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Pseudo-God posted:I am just a beginner, so I don't think I will be using anything other than xcode. I am more worried about the cpu. The clock speed seems awfully low, I had that much 12 years ago on my p4. I know they ate not comparable, but the 1.8 i5 and the 2.4 i5 definitely are. It's obviously quite a bit slower than a 2011 MBP, but thanks to Turbo Boost, the "slow" i5s in the Air easily beat the faster-clocked 2010 MBPs in single-threaded performance and usually equals it in multi-threaded.   If you want a more portable system, there's certainly nothing wrong with its 2010-era performance. frumpsnake fucked around with this message at 03:14 on May 16, 2012 |
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I use my stock 13.3" Sandy Air for multimedia-heavy Air for iOS dev and it screams. Fan goes on during compiling or during video app rendering but I never feel hampered by it. If I need more temporary real estate I plug it into my iMac for target display mode. If I should ever feel like its sluggish I'll probably put an OWC SSD in it. Full screen apps and Lion gestures help a ton.
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May 16, 2012 03:25
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I appreciate everyone's input. It seems I will be going with a 13 inch air, as it is adequate for my needs. I can always upgrade cheaply if I need more power. (Sell the air and buy a pro)
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May 16, 2012 08:58
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Just curious, anyone out there running Diablo 3 on a 2011 iMac? I'm probably going to buy one of those as a refurb, just wondering how D3 will run. Obviously it meets the system requirements on Blizzard's page, but that doesn't mean much.
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May 16, 2012 15:06
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triplexpac posted:Just curious, anyone out there running Diablo 3 on a 2011 iMac? I'm probably going to buy one of those as a refurb, just wondering how D3 will run. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw3JYMz07wk quote:Published on Apr 15, 2012 by FredrikJansson1
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Sweet, thanks for that.
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What's the max resolution Thunderbolt can support? I usually just see 2560x1600 listed, which is double the Macbook Pro 13" resolution of 1280x800 Could it even handle 2880x1800 which is double the resolution of the Air or 15" Pro? Would that make you lose the ability to run an external monitor, since that's 4x the # of pixels on the current screen?
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Bob Morales posted:What's the max resolution Thunderbolt can support? I usually just see 2560x1600 listed, which is double the Macbook Pro 13" resolution of 1280x800 Thunderbolt carries a DisplayPort signal AFAIK, which Wikipedia says works up to 3840 × 2160 × 30 bpp @ 60 Hz
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May 16, 2012 18:18
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So what kind of cable would a retina monitor use then?
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May 16, 2012 19:23
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strangemusic posted:Derailed as heck, but: UAD Apollo? Because hell yeah. By far the sexiest reason for TB to exist. Yup. A new MBP, an Apollo, and something like an OctoPre to add another 8 mic pres would be real nice.
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Small White Dragon posted:So what kind of cable would a retina monitor use then? Thunderbolt since it could handle it.
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Bob Morales posted:What's the max resolution Thunderbolt can support? I usually just see 2560x1600 listed, which is double the Macbook Pro 13" resolution of 1280x800 Small White Dragon posted:So what kind of cable would a retina monitor use then? 
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May 16, 2012 21:49
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Wait guys... The number of pixels on the iPhone vs Retina iPhone - 4X The number of laptops Apple will make after they drop the 17" Pro - 4 The number of letters in Steve Jobs last name - 4 The number of corners on a Magic Trackpad - 4
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May 16, 2012 22:06
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Bob Morales posted:Wait guys... Clearly this means ancient aliens inspired Steve to create Apple.
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strangemusic posted:Derailed as heck, but: UAD Apollo? Because hell yeah. By far the sexiest reason for TB to exist. That is, if you pay the "as yet to be determined" price to add the "optional thunderbolt upgrade" "later this summer." This bums me out, because they've made TB like, THE focal point of these interfaces at NAMM and in all the advertising literature.
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May 16, 2012 22:21
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Bob Morales posted:Thunderbolt since it could handle it.
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Bob Morales posted:Wait guys... Number of Beatles. Number of days in the time cube.
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E: Never mind, this is a dumb derail.
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May 17, 2012 01:49
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Bob Morales posted:The number of laptops Apple will make after they drop the 17" Pro - 4  before they discontinue the Mac Pro.About Ivy Bridge MBPs and iMacs: http://www.primatelabs.ca/blog/2012/05/ivy-bridge-macs/ quote:I believe both results are legitimate and are from unreleased Macs. While it's certainly possible to falsify model information under Mac OS X, there are none of the tell-tale inconsistencies that suggest the information has been altered or faked. Also, both Macs are running unreleased builds of Mountain Lion, further suggesting that both results are from pre-release Macs undergoing testing.
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This probably gets asked a lot, and I've looked around, but I trust goon opinion more; I have a Mac Pro, so no built-in iSight. What's the best mac-compatible webcam that's either around or below $50-60?
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I shut my iMac down last night, went home, and turn it back on this morning. It won't detect my Apple Bluetooth keyboard anymore! What the gently caress. I have a crappy white plastic Apple keyboard plugged in right now and I can't stand it. I put new batteries in it, but the drat thing keeps saying "No keyboard found."
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May 17, 2012 13:47
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Is the light on your keyboard blinking? (This happened all the time with my Mini and older 3-AA BT keyboard, which is why I went back to a wired one.)
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DEUCE SLUICE posted:Is the light on your keyboard blinking? After like a half hour I got it working. 
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I noticed last night that the glass trackpad on my 2008 Unibody MBP has been sticking. It seems like the touchpanel stays depressed so whenever I tap on text or try to two-finger scroll it highlights instead of scrolling. I'm just out of applecare, so would it be worth a trip to the fruitand or just deal with it?
