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Cygni posted:Anybody actually got their hands on an 8Gb Air yet? I ordered a few days ago and my pick-up date has slipped from the 26th to the 29th Mine was delivered on Monday. 11" though, the 13" might be in higher demand.
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ShoeFly posted:Mine was delivered on Monday. 11" though, the 13" might be in higher demand. Mine too. It showed up way earlier than the forecasted delivery date.
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Lexicon posted:When people do this upgrade, do they generally replace the internal HDD or the optical drive? I'd much rather do the latter, if it's possible, for obvious reasons. You will want to leave the platter hd in or the fans go out of control. Basically there's a third sata port for it you use and tape it to the back of your optical drive. I ordered a 13" 8gb base MBA and it came yesterday.
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Jun 21, 2012 22:22
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Okay, unnecessary stress etc sorted. Just ordered a 13" MBA w/ 8GB RAM and the i7.
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I don't really know much about the technical aspects of the retina display in the new MBPR, but is it feasible that Apple could bring such a display to the Air any time soon? I really like the form factor of the air and from the reviews of the 15in MBPR, the display is a game-changer. Would the Air run poorly with 4x the pixels and integrated graphics? (I know it's speculation, but I'm trying to convince myself to wait for the retina MBAs if they're ever going to come). I've also heard rumors of the MBPR 13in shipping in the fall, which would probably be the best solution for me. I'm looking for something to replace my desktop/laptop combo, but I also would like to keep the size down to 13in. A 13in MBPR with 2 thunderbolt ports and a sub-$2000 price would be a dream come true...
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Jun 21, 2012 22:30
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So, not sure if it'll help anyone in this thread or not, but to get a thunderbolt PCIe card to show up in bootcamp you need to do a cold boot on external power. Chaos with resources occurs otherwise. Dual cameralink on a laptop... 
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Jun 21, 2012 22:59
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flyboi posted:You will want to leave the platter hd in or the fans go out of control. Basically there's a third sata port for it you use and tape it to the back of your optical drive. As in, there's room for both the optical drive and the SSD inside the case? If so, that's cool... I assumed people were needing to rip out the optical drives to make space, not to mention for the SATA cable.
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Lexicon posted:As in, there's room for both the optical drive and the SSD inside the case? If so, that's cool... I assumed people were needing to rip out the optical drives to make space, not to mention for the SATA cable.  You can see the SSD just to the left of the HD There's a script you can run that manually sets the fan speed if you decided to remove or upgrade the HD and use one that doesn't have the temperature sensor.
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Jun 21, 2012 23:29
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Does the Apple store ever stock the base models but with the added ram? I hope to get a 13" retail in New Hampshire to avoid tax but I want 8 gb. And Amazon doesn't seem to stock those either.
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Anyone have recommendations on skin vs shell vs sleeve for a 13" MBA? I'm leaning towards sleeves right now, but would like to hear any suggestions (both for type of protection and specific models).
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Jun 22, 2012 02:21
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A PC Game posted:Does the Apple store ever stock the base models but with the added ram? I hope to get a 13" retail in New Hampshire to avoid tax but I want 8 gb. And Amazon doesn't seem to stock those either. MBP? Sure they can do that upgrade in store.
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chupacabraTERROR posted:I don't really know much about the technical aspects of the retina display in the new MBPR, but is it feasible that Apple could bring such a display to the Air any time soon? I really like the form factor of the air and from the reviews of the 15in MBPR, the display is a game-changer. Would the Air run poorly with 4x the pixels and integrated graphics? (I know it's speculation, but I'm trying to convince myself to wait for the retina MBAs if they're ever going to come).
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ptier posted:There are some good Dell ones too FYI especially if you are looking at 24" IPS panels. For 24" you may want to look at HP. I have these: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/hp_zr2440w.htm It has a DP in so no need to get a converter from a Mac. Don't get the 27" version though. It's awful. Go Dell or Apple for 27".
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AbsoluteLlama posted:For 24" you may want to look at HP. I have these: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/hp_zr2440w.htm Better deal, get one of the Korean ones with DisplayPort, and spend your spare 500 bucks buying historically important hats or something.
