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I needed a sleeve for my retina pro so I ordered one of these colcasacs: It rules. Highly recommended.  http://www.colcasac.com/
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japtor posted:Well if you ever use external storage I'd get the new one just for the USB 3 ports, and being able to get 8GB RAM would be nice just in case you need it down the line. Also the faster graphics may come into play, maybe not for the Adobe apps, but I guess everything could be smoother when running on a big external display. I'm not, but if I go for the MBA I'll have to because I've done most of my backups by burning DVDs. I haven't seen much discussion about the Intel 4000 chips, are they that much better than the 3000s? quote:It depends on the iMacs, only 27" ones can act as displays. There's another thing regarding Mini DisplayPort vs Thunderbolt on the iMacs but that's a moot point in this case...although for all I know you might need a TB cable for the latter type of iMac. Forget that idea then, my school only has the 21.5" iMacs. I think I'll be getting an 13" MBA. The portability, screen resolution, reduced glossiness, and SSD are big pros for me, while the color gamut can be compensated for with an external monitor. Now for the fun of figuring out which one to get. Spam Forest fucked around with this message at 06:17 on Jul 15, 2012 |
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Looking to get a Macbook Air 11" I noticed a refurb comes with 256GB SSD. Should I go with this? This is a older generation I believe. http://store.apple.com/us/product/G0MG1LL/A Does anyone know if the current generation 11" macbook air's will have upgradable SSDs in them?
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Spam Forest posted:I'm not, but if I go for the MBA I'll have to because I've done most of my backups by burning DVDs. I haven't seen much discussion about the Intel 4000 chips, are they that much better than the 3000s? Anyway I just found this on the HD4000: http://www.barefeats.com/mba12a.html quote:Cinebench's OpenGL test ran 58% faster on the 2012 MacBook Air with Intel HD 4000 GPU compared to the 2011 MacBook Air with Intel HD 3000 GPU. At the settings we used, Portal 2 ran 54% faster while World of Warcraft ran only slightly faster on the 2012 MacBook Air compared to the 2011 MacBook Air. http://www.anandtech.com/show/5772/mobile-ivy-bridge-and-asus-n56vm-preview/5 http://www.anandtech.com/show/5772/mobile-ivy-bridge-and-asus-n56vm-preview/6 lol internet. posted:Looking to get a Macbook Air 11" I think the 2012s are upgradable (not 100% on that), but iirc they changed the form factor or something so it'll require different SSD modules than the 2011s.
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Jul 15, 2012 10:32
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Wow I had no idea that you could upgrade the HDs on MBAs.
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Jul 15, 2012 11:45
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Yeah, they're the only thing you can upgrade on Airs. Well you could switch out the whole logic board too I guess.
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Jul 15, 2012 11:56
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japtor posted:I think the 2012s are upgradable (not 100% on that), but iirc they changed the form factor or something so it'll require different SSD modules than the 2011s. Yes, they are upgradeable, held in with a single screw.  Pretty sure new upgrades will be coming as OWC was quick to change the description of their MBA SSDs to only include models as far as the 2011 editions, which cements what iFixit stated in their teardown that 2012 MBAs use a different form factor for the SSD than previous models. rMBPs also use this differentiated SSD form factor as far as I can tell.
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Jul 15, 2012 14:47
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Oh wow, if I'd known that I might have bought a 128 GB and just upgraded it beyond the 256 I'll be getting. At least this means I don't need to worry about running out. Thanks for the heads up!
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Jul 15, 2012 18:01
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Petey posted:Oh wow, if I'd known that I might have bought a 128 GB and just upgraded it beyond the 256 I'll be getting. At least this means I don't need to worry about running out. Thanks for the heads up! The OWC drives cost about as much as what Apple asks for the higher amount of storage. You pay far too much one way or another compared to standard format SSDs.
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Jul 15, 2012 18:41
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Petey posted:Well, just ordered a July 2011 refurb MBA. 1.8 GHz Dual Core i7, 256 GB HD, 4 GB RAM, for $1199. Would have liked more RAM but couldn't add to the refurb and got ~20% off so I feel pretty good about the deal. This is what I got instead of a new one. It'a awesome and was a great decision.
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Jul 15, 2012 19:12
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Uuudar posted:This is what I got instead of a new one. It'a awesome and was a great decision. I ordered a Refurbished MacBook Pro 2.4GHz Dual-core Intel i5 on June 19th and really love it. I regretted it briefly at first, but I can't argue with the quality and ease and the savings of the refurb.
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Jul 15, 2012 19:16
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Decius posted:The OWC drives cost about as much as what Apple asks for the higher amount of storage. You pay far too much one way or another compared to standard format SSDs. This is 100% true, you're better off with getting the 256 GB right away. OWC tends to be pricey especially for items you cant get anywhere else. Their SandForce based 2.5" SSD drives are way way overpriced compared to the prices you can get for Crucial M4s and Samsung 830s these days. They do have the only commercially available (as far as I can tell) bootable PCIe slot-based SSD for Mac Pros at the moment.
