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JnnyThndrs posted:Was I the only person in the world who didn’t have trouble with Apple maps, even at launch? I used it right from the beginning and it was fine. Or is that because I’m in NorCal and Apple took special care in that region for obvious reasons? I only got burned by Apple's map data once, and yeah I was out in the boonies near Zion National Park and it thought our B&B was about 20 miles from its actual location. edit: Apple's routing data has generally been good in the cities I've lived in, but business data isn't always great. I've probably updated hundreds of business' info at this point (pin not in the right place, or the business is permanently closed). Star War Sex Parrot fucked around with this message at 03:14 on Sep 4, 2018 |
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:My MBP went out for a display replacement over a week ago. I got it back today and they didnt even swap the display. Instead they decided that it needed a new logic board (second time they’ve done that on a display replacement issue) and a new bottom case. They also dinged the existing display and the new bottom case has damage. Now they have the part in stock (they didn’t last week) and are saying they can handle the display replacement today, but man this has been a mess. By the time I get it back, this machine will be on its 3rd display, 3rd logic board, 2nd top case, and 3rd bottom case — and this unit began its journey with me as a new replacement by Apple for a previous MBP that kept eating logic boards. The display swap at the Apple Store last weekend went fine, and the replacement bottom case for the damaged one that the service center installed arrived at the Apple Store today. I just stopped by to get it swapped (should take 5 minutes) and the guy flipped it over to check the serial number (the serial number isn’t even on there) and I cringed as he slid the laptop across the table toward himself while it was upside down. Surprise! There are now a pair of faint scratches in the 4-days-old display assembly. They tried to clean them off at first, but nope they’re scratches. Now they’ve got another display assembly on order for me (#4) and I guess I’ll be laptop-less again soon once that part arrives. tl;dr: I went to the Apple Store today and all I have to show for it is two new scratches in my MBP. Star War Sex Parrot fucked around with this message at 22:52 on Sep 5, 2018 |
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It would be in IYG, if it exists.
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Weedle posted:I hope they announce a good computer
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:Now they’ve got another display assembly on order for me (#4) and I guess I’ll be laptop-less again soon once that part arrives. As soon as I got off the phone with the Store I called corporate AppleCare and they're investigating a replacement.  The whole reason I started this saga 3 weeks ago was because the semester wasn't in full swing yet and I could afford to be without my laptop for a few days. Now I can't.
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Steakandchips posted:Dude, get on twitter, your local newspapers, MPs (or whatever American equivalent local politicians), email tim cook direclty, copying in newspapers and politicians and whatever ombudsman or regulators are appropriate.
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Steakandchips posted:You literally can't do your work/study. edit: Now if corporate AppleCare hangs me out to dry, then I resort to your earlier suggestions. Star War Sex Parrot fucked around with this message at 21:57 on Sep 13, 2018 |
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Steakandchips posted:I wish you good luck and god speed. Jose Oquendo posted:I hope you get your replacement. 
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Steakandchips posted:They have your busted macbook, they now want 4000 as well to give you a replacement for the busted one?
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Steakandchips posted:No credit card hold required.
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The system works!quote:Thanks for contacting us. We created a product replacement for your MacBook Pro (serial number ...).
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MarcusSA posted:Oh nice how does that look vs the one you have now? The 2TB SSD is legit but yeah I'd rather have the RAM. Late-2016 15” MacBook Pro 2.6 i7 16GB RAM Radeon Pro 450 2GB 2TB SSD That was a warranty replacement for: Late-2013 15” MacBook Pro 2.8 i7 16GB RAM GeForce GT 750M 1TB SSD I basically got an SSD upgrade on the 2016 since it’s just what they sent me.
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Subjunctive posted:They stepped down the CPU on a warranty replacement? Star War Sex Parrot fucked around with this message at 03:15 on Sep 18, 2018 |
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Electric Bugaloo posted:There’s a few posters in there who are like “I do 90% of my job on an iPad” and I’m like 
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Replacement MBP arrived today. TrueTone is nice so far. Keyboard is quieter and feels a little better to type on. Otherwise it's another MBP.  I've more or less finished getting what I need transferred and will send the old one back tomorrow.
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Nice 2018 MacBook Pro surprise: articles like this made it seem like True Tone would only apply to those 3 display models (LG 4K and 5K sold in Apple Stores, and the Thunderbolt Display) but it's actually working on the old HP displays I use in my lab just fine. edit: Huh, even the official Apple support document says those 3 displays only. Weird. I now expect this helpful behavior to disappear with the next Mojave update. Star War Sex Parrot fucked around with this message at 18:45 on Oct 1, 2018 |
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Strong Sauce posted:What happened/is happening with Mac Pro?
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Rabid Snake posted:Apparently the MacBook pros are going to be upgraded with radeon pro Vega gpu options next month? edit: it's sound like it'll be an extra upgrade option for the existing model Star War Sex Parrot fucked around with this message at 19:14 on Oct 30, 2018 |
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tuyop posted:Can someone direct me to a good article explaining why ARM is so much more efficient and what the key differences are? I feel like I’ve read pages and pages about it and just don’t understand at all.
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IAmKale posted:I see now on Apple.com where it says all the 15" ones are 6-core. So that answers that. By the way, has Apple always been so tight-lipped about the model CPU that's in their laptops? It's impossible to find model numbers on Apple.com.
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Best bet is to read egpu.io
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Yeah for systems development I almost always need to fall back to a Linux box. Edit: earlier today I was just looking at code that didn’t work on macOS because of the lack of the sem_init system call. Maybe that’s the correct choice for Apple’s purposes, but doesn’t help when I have code I need to build on that uses it.
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For anyone who remembers my saga almost a year ago as my MBP ended up with a few different top cases, four display assemblies, and a couple logic boards...Star War Sex Parrot posted:Replacement MBP arrived today. TrueTone is nice so far. Keyboard is quieter and feels a little better to type on. Otherwise it's another MBP.
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Cough Drop The Beat posted:I've had my still quite capable late 2013 retina MBP going strong for 6 years now with absolutely zero issues besides a frayed Magsafe charger and you've had the same Macbook repaired how many times??? Man, that is comically horrendous bad luck. With the newer models I'm convinced that the moment I have to send a machine out once that it's all downhill from there and I'll end up replacing the machine. Apple's design team spits out products that are increasingly difficult to service, and I think the results even from Apple's official repair channels suffered for that. The only upside is that Apple at least continues to stand by their product and usually replace the machine for me, but the entire process is still fairly disruptive to my work. Star War Sex Parrot fucked around with this message at 17:37 on Aug 14, 2019 |
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Just learned that the latest MacBook Pros support AVX-512 when one of our developers bought a new laptop and found a bug in our codebase that had never been found before because we'd never had the combination of macOS + AVX-512 until now. Sounds like a nice excuse for me to grab a new machine, and to add another configuration to CI.
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