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Sinestro posted:Better deal, get one of the Korean ones with DisplayPort, and spend your spare 500 bucks buying historically important hats or something. Is there a good option to replace the Thunderbolt docking capabilities of the Apple display, though? Do Thunderbolt hubs even exist yet?
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Bryne posted:Do Thunderbolt hubs even exist yet? http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/11/belkin-thunderbolt-express-dock-hands-on-video/ KingEup fucked around with this message at 07:59 on Jun 22, 2012 |
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Jun 22, 2012 07:56
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Meh. $400 and shipping in September makes the Apple display look pretty sexy. [edit] It does have USB 3.0 and ethernet, though.
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Jun 22, 2012 08:35
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I wish I could just use a Mac mini as a port extender. Nothing out there is really impressive as an Air dock.
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Bryne posted:Meh. $400 and shipping in September makes the Apple display look pretty sexy. What's this?
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Cygni posted:Anybody actually got their hands on an 8Gb Air yet? I ordered a few days ago and my pick-up date has slipped from the 26th to the 29th I ordered the 13" on the Wed after the announcement and got it this past Monday.
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Qaz Kwaz posted:I ordered the 13" on the Wed after the announcement and got it this past Monday. poo poo. Maybe picking in store pick-up was the wrong choice, just didn't want that thing sitting on my porch. Oh well.
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Considering a 13" MBA, only need the basic storage and processor. Can anyone give me acompelling reason to bump up the RAM to 8gb? I don't intend to do any serious gaming or virtualization, and this is definitely a secondary machine (I have a powerful desktop for those things).
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wintermuteCF posted:Considering a 13" MBA, only need the basic storage and processor. Can anyone give me acompelling reason to bump up the RAM to 8gb? I don't intend to do any serious gaming or virtualization, and this is definitely a secondary machine (I have a powerful desktop for those things). 4 GB is going to be just fine for what you do. I have a Mac Mini that I put in my own 8 GB in and I'm only using 25% of it at any time.
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I thought about posting this in the Haus of Tech Support, but it seems more relevant to this thread, so I'll try here first to see if anybody has had a similar problem. My dad purchased a Retina Macbook Pro 15" yesterday and is having a problem with iPhoto. He did a Time Machine restore, which went off without a hitch (so far as we can tell). He has about 2k or 3k images, and upon launching iPhoto, he was prompted to upgrade his thumbnails to support the Retina display. About half of his images were successfully converted. The other half now don't show thumbnails at all, and opening those blank-thumbnail images results in the Triangle-! symbol, rather than in the picture itself. He's spent about 2 hours on the phone with Apple and is now talking to a "Senior iPhoto Specialist" about the issue. As a side note, it's been really cool how the issue has been elevated. He's been transferred three times to progressively more specialized folks. There are other weird issues too -- like his library doubled in size, both in terms of the number of reported images and the total size of his photo library as reported by Apple-About This Mac. 99% of his images are JPEGs -- very few RAWS -- as he usually shoots with his Nikon SLR in Auto mode. That's just the kind of user he is. I'm not looking for a resolution to this problem here. I'm just wondering if anybody else has experienced this same problem. Edit: leaving this post here, but decided this post was more relevant to the software thread.
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wintermuteCF posted:Considering a 13" MBA, only need the basic storage and processor. Can anyone give me acompelling reason to bump up the RAM to 8gb? I don't intend to do any serious gaming or virtualization, and this is definitely a secondary machine (I have a powerful desktop for those things). My 13" MPA showed up this morning and I feel kind of foolish for bothering with the 8GB ram upgrade. I'm never going to be running intense enough applications to use it up, but its only a $90 upgrade so I'm exactly kicking myself over the purchase.
