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Krispy Kareem posted:Much like their apps, Mac users pay for their porn. Wait, there's porn you have to pay for?
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I Am Crake posted:Wait, there's porn you have to pay for? The best porn you have to pay for.
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I Am Crake posted:Wait, there's porn you have to pay for? Android user trap sprung. How do like your Droid?
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Is the apple refurb store likely to have more 2015 Mbps in the very near future? I finally decided to pull the trigger and now they are gone when there was a whole array of different models available two days ago. Otherwise where is the best place to buy a 2015 model?
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rally posted:Is the apple refurb store likely to have more 2015 Mbps in the very near future? I finally decided to pull the trigger and now they are gone when there was a whole array of different models available two days ago. Otherwise where is the best place to buy a 2015 model? It's hard to predict exactly when as refurbs depend on users either returning / exchanging bought machines. Might be days, hours. Apple is the best place to buy a refurb.
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Best Buy has 2015 MBPs for $1050: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-macbook-pro-with-retina-display-13-3-display-8gb-memory-128gb-flash-storage-silver/8532557.p?skuId=8532557
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I saw that but I'm not sure I could live with 128gb ssd. My recently dead mbp had 512 and it was getting pretty tight with my must have windows boot camp install and school software (Xcode etc) along with music and whatever other random poo poo.
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128gb is absolutely unlivable these days.
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The fact that Apple doesn't carry anything upgraded in stores (like a 13 inch MBP with a 512GB SSD and 16 GB of RAM) has kept me from pulling the trigger on a new laptop. It's amazing what "You can't pick it up today" does for not plunking down $2K on a machine. I can wait to avoid Rev A boondoggles.
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Pivo posted:128gb is absolutely unlivable these days. It's me, unliving with 50gb out of 128gb used. That being said I'm an anti-hoarder and have amazingly fast internet for streaming so  .
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rally posted:Is the apple refurb store likely to have more 2015 Mbps in the very near future? I finally decided to pull the trigger and now they are gone when there was a whole array of different models available two days ago. Otherwise where is the best place to buy a 2015 model? See if MacMall, B&H, or Best Buy have them. Bonus points for B&H since you might not get dinged with sales tax depending on where you live.
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Boiled Water posted:It's me, unliving with 50gb out of 128gb used. Yeah, I'm sitting at like 70% used on the 128gb MBA that my wife and I share. I felt so data frugal but then I realized that between my desktop, htpc/server, and external HDD there's like 15tb of storage, most of it used.
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What's the best place for a replacement battery for an early 2011 Macbook pro? e: I'm looking at these two, Anker is less highly rated but more reviews and I've never had a bad Anker product, the other because it's @4.5 stars w/ 90 reviews so it might not be horrible. Both have 18 month warranties. https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Replacement-Battery-MacBook-6000mAh/dp/B00D780NNQ/ https://www.amazon.com/Ansanor-Quality-Battery-MacBook-Keyboard/dp/B019AX96J8 GobiasIndustries fucked around with this message at 06:45 on Jan 25, 2017 |
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GobiasIndustries posted:What's the best place for a replacement battery for an early 2011 Macbook pro? The Anker batteries on Amazon are pretty decent and seem to last a long time. The cheaper ones on Amazon are all the same and if you're happy with it lasting around 200 ish cycles for around $30-40 then they're not a bad deal either.
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GobiasIndustries posted:What's the best place for a replacement battery for an early 2011 Macbook pro? The Asanaor reviews are fake
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Bob Morales posted:The Asanaor reviews are fake
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I'm living with 128GB but not entirely pleasantly. It's enough for my photo library, conservative iTunes library, Xcode, a Windows 7 VM, and that Visual Studio Mac version I haven't even tried yet... but not a whole lot beyond that. I've got about 20GB free at any given time.
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I'm on a 128 gig Macbook Air and doing okay but I also have a 256gig SD card in it.
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Mu Zeta posted:I'm on a 128 gig Macbook Air and doing okay but I also have a 256gig SD card in it. Yup, this is the way to go. I have flush Nifty drives with 250GB microSDs in both of my laptops. Perfectly adequate for Music, Photos (just the originals, cache/thumbnails remain on the SSD), rarely used VMs, steam games and things like that.
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I do the same, the only problem is that my sd card write at like 10 MB/s. But Adata announces a 256GB microsd card that writes at 260 MB/s http://www.anandtech.com/show/11048/adata-demonstrates-256-gb-microsdxc-card-3d-nand-275-mbs-uhsii-v90-rated
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Shame those SD card slots that are making your machines liveable are gone now in the name of thinness.
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Pakistani Brad Pitt posted:Shame those SD card slots that are making your machines liveable are gone now in the name of thinness. Guess someone will just have to buy the next higher trim model MBP...
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Krispy Kareem posted:Guess someone will just have to buy the next higher trim model MBP... Or an upgradable dell xps. Peace out mac hardware thread!
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rally posted:Or an upgradable dell xps. Peace out mac hardware thread! Krispy Kareem posted:How do like your Droid? Just unboxed a 5K iMac for live videography in the studio at work (using iMac for Dragon Frame stop motion and just the EOS live camera control utility for 5d MkIII) and had to plug in the mouse with lightning for a spell, rendering it unusable. What an odd thing to do. I hope it doesn't run out while we're in the middle of a shoot with the client. Will keep a wired backup nearby. When you're photographing beverages or things with dry ice you can't wait 5 min for mouse to charge. 5K iMac is also an awkward object to have to transport frequently; the bottom w/ air vents is like the cheese grater edge on the PalmPre. Does anyone use a particular carry case with 5K iMac, or travel with one? We could build out a giant pelican case I suppose.
