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Proteus Jones posted:It doesn’t switch to the “On Battery” profile when you pull the power cable? What the hell? Yea, the console should show it. Usually when this happens there's something going on with a piece of software that alters the default behavior but once in a while it's bad hardware.
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Proteus Jones posted:It doesn’t switch to the “On Battery” profile when you pull the power cable? What the hell? Bob Morales posted:Yea, the console should show it. Usually when this happens there's something going on with a piece of software that alters the default behavior but once in a while it's bad hardware.
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Feb 20, 2018 23:57
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IAmKale posted:I'll have to take a look at logs and see exactly what's been keeping my laptop on when I think it should be asleep. Probably best to figure WHAT is causing the problem first. I’d first look at the logs when you unplug power with the lid open and see what gets logged. Then do the same with it closed. Do both scenarios with the server running and not. I’d also examine all the 3rd party stuff you may loading. You may have something that’s behaving badly.
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So I keep trying to find a replacement for my 2015 13" rMBP that ticks all of the boxes, and I just....can't. I want something in the same size range, but that is actually repairable/expandable. The only problem is, I deeply value the display quality of this machine (and most Macs), and the business class laptops that are serviceable or have non-soldered RAM/SSDs have garbage displays in comparison. The computers that have quality displays are typically sealed ultrabooks too, just a bit cheaper. I'm frustrated with the cost and keyboards of the new MacBook Pros, but I'm beginning to think that there might not be anything better - when it comes time to upgrade, I just spend the cash on 16gb of RAM and AppleCare+, and hopefully they redesign the keyboard to be more reliable. Has anyone else tried switching away with more success?
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Feb 21, 2018 01:38
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IuniusBrutus posted:Has anyone else tried switching away with more success?
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Linguica posted:I don't get it. What you *really* want is a thinnish 13" laptop with a retina-ish screen and the ability to swap out ram and SSD in the future. But since you don't know of a laptop that hits this sweet spot, you might as well... buy the much more expensive MacBook Touchbar Edition instead of, say, a significantly cheaper Dell XPS 13 for some reason? The non-touchbar MacBook is a few hundred dollars more than a competitively spec'd XPS13, not thousands at least...used is a different story, of course. I did leave out that I attach some value to macOS, that wonderful, wonderful 16:10 aspect ratio, and a reasonable and easily used extended warranty that includes accidental damage. The latter I don't care about so much if I can repair it myself, but that is not really an option so... Though an XPS15 is an EXTREMELY compelling buy, I forgot how affordable they are, and they offer two RAM slots and non-soldered SSDs, it is just a bit bigger than I would like.
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IuniusBrutus posted:The non-touchbar MacBook is a few hundred dollars more than a competitively spec'd XPS13, not thousands at least...used is a different story, of course. I did leave out that I attach some value to macOS, that wonderful, wonderful 16:10 aspect ratio, and a reasonable and easily used extended warranty that includes accidental damage. The latter I don't care about so much if I can repair it myself, but that is not really an option so... In Australia, the cheaper model XPS13s only have 1080p screens. If you want the high end screen it will cost you a couple hundred more than a touchbar macbook pro, let alone the non touchbar ones.
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Feb 21, 2018 13:50
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Which are the good Mac Minis again? The 2012s? 14s??? 
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IuniusBrutus posted:So I keep trying to find a replacement for my 2015 13" rMBP that ticks all of the boxes, and I just....can't. What you want does not exist And yes, the keyboard is not great, but the TouchBar is really the worst thing about the laptop.
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Feb 21, 2018 18:56
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Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:What you want does not exist Keyboard is for sure a step backwards but having gone from a 13 inch pro and Air I really like the touchbar (sorry TouchBar) now. 
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Quantum of Phallus posted:Which are the good Mac Minis again? The 2012s? 14s???
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IAmKale posted:The 2012's let you upgrade the RAM and storage. The 2014's have soldered-on RAM so you can only upgrade the storage. Also, the 2012s have quad-core CPUs available, while the 2014s are dual-core only.
