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If I'm buying an MBA from B&H, it looks like I can add on "AppleCare+ Protection Plan" for $249 dollars directly on the computer or I can purchase "Apple AppleCare Protection Plan Extension for MacBook, MacBook Air, 13" MacBook Pro & 13.3" MacBook Pro with Retina Display (2-Year Extension)" from the extended warranty section of B&H for $239. Is there any actual difference between those? Is it just for B&H to get a free extra $10 for people too lazy to navigate to the other part of the site?
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One is serviced by B&H and does not extend your Apple warranty with Apple directly, from what I understand. The other is an actual extension of your Apple hardware warranty (and phone support) and is serviced directly by Apple.
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Mar 4, 2019 06:53
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bergeoisie posted:If I'm buying an MBA from B&H, it looks like I can add on "AppleCare+ Protection Plan" for $249 dollars directly on the computer or I can purchase "Apple AppleCare Protection Plan Extension for MacBook, MacBook Air, 13" MacBook Pro & 13.3" MacBook Pro with Retina Display (2-Year Extension)" from the extended warranty section of B&H for $239. Is there any actual difference between those? Is it just for B&H to get a free extra $10 for people too lazy to navigate to the other part of the site? They are the same. Probably a gently caress up.
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Mar 4, 2019 14:40
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Mmmmm, it looks more like a fuckup. The reality is this: The standard one year Apple Limited Warranty has been renamed to AppleCare. The extended warranty is now AppleCare+. AppleCare+ is different from the older AppleCare Extended Warranty in the fact that it now covers accidental damage incidents. With AppleCare+, if you bust your screen, or damage the case/enclosure, you will only be charged $99 to replace it. Any other damage, like liquid poo poo shorting out your logic board, battery, keyboard, etc. the maximum you pay will be $299. You get two incidents coverage at the above prices, if you gently caress up a third time it's probably back to the bad old days prices.. In the bad old days, if you broke your screen or incurred accidental damage of any kind, you'd have to shell out ridiculous amounts of money to replace the screen, logic board, etc. costing in the range of $700-1500. AppleCare+ still pretty much pays for itself with the first major repair regardless, even with the new policies.
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Mar 4, 2019 17:59
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https://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.aspx?sku=850958&MccGuid=e0357137-4c35-49fc-b51a-f49f693ef27e My micro center is selling the most recent MBA for $200 off. This is the cheapest I've seen so far, I think?
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Mar 5, 2019 16:36
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Dang don't buy the 128 gig model. I mean drat for $1,000 that's ridiculous. As an aside: I have a 2012 MBA with 128 gigs and I'm drat glad it has an SD slot. Mu Zeta fucked around with this message at 01:06 on Mar 6, 2019 |
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Mar 5, 2019 22:53
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The 256gb is $200 more expensive with the same discount. gently caress you, Apple. An extra 128gb should not cost $200 in 2019.
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Mar 5, 2019 23:37
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So my late 2011 15” MBP appears to have finally poo poo the bed and it’s time to replace it. It definitely had more power than needed, and I’ve shifted most of my computer usage to my iPad Pro but its not quite a full laptop replacement yet. What’s best bang for buck on the Mac laptop front right now? Screen size doesn’t really matter to me as long as its retina, and buying refurbished is fine too.
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Mar 6, 2019 01:28
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Get a used/Apple refurbished 2015 rMBP.
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Mar 6, 2019 01:46
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Has Apple solved the stability issues people have been having with the T2 enabled macs yet? Some people claim they have, others say no.
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Mar 6, 2019 03:57
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Binary Badger posted:Get a used/Apple refurbished 2015 rMBP. This look reasonable? https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA9CR5T60811
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ScooterMcTiny posted:This look reasonable? https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA9CR5T60811 8GB is OK. 128 GB SSD will be torturous. I'd splurge the extra $160 and get the 512GB version. (weird the 256GB version is the same price as the 512GB) https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=9SIA9CR8R55249 Just be aware the warranty is kind of poo poo with Newegg (90 day only)
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Mar 6, 2019 04:15
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Proteus Jones posted:8GB is OK. 128 GB SSD will be torturous. Is there another place that will have a better warranty on a computer this old?
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ScooterMcTiny posted:Is there another place that will have a better warranty on a computer this old? Probably not.
