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PRADA SLUT posted:Is this worth taking to Apple? Will they do anything about this, or just tell me to fork over the cash for an out-of-warranty replacement? The latter. I had the same thing happen on a late 2013 15” a few years ago and they took care of it for free, but the Genius Bar told me it was a policy they had covering battery manufacturing defects for 3 years (above the regular 1 year warranty covering the rest of the computer). ITYOOL 2019, it’s unlikely your computer will qualify. If you want to pay $200 to fix it and get a brand new top case as a bonus, take it in and ask to have the service written up as a battery replacement, not a repair. MarcusSA posted:Uh if the battery is swollen take it in or take the drat battery out. also this
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eames posted:2018 Mac minis have trouble with USB2/USB3 audio interfaces People have found a fix for this: turn off “Set date and time automatically” in System Preferences. It seems to be somehow related to the fact that the T2 chip works as the audio controller (not sure if this is true?). One of the comments mentions that you also have to turn off location detection in the time tab because these actions overload the USB bus whenever the T2 chip syncs, causing these dropouts. cdm.link article posted:The problem is, it appears that this new chip has introduced glitches on a wide variety of external audio hardware from across the pro audio industry, thanks to a bug in Apple’s software. When your Mac updates its system clock, dropouts and glitches appear in the audio stream. (Any hardware with a non-default clock source appears to be impacted. It’s a good bet that any popular external audio interface may exhibit the problem.) eames fucked around with this message at 09:34 on Feb 19, 2019 |
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Gruber gave the Mac a “D” on his annual report card https://daringfireball.net/2019/02/my_2018_apple_report_card
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HN comment thread about the audio bug really makes me wonder, a bunch of people are posting because they thought the bug was about a blown speaker issue. I thought that was fixed ages ago? i.e. here and here 
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BobHoward posted:The latter. That’s what I was wondering. Batteries life degradation is normal, but is a battery swelling also normal?
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PRADA SLUT posted:That’s what I was wondering. Batteries life degradation is normal, but is a battery swelling also normal? Hell loving no
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Lambert posted:lol @ Johnny Fireball. And yet, he's absolutely correct.
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PRADA SLUT posted:That’s what I was wondering. Batteries life degradation is normal, but is a battery swelling also normal? It’s “normal” in that it’s not uncommon, but you don’t want to let it keep going. The battery is dying, the cells are giving off gas and expanding and it’s going to keep growing until it wrecks your laptop and possibly starts a fire. It’s not “throw your laptop into a fire safe” kind of urgent thing but the longer you wait the more damage it will do.
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The Milkman posted:And yet, he's absolutely correct. With all the issues Apple computers have had this past year, a D seems very mild. And I disagree with the notion of the new Mac Mini being all that great, it's pretty bad for the price - especially with the amount Apple is charging for SSD space. The higher-end processor also makes for a very noisy computer (fan noise).
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Well, I wouldn't argue against an F. There's no current Mac I would spend my own money on. The Mini got some goodwill from everyone because expectations had gotten so low. They actually did a new one and it isn't as much of a locked-down soldered-on trap like everything else in the lineup.
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Just upgraded from a 8/128 13" 2015 rMBP to a 16/512... 13" 2015 rMBP. I'll check back in, oh, 2022 and see if Macbooks have gotten good again!!
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This $13 keyboard cover solved all the 2018 13" MacBook Pro's problems. Amazing. https://www.amazon.com/UPPERCASE-Gh...+keyboard+cover
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Gay Retard posted:This $13 keyboard cover solved all the 2018 13" MacBook Pro's problems. Amazing. Rocking a keyboard cover like it’s the early 2000s.
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Gay Retard posted:This $13 keyboard cover solved all the 2018 13" MacBook Pro's problems. Amazing. But there's already one of those underneath the keyboard 
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Feb 20, 2019 02:27
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always wear two condoms
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Last Chance posted:always wear two condoms do not do this
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Weedle posted:do not do this Double the protection though 
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Gay Retard posted:This $13 keyboard cover solved all the 2018 13" MacBook Pro's problems. Amazing. The problem that it feels like poo poo? 
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MarcusSA posted:Double the protection though It’s more like half the protection. The friction between the two condoms makes them both more likely to break.
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I’m more worried about the lovely display cable built into the hinge wearing out than the keyboard tbh. Apple at least acknowledged the hosed up keyboard with a repair program
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Weedle posted:It’s more like half the protection. The friction between the two condoms makes them both more likely to break. That's why you get them lubed for the condoms' enjoyment.
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LionArcher posted:The problem that it feels like poo poo? My issue is the reliability. I love the clickiness and travel, and I think the older keyboards feel mushy and slow. I’d prefer not to use a keyboard cover, but at least it’s hardly noticeable.
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I’ve got a 2018 Mac Mini here that keeps disconnecting the external drive (Samsung T5 via USB-C) every night during sleep. Any ideas what could be causing this? It only happens over night, never during shorter sleep periods. I tried the USB-A to C cable and a powered hub, same result. Updated the SSD Firmware too. Macrumors has a big thread going on with people having the same issue but nobody can pin down why it happens. It also had two BridgeOS crashes in the week that I’ve had it.