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SnatchRabbit posted:I noticed last night that the glass trackpad on my 2008 Unibody MBP has been sticking. It seems like the touchpanel stays depressed so whenever I tap on text or try to two-finger scroll it highlights instead of scrolling. I'm just out of applecare, so would it be worth a trip to the fruitand or just deal with it? You can remove the battery on that model so you should definitely pop it off and see what's going on under there since the trackpad is directly below the battery. Otherwise yes, it's best to take it in. It's usually 90 bucks or so to replace the trackpad.
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I'm getting some really odd issues with my graphics just beginning today. I've never experienced any problems in the past. It starts when playing Diablo III and the screen does all kinds of hosed up stuff so I think my video card is going bad. I've already tried uninstalling and re installing drivers. I made a lovely video that shows what's happening, look around 1 minute mark for the worst of it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOzy-Y7K6ms Shall I drag my 8 month old iMac over to the Mac store or what?
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I've had my 2011 MBA 13' for about 3 months now... and according to istatpro my battery is at 89% health and dropping.. Now im curious is istatpro wrong? or is my battery losing capacity at a faster than normal rate? I'm using it on charge a bunch, but i'm taking the laptop off charge and running it on batteries as much as i can. I've never had a battery lose 11% capacity in 3 months before. That seems awfully fast to me.
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Mr Man posted:I've had my 2011 MBA 13' for about 3 months now... and according to istatpro my battery is at 89% health and dropping.. Now im curious is istatpro wrong? or is my battery losing capacity at a faster than normal rate? Try coconutBattery. Sometimes the health goes up and down randomly, I don't know whats up with that. How many cycles do you have on that thing?
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No. 6 posted:I'm getting some really odd issues with my graphics just beginning today. I've never experienced any problems in the past. It starts when playing Diablo III and the screen does all kinds of hosed up stuff so I think my video card is going bad. I've already tried uninstalling and re installing drivers. Yup. Artifacting and screen garbles like that are definitely a sign of a GPU starting to poo poo itself. To the fruit market you go!
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Mr Man posted:I've had my 2011 MBA 13' for about 3 months now... and according to istatpro my battery is at 89% health and dropping.. Now im curious is istatpro wrong? or is my battery losing capacity at a faster than normal rate? How long does it last?
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I know this will be hard to answer, but maybe someone has some experience with this. I'm looking at buying a 2011 iMac refurb off the Apple store. I've been holding off for the past month or two, waiting for the new iMacs to come out, assuming it will drop the price of the 2011 refurbs. Anyway, my question is, what kind of price drop does Apple usually do for computers in this situation? If it's just going to be $50 or something, I'll just go ahead and buy it now. Again, I'm not expecting you guys to necessarily predict Apple's pricing schemes, but I assume the price drops would follow the same pattern as they have in the past.
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triplexpac posted:I know this will be hard to answer, but maybe someone has some experience with this. They probably won't drop. The new refurbs won't hit the store for months. Previous-generation refurbs are sometimes priced slighty HIGHER than current refurbs that are more powerful. Look at the 2010 i3 iMacs that cost more than the current base i5 iMac in the refurb store right now.  Sure, it has the 1TB HD but the rest of the computer is worse. Bob Morales fucked around with this message at 14:59 on May 18, 2012 |
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Digital_Jesus posted:Yup. Artifacting and screen garbles like that are definitely a sign of a GPU starting to poo poo itself. To the fruit market you go! Thanks for the confirmation. I took it in and they said I'd probably get it back in 7 - 10 days. :-(
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McFunkerson posted:This may be a silly suggestion but... Make sure you take it into an Apple Store. I used to work at an Apple Store that was right across the way from a MAC store. People would walk in the MAC store first wondering why the store was full of cosmetics before the employees directed them to the Apple Store. I never saw anyone drag in a computer for repair to the MAC store, but I'm sure stranger things have happened.
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McFunkerson posted:This may be a silly suggestion but... Make sure you take it into an Apple Store. I used to work at an Apple Store that was right across the way from a MAC store. People would walk in the MAC store first wondering why the store was full of cosmetics before the employees directed them to the Apple Store. I never saw anyone drag in a computer for repair to the MAC store, but I'm sure stranger things have happened. I would but there isn't a single Apple store in Belgium. Closest for me would be Paris or Amsterdam. Edit: hurr, just realized you were talking about the makeup store. In my defense the local resellers are called MacLine and Easy-Mac. No. 6 fucked around with this message at 17:56 on May 18, 2012 |
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Digital_Jesus posted:Yup. Artifacting and screen garbles like that are definitely a sign of a GPU starting to poo poo itself. To the fruit market you go! Excuse me, but you mean Fruit Stand
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Hopefully he means the Apple Store because calling it the Fruit Stand is dumb.
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McFunkerson posted:This may be a silly suggestion but... Make sure you take it into an Apple Store. I used to work at an Apple Store that was right across the way from a MAC store. People would walk in the MAC store first wondering why the store was full of cosmetics before the employees directed them to the Apple Store. I never saw anyone drag in a computer for repair to the MAC store, but I'm sure stranger things have happened. I just discovered that MAC store with a friend the other day so either you worked at the Pasadena Apple Store or there are several such cases.
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Sprat Sandwich posted:Try coconutBattery. Sometimes the health goes up and down randomly, I don't know whats up with that. Coconutbattery says I have 92% capacity, and 165 cycles Bob Morales posted:How long does it last? I get around 4-6 hours on it... 6 hours of webbrowsing, with the screen under half brightness, and when at work i get about 4 hours of programming and photoshop work using a dual monitors... So all in all very good lengths of time.. Just I was curious if istatpro is wrong.. which it looks to be
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