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I am cheap. With that out of the way, how long does it usually take for refurbished hardware to start showing up in the Apple Store that doesn't require someone to F5 the page all day? I'd like a new Mac Mini but I'm not crazy about the prices.
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I'm looking at getting a 2011 21.5" iMac with the 6750M and wanted to know if this will be able to play TF2 at reasonable speeds with the native resolution. I'm hoping the answer is yes since the game is 4 years old now.
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Mu Zeta posted:You wont be able to play at 1080p native. Just bump it down a bit and it still looks fine. It's partially because the games don't run as well on OSX. So the display won't look like garbage at a non-native resolution like 1600x900?
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Clark Nova posted:Yeah, I think they realized there's a market for this poo poo when people started ebaying their iMac pro keyboards at a ridiculous markup And I’m one of those suckers. Spent all weekend writing a paper on my iMac keyboard from 2011 and decided I wanted a full size keyboard after 7 years on a cramped one. I like the color better and the $20 or $30 premium didn’t bother me.
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Yessssss I mean, laziest update ever but at least it has newer processors. And if they didn’t touch anything else that probably means no T2 and upgradable RAM on the 27”. Since I’m coming from a 2011 iMac and don’t have a good external monitor, I’d consider the 27” iMac good value.
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It was a lazy update. I don’t believe the T2 is compatible with HDDs. Simple as that. I read on Ars that the T2 has caused problems on MacBooks and the iMac Pros. Has anyone heard about that? Ripoff posted:I’m coming from a 2013 rMBP which has weird booting issues and probably has another year or two at max before it goes to computer hell. What’s the magic combo in value for the new iMac, the 6-core 8th gen i5 and 575x model with an SSD? I don’t give a drat about memory since that’s owner-upgradable and I’ll end up slapping like 16GB in and calling it a day. I think the base 27” with the 256GB SSD upgrade seems like the best value. I don’t think a small bump in cpu frequency or gpu update is going to be terribly noticeable. Would it be worth the hassle to go with an NVMe enclosure + 1TB Samsung 970 Evo for extra storage or should I stick with a 512GB apple SSD?
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Binary Badger posted:Depends on your use case; also the maximum speed you can get on a USB 3.1 Gen 2 enclosure right now is just under 1 GB/sec, and prices on Thunderbolt based options which might get you to 1.5/3 GB/sec are ridiculous ATM. I didn’t realize those had a 1GB/s limitation. The spec can handle more, right? Is it just a function of waiting for better USB 3.1 Gen 2 enclosures? Edit: it appears I got 10Gbps and 1 GBps on the Gen 2 spec confused. That’s disappointing. Pr0kjayhawk fucked around with this message at 19:43 on Mar 19, 2019 |
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Electric Bugaloo posted:I like Rene Ritchie’s advice on new iMac buying: don’t put a spinny disk in your machine and get as much internal SSD as you think you need/can afford (at least 256gb) and then add external storage as you need it for media/etc. If USB 3.1 Gen2 speeds of ~1GB/s speed were "enough" for an external drive, it seems like going with a slower and cheaper NVMe drive would be the way to go. UserBenchmark has the Intel 660p 2TB capped at 1.4GB/s but they go for $220. Seems like a pretty good deal. https://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Samsung-970-Evo-Plus-NVMe-PCIe-M2-1TB-vs-Intel-660p-NVMe-PCIe-M2-2TB/m693540vsm610546
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Mar 20, 2019 05:15
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Roadie posted:Take that and swap the floppy for an EGPU and you have a product that (as long as it was priced under $500) I think a lot of people would actually consider buying. All the current EGPUs suffer some combination of taking up a lot of desk space, being absurdly expensive even empty, or for some stupid reason sharing a single Thunderbolt controller for the graphics card and the USB ports so you can't actually use the ports in the box without everything stuttering constantly. I’m surprised there isn’t a middle ground with eGPUs. When the new Mac mini came out I was looking for a smaller eGPU enclosure that could take a laptop card, similar to what the iMac uses. It’s just odd that your choice with a Mac mini is integrated graphics or fuckoff huge enclosure.
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I really wish Apple would hurry up with the 13" MBP update. I'm assuming the 15"/16" MBP is unwieldy if you need an actual portable machine, yes?
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I have the newer Magic Keyboard with numeric keypad and any time I have to type something out longer than a quick message, I'm reminded of how much I hate this drat thing. It's only a step up from pretending to type on your desk. Any recommendations for an alternative? I want something sleek like this keyboard, wireless, and not dogshit to type on. I looked in the keyboard thread but they're more about mechanical keyboards that CLACK CLACK CLACK which, no thanks.
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Picked up a refurb 16” with the i7, 1TB, and 32GB this week. Those things go quick. Made a last-minute decision to go 32GB over 16GB. Hopefully I’m not delusional wanting it to last as long as my 2011 iMac. Also grabbed an open box HP thunderbolt G2 dock on eBay as well. By the way, what is a 21.5” 2011 iMac worth? 12GB RAM and added a Samsung 850 500GB drive a few years back. Still shockingly capable (for my needs at least).
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Apr 4, 2020 02:35
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I picked up an HP Thunderbolt G2 dock on eBay. It was $150 new in box but they can be had for less. Real 40Gbps, dual monitor capable on macOS, and 100W charging. Oh and a very long cable. I’m very happy with it Hekk posted:Awesome! I just disabled Power Nap. I will see if that does the trick. I appreciate the assistance. I’ve had the exact same issue. Very annoying. Did this problem start with 15.4?
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The HP G2 Thunderbolt dock can be had new on ebay for $150 or less. Works great on my 16" MBP as a single cable solution. https://store.hp.com/us/en/pdp/hp-thunderbolt-dock-120w-g2 Separate note: Have any 16" MBP or 2020 13" MBP owners experienced the kernel panic on wake from sleep? I've mostly learned how to avoid it (keep lid open when connected to external display) but it's still incredibly annoying and Apple has been very slow to fix it. Part of me wishes I had returned it when I was within the window. https://mrmacintosh.com/10-15-4-update-wake-from-sleep-kernel-panic-in-16-mbpro-2019/
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The HP G2 thunderbolt dock has not given me any issues like I’ve heard with the caldigit. And it was $150 new on eBay. I know I sound like a broken record but I can’t understand how the caldigit became such a favorite for macs.
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