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Mar 6, 2019 05:06
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At some point Apple will stop pretending and turn into the HDD/RAM reseller they've wanted to be all this time. No other company can command such incredible margins on a single component they didn't even make.
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Mar 6, 2019 06:50
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Proteus Jones posted:8GB is OK. 128 GB SSD will be torturous. I like Mac Of All Trades. They have a 16gb/256gb which I think it the sweet spot for $1079 https://www.macofalltrades.com/apple-macbook-pro-13-inch-2-7ghz-core-i5-retina-early-2015-mf840ll-a-1/
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Mar 6, 2019 16:24
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https://youtu.be/7yFFBBFqe-E TLDR: Louis Rossman is a sociopath
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Mar 6, 2019 17:09
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Lmfao I loving hate that stupid little gently caress.
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Mar 6, 2019 17:19
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The best part is 10 minutes in where he affirms that “the word ‘oval office’ doesn’t offend me” but “all those people lining up to get something”(?!) who misuse the word “friend” or “family”. Like, 1) that’s one hell of a galaxy brain take on a gendered slur 2) did he win the lottery or something we don’t know about? Why does he have lines of people asking him for poo poo?
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Mar 6, 2019 17:38
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OMFG this one is even better: https://youtu.be/Sq60ccWHJcQ How to beat a bully, according to L. Rossman: 1) get shredded. Do whatever you have to do to gain 30lb of muscle ASAP. 2) don’t let anybody ever change or affect your emotional state- customer, lover, friend, enemy, it doesn’t matter. If somebody changes your emotional state, you’ve lost and you will hate yourself. 3) Louis Rossman is in good shape. He’s not gonna brag but he could prolly punch out a few dudes 3) adults don’t care and teachers are dumb, don’t listen to them. 4)as an adult, find your old bullies on Facebook and compare your life to theirs. Louis Rossman doesn’t know about you, but he’s doing pret-ty well compared to some other dudes. 5)If you stay calm, they can’t sodomize you. 6)life doesn’t start fair but it often ends fair (  )7) did I tell you that Louis Rossman works out every day and looks pretty good? He’s an adult, he doesn’t need to do it, but if somebody shoved him he could prolly knock that jabroni down, you know w’Im sayin?
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Mar 6, 2019 17:56
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My old MBP that wouldn't boot anymore also puked out a bulging replacement battery so it's time is officially at an end. Farewell $1 MBP! 
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Mar 6, 2019 17:58
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He's short so that explains a lot of that stuff.
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Mar 6, 2019 17:58
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B&H has the 2017 MacBook 12” for $799 https://slickdeals.net/f/12899227-apple-macbook-12-2017-799?src=frontpage Only the gold ones, though
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Mar 7, 2019 00:09
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Proteus Jones posted:8GB is OK. 128 GB SSD will be torturous. Reminder that you can get 1TB of storage by buying a $20 adapter and a decent NVMe M.2 SSD like an Adata SX8200 / Pro or 970 EVO or Pro for a lot less than what Apple would charge.
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Mar 7, 2019 03:52
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Friend of mine has issues with a 2011 13“ MBP shutting down randomly. He gave it to a repair shop and they said it’s a virus, but resetting it didn’t fix anything. Faulty battery?
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Mar 7, 2019 10:32
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What is the guess for when the macbook pro will be updated? This fall?
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Mar 7, 2019 16:31
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How would you rate the new MBAs that have the retina display? I will need to upgrade my 2012 one eventually. Do they still have the awful keyboard that breaks all the time? That's honestly the only thing holding me back.
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actionjackson posted:How would you rate the new MBAs that have the retina display? I will need to upgrade my 2012 one eventually. They have the newest, best version of that keyboard. Also the display isn’t as accurate out of the box (you could calibrate it) or bright as what ships in the rMB/MBP so keep that in mind if you plan to do photo/video poo poo with it. Otherwise it’s a major upgrade over the old Air and I personally want one.
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Edit: poo poo, AT&T farted, double post.
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Has anybody had any experience filing an extended warranty claim for a MacBook Pro purchased with an American Express? They tack on an additional 2 years of coverage after AppleCare+ expires, so I'm looking at 5 years of coverage for my MacBook Pro. I was just wondering what the process is like - will they just pay the invoice of whatever a repair costs or what?
