Joe Don Baker posted:I'm not being serious here, but what task requires you to burn 10 discs a week in the year 2013? Listening to CDs in my car? It doesn't have a tape deck so adapters are out, and my FM transmitter doesn't work well since it's overpowered on every frequency
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Feb 17, 2013 16:18
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wheez the roux posted:Listening to CDs in my car? It doesn't have a tape deck so adapters are out, and my FM transmitter doesn't work well since it's overpowered on every frequency I want to see a picture of this stack of over 520 audio CDs 
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Feb 17, 2013 16:54
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Legdiian posted:I want to see a picture of this stack of over 520 audio CDs I just keep them on spindles, I'll usually pick out 10 or so when I fill up and set them aside for easy access. I do road trips ranging from 600 to 6000 miles on a fairly regular basis. They're also useful and make good mementos to give out when I'm in remote 3rd world regions where there are tons of old CD players but nothing that could play MP3s.
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Feb 17, 2013 17:09
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japtor posted:Turn off your screen Well, poo poo. It shines through the sticker I tried to cover it up with. Shucks darn.
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Feb 17, 2013 18:21
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You know a new deck with a aux port would have cost leas than the CDs by now.
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Feb 17, 2013 18:25
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I didn't pay for any of the blank CDs so I really doubt it! And either way I don't really give a poo poo since I have plenty to listen to and can always burn more, maybe eventually I'll get around to it but it's not a priority. I replaced the head gasket and two pistons in the fall before a 6500 mile drive, I don't really care to tinker around with it anymore right now, but thanks for telling me what to do with my car I guess
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Feb 17, 2013 18:32
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Joe Don Baker posted:I'm not being serious here, but what task requires you to burn 10 discs a week in the year 2013? I don't use Apple hardware for it, or any sort of thin or external burner, but one of my tasks at my job (Software Company) is to make master discs of all the software we publish to send to a reproduction facility. Of course that is all done with .isos and other proprietary disc image formats between me and the replicator, but I'll be damned if high level managers and executives don't want a physical copy to sign off on before giving their approval to ship. Just saying that there are some workflows that involve spindle after spindle of plastic discs in 2013.
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Feb 17, 2013 18:51
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I (e:used to) do seasonal work at a camp too, and at the end of each 2 week session we would send every kid home with a CD full of photos, songs, videos, etc. There are still plenty of uses for disks.
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Feb 17, 2013 18:54
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I'm looking for a good desktop stand for my Macbook Air. All I know about is this HiRise thing. Any better options?
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Feb 17, 2013 19:38
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Looks so complicated. I prefer the Griffin Elevator. Actually everything from Twelve South look over-engineered.
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Feb 17, 2013 19:47
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Bummey posted:Well, poo poo. It shines through the sticker I tried to cover it up with. Shucks darn. As far as blocking it out, I guess try electrical or duct tape if you don't mind the residue it'll eventually leave behind. wheez the roux posted:I (e:used to) do seasonal work at a camp too, and at the end of each 2 week session we would send every kid home with a CD full of photos, songs, videos, etc. There are still plenty of uses for disks.  "
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Feb 17, 2013 20:49
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You vastly overestimate both the market share of Macs and the modernity of most home computers. Which I'm sure you knew, so is there a point you're making?
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Feb 17, 2013 21:14
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I really don't know why so many of you are dedicated to telling this guy to stop using CDs. Who gives a poo poo?
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Feb 17, 2013 22:27
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fleshweasel posted:I really don't know why so many of you are dedicated to telling this guy to stop using CDs. Who gives a poo poo? It was one of the reasons I got a cmbp instead of the retina. I am a dinosaur too. D:
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Feb 17, 2013 23:33
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Mu Zeta posted:Looks so complicated. I prefer the Griffin Elevator. I use a Griffin Elevator and it does a decent job. But it's kind of cool that you can adjust the height of the Hi Rise thing.
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Feb 17, 2013 23:40
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wheez the roux posted:You vastly overestimate both the market share of Macs and the modernity of most home computers. Which I'm sure you knew, so is there a point you're making?  (...and as for myself, I have an external BD drive for occasionally ripping movies and yes, even burning CDs!)
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Feb 18, 2013 00:49
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I just picked up the refreshed Retina MBP 15" and drat does it look good. I could tell a difference in store, but once sit down and get to using it, it really starts to shine. I have a ton of games in steam library that are Steam Play compatible, but I never got to try any of them out on my MBA. Will the 650M run about anything, or is there a limit? I thinking about putting The Witcher 2 on here, but even my newish (windows) desktop had some issues with it.
