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FCKGW posted:Finally looking to sell my Mac Pro 5,1 and move to a laptop. I upgraded a bunch of stuff on it, RX580, 1tb SSD, couple other things. Wondering if I should sell it as-is or if it makes more sense to take it back to stock and then sell the upgrades separately by themselves? Also, if I end up selling on eBay anyone ever priced out how much it would cost to ship one of these things? Some guy on [h] listed one claiming they sell for $1300 on eBay
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Not sure if this is more of a hardware question or software question but I’ll ask here because it’s hardware related. I just upgraded a mid 2009 17 inch MBP with an SSD and 8 gigs of ram (the Max). The machine is already running El Capitan (thank god) but besides say security patches is there any good reason to upgrade to high Sierra? The machine is for a 10 year old mostly doing what kids do so I’m not so sure it would be worth it if it’s not going to make the machine a little more snappy. Obviously just upgrading the memory and adding the SSD made things night and day. I do love that 17 inch screen though. That’s some sexy poo poo.
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Jul 12, 2020 12:32
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Bob Morales posted:Some guy on [h] listed one claiming they sell for $1300 on eBay I mean, you can check the prices of sold listing and they get up there but the BIN auctions always look so fishy to me https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=mac+pro+5%2C1&_sacat=0&rt=nc&LH_Sold=1&LH_Complete=1 edit: The 12 core systems with 32gb+ ram are the ones fetching the real higher prices, mine is only the 6 core. FCKGW fucked around with this message at 15:35 on Jul 12, 2020 |
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Jul 12, 2020 15:22
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Well DVwarehouse will sell you a single-CPU 4,1 for $274, it can be flashed into a 5,1 for free, a Xeon w3680 is $50, a RX 580 is about $130, plus RAM and a SSD. If that sells for a thousand bucks, I'd guess someone is making a decent profit.
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Jul 12, 2020 17:25
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I have a 2006 MacBook Pro that has Snow Leopard 10.6.8 on it. I want to reset it to factory so I can dispose or sell (why people buy these is beyond me), but it looks like you can only totally wipe it without being able to reinstall an OS. I'd have to update to Lion first, but I don't know how to do that since it sounds like the App Store was the way in the past. I only see Catalina on there now. Anyone know?
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Jul 12, 2020 17:41
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throw it in the trash
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Jul 12, 2020 17:49
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KingKapalone posted:I have a 2006 MacBook Pro that has Snow Leopard 10.6.8 on it. I want to reset it to factory so I can dispose or sell (why people buy these is beyond me), but it looks like you can only totally wipe it without being able to reinstall an OS. I'd have to update to Lion first, but I don't know how to do that since it sounds like the App Store was the way in the past. I only see Catalina on there now. Anyone know? Remove the bottom screws, take the disk away, dban it on another computer, reinstall it and give it away.
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Jul 12, 2020 19:26
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I don’t think there’s any issue doing a secure wipe and re-install from a USB drive? Lion is probably only needed if you want to do Internet recovery.
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Jul 12, 2020 21:09
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FCKGW posted:I mean, you can check the prices of sold listing and they get up there but the BIN auctions always look so fishy to me Was kind of expecting them to be sold by those MAC OS X 2019 UPGRADED TO CURRENT MODEL SPECS
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Jul 13, 2020 00:52
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Yeah, the dual CPU tray alone was like $500 last time I checked.
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Lazyhound posted:I don’t think there’s any issue doing a secure wipe and re-install from a USB drive? Lion is probably only needed if you want to do Internet recovery. Is there a way to make an OS re-install bootable USB from the OS itself? Don't have access to any sort of DVD and don't plan on buying an OS I don't use.
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KingKapalone posted:Is there a way to make an OS re-install bootable USB from the OS itself? Don't have access to any sort of DVD and don't plan on buying an OS I don't use. https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372 Have you followed those instructions?
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god this blows posted:https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201372 I assume that doesn't work for Snow Leopard since it only lists the four most current OSs?
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Jul 13, 2020 19:09
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KingKapalone posted:I assume that doesn't work for Snow Leopard since it only lists the four most current OSs? Snow Leopard came on a DVD only. You can make a USB if you find a garden of Macintosh stuff and use disk utility to restore the image to the USB.
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Jul 14, 2020 04:50
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Daniel Bryan posted:a garden of Macintosh stuff lol I don’t think you need to be intentionally obtuse like that. It’s technically  but it’s all long-discontinued stuff.If Apple gave a poo poo they’d have had the site nuked from orbit a decade ago. I’m sure it’s what tons of service providers, etc have used to save old Macs too. Hell, I’d wager somebody on an official Apple service call has sent a customer there at least once.
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Jul 14, 2020 06:41
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Daniel Bryan posted:Snow Leopard came on a DVD only. with the exception of special builds for the 2010 airs that shipped on usb keys with the machine, i think
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Jul 14, 2020 08:19
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I have some of those, they're tiny white USB sticks. Only USB 2.0 so they're slow af
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Jul 14, 2020 19:04
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Godzilla07 posted:The first big problem I've found with my 16" MBP: plugging in my external monitor via HDMI through my USB-C hub causes the dGPU to draw max power, which in turn causes the fans to spin to half-speed even at idle. It still happens even with the laptop in clamshell mode, and the display's resolution is lower than the MBP's display resolution. Update: I have tried both of these solutions to see if they would fix the problem of my 16" MBP's fans spinning up when an external monitor is connected. Neither solution has worked. In both cases, the AMD dGPU is drawing 18-20W in casual computing/productivity work, causing the MBP's fan to spin up to 35-40% whereas the MBP's fan is at idle in the same workload when the external display is not connected. This happens in clamshell mode too. I have the upgraded retail config of the 16" MBP (2.3 i9/16GB/1TB/4GB 5500M.) Do I blame Apple for allowing this to ship in the first place, or do I blame AMD because I know they can't write graphics drivers worth a poo poo even on Windows?
