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AverySpecialfriend posted:I have to get a new computer for school that’s a recent MBP or spec equivalent and I’m having a hard time deciding if I should get a base model 2020 13” or upgrade to the 10th gen version. I know the thread probably thinks 10th gen but it’s a lot of money for compute I’m not sure I need. The RAM would be nice for music production but the only graphics intensive thing I do is play video games. I am worried that only having 2x I/O ports will be annoying. Alternatively I could just get an XPS 13 but I already have an iPhone and just had to also buy an iPad for school too so idk about that. I have never owned a Mac before. if u wanna game and don't absolutely need a mac, get the xps
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Weedle posted:if u wanna game and don't absolutely need a mac, get the xps It has the same iGPU though (but it's true that you have a lot of options in that price range on the PC side that would be better for gaming)
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christ i just looked at dell's site and not only did i forget that they do that stupid thing where you have to get the i7 if you want 16gb of ram, they also only offer 256gb and 1tb ssds????? ??????? never mind!!
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To clarify I’m not really much of a pc gamer anyway, I haven’t had a games capable computer in the last decade
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Interesting new card for 2019 MacPros, and also MacPro 5,1s.. https://www.icydock.com/goods.php?id=309 Lets you externally load your M.2 NVMe SSDs into your PCIe Mac without having to pop it open. You'd probably have to shut down if you're switching in a boot drive, but it's an intriguing idea as the NVMe carrier module has its own thermal pad and it would be nice to be able to switch in, say a Mojave / HS boot drive for those times you need the backwards compatibility or if you have an Nvidia GPU, then switch back to a Catalina boot when needed.
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'2019' got me all confused before I clicked the link One day I'll snag a 5.1 when people get tired of them.
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Better get used to it because that's 🍏s official name for the 2019 model. Mac Pro (2019) MacPro7,1 is the model identifier Binary Badger fucked around with this message at 21:27 on Jun 4, 2020 |
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Cheese Grater PPC Cheese Grater Intel Trashcan Cheese Grater w/wheels Only catchy one is trashcan. And lol there was only 1 revision of the trashcan? Haha. e: I do miss the trashcan tho. I like that kind of left field design. My main gripe is that it was too limited. Do that same zany design but around a 1000w power envelope. Shaocaholica fucked around with this message at 23:24 on Jun 4, 2020 |
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Shaocaholica posted:Cheese Grater PPC
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Has anyone with a Mac Mini with user-upgraded RAM updated their OS and can confirm it won't cause issues? I have not updated the OS since I installed an iFixit 64GB kit into my "2020" (2018) Mini and am pretty sure I read somewhere that there is a chance the updater could have issues with non-Apple RAM which then requires taking the machine into the Store or going through some convoluted process (restore BridgeOS) to resolve. I'd rather not go through the process of putting the original RAM back in if it's not necessary; if it is I guess I'll end up reserving that rigamarole for critical updates.
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Arrowsmith posted:Has anyone with a Mac Mini with user-upgraded RAM updated their OS and can confirm it won't cause issues? I have not updated the OS since I installed an iFixit 64GB kit into my "2020" (2018) Mini and am pretty sure I read somewhere that there is a chance the updater could have issues with non-Apple RAM which then requires taking the machine into the Store or going through some convoluted process (restore BridgeOS) to resolve. Never had a problem with my 2012, but then again it doesn't have a security chip, soo...
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Arrowsmith posted:Has anyone with a Mac Mini with user-upgraded RAM updated their OS and can confirm it won't cause issues? I have not updated the OS since I installed an iFixit 64GB kit into my "2020" (2018) Mini and am pretty sure I read somewhere that there is a chance the updater could have issues with non-Apple RAM which then requires taking the machine into the Store or going through some convoluted process (restore BridgeOS) to resolve. im pretty sure it doesnt work like that, RAM isnt made by apple
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Arrowsmith posted:Has anyone with a Mac Mini with user-upgraded RAM updated their OS and can confirm it won't cause issues? I have a 2018 that I upgraded to 32 and I always update OS. So far no problems.
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phosdex posted:I have a 2018 that I upgraded to 32 and I always update OS. So far no problems. Thanks, and to the other replies as well.
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Anyone else experiencing screen flickering issues on the new 13-inch MacBook Pro? It was flickering out of the box, resetting the NVRAM/SMC and reinstalling macOS did not help. Seems like it might be defective in which case I will need to do an exchange.
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NoDamage posted:Anyone else experiencing screen flickering issues on the new 13-inch MacBook Pro? It was flickering out of the box, resetting the NVRAM/SMC and reinstalling macOS did not help. Seems like it might be defective in which case I will need to do an exchange. Exchange it. Mine has not been doing that.
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Shaocaholica posted:I mean I usually don't plug in headphones into the analog jack ever. This is probably the first time I've done that in a long time. I don't use headphones on my mac a whole lot but today I've had the first experience with balance drift on airpods. Wtf? I've had Macs for a while and this is the first time I notice this. Why is this happening? Is there something I can change to fix this? This is dumb lol.