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Feb 18, 2013 20:34
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ephori posted:Ugh. I was hoping just the topcase and maybe a panel or something. Not looking forward to that, but what are you gonna do. Is this normally something where I'd have to wait for parts to be ordered? If they want $1300 then I think you should do is consider selling it and buying a new one. They only cost 2k new and I'm sure if it works except for the trackpad someone would be happy to pay over $700 if nothing else as Mac Mini.
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Feb 18, 2013 20:38
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LASER BEAM DREAM posted:I just picked up the refreshed Retina MBP 15" and drat does it look good. I could tell a difference in store, but once sit down and get to using it, it really starts to shine. The 650 is pretty strong. Install Win 7 on bootcamp and get razer game booster. http://www.razerzone.com/gamebooster You'd guess it was hookus pookus but it doubles my FPS for most games. I can now play Hard Reset at 1080p with good settings at 60fps. The rMBP also played Borderlands 2 with medium settings without a hiccup.
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Feb 18, 2013 20:41
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Stick100 posted:The 650 is pretty strong. Install Win 7 on bootcamp and get razer game booster. Man, I was hoping to avoid bootcamp this time around. Windows feels screwy on a mac to me. Are the OSX ports that bad?
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Feb 18, 2013 21:42
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I never had problems with OSX ports but I guess it depends on the game. Some ports basically emulate some windows libraries to get them to run, but in my experience, any of the big Steam titles are fine. Starcraft/Diablo/Source games/Civ5, all perfect. You might see problems with using a 3rd party program like CrossOver though.
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Feb 18, 2013 22:09
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LASER BEAM DREAM posted:Man, I was hoping to avoid bootcamp this time around. Windows feels screwy on a mac to me. Are the OSX ports that bad? Very curious about Game Booster, though. Thanks Stick100.
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Feb 18, 2013 23:12
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Is the spec bump the rMBPs got likely to help with the responsiveness issues that some have reported?
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Feb 19, 2013 00:58
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The issues are caused by the Intel HD4000 graphics, and that hasn't changed. I tried out the 15" Retina for about 20 minutes the other day and didn't notice any lag.
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Feb 19, 2013 01:21
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MrChupon posted:Is the spec bump the rMBPs got likely to help with the responsiveness issues that some have reported? No, it's just an minimal spec bump because Intel has slightly revised chips out. It's a 100MHz boost for most models, though.
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Feb 19, 2013 01:34
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Is there a goon recommended shell for the 13" air? The Moshi iGlaze and the Speck both seem fine, but I was wondering if there's a better alternative. I don't really care about how it looks (as long as it doesn't mess with the function), I just want something that will keep my $1400 purchase from exploding. Should I bother with these mousepad/keyboard covers?
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Feb 19, 2013 02:00
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chumpchous posted:Is there a goon recommended shell for the 13" air? The Moshi iGlaze and the Speck both seem fine, but I was wondering if there's a better alternative. I don't really care about how it looks (as long as it doesn't mess with the function), I just want something that will keep my $1400 purchase from exploding. Should I bother with these mousepad/keyboard covers? Some people think the cases don't let the machine breathe or radiate heat and don't like the wear marks they can leave. The Speck ones have pretty bad reviews, chipping or cracking etc. Are you okay with using a sleeve? You just have to remember to put it back in the sleeve when you're done.
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Feb 19, 2013 02:15
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Bob Morales posted:Some people think the cases don't let the machine breathe or radiate heat and don't like the wear marks they can leave. The Speck ones have pretty bad reviews, chipping or cracking etc. Yeah, if that's considered responsible use, I have no problem just using a sleeve. I've just totally abused and broken every laptop I've ever made, and I want to be responsible. I'll just go with a sleeve.
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Feb 19, 2013 03:12
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chumpchous posted:Yeah, if that's considered responsible use, I have no problem just using a sleeve. I've just totally abused and broken every laptop I've ever made, and I want to be responsible. I'll just go with a sleeve. I really like Waterfield Designs, noticeably more expensive than a Ebay sleeve but nicer quality/design quality: http://www.sfbags.com/
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Feb 19, 2013 04:58
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Binary Badger posted:Those 'random' places are their service depots, which are reasonably secure. I get this, but with any PC laptop I can just take the disk out, put it in a usb caddy and get at the data. There's no way to do that with any modern Mac. In the corporate world, if I had a thinkpad I could get my old drive swapped into a new laptop in about 5 minutes and be working again. A timemachine backup taken nightly will lose a days progress + require a bunch of restore time.
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Feb 19, 2013 11:57
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Joe Don Baker posted:When you take a computer in for service, there's several points where the user has to consent to anything, which includes warning them about their data. This is done when the Apple Service Toolkit is done, which has to be done first to initiate any sort of hardware repair. The owner also is supposed to sign a waiver or whatever before it's actually taken away or sent out to a depot for repair. Why do I care that apple deny any resposibility for people's data? No-one has any choice about consenting if they don't want to just give up and buy a new Macbook. The last time I took a Macbook in I just took the drive out first. If my Macbook stops booting, I can't backup or wipe the data, and I have no choice but to send it all to Apple and hope for the best. If I could pop out the SSD all would be well. This seems like an engineering problem that can be solved pretty easily, honestly.
