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Amethyst
Mar 28, 2004

I CANNOT HELP BUT MAKE THE DCSS THREAD A FETID SWAMP OF UNFUN POSTING
plz notice me trunk-senpai
i don't know whether to get the iphone 8 or the XR. the xr will probably last longer but i really don't like the lack of touchid and the notch. maybe i'll cling to my se until it's truly dead

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Amethyst
Mar 28, 2004

I CANNOT HELP BUT MAKE THE DCSS THREAD A FETID SWAMP OF UNFUN POSTING
plz notice me trunk-senpai
have any other SE users noticed worse battery drain since ios12? wondering if it's just my phone getting old or the new software

SRQ
Nov 9, 2009

forums cancer still exists??!!?

Doc Block
Apr 15, 2003
Fun Shoe
if they come out with not super overpriced macs mini tomorrow I may instabuy

but LOL if the new Mac Pro is supercharged Mac mini “just use an eGPU!!!” bullshit.

SRQ
Nov 9, 2009

Mac Pro 2018: this time the TB3 has _8_ PCI-E 3 lanes!

Juul-Whip
Mar 10, 2008

Amethyst posted:

i don't know whether to get the iphone 8 or the XR. the xr will probably last longer but i really don't like the lack of touchid and the notch. maybe i'll cling to my se until it's truly dead

couple days with face ID and you will realize how foolish these concerns are

Janitor Prime
Jan 22, 2004

PC LOAD LETTER

What da fuck does that mean

Fun Shoe

THC posted:

couple days with face ID and you will realize how foolish these concerns are

FaceId really irks me for some unknown reason so I went with the 8

prisoner of waffles
May 8, 2007

Ah! well a-day! what evil looks
Had I from old and young!
Instead of the cross, the fishmech
About my neck was hung.

SRQ posted:

forums cancer still exists??!!?

:yossame: (except rhetorically, I recall seeing it in the last 6 months)

PIZZA.BAT
Nov 12, 2016


:cheers:


prisoner of waffles posted:

yo thread I'm buying a new iphone this week summarize the options for a lazy fucker whose last 3 phones were anroids thanks and please

iphone excess is good
iphone xr is the excess but a bit bigger with more battery and not as good a screen also slightly worse monitor and worse camera
iphone excess max is the maximum excess

PIZZA.BAT fucked around with this message at 03:59 on Oct 30, 2018

Amethyst
Mar 28, 2004

I CANNOT HELP BUT MAKE THE DCSS THREAD A FETID SWAMP OF UNFUN POSTING
plz notice me trunk-senpai
I took my phone to the apple store. my battery was at 84% health which apparently is close to being "consumed". Performance management mode had been enabled which means my phone's performance was throttled to preserve battery

they're replacing it. hopefully my SE will be good for a while yet.

good thing, too, because I had a look at the XR and big phones still feel like goddamn poo poo, to me.

Juul-Whip
Mar 10, 2008

the "R" is for Really big phone with Really thick bezels

Duckman2008
Jan 6, 2010

TFW you see Flyers goaltending.
Grimey Drawer

Amethyst posted:

i don't know whether to get the iphone 8 or the XR. the xr will probably last longer but i really don't like the lack of touchid and the notch. maybe i'll cling to my se until it's truly dead

XS is the perfect size and screen, notch or no notch.

also, probably carrier dependent, but the XS and XS Max have a newer band in it, so LTE is faster.

Amethyst
Mar 28, 2004

I CANNOT HELP BUT MAKE THE DCSS THREAD A FETID SWAMP OF UNFUN POSTING
plz notice me trunk-senpai

Duckman2008 posted:

XS is the perfect size and screen, notch or no notch.

also, probably carrier dependent, but the XS and XS Max have a newer band in it, so LTE is faster.

i held it and disliked it. Don't see how anyone can deem it the perfect size for anything besides maybe eating afternoon tea off

fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
:xickos:

blue stymie is right for once

Stymie
Jan 9, 2001

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
apple is phasing out the ipad mini because the phones are essentially the same size now

SRQ
Nov 9, 2009

i thought it was phased out

Duckman2008
Jan 6, 2010

TFW you see Flyers goaltending.
Grimey Drawer

SRQ posted:

i thought it was phased out

they still sell the iPad Mini 4, which was released in September of 2015, and charge more for it than the current iPad (non Pro) that was released around April of 2018.

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum
https://twitter.com/dasharez0ne/status/1057260073851019264

Shaggar
Apr 26, 2006

Amethyst posted:

i don't know whether to get the iphone 8 or the XR. the xr will probably last longer but i really don't like the lack of touchid and the notch. maybe i'll cling to my se until it's truly dead

they both have lovely screens and the xr has a lesser camera, though iphones don't have good cameras in general.