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Upps, double post.
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kuskus posted:Just unboxed a 5K iMac for live videography in the studio at work (using iMac for Dragon Frame stop motion and just the EOS live camera control utility for 5d MkIII) and had to plug in the mouse with lightning for a spell, rendering it unusable. What an odd thing to do. I hope it doesn't run out while we're in the middle of a shoot with the client. Will keep a wired backup nearby. When you're photographing beverages or things with dry ice you can't wait 5 min for mouse to charge. A Mac Pro with an LED monitor is going to be a lot easier to travel with, IMO.
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Krispy Kareem posted:Android user trap sprung. my nigga have u tried pornhub
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kuskus posted:I don't own Macs or iPhone anymore, yet still enjoy this thread. Still helpful as I manage about 10 old Macs at work. The iLugger is good. Also, the magic trackpad is the superior pointing peripheral as it can be used while charging.
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the only thing the Magic Trackpad isn't superior at is FPS games but if you're doing that maybe macs aren't for you
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Logitech MX master lasts a week off of a 20 minute charge, can be used whilst the miniUSB is plugged in, has two scroll wheels (one is flywheel) and back / forward buttons. It also looks pretty professional. The second scroll wheel is easier for some people to use than the Apple mouse's touch system. You can probably game on it if you wanted. It's designed to fit the shape of a human hand. They're the same price but to me it's a clearly better choice. Magic Trackpads are cool too.
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I'm one of those claw grip people and hate large beefy mice, but the Apple mice are crampy abominations even for me.
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Need advice: I'm considering getting a used MB Pro to replace my aging PC desktop setup. It looks like the 2011-era MBPs have specs that still hold up pretty well today (i7, 16GB RAM, discrete graphics for less than $600). My thought was that I'd use the laptop docked most of the time, with an external keyboard mouse and monitor. However, I wanted to dual boot windows on it as well, and it looks like Windows 10 isn't supported on the 2011 MBPs, but it is on the 2012 versions. I have several NTFS hard drives from my desktop that I want to save and use in a dock or enclosure, so I'd prefer to use windows to manage my archives, as well as some light gaming. One option I'm considering is just getting a 2012 MBP on eBay, which is more expensive than the 2011 models, and dual booting windows. The other option is that I get a 2011 MBP and bootcamp an earlier version of windows (likely 7). The third option is I get a 2011 MBP and a MS Surface Tablet and use that to handle my windows needs. My goal is to keep all my spending below $1k, and ideally much less than that. Do old MBPs hold up well? Can they tolerate long periods of stationary use? Any known issues? Can they manage Sierra? Any other suggestions? T Zero fucked around with this message at 00:14 on Jan 29, 2017 |
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The 2011's will run Sierra fine, they (the 15" models) have one big problem - graphics card failure. The replacement program ended last month so you're footing the bill to replace the motherboard when it fails again. The other problem is they are are only USB 2.0. And I refuse to use a non-Retina on a Mac laptop screen these days but you said you're going to use it docked so that might not bother you. Comedy option: quad core Mac Mini
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T Zero posted:Need advice: I'm considering getting a used MB Pro to replace my aging PC desktop setup. It looks like the 2011-era MBPs have specs that still hold up pretty well today (i7, 16GB RAM, discrete graphics for less than $600). if you're looking purely for desktop there is really no reason not to get an older model upgradeable Mac mini for less than MBPs cost
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T Zero posted:Do old MBPs hold up well? Can they tolerate long periods of stationary use? Any known issues? Can they manage Sierra? I have a mid 2012 Retina that's run with the lid closed almost its entire life, on its side, without any problems. It was the fastest Mac I could buy at the time without spending something like double on a Mac Pro for not that much more usefulness to me.
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T Zero posted:Need advice: I'm considering getting a used MB Pro to replace my aging PC desktop setup. It looks like the 2011-era MBPs have specs that still hold up pretty well today (i7, 16GB RAM, discrete graphics for less than $600). It depends on what you're using it for. I'l leave it to you to decide if a 5 year old laptop is a good replacement for a desktop for you. That said, I was running Windows 10 on a 2009 MBP so I suspect a 2011 will be fine with it as well. You have to be able to go hunt down drivers on your own for some thigns.
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I would really hesitate to buy a PC with less than Ivy Bridge these days (mid 2012). That gets you USB 3.0, and way, way better thermals (less fan noise) and about 30% better battery life over the 2011 era CPUs. For about $850 you can get a brand new Dell XPS 13 with all the latest bits plus 10 hour real world battery life and a warranty with comparable specs to a 2011 era i7.
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'Light gaming' will be the understatement of the year for a 2011/2012 MBP. Anything released after 2009 is going to lag hard. The 2011 in particular is the one where the GPU would melt it's own solder if you used it for gaming. If your budget is $1k you can afford a used MBP + a windows desktop that will outperform it by close to an order of magnitude for games. You can hit mid-to-high graphics in modern games for $400-500
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Khablam posted:The 2011 in particular is the one where the GPU would melt it's own solder if you used it
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