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Jul 14, 2020 21:02
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Why not both? Or wait for Apple to actually fix it in the next 16-inch revision which hopefully will include 10th gen CPUs Edit: You don't have the hallowed 5600M with HBM2 VRAM, do you? Binary Badger fucked around with this message at 21:17 on Jul 14, 2020 |
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Jul 14, 2020 21:15
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Binary Badger posted:Why not both? I think that is what you mean.
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Okay but then he gets a whole new set of problems? Binary Badger fucked around with this message at 21:22 on Jul 14, 2020 |
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Jul 14, 2020 21:17
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I’m personally hoping ArmBook includes an LTE or 5G modem. Even if it’s a BTO option. I’d be all over that on day one. Heck, make it an eSIM thing and I’m not sure you even need to have a SIM slot to accommodate.
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Jul 14, 2020 21:42
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Martytoof posted:I’m personally hoping ArmBook includes an LTE or 5G modem. Even if it’s a BTO option. I’d be all over that on day one. Heck, make it an eSIM thing and I’m not sure you even need to have a SIM slot to accommodate. Yes and honestly, why the gently caress not, other than physically putting the modem down on the board, which if they bought in even more bulk would only help them. Just put the same one you put in the ipad or iphone on. The silicon is obviously "ready" for it.
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Jul 14, 2020 22:49
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Well, I mean, for the same reason you have an LTE and non-LTE iPad SKU. Saves a buck or two I guess. I don’t even care if it’s the default build, as long as I have the option I would be pleased as punch to pay them an extra hundred or two for their dollar in parts. But it makes sense to me, given the convergence.
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Martytoof posted:I would be pleased as punch to pay them an extra hundred or two for their dollar in parts. Thread title
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Jul 14, 2020 23:09
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Got my 15" Pro back after battery replacement from Apple. New battery is 288 days old. I realize they don't make them the week before but having almost a year on it kind of stinks.
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Jul 15, 2020 01:33
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Does it have any cycles on it?
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Binary Badger posted:Does it have any cycles on it? Nope. Just sat on the shelf longer than I thought.
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Martytoof posted:I’m personally hoping ArmBook includes an LTE or 5G modem. Even if it’s a BTO option. I’d be all over that on day one. Heck, make it an eSIM thing and I’m not sure you even need to have a SIM slot to accommodate. It's pretty unbelievable that we've had iPads for almost a decade and laptops almost never have modems. Kanye was tweeting about it ages ago like "just make a laptop that can just go on the internet like iPads do" and yet nothing has been done.
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Jul 15, 2020 07:15
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Most business laptops can have it as a BTO but it's like $130 extra.
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Jul 15, 2020 07:24
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well why not posted:It's pretty unbelievable that we've had iPads for almost a decade and laptops almost never have modems. Kanye was tweeting about it ages ago like "just make a laptop that can just go on the internet like iPads do" and yet nothing has been done. once upon a time you could buy a MacBook Pro that would let you put a cellular modem in it if you wanted to
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Jul 15, 2020 07:38
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I also seem to remember Verizon and T-Mobile sold 1st (and 2nd?) gen MBAs with 3G modems in them.
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Jul 15, 2020 07:48
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Some of our high end business laptops have 4G and zero of them have a sim inside. Given how pretty much every user has a hotspot-capable phone, it's wasted money(in our case 250€/laptop).
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SlowBloke posted:Some of our high end business laptops have 4G and zero of them have a sim inside. Given how pretty much every user has a hotspot-capable phone, it's wasted money(in our case 250€/laptop). Yeah I'll be honest I have LTE in my iPad and while I do use it (it's a cheap grandfathered TMobile plan), I also have my phone with me so I could just hotspot nearly as easy.
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Jul 15, 2020 09:34
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I’m willing to bet that like 90% of iPads sold don’t have sim slots. It’s a bit of a weird comparison.
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Sri.Theo posted:I’m willing to bet that like 90% of iPads sold don’t have sim slots. It’s a bit of a weird comparison. An ipad without a sim slot will lose some sensors like gps so a non-negligible amount of ipads will be sold with a lte modem just for that.
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Sri.Theo posted:I’m willing to bet that like 90% of iPads sold don’t have sim slots. It’s a bit of a weird comparison. I'd be willing to be 90% of Macs sold wouldn't be sold with a sim slot either lol. My point is that most people have their phones(which is a hotspot) so the number of people that would actually use a Mac with a sim is probably comically low at this point.
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Fully appreciate that people who have a laptop but not a tether-capable phone are low, approaching zero, but I'm still hoping out hope that it's a BTO option on ArmBooks for the same reason that I bought an LTE iPad Pro -- because I want the freedom to not rely on my phone while traveling. I mean, post-apocalyptic traveling.
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Sri.Theo posted:I’m willing to bet that like 90% of iPads sold don’t have sim slots. It’s a bit of a weird comparison. This isn't true because a huge chunk of iPads are LTE models sold to businesses for their traveling employees.
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