I got the xs and the notch is loving stupid, the gestures to make up for the lack of start button are loving stupid, the UI is not built for a phone that big, and face id doesn't work that well. I use a passcode instead of face id tho.

barkbell
Apr 14, 2006

woof
I don’t think this new air looks that good? wtf gonna keep my 2012 air I guess

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




yea wtf is wrong with you

prisoner of waffles
May 8, 2007

Ah! well a-day! what evil looks
Had I from old and young!
Instead of the cross, the fishmech
About my neck was hung.
16GB ain't bad in an MBA
64GB seems dope for a mini

plenty of headroom for dumb vm fuckery

smellmycheese
Feb 1, 2016

prisoner of waffles posted:

16GB ain't bad in an MBA
64GB seems dope for a mini

plenty of headroom for dumb vm fuckery

I'm waiting for the configurator to appear on their website so I can see just how much they want for a decent spec. 799 for 8gb and 128gb SSD seems , erm, courageous.

prisoner of waffles
May 8, 2007

Ah! well a-day! what evil looks
Had I from old and young!
Instead of the cross, the fishmech
About my neck was hung.
zzzz drop the macbook pros bithc

The_Franz
Aug 8, 2003

new mbas look nice, but i wonder how fast they will thermally throttle under load

Drastic Actions
Apr 7, 2009

FUCK YOU!
GET PUMPED!
Nap Ghost
apple releases new mac mini, shows off Mac Stadium's racks of mac minis

https://twitter.com/directhex/status/1057279560603992070

makes it harder to actually manage said racks.

Pissflaps
Oct 20, 2002

by VideoGames
where’s my AirPods 2

Nomnom Cookie
Aug 30, 2009



hey a retina mba finally. too bad about the poo poo kbd though. will still swing by a fruit stand for a test drive. i can possibly live with poo poo keyboard for a retina mba

qirex
Feb 15, 2001

Pissflaps posted:

where’s my AirPods 2

they were destroyed in a tragic airpower fire

PIZZA.BAT
Nov 12, 2016


:cheers:


wait no loving way they finally made a retina air?

wtf i thought that line was dead af

Jon Pod Van Damm
Apr 6, 2009

THE POSSESSION OF WEALTH IS IN AND OF ITSELF A SIGN OF POOR VIRTUE. AS SUCH:
1 NEVER TRUST ANY RICH PERSON.
2 NEVER HIRE ANY RICH PERSON.
BY RULE 1, IT IS APPROPRIATE TO PRESUME THAT ALL DEGREES AND CREDENTIALS HELD BY A WEALTHY PERSON ARE FRAUDULENT. THIS JUSTIFIES RULE 2--RULE 1 NEEDS NO JUSTIFIC



Macbook Air €1440
Macbook Pro €1489

hmmm

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




ted hitler posted:

Macbook Air €1440
Macbook Pro €1489

hmmm

base mba 1379 eur, base mbp 2099 eur

KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD
Jul 7, 2012

Kevin Mitnick P.E. posted:

hey a retina mba finally. too bad about the poo poo kbd though. will still swing by a fruit stand for a test drive. i can possibly live with poo poo keyboard for a retina mba
its a good keyboard kevin

Nomnom Cookie
Aug 30, 2009



KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:

its a good keyboard kevin

im not gonna take the resident tesla fetishist's word on tech stuff, sry not sry

Kobayashi
Aug 13, 2004

by Nyc_Tattoo

ted hitler posted:

Macbook Air €1440
Macbook Pro €1489

hmmm

The "real function keys" premium

cinci zoo sniper
Mar 15, 2013




Kobayashi posted:

The "real function keys" premium

he compares this gen mba to previous gen mbp

Jon Pod Van Damm
Apr 6, 2009

THE POSSESSION OF WEALTH IS IN AND OF ITSELF A SIGN OF POOR VIRTUE. AS SUCH:
1 NEVER TRUST ANY RICH PERSON.
2 NEVER HIRE ANY RICH PERSON.
BY RULE 1, IT IS APPROPRIATE TO PRESUME THAT ALL DEGREES AND CREDENTIALS HELD BY A WEALTHY PERSON ARE FRAUDULENT. THIS JUSTIFIES RULE 2--RULE 1 NEEDS NO JUSTIFIC



just comparing laptops with retina screens

Kobayashi
Aug 13, 2004

by Nyc_Tattoo

cinci zoo sniper posted:

he compares this gen mba to previous gen mbp

You can't expect me to read what I reply to

smellmycheese
Feb 1, 2016

Well the Mac Mini configurator is up and, to the surprise of no one, they are wallet rapingly expensive for anything half decent. Well over 2,300 english pounds for anything even approaching zippy 2018 hardware. Screen, Keyboard and lovely magic mouse not included. Thanks Timb

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akadajet
Sep 14, 2003

smellmycheese posted:

Well the Mac Mini configurator is up and, to the surprise of no one, they are wallet rapingly expensive for anything half decent. Well over 2,300 english pounds for anything even approaching zippy 2018 hardware. Screen, Keyboard and lovely magic mouse not included. Thanks Timb

lol at that 8GB base ram configuration in 2018

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