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Jul 15, 2012 21:52
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I have a working iMac G5 that I'd like to get rid of. How much is this thing worth, and what's the best way to go about selling it? It still works perfectly. Specs: 17" iMac G5, 1.6 ghz, 256 MB RAM, 80 GB storage, CD/DVD drive working fine. It is Airport compatible but doesn't have it built-in.
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Jul 15, 2012 22:39
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I've got a 27" LED Cinema Display and a 2009 MBP with an Apple USB Keyboard. Recently, it's started giving me trouble recognizing the keyboard when it's connected to the display's USB hub. It takes more than a few plugs/unplugs to get it to recognize the keyboard when I plug the computer back into the display. The keyboard works just fine connected directly to the USB port on the MBP, as do other devices connected to the display. Any ideas?
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Jul 15, 2012 22:50
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Argali posted:I have a working iMac G5 that I'd like to get rid of. How much is this thing worth, and what's the best way to go about selling it? It still works perfectly. How much is it worth? Basically zero dollars. Put it on CL for $150 and take what you can get.
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Jul 15, 2012 22:55
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Bob Morales posted:How much is it worth? Basically zero dollars. That should be fun, greeting the types of folks who are in the market for an 8-year-old iMac. Maybe I can sell them a Jaz drive while I'm at it.
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Jul 15, 2012 23:43
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Apparently there are music types who use PPC only software and things like that. Someone will probably be interested. It can run Leopard so it's not that bad in my view. People overestimate their computing needs. They always want more. It sometimes seems like selective ignorance of the amazing things accomplished with what we consider today to be puny computers.
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Jul 15, 2012 23:50
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fleshweasel posted:Apparently there are music types who use PPC only software and things like that. Someone will probably be interested. It can run Leopard so it's not that bad in my view. People overestimate their computing needs. They always want more. It sometimes seems like selective ignorance of the amazing things accomplished with what we consider today to be puny computers. Agreed - actually the fun thing about a computer like that is it can run OS 9 if you're so inclined. However, the 256 MB RAM really hobbles it in terms of trying to use it online.
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Jul 16, 2012 03:42
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fleshweasel posted:Apparently there are music types who use PPC only software and things like that. Someone will probably be interested. It can run Leopard so it's not that bad in my view. People overestimate their computing needs. They always want more. It sometimes seems like selective ignorance of the amazing things accomplished with what we consider today to be puny computers. Usually it is the PowerMacs they go for since there are also expansion cards and the extra power from the dual CPU models (and 1000x the power bill)
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Jul 16, 2012 04:15
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Don't want to be a downer but I ended up returning my retina MBP. Would've loved to have waited for and tried ML, but my return period ends tomorrow. I bought the first-gen Air when it was released and the rMBP was just giving me the same vibe: good enough -- maybe even great -- but I don't think the technology is going to 100% catch up to the promise until the next iteration. What really got me is that my 2011 MBP feels faster at normal tasks than the rMBP did. That might change with ML, but I wasn't cool with spending 2K on a slower-feeling computer. That said, I'm super optimistic for next year's update! And super interested in what a 13-inch rMBP would look like (quad-core? discreet GPU? battery life? weight?).
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Jul 16, 2012 06:19
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1997 posted:Are you buying used cables? Did the first time until I realized that the cable costs $18 after tax out of warranty at the fruit stand, including install. iFixit wants $60 for the same cable; I paid $25 for the first one used. Doh.
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Jul 16, 2012 07:21
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Arranged for a replacement RMBP - I love everything about it except that it's got fairly serious image retention issues. I hope the replacement doesn't have this problem. Does anyone here have a RMBP that doesn't have image retention problems?
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Jul 16, 2012 13:49
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I have not noticed anything like that. How does one test for this?
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Jul 16, 2012 13:51
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spaceship posted:I have not noticed anything like that. How does one test for this? Open text edit, leave it visible in the same place for 10-20 minutes, then move to a solid dark colour background where the textedit window was. The gray tray desktop background works well for it. On mine, I can see the ghosts for 10-15 minutes after leaving something on the screen for 5-10 minutes. (This makes it seem like a non-issue that I have to take these steps to see it - but I noticed it during normal use and this is just the easiest way to reproduce it - The default sublime text background is a good colour for highlighting the retention) This window is now ghosting on the screen in the time it took to write this post!
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Jul 16, 2012 14:10
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grahm posted:Don't want to be a downer but I ended up returning my retina MBP. Would've loved to have waited for and tried ML, but my return period ends tomorrow. I bought the first-gen Air when it was released and the rMBP was just giving me the same vibe: good enough -- maybe even great -- but I don't think the technology is going to 100% catch up to the promise until the next iteration. What really got me is that my 2011 MBP feels faster at normal tasks than the rMBP did. That might change with ML, but I wasn't cool with spending 2K on a slower-feeling computer. That said, I'm super optimistic for next year's update! And super interested in what a 13-inch rMBP would look like (quad-core? discreet GPU? battery life? weight?). Can you elaborate on some of the tasks you are doing that you found to be slower? Reason being I'm looking to buy a RBMP but would not be happy experiencing what you are.