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wintermuteCF posted:Considering a 13" MBA, only need the basic storage and processor. Can anyone give me acompelling reason to bump up the RAM to 8gb? I don't intend to do any serious gaming or virtualization, and this is definitely a secondary machine (I have a powerful desktop for those things). Im impatient so I'll be picking up a 4GB MBA from the Apple store instead of waiting for an 8GB to ship to me. I'll let you know if I run into any walls  My primary use is just web surfing / coding on the go, and sc2/d3 in a pinch because I'm a nerd that still likes to go to my friend's house to play video games (on bnet  )
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nickutz posted:My 13" MPA showed up this morning and I feel kind of foolish for bothering with the 8GB ram upgrade. I'm never going to be running intense enough applications to use it up, but its only a $90 upgrade so I'm exactly kicking myself over the purchase. You could pretty much run a Windows VM at all times and throw it 4GB of RAM, and have plenty left-over, if that makes you feel better.
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I'm thinking the same thing, bumping to 8GB involves $90+tax as well as incurring a wait-time while I wait for the unit to ship to me/store. Considering what I'll be using it for is primarily taking notes in class, as well as couch-surfing, website updates, and light gaming when I'm out (again, I have a main desktop for the heavy gaming and "serious" computing). Anyway, sounds good. I'm actually looking forward to bringing a Mac back into my computing workflow (I always enjoyed OSX for laptops, and Macs famously have the best trackpads in the business).
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Even heavy gaming doesn't need 4 gigs. I read Skyrim only uses 2 gigs actually.
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It was patched for LAA/PAE at 1.3.10 and so can use 4GB all by itself, actually. 2GB is the maximum for 32-bit software without LAA/PAE (almost all games and 32-bit software), and 4GB is the limit for 32-bit software with LAA/PAE support (Skyrim, 32-bit Adobe software, maybe a few other things).
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Mu Zeta posted:Even heavy gaming doesn't need 4 gigs. I read Skyrim only uses 2 gigs actually.
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Factory Factory posted:It was patched for LAA/PAE at 1.3.10 and so can use 4GB all by itself, actually. 2GB is the maximum for 32-bit software without LAA/PAE (almost all games and 32-bit software), and 4GB is the limit for 32-bit software with LAA/PAE support (Skyrim, 32-bit Adobe software, maybe a few other things). Also Skyrim's engine is a gigantic turd.
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I'm thinking of getting a GeForce 580 for my mac pro since I've been noticing my 5770 struggling with 2569*1440 gaming. Is this the right thread to ask about card recommendations, or should I use the hackintosh thread?
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Get a GeForce 670 instead. A 580 would have to pretty much be the one and only expansion card in order not to overtax the power supply. A 670 is faster and quieter and priced similarly anyway. I know people have definitely used them in the Hack thread.
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Just don't be tempted to stick with 4GB if you're doing virtualization. You'll regret it.
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wdarkk posted:I'm thinking of getting a GeForce 580 for my mac pro since I've been noticing my 5770 struggling with 2569*1440 gaming. Is this the right thread to ask about card recommendations, or should I use the hackintosh thread? Check https://www.netkas.org he posts about a lot of cards and what "just works" or doesn't so you don't have to pay the inflated Apple tax for a dated video card.
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I had last year's model with 4 Gb, and it was more than enough, especially for web development. That said, I decided to go with 8 just in the event that I wanted to do virtualization instead of Boot Camp. But primarily it was to help future-proof the MBA for OSs beyond Mountain Lion.
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flyboi posted:Check https://www.netkas.org he posts about a lot of cards and what "just works" or doesn't so you don't have to pay the inflated Apple tax for a dated video card. Hmm, it's looking like "wait for ML, then buy a 680" is a good option. I'd get a 670 but apparently it has issues with OpenCL. EDIT: Actually, so does the 680. HMM. wdarkk fucked around with this message at 01:28 on Jun 23, 2012 |
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What's the status of external GPUs via Thunderbolt? I am one of many who would like to use an MBA as a portable machine, then crank out some Skyrims or Battlefields, etc. at home.
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Chimp_On_Stilts posted:What's the status of external GPUs via Thunderbolt? I am one of many who would like to use an MBA as a portable machine, then crank out some Skyrims or Battlefields, etc. at home.
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