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With the new gay laws I hope Apple does something with the logo. Imagine this picture: Instead of boring white every apple is a glorious shining rainbow, like the old logo. This really should been the first thing they announced after Johnny came out of the closet 
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Selklubber posted:Johnny came out of the closet Wait, who?
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Jun 27, 2015 19:59
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His wife will be devastated.
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Jun 27, 2015 20:07
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Selklubber posted:With the new gay laws I hope Apple does something with the logo. Imagine this picture: That picture is cool but I have no idea what you are talking about.
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Jun 27, 2015 21:21
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Froist posted:Wait, who? Guessing he's thinking of Tim Cook but misapplied it to Ive.
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Jun 27, 2015 22:51
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SourKraut posted:Guessing he's thinking of Tim Cook but misapplied it to Ive. That's who I thought he might have meant.
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Jun 28, 2015 00:01
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Sad Panda posted:I've got an rMBP 2013 and the light on my MagSafe adapter is a bit temperamental. Right now for example, it is plugged in, CoconutBattery shows that the charge is going up but the light is off instead of the orange it should be when charging. I've tried the SMC reset, although there was no flash on the MagSafe adapter when I did it to show it was done. Is this probably just the case of needing a replacement cable? I've got plenty of time left on my AppleCare, but I was just wondering what people's experiences are with these kind of things. This happened to me and after about three days of that behavior the adapter started shooting sparks loving everywhere and smoking at the point it connected to the laptop so yeah get that poo poo replaced ASAP.
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Jun 28, 2015 00:36
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RE: the edu discount, my girlfriend bought her Air in store and she still remembered her student number even though she graduated years ago, she joked about that to the sales rep and they said "yeah sure if you can provide a student number you can have the discount" so yeah if you get the right person they're pretty lenient about it.
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Jun 28, 2015 04:57
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My dad bought his new iMac from the online Apple store and just said "It's a gift for my son in college" without providing any other sort of information and they gave him the edu discount, lol.
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Jun 28, 2015 05:06
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I got my mbp using an apple for education store page that my college provided the link to. At no point whatsoever did I have to prove I was still in education.
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Jun 28, 2015 08:51
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I'm 46 years old but when I walked into the apple store I shouted at the top of my lungs I'M IN COLLEGE NOW MOTHERFUCKERS while I pumped my fist. Got a good deal on an iMac.
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Jun 28, 2015 09:14
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I'm 65 years old, I walked into an Apple Store with a gun, got a *really* good deal on an iMac.
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Jun 28, 2015 13:55
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Pivo posted:I'm 65 years old, I walked into an Apple Store with a gun, got a *really* good deal on an iMac. Find out how this OAP got a free iMac with this one really weird trick.
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Jun 28, 2015 13:58
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When I bought my rmbp at an Apple Store I got asked to see my college id for the discount.
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Jun 28, 2015 18:36
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Huh. I've purchased two macs in the last 4 years on the Apple online store using the edu discount for my undergrad school, from which I'd already graduated. Unless I'm grossly misremembering how this works, you just go to http://store.apple.com/us_edu_11333/findyourschool and then literally enter any accredited school in the country (probably best to use a school you have some relationship to) and that's it. I don't recall having been asked for any confirmation or other proof on the website. I think there's even a "my school isn't in this list" option that also works. Purchases I've made in-store have required a .edu email account or campus ID tho.
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Jun 28, 2015 19:39
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Huh. I've purchased two macs in the last 4 years on the Apple online store using the edu discount for my undergrad school, from which I'd already graduated. When I bought my iPad you had to associate a university email with your account somehow. I don't really remember how it went.
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Jun 28, 2015 20:06
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Unless it's BTO (and even then too sometimes depending upon the desired configuration), why even go the Educational discount route if a refurb is available in the desired configuration? The refurb is almost always if not always going to be cheaper than the system with the educational discount.
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Jun 28, 2015 20:43
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SourKraut posted:Unless it's BTO (and even then too sometimes depending upon the desired configuration), why even go the Educational discount route if a refurb is available in the desired configuration? The refurb is almost always if not always going to be cheaper than the system with the educational discount.
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Jun 28, 2015 21:43
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I use my corporate discount which is same as edu discount. It doesn't ask me to prove anything on the site. I just say "oh yeah I definitely work here" and the price falls.
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Jun 29, 2015 11:11
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My friend has a Mac Mini that is slower than slow and I think I now know whyquote:Mid 2010. 2.4 ghz core 2 duo. 2 gb memory. OS X 10.9.5 Is it even worth it to throw an ssd and 8GB at it?
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Jun 29, 2015 20:55
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It depends what they want to use it for. A computer from 2010 is normally "pitch it into the trash" old, but it might be OK for sitting underneath the TV.
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Jun 29, 2015 21:01
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Thanks Ants posted:It depends what they want to use it for. A computer from 2010 is normally "pitch it into the trash" old, but it might be OK for sitting underneath the TV. 2GB is crippling slow but a 2.4GHz C2D can also be painful. The computer might have came out in 2010 but the Merom Core 2 Duo came out in 2006 and the Penryn came out in 2008. Woof.