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Jul 16, 2012 14:18
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For the last few weeks my MacBook Air (Mid 2011, Lion 10.7.4 11E53) has stopped getting access to Panera Bread's wifi. I'm not exactly sure when it started but I want to say early June/late May. Whenever I try to get on it gives me the login screen and then hangs on the wifi connected screen. It used to work just fine. I tried forgetting the access point. I even tried installing the Flash plugin (both the login screen and login confirmed screen have Flash ads at the top) but it still didn't work. Oh, I also tried multiple Paneras (and historically it has worked at all three). I haven't had this trouble on any other home or commercial wifi hotspots, even those with a login screen. Any idea what to try? Googling turned up no one with this issue.
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Heisenberg1276 posted:Arranged for a replacement RMBP - I love everything about it except that it's got fairly serious image retention issues. I hope the replacement doesn't have this problem. I didn't have retention issues but had pretty significant LED Backlight uniformity issues. Ended up exchanging mine as well. Seems that the display tech isn't fully ready; they are having QC issues. sleepness posted:Can you elaborate on some of the tasks you are doing that you found to be slower? Reason being I'm looking to buy a RBMP but would not be happy experiencing what you are. Usually what feels slow is the scrolling/moving windows around. On my MPBr I felt the laptop chugging to move things across the screen. It's a limitation of the GPU setup; there are too many glorious pixels to move around. Even still; the MPBr seems to paint to the screen more than my 2010 (I can track an image moving around much easier than on the 2010). I haven't felt anything else be slow such as what sleepness is feeling. Even my VMs are blazing fast.
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LastInLine posted:For the last few weeks my MacBook Air (Mid 2011, Lion 10.7.4 11E53) has stopped getting access to Panera Bread's wifi. I'm not exactly sure when it started but I want to say early June/late May. Whenever I try to get on it gives me the login screen and then hangs on the wifi connected screen. It used to work just fine. What browser(s) are you using?
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hobbesmaster posted:What browser(s) are you using? I should mention I don't even have to have a browser open for this to occur, it all happens as soon as wifi connects.
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Heisenberg1276 posted:Does anyone here have a RMBP that doesn't have image retention problems? Luckily no display problems whatsoever! Even though I'm a short walk from an Apple store, I'd still be pretty bummed to go through the hassle of finding one again. Condolences, yo...
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Jul 16, 2012 17:01
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No image retention problems here, and I don't notice any sluggishness. So I dunno.
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I'll have to check to see if I have any image retention issues later (deleted all of those boring solid color desktop wallpapers). A couple weeks in and I'm still pleased with my rMBP's performance. I've finally noticed it being sluggish in one area though, and that's when I hit the zoom button in Safari and the window readjusts to accommodate the current website's content. Seems to happen even when discrete video is on. Other than that all is well.
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Jul 16, 2012 19:22
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Let's say I won the lottery and was going to drop a couple thousand on a Mac Pro. If you get the base model with the single six-core CPU, does the motherboard have an open CPU socket that you could later on drop another CPU in, or is it a single-CPU board?
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Bob Morales posted:Let's say I won the lottery and was going to drop a couple thousand on a Mac Pro. If you get the base model with the single six-core CPU, does the motherboard have an open CPU socket that you could later on drop another CPU in, or is it a single-CPU board? Whilst I cant say for the new ones I have a G5 powermac and the heatsink is MASSIVE. it covers most of the motherboard. I suspect the new ones are similar and Apple being Apple is suspect they would have a single cpu motherboard to stop easy upgrades. The part numbers for the motherboards should give you a hint though.
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Bob Morales posted:Let's say I won the lottery and was going to drop a couple thousand on a Mac Pro. If you get the base model with the single six-core CPU, does the motherboard have an open CPU socket that you could later on drop another CPU in, or is it a single-CPU board?
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LastInLine posted:Chrome, but the sign-in is processed in Safari (as far as I can tell there's no way to alter this behavior). The sign-in popup comes up as soon as the MBA connects to the hotspot and loads just fine. Did you try clearing Safari's cache? Or even resetting Safari?
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sellouts posted:No image retention problems here, and I don't notice any sluggishness. So I dunno. Same here, and I even use Firefox as my main browser, and am running at 1680x1050 (which as we know is rendered at twice that and scaled down). On another note I wish Speck would hurry up and come out with their RMBP hard cover, I am uncomfortable with my nice new laptop sitting around without a case 
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Bob Morales posted:Let's say I won the lottery and was going to drop a couple thousand on a Mac Pro. If you get the base model with the single six-core CPU, does the motherboard have an open CPU socket that you could later on drop another CPU in, or is it a single-CPU board? There's no open socket on mine AFAIK. In theory you could replace the Processor Tray via OWC but that'd be fairly expensive.
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SO I have a mid-2012 macbook air that I just got. I want to hook it up to my TV to play movies/stream netflix and twitch. From the OP I saw that I'd need http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=104&cp_id=10428&cs_id=1042802&p_id=5311&seq=1&format=2 but I was wondering if I could just get this, http://www.amazon.com/Cablesson-Min...t+to+hdmi+apple and not have to deal with the adapter. Am I wrong and if so tell me why please.
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