Morales posted:At Best Buy the other day, thought a 21" iMac looked funny. I didn't realize they still made a 1080p iMac, I thought they were all Retina by now The 1080 ones are still around to act as cheap macs for schools or other low power situations. They have Macbook Air-level processors so I would avoid them if at all possible.
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Dangerllama posted:WASD keys and the mouse are the two most important components in gaming. The location of the trackpad definitely makes a lot of sense if you're pwning n00bs instead of writing prose/code. Though who uses a trackpad instead of plugging in a mouse It's a 17" 7.8 lb "desktop replacement." I can understand trying a layout other than keyboard above trackpad, but they also shoved the keyboard over to the left side of the laptop so the keyboard/trackpad combo is taking up the middle third of the vertical space in its half. Plus nothing says "pro" like customizable light-up keycaps
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It's all in the center/middle because the entire bottom of the computer is the biggest battery they can legally put into it and the entire top is room for sli 1080 graphic cards.
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Mordiceius posted:Would $1300 be an okay deal for this? I would have a hard time going over 1100
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this new macbook and that razer are at the exact opposite extremes of what i want in my laptop. the macbook took too much out and the razer crammed a 4k display with a gtx 1080 into a 17" body. EXTREEEEMEEEE
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Mordiceius posted:Most of that is gibberish to me, so none of it really stands out. I guess I should be good with the 2014. Check the warranty status before you buy it. Go to the apple icon on the top left -> About this Mac > Service Then click on the "Check my service and support status" button. By the way, you can only extend the warranty an additional 2 years.
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GATOS Y VATOS posted:Post Walt.  
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nerdz posted:It's absurdly hard to find a non trash looking laptop with any gaming potential. The one that sorta makes the cut is the dell inspiron gaming, at least it looks like an ugly business laptop, not an ugly gaming laptop. I got that one for my wife. Battery life is pretty bad, screen isn't great, it's huge and it weighs a ton, but it plays games okay and wasn't super expensive. Anyone who thinks Apple needs to go in that direction or play in that space vs. where they're heading now is an insane person.
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Mu Zeta posted:Check the warranty status before you buy it. Go to the apple icon on the top left -> About this Mac > Service Will do. I'll get verification from the guy since he's in another state. I found him on r/appleswap
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Hed posted:So can the 13" Pro drive the 5K display? I only see the built-in Iris graphics so I'm thinking no. Found my answer, from this article it looks like the 15" can drive 4 4K or 2 5K displays at once, the 13" can drive 2 4K or 1 5K. So I guess I'll get a 13" and 2 4096x2160 displays to plug into it, that's still a lot more resolution than the 2x1920x1200 I'm doing on my desktop now. e: added that 13" can drive 1 5K monitor, I accidentally left that out because I don't care about that config. Hed fucked around with this message at 10:56 on Nov 2, 2016 |
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Just ordered a refurb 256GB 15" rMBP 2015 for 1650€.  never ever spent so much on a computer.
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I scratched the top of my screen with my cleaning cloth gently caress this earth gently caress it all
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So the 13" non touch can't drive a single 5k?
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Jealous Cow posted:So the 13" non touch can't drive a single 5k? No it will drive 1 5K screen or 2 4K screens according the specs on Apple's site.
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FCKGW posted:Secure my Digital? Sell me a dongle.
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Mu Zeta posted:Check the warranty status before you buy it. Go to the apple icon on the top left -> About this Mac > Service  This was the info on it that I got back from the guy. He's pretty firm on his sell price of $1300. I think I'm going to go with it as I have been completely unable to find a better deal despite about a month of looking and I'm tired of waiting. Maybe I could get a better deal and save $100-$200 if I waited a few more weeks, but I don't want to wait any longer.
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Selling my MBP for $400. Please tell your friends. https://imgur.com/gallery/NoCix
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Mordiceius posted:Will do. I'll get verification from the guy since he's in another state. I found him on r/appleswap
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Listen man I can't wait two more weeks to spend 1300.
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Given both options to connect a 24" monitor, is there any benefit to Mini DisplayPort over HDMI?
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Linguica posted:Do people seriously just wire $1300 or whatever to some rando on reddit and hope for the best? This is exactly what credit card chargebacks are for. Worked out for me.
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Phil Shiller posted:And we are proud to tell you that so far our online store has had more orders for the new MacBook Pro than any other pro notebook before. The customers have spoken. 
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smackfu posted:Given both options to connect a 24" monitor, is there any benefit to Mini DisplayPort over HDMI? DP can do 4k @ 60fps, HDMI 1.x generally can't do the 60fps bit. Besides that, not a huge difference if you're using 1080p or whatever. I'd use minidisplayport just for the smaller plug and that the HDMI cable could be useful elsewhere, say, a TV.
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eames posted:source I knew it, whatever goons hate, sells
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I'm really optimistic wrt. the Touchbar: More mouse-free work. Clicking popup boxes annoys me. This shouldn't be a hack though: https://github.com/mattrajca/sudo-touchid eames posted:source
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ethanol posted:I knew it, whatever goons hate, sells I read an impassioned soliloquy from a LOYAL APPLE web developer about how 16GB of RAM wasn't enough for MY WORKFLOW and that APPLE DOESNT CARE ABOUT PRO USERS and knew this year was going to be a banner year for Macbook sales. I imagine they sighed dramatically before clicking buy on the Apple Store.
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I'm curious if they'll continue to update the Macbook out of cycle with the rest. The Broadwell -> Skylake -> Kaby Lake jump has been significant for the 4.5W Core m parts, and with the CPU performance concerns addressed and a growing infrastructure of USB Type-c stuff, the Macbook is lookin great.
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I was definitely skeptical of the touch bar at first, but after spending a bit of time thinking about it, a context-sensitive button strip could be done well, and it seems that there's been a lot of thought put in to it. I'd like to see if you could use it for a more interactive Exposé. Hold the button for all windows, then drag left or right to wheel through windows or applications. Quick swipe on the button to fullscreen, sweep it down for minimise. Multitouch would make this pretty extensible. It's not what I'd hoped for, but if it's handled well, it could end up being a neat feature.
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