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Feb 19, 2013 12:11
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Logikv9 posted:pinky finger on shift and ring finger on z. This is horrible typing form, you have two shift keys, use the one under your right hand. Logikv9 posted:Cmd+q or cmd+anything is annoying because the keys are too close. when I have to click them my fingers try to go under each other and results in a clusterfuck of tangled fingers. SourKraut posted:This. Ctrl+C (or V) just feels better because the spacing seems natural/right between the pinky and index fingers (at least for me). When people try to argue for Cmd+C/V being better, it reminds me of when people tried to argue that the one-buttoned mouse was better... I seriously can't believe that you use you pinky finger to press Cmd - it's right under your thumb. Pressing Cmd with your thumb allows you to keep all your fingers on the home row. The standard Ctrl key location is known to be awful for ergonomics (keyboards didn't have it there when most shortcuts were invented) and there's a whole ton of health problems caused by it in programmers. I don't actually use a Mac right now, but the keyboard mapping and standard global shortcuts are clearly better than a PC - windows or linux. I now re-map all my PCs to match the Mac layout: Ctrol on the alt key, alt on the Windows key. (Plus I change capslock into an Escape key, for Vim). The only thing that could make the Mac layout even better for me would be shortening the spacebar further and moving all the modifier keys in even more.
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Feb 19, 2013 12:21
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wooger posted:If my Macbook stops booting, I can't backup or wipe the data, and I have no choice but to send it all to Apple and hope for the best. If I could pop out the SSD all would be well. This seems like an engineering problem that can be solved pretty easily, honestly.
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Feb 19, 2013 14:50
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Mu Zeta posted:The issues are caused by the Intel HD4000 graphics, and that hasn't changed. I tried out the 15" Retina for about 20 minutes the other day and didn't notice any lag. Here's a question for those with 15" rMBPs. If you force it to always use the dedicated GPU, does this screen lagginess go away? Or is the nvidia card not up to snuff either?
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Feb 19, 2013 16:14
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This lag you speak of on the rMPB occurs when you're not in a default res, right? Is it that OS frames have to be resized in a buffer before being displayed? I wonder if 10.9 will somehow circumvent that. I also wonder if it's any worse, or the same, on the 13" rMBP. Baseless speculation time. According to Anand, 13" rMBP battery is 74 Wh and 13" Air is 50 Wh. Let's pretend that Haswell will use half the power as Ivy Bridge in an ULV config, and somehow retina displays are more efficient since last year. This might allow a retina Air launch in Q3 and the physical dimensions don't change. I doubt it'd be more than $1350, looking at 13" rMBP. In fact aside from 3 more (redundant) ports, feature-wise it seems like the same computer. I am betting it'll stay 2-core, and that the 13" rMBP might go quad-core? Anyway, I can't think of a better all-purpose portable computer for traditional mouse/keyboard apps, and am going to commence pinching my pennies for a retina Air. It would be so nice if they simply replaced it a la iPad 2->3 with a bold "okay, retina henceforth in this line" maneuver. It's hard for me to imagine they'd make the Air thicker after all the manilla-envelope "thinnest" hubbub of years past, though, which means waiting.
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Feb 19, 2013 18:25
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kuskus posted:Very curious about Game Booster, though. Thanks Stick100. That came from the Planetside 2 thread (in games) but it really just about doubled my frames in several different games. It must be stopping some horrid windows system services.
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Feb 19, 2013 19:08
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kuskus posted:Baseless speculation time. According to Anand, 13" rMBP battery is 74 Wh and 13" Air is 50 Wh. Let's pretend that Haswell will use half the power as Ivy Bridge in an ULV config... Keep in mind that the battery life of the Air never really changed as it went from a C2D to Sandy to Ivy.
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Feb 19, 2013 19:22
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Is it insane that I want to buy an 11" air refurb to travel with because I dislike the idea of lugging my 15" 2011 Pro around europe? I already have an iPad but kind of want a Mac for photos and iTunes content syncing.
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Feb 19, 2013 19:46
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MrBond posted:Is it insane that I want to buy an 11" air refurb to travel with because I dislike the idea of lugging my 15" 2011 Pro around europe? I already have an iPad but kind of want a Mac for photos and iTunes content syncing. The 11" is awesome. Do it.
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MrBond posted:iTunes content syncing. Make sure you get a 128 GB version if your iTunes library has a poo poo load of apps/music/movies like mine does.
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