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Have you tried calling and speaking to either American Express or Apple?
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actionjackson posted:How would you rate the new MBAs that have the retina display? I will need to upgrade my 2012 one eventually. The keyboard still sucks. Buy a keyboard condom, AppleCare, and ditch it right before it goes out of warranty
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Godzilla07 posted:Buy a keyboard condom no
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Bob Morales posted:B&H has the 2017 MacBook 12” for $799 Oh poo poo. drat I missed this. There a good tracker for deals on these? Also preparing to clear out my old MBP. Have been searching on monoprice for a cable to use to get target disk mode going, is thunderbolt <-> USB-c not a thing? I don’t think target disk mode works over USB.
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ScooterMcTiny posted:Oh poo poo. drat I missed this. There a good tracker for deals on these? Yeah get the slick deals app and set up an account and make an alert. It works really well. I get alerts when the iTunes movies go on sale and I’ve got some good ones for 4.99.
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ScooterMcTiny posted:Also preparing to clear out my old MBP. Have been searching on monoprice for a cable to use to get target disk mode going, is thunderbolt <-> USB-c not a thing? I don’t think target disk mode works over USB. You will need one of these plus a thunderbolt 2 cable: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MMEL2AM/A/thunderbolt-3-usb-c-to-thunderbolt-2-adapter If you are not ever going to need it for any other purpose, imo you'd be better off spending that money on any USB3 external 2.5" HDD that doesn't have a captive cable, and also buying an ultrashort adapter cable to connect it to USB-C or USB-A (whichever cable doesn't come bundled with the HDD). Then just use time machine to make a backup, and pull stuff off the backup onto your new computer. p.s. Apparently USB-C Macs can do TDM over a plain USB 3.x connection - they don't restrict it to thunderbolt. That would be perfect for not spending much money, except your old MBP is presumably not USB-C and is the one that needs to be in TDM.
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BobHoward posted:You will need one of these plus a thunderbolt 2 cable: The problem is that my current MBP won’t boot up so I need to do target disk mode and it has two hard drives in it and (also with a newborn at home) I don’t really feel like opening it up to get the drives out.
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Bought a refurbished MacBook Air (2018 model) with 16gigs of ram and the 256gb SSD. Managed to get an extra 17% off through my brother's family discount. This will be the first time I've used an Apple laptop since my white plastic MacBook with Snow Leopard years ago. Is there anything I should do or know about using a modern mac? I'm planning on using it for coding.
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Gay Retard posted:Has anybody had any experience filing an extended warranty claim for a MacBook Pro purchased with an American Express? They tack on an additional 2 years of coverage after AppleCare+ expires, so I'm looking at 5 years of coverage for my MacBook Pro. I was just wondering what the process is like - will they just pay the invoice of whatever a repair costs or what? I think you call American Express directly for their additional coverage and submit a bill for reimbursement. And are you sure you get 5 years? I just tried to google an answer and all I found were hopeful hypotheticals. If you go to the AmEx website the wording is they'll double the original manufacturer's warranty. I'm going to guess that does not include extended warranties.
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Gunder posted:Bought a refurbished MacBook Air (2018 model) with 16gigs of ram and the 256gb SSD. Managed to get an extra 17% off through my brother's family discount. This will be the first time I've used an Apple laptop since my white plastic MacBook with Snow Leopard years ago. Is there anything I should do or know about using a modern mac? I'm planning on using it for coding. iTerm2 vSSH if you want a tabbed putty style ssh program Serial if you need do device programming and need to connect to console ports Scapple for Mind Mapping/Brainstorming Homebrew if you want an open-source package manager to install all sorts programs MS VS Code/SublimeText/Atom (I highly recommend PyCharm for python development) Xcode for sure (make sure you install the command line options) If you use zsh, I really like oh-my-zsh If you have the money/get work to pay and you design large scale projects, OmniGraffle might be worth a look for logical diagrams and breakdowns. Think Visio but on the Mac. I'm mostly a hack together internal tools to automate some of my team's work, so I don't really consider myself a developer (I'm a security engineer and work with network architects and PMs to address security issues related to design and deployment), but I've used all of the above at some point or another.
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