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NoDamage posted:Anyone else experiencing screen flickering issues on the new 13-inch MacBook Pro? It was flickering out of the box, resetting the NVRAM/SMC and reinstalling macOS did not help. Seems like it might be defective in which case I will need to do an exchange. I have so weird flickering issues but only when playing hbo Nordic in full screen. So I’m not sure if it’s the laptop or the website... I do have some colour temperature issues though.
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Bloomberg wrote an article saying the ARM switch will happen at WWDC https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-09/apple-plans-to-announce-move-to-its-own-mac-chips-at-wwdc
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Bob Morales posted:Bloomberg wrote an article saying the ARM switch will happen at WWDC I don't even know why I want to play video games on my Mac, but ARM gaming should be pretty great when these finally roll out.
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play iphone games... on a mac!!
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https://twitter.com/MacRumors/status/1270355638443376647?s=19 👀
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Just make the iPad run OSX already, jeez.
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Lol it’s going to be easier to service than the x86 iMac.
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TheWevel posted:Just make the iPad run OSX already, jeez. iOS has always been a fork of macOS. We are probably seeing the great Merge now.
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Last Chance posted:iOS has always been a fork of macOS. We are probably seeing the great Merge now. they're pretty different behind the scenes now, afaik.
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sleepwalkers posted:they're pretty different behind the scenes now, afaik. Correct.
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Shaocaholica posted:Lol it’s going to be easier to service than the x86 iMac. mmmmmmmmmmm nooo I don't think so, Tim.. If that design follows the pic, its gonna be even thinner glue strips and pizza wheel cutters to get at the insides, is my feeling. Also, if Apple goes to ARM on the iMacs, cooling should finally be a non-issue thanks to the economy power-sipping requirements that this architecture provides
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Maybe they'll move the Mac Pro over to ARM, and then I can pick up a clearanced X86 MP.
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Gay Retard posted:I don't even know why I want to play video games on my Mac, but ARM gaming should be pretty great when these finally roll out. Man, in the time since I joined these forums..... like, some of us have been talking about a "good gaming Mac" for at least a decade. I'd say 2011 is probably the first year that at least the iMac and MBA of all things were relatively competent from a hardware loadout standpoint. Entire generations of Mac and PC have come and gone........
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Gay Retard posted:I don't even know why I want to play video games on my Mac, but ARM gaming should be pretty great when these finally roll out. This assumes that Apple will bring the A14 over with everything, including the on-chip GPU. I keep getting this feeling that they might use some bastardized version of the A14 minus the GPU cores in some misguided attempt to keep the thermal envelope down? And pair it with AMD GPUs for some unfathomable reason? The only reason I bring this up is that I remember that the company that developed the PowerVR GPU, Imagination Technologies, actually demoed a stock PC using their GPU mounted on a PCIe card and was shopping it around at a trade show.. And Apple's current on-chip GPU is directly derived from the PowerVR chip. https://www.tweaktown.com/news/2243...cing/index.html Perhaps it might be more efficient to have the GPU separate on its own card rather than as SOC on the CPU.. Guess we'll see which way Apple goes when they make the ARM iMac announcement. Binary Badger fucked around with this message at 17:51 on Jun 9, 2020 |
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Weedle posted:play iphone games... on a mac!! Apple Arcade subscription games are playable in MacOS. It even has its own dedicated tab in the App Store. Mister Facetious fucked around with this message at 17:52 on Jun 9, 2020 |
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Ok Comboomer posted:Man, in the time since I joined these forums..... I know this doesn't apply to all games, but the fact that so many games are already cross platform and running on ARM on the Nvidia Shield, Nintendo Switch, and iOS gives me hope.
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SourKraut posted:Maybe they'll move the Mac Pro over to ARM, and then I can pick up a clearanced X86 MP. Lol no. ARM isn't going to have the performance to match the current x86 CPUs which means even if they released a 'pro' ARM version people are not going to dump their pro x86 machines. Now a threadripper/opteron MacPro would be pretty cool.
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Shaocaholica posted:Lol no. ARM isn't going to have the performance to match the current x86 CPUs which means even if they released a 'pro' ARM version people are not going to dump their pro x86 machines. Now a threadripper/opteron MacPro would be pretty cool. core for core apple is by far the fastest they don't make big honking chip(let)s since they don't ship enough for it to be worth it, maybe that'll change
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Shaocaholica posted:Lol no. ARM isn't going to have the performance to match the current x86 CPUs quoting this for posterity
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I almost wonder if Apple rolling out an ARM Mac Pro wouldn’t make me more interested in getting my hands on one. Apple switching to their own chips tickles the “90s Mac user” in me. My computer can’t run any of your apps or games but the CPU inside of it is unique and exotic! It’s not overheating, it’s exotic!
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Binary Badger posted:mmmmmmmmmmm nooo I don't think so, Tim.. The 4K Apple TV has a fan so maybe not. They might try to remove fans prematurely.
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Well it's gonna be interesting to see how VMWare / Parallels work in ARM...
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