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Jun 29, 2015 21:06
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It's the primary machine for her high school aged daughter. It's also hooked up to a projector for YouTube/Netflix. Core2Duo is pretty old at this point, but $200 could significantly speed it up. E: wasn't that Era super picky about ram, too? I just got my first Mac in January and I only have a vague knowledge of them in general Phone fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Jun 29, 2015 |
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Jun 29, 2015 21:10
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Crank it up to 8 GB and replace the spinster drive with an SSD and it should run decently. It has a not-horrible GPU and would make a decent low-end HTPC.
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Jun 29, 2015 21:16
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Phone posted:It's the primary machine for her high school aged daughter. It's also hooked up to a projector for YouTube/Netflix. Not sure about picky RAM, but a general thing with older machines is pricing stops going down after a while. Used RAM seems to be cheap enough on eBay though. Alternatively there’s super low end cheap PCs that are comparable or faster if you don’t mind Windows (or I guess Chrome OS in some cases).
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Jun 29, 2015 21:21
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Phone posted:My friend has a Mac Mini that is slower than slow and I think I now know why FWIW: I've been rebuilding this specific model (4,1) for a couple of months regularly and they are pretty decent with an SSD and 16GB of RAM. The manual says 8GB max but 2x8GB SO-DIMMs work without any issues as long as you use the proper voltage and speed. Keep in mind, the comp has a SATAII connection type, so your read/write speeds will be halved what modern SSDs offer.
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Jun 29, 2015 21:24
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I was thinking of picking up a bigger/newer SSD for my machine (Intel 730 480GB) and buying a Crucial kit and gifting my current Intel 520 240GB SSD. Looks doable. I guess I'll need to toss Yosemite on a USB stick and reinstall OSX that way. E: they have 4GB free on the 320GB platter drive. 
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Jun 29, 2015 21:50
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Let's say I have a power user on a 13" MBP who has filled up the then-top-of-the-line 768GB SSD and needs more space. It's time for a new machine anyways, but if I get him the 1TB 13" MBP that only buys him a year of growth before he hits the limit again. Let's also say that I cannot get him to consider changing his workflow until there's no other option. There's no way to cram more than 1TB into the MBPs line, right?
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Jun 29, 2015 22:34
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Jesus Christ just tell him to get a 3TB external to store all his anime linux isos on.
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Jun 29, 2015 22:36
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Yep, a Mac laptop is no way to store multiple terabytes of data. What you're looking for is called a server or a NAS.
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Jun 29, 2015 22:39
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If the data has to be local, get a Thunderbolt-based DAS. They're not exactly cheap, but neither is buying rMBPs with 1TB SSDs.
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Jun 29, 2015 22:43
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Nope, it's all pictures. He's pretty much the ultimate road warrior. And yes, I have good endpoint backups. Money's not really an object, but it sounds like he's going to have to re-think how he does things at some point in the next year. Thanks.
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Jun 29, 2015 22:48
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Who the gently caress needs nearly 800gb of photos stored locally Jesus Christ.
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Jun 29, 2015 22:52
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Quantum of Phallus posted:Who the gently caress needs nearly 800gb of photos stored locally Jesus Christ.
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Jun 29, 2015 22:53
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Phone posted:I was thinking of picking up a bigger/newer SSD for my machine (Intel 730 480GB) and buying a Crucial kit and gifting my current Intel 520 240GB SSD.  KS posted:Nope, it's all pictures. He's pretty much the ultimate road warrior. And yes, I have good endpoint backups.
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Jun 29, 2015 23:15
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Would it be worth buying a new 13" Retina Macbook Pro next month, or should I wait for the next refresh? I'm worried the refresh next year will have a stronger GPU and the new click pad that we see on the new Macbook and don't want to end up regretting purchasing it early. Right now I'm using a 2012 Macbook Air and the call of the retina display is hard to pass up.
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Jun 29, 2015 23:24
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sailormoon posted:Would it be worth buying a new 13" Retina Macbook Pro next month, or should I wait for the next refresh? I'm worried the refresh next year will have a stronger GPU and the new click pad that we see on the new Macbook and don't want to end up regretting purchasing it early. Right now I'm using a 2012 Macbook Air and the call of the retina display is hard to pass up. The rMBP just got refreshed a couple of months ago with a spec bump and the new trackpad. The next generation will always be better, but there's no reason not to buy now if you want one.
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Jun 29, 2015 23:31
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sailormoon posted:Would it be worth buying a new 13" Retina Macbook Pro next month, or should I wait for the next refresh? I'm worried the refresh next year will have a stronger GPU and the new click pad that we see on the new Macbook and don't want to end up regretting purchasing it early. Right now I'm using a 2012 Macbook Air and the call of the retina display is hard to pass up. A stronger GPU is pretty much a given, but both the 13s and 15s have the Force Touch trackpad now. The refreshed 13" came out at the same time as the new MacBook.
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Jun 30, 2015 00:20
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KS posted:Money's not really an object, but it sounds like he's going to have to re-think how he does things at some point in the next year. Yes. That workflow is barely tenable with a desktop. "Get all this poo poo off my goddamn computer" is the commercial photo industry standard for good reason.
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Molten Llama posted:Yes. That workflow is barely tenable with a desktop. Seriously. What happens to his work if his computer bag gets stolen? I mean, I he must have offsite backups or storage archives of some kind, but still.
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