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MarcusSA posted:Keyboard is for sure a step backwards but having gone from a 13 inch pro and Air I really like the touchbar (sorry TouchBar) now. They keyboard is fine to me, but I agree the TouchBar is fantastic.
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What if instead of a touchbar, the touchpad was a big oled display? I mean the laptop would then cost like $5000 but eh
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Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:What you want does not exist All the Touch Bar did was drive up the cost, at least it doesn't actively hinder your use of the machine. Unless you use vim with default bindings. 
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Twerk from Home posted:Also, the 2012s have quad-core CPUs available, while the 2014s are dual-core only. Shameless plug - Good example right here on SA Mart if anyone is looking for one (2012 quad-core i7, 16 GB RAM, SSD): https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3849396
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the Toyota Tacoma of Macs
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Whiskey Dick posted:Shameless plug - Good example right here on SA Mart if anyone is looking for one (2012 quad-core i7, 16 GB RAM, SSD): Ha. You're going to get that price, but I just sold a 2014 Macbook Air for hundreds less than that! Mac minis are a terrible value.
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There's been three generations of Intel NUCs since the last Mac Mini update. Apple needs to just slap an Apple log on a NUC for $700.
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Twerk from Home posted:Ha. You're going to get that price, but I just sold a 2014 Macbook Air for hundreds less than that! Mac minis are a terrible value. The i7 variant always commands a big price. I paid $300 or so for my 128gb ssd / 8gb / i5 2.5. I had to swap out the ssd about 6 months later, but just had luck on that. I was surprised how easy it was, and wouldn’t have limited my search to just ssd models if I’d known. It’s amazing how well a 6 year old machine runs.
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Holy hell, when did applecare get so expensive for laptops? The last time I bought one seven years ago it was like $100. I suppose there’s no sensible alternative to paying the full price?
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Mu Zeta posted:There's been three generations of Intel NUCs since the last Mac Mini update. Apple needs to just slap an Apple log on a NUC for $700. Can't lie, I'd love a fruit nuc, it'd be well handy
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EL BROMANCE posted:The i7 variant always commands a big price. I paid $300 or so for my 128gb ssd / 8gb / i5 2.5. I had to swap out the ssd about 6 months later, but just had luck on that. I was surprised how easy it was, and wouldn’t have limited my search to just ssd models if I’d known. I had to revive an old MacBook Pro i7 from 2011. Other than the hassle of a slow HD and having to upgrade (still takes High Sierra o_o), it’s an incredible usable machine, I thought it would be a drag to use. It also made me miss the old style design from Mountain Lion. All the skeuomorphic stuff wasn’t too bad. Very colorful but clear to read.
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Put an SSD and 8-16GB of RAM into those 2011/2012 non-retina machines and they're perfectly fine machines. 2012s are better though since they have bluetooth 4.0 and that means more continuity features. I also find the 2012 to be less power hungry/needing to kick on fans.
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Comfy Fleece Sweater posted:I had to revive an old MacBook Pro i7 from 2011. Other than the hassle of a slow HD and having to upgrade (still takes High Sierra o_o), it’s an incredible usable machine, I thought it would be a drag to use. My 13” MBP is a 2010 model with a Core 2 Duo. I upgraded the RAM to 8 GB (max), replaced the hard drive with an SSD, had to replace the battery twice now, and the cd drive is dead… but the MBP still works and is running the latest version of macOS. The screen is awful though, with native resolution being 1280x800. It’s not my main laptop but I use it a lot for browsing and playing dumb games like Hearthstone. If you upgrad that hard drive it’s getting a new computer. e: This post made me realize I’ve owned this thing for 7 years now god drat.
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kefkafloyd posted:Put an SSD and 8-16GB of RAM into those 2011/2012 non-retina machines and they're perfectly fine machines. 2012s are better though since they have bluetooth 4.0 and that means more continuity features. I also find the 2012 to be less power hungry/needing to kick on fans. I wouldn't put too much money into a 2011 15" because the GPU is just waiting to puke. But a bargain SSD will do wonders.