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Binary Badger posted:Also, if this 16-16.5 inch MBP is Retina quality, it's a safe bet it's gonna have to have a dedicated GPU and NOT an integrated one. At that size, definitely 4K or smaller. The 21.5” iMac is 4K. Also it would have a Vega in it like what you can option on the current 15”. Maybe start with what would be the mid tier GPU on the 15”. Joke answer- Apple premieres their own in-house developed silicon based on years of secret skunkworks and experience from exponential GPU performance gains in the iOS space. A year later the first Mac with an Apple-designed CPU appears.
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I’m in Europe but a colleague in the US has offered to play courier if I send gear to his address. Against the wishes of the zeitgeist ITT, I’m looking to pick up a 2018 13” MBP. I narrowly missed the $100-off deal at BHPhoto last week, so hoping something pops up before the 10th of March. Aside from BHPhoto and Adorama, which other online shops don’t charge sales tax (shipping to VA)?
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Hello Spaceman posted:I’m in Europe but a colleague in the US has offered to play courier if I send gear to his address. Which model were you looking at? Best Buy has $100-$150 off some 13” right now. Also B&H is starting to collect sales taxes in most states due to a recent Supreme Court ruling.
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FCKGW posted:Which model were you looking at? Best Buy has $100-$150 off some 13” right now. Yeah, the tax-dodge of ordering online is coming to an end. I'd also recommend the refurb section on Apple's website. I got a really good deal on 2018 13" (quad i7, 512 GB SSD, 16GB) at around $200 off retail. It also comes with the same warranty as new.
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Joke answer- Apple premieres their own in-house developed silicon based on years of secret skunkworks and experience from exponential GPU performance gains in the iOS space. A year later the first Mac with an Apple-designed CPU appears. PowerVR, the company that designed the GPU architechture that went into A7 - A10 chipsets, was showing off a PCIe-based graphics card running off their GPU technology at CES only a year or so ago (only as a technology demo but it was mounted inside a bog standard PC clone running Windows); it'd be pretty simple for Apple to do the same with the A11 and newer. Anandtech notes that while Apple claims the GPU as being their own design, it still physically resembles the PowerVR architecture. Binary Badger fucked around with this message at 19:30 on Feb 21, 2019 |
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FCKGW posted:Which model were you looking at? Best Buy has $100-$150 off some 13” right now. Proteus Jones posted:Yeah, the tax-dodge of ordering online is coming to an end. Ah crap. I'd read about that but thought it was a few months away from being enforced. Looking at a 13" i5 16/512. Trying to keep total spend under EUR 2000, but my rubber arm could be twisted for a good enough deal. Will look at BB and the refurb store - thanks.
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ARM Macs coming next year, rumor source: Intel https://www.axios.com/apple-macbook-arm-chips-ea93c38a-d40a-4873-8de9-7727999c588c.html
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eames posted:ARM Macs coming next year, rumor source: Intel I wonder if this explains the iMac not receiving a significant update since 2017 (excluding the iMac Pro but uh $5k computer). The 2013 rMBP is getting long in the tooth and I was looking for a slick 27" iMac to replace it, but I'm not feeling buying 2-year-old desktop tech for new computer pricing. Guess we'll see what it's all about once we get to the next WWDC. Bonus points to them if they can make a razor-thin iMac setup thanks to low-power-consumption A* chips that run macOS.
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Ripoff posted:I wonder if this explains the iMac not receiving a significant update since 2017 (excluding the iMac Pro but uh $5k computer). The 2013 rMBP is getting long in the tooth and I was looking for a slick 27" iMac to replace it, but I'm not feeling buying 2-year-old desktop tech for new computer pricing. A "razor-thin Imac" would be slow as gently caress. ARM chips aren't magic.
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I’ve been warming to the idea that iMacs didn’t get refreshed in 2018 because they’re due for a major in 2019/2020. Prolly see them get rid of the chin if I had to guess.
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Mu Zeta posted:The iPad Pro is pretty drat fast. * for some applications
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ratbert90 posted:The transition should be fairly painless, what with x86 emulation on arm already a thing. x64 emulation, on the other hand, isn't. But I assume Apple could do it. It's also really slow, but that would just increase the pressure on developers to convert their applications. Lambert fucked around with this message at 10:23 on Feb 22, 2019 |
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FCKGW posted:Which model were you looking at? Best Buy has $100-$150 off some 13” right now. Proteus Jones posted:Yeah, the tax-dodge of ordering online is coming to an end. Update: Adorama did not charge me tax to deliver to our office in VA. $2374 for a 2018 13” (i7/16/512). Bizarrely, the space gray option was more expensive than the silver (which I ended up going for).
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Hello Spaceman posted:Update: Adorama did not charge me tax to deliver to our office in VA. $2374 for a 2018 13” (i7/16/512). If that's new in box, that's not a bad price.
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