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EL BROMANCE posted:The i7 variant always commands a big price. I paid $300 or so for my 128gb ssd / 8gb / i5 2.5. I had to swap out the ssd about 6 months later, but just had luck on that. I was surprised how easy it was, and wouldn’t have limited my search to just ssd models if I’d known. I've had good luck with holding on to Macs for a long time, but now it seems like everything is holding up provided it has an SSD. I picked up a 5-ish i think year old Thinkpad with an i7/8gb/256gb SSD off eBay for $180 to play around with. While the battery is worn it runs just as well as anything else. Hell, if I could Hackintosh it I'd sell my 2016 mbp in a heartbeat.
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We run a hackintosh in the edit place I work for Quality control and writing LTO tapes and one of the biggest issues we have is the power supply. It's fine 99% of the time but there's nothing worse than when you're writing a 5TB tape and the machine dies overnight 
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business hammocks posted:Holy hell, when did applecare get so expensive for laptops? The last time I bought one seven years ago it was like $100. I suppose there’s no sensible alternative to paying the full price? You can roll the dice on eBay for the 20% chance it’s legit.
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Applecare for my 12" iBook in 2003 was nearly $200.
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business hammocks posted:Holy hell, when did applecare get so expensive for laptops? The last time I bought one seven years ago it was like $100. I suppose there’s no sensible alternative to paying the full price? The education discount is real good. Sometimes Micro Center will cut you a deal if you ask and are buying the machine from them. Otherwise, pay up.
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Mu Zeta posted:Applecare for my 12" iBook in 2003 was nearly $200. Yeah, remember paying $200 for non-retina, and when retina came out AppleCare jumped to $300. I stopped buying Apple Care about 4 years ago.
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Yeesh, even with educational discount, Applecare is $199 for a 13-inch rMBP, $259 for a 15-incher. MacBooks/Airs are $183. $79 for a Mini. $29 for a (hah) AppleTV..
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So B&H Photo has the Late 2016 15” Pros w/ TouchBar for like $700-800 off, putting them at $1,899 and $1,999. I’ve never purchased anything from them, I assume they’re legit? And how long is this deal likely to last? They’re closed for Shabbos (that’s a first for me!) so I can’t order until tomorrow night at the earliest. I
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Mahoning posted:So B&H Photo has the Late 2016 15” Pros w/ TouchBar for like $700-800 off, putting them at $1,899 and $1,999. I’ve never purchased anything from them, I assume they’re legit? And how long is this deal likely to last? They’re closed for Shabbos (that’s a first for me!) so I can’t order until tomorrow night at the earliest. I I have bought from them for years. Just got the 256Gb 2016 15" last week for a coworker
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B&H is legit. Their store in New York is geek heaven. Closest thing in Toronto is Vistek 
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Mahoning posted:So B&H Photo has the Late 2016 15” Pros w/ TouchBar for like $700-800 off, putting them at $1,899 and $1,999. I’ve never purchased anything from them, I assume they’re legit? And how long is this deal likely to last? They’re closed for Shabbos (that’s a first for me!) so I can’t order until tomorrow night at the earliest. I No tax outside of NJ too!
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I feel like a dumbass for having to ask this, but is there no way to change the overall font size in Safari now? There used to be a tab under the Safari system preferences where I could change font sizes by increments (i think 25% increments?). I think it was initially 125% and a pull-down menu allowed me to either raise it or lower it as I pleased... but I can't find the option now. My only choice is going to Advanced and clicking the Accessibility text box to never use font sizes smaller than whatever (9 is the default). I feel like I'm going crazy, because the option I was looking for was just there like a week or so ago. Sometimes I flip between 1280x800 and 1440x900 on my 12-inch MacBook and I'd usually adjust the Safari text size as well.
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MarcusSA posted:B&H is a legit seller. I’d assume the deal should last over the weekend. They've had that deal for over a year. They've been trying to get rid of that inventory a long time. They briefly discounted an additional $200 on them on Black Friday.
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