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29 October 2016, 06:13 PM
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MacBooks........
Talk about over priced junk, Apple really do take the biscuit.
http://www.appy-geek.com/Web/Article...cleid=76262427
http://www.appy-geek.com/Web/Article...cleid=76242201
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MacBook Pro's bleeding-edge graphics: Like a gaming PC from 2012
Apple defends expensive MacBook Pro pricing: 'We design for the experience'
http://www.appy-geek.com/Web/Article...cleid=76242201
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29 October 2016, 06:37 PM
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Ironically, I think the man himself would be turning in his grave
http://qz.com/822818/steve-jobs-woul...pl-has-become/
Steve Jobs would probably be rather upset with what Apple has become today
Apple doesn’t technically have a monopoly on smartphones or laptop computers or the other categories of products it produces. But its extremely high prices for things such as add-on iPhone and MacBook memory attest to the market power it has over consumers. And its notoriously rapturous marketing-speak about upgrades that merely bring its products up to par with competitors is wearing thin with its critics.
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29 October 2016, 10:10 PM
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Well I've had a Macbook Air for around 4yrs, got to say I love it, does what it says on the tin with no fuss, which is more than I can say for the various windows based computers and laptops I had before.
If you wana play, you got to pay, or as they say out here in Croatia, "Koliko para, Koliko muzika"
If you wana play, you got to pay, or as they say out here in Croatia, "Koliko para, Koliko muzika"
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30 October 2016, 11:07 AM
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Talk about over priced junk, Apple really do take the biscuit.
http://www.appy-geek.com/Web/Article...cleid=76262427
http://www.appy-geek.com/Web/Article...cleid=76242201
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http://www.appy-geek.com/Web/Article...cleid=76262427
http://www.appy-geek.com/Web/Article...cleid=76242201
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If you want a laptop for gaming, you would never buy a Mac. It's just...not their thing.
30 October 2016, 01:59 PM
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They might not have gamers in mind but they could at least put in a semi decent GPU and have more than a stingy 16GB of RAM available.
and...
For a little extra weight, you can even get laptops with desktop-level GTX 1070 or 1080 cards, which are hilariously better than the Radeon Pro 400s in the MacBook Pros.
31 October 2016, 01:53 PM
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Typical Apple...soldering memory to the motherboard. They would do the same to SSD drives if they could.
And LOL at capping the memory to 16GB.
My Msi laptop is destroying the ozone layer as we speak.
http://www.appy-geek.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?regionid=4&articleid=76406463&sour ce=drive
And LOL at capping the memory to 16GB.
My Msi laptop is destroying the ozone layer as we speak.
http://www.appy-geek.com/Web/ArticleWeb.aspx?regionid=4&articleid=76406463&sour ce=drive
We already know that RAM is capped at 16GB, supposedly due to energy efficiency concerns. But if you purchase a MacBook Pro with 8GB of RAM, you won't be able to upgrade it. The RAM is soldered to the logic board, which means you can't pick off the shelf components to upgrade it to 16GB.
31 October 2016, 02:13 PM
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While I agree with some of the things said in this thread, its worth noting that the build quality of a Macbook Pro far exceeds the average Windows laptop.
The weight, looks, cooling properties (of at least the later versions) & battery life are often in a different league really.
Ive always been a PC man myself, but I've been using an early 2015 13" Macbook Pro professionally for just under 2 years now. It is normally either on my desk, driving an additional 2x 1080P displays as well as its own at 2560x1600 with ease, or out on site with me lasting a genuine full day on a charge, running multiple VM's at a time again with ease due to its PCIe SSD and core i5.
I can simply close the lid, unplug from my monitors take it to site and open it up for it to be ready to be used instantly. I would never buy a Windows Laptop now. (I also cant remember the last time i actually shut it down)
If I wanted pure power and/or a gaming rig then obviously windows all the way.
That being said. The 'Pro' models should have numerous different I/O as is required. I don't want to be lugging round a bag full of adapters for various bits of kit. I would expect the ultra thin Macbook to have the multiple USB-C ports only, not the pro.
The weight, looks, cooling properties (of at least the later versions) & battery life are often in a different league really.
Ive always been a PC man myself, but I've been using an early 2015 13" Macbook Pro professionally for just under 2 years now. It is normally either on my desk, driving an additional 2x 1080P displays as well as its own at 2560x1600 with ease, or out on site with me lasting a genuine full day on a charge, running multiple VM's at a time again with ease due to its PCIe SSD and core i5.
I can simply close the lid, unplug from my monitors take it to site and open it up for it to be ready to be used instantly. I would never buy a Windows Laptop now. (I also cant remember the last time i actually shut it down)
If I wanted pure power and/or a gaming rig then obviously windows all the way.
That being said. The 'Pro' models should have numerous different I/O as is required. I don't want to be lugging round a bag full of adapters for various bits of kit. I would expect the ultra thin Macbook to have the multiple USB-C ports only, not the pro.
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31 October 2016, 05:37 PM
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http://www.appy-geek.com/Web/Article...4&source=drive
Fret not Apple, it's for Jack.
Here's the truth: Apple's new MacBook Pro isn't for pros. Not all of them, anyhow.
It's not for photographers who quickly offload pictures from SD cards, or writers who need a comfortable keyboard. It's not for businesspeople who plug into TVs and projectors to show off their PowerPoint, or video editors who need a lot of graphical muscle.
It's not for artists and graphic designers who use pens or touchscreens to do their work -- or anyone who needs more than 16GB of memory.
It's also not for DJs, despite what you might have seen . "Watching someone DJ with the top of a keyboard was just embarrassing," writes Peter Kirn, founder of Create Digital Music.
It's not for photographers who quickly offload pictures from SD cards, or writers who need a comfortable keyboard. It's not for businesspeople who plug into TVs and projectors to show off their PowerPoint, or video editors who need a lot of graphical muscle.
It's not for artists and graphic designers who use pens or touchscreens to do their work -- or anyone who needs more than 16GB of memory.
It's also not for DJs, despite what you might have seen . "Watching someone DJ with the top of a keyboard was just embarrassing," writes Peter Kirn, founder of Create Digital Music.
31 October 2016, 06:11 PM
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It's definitely still for photographers, I know quite a few who are getting one, pretty much all of them already don't plug cards into their devices, Windows or MacOS.
Video editors that need a lot of muscle use custom built rigs, not running Windows or MacOS for anyone that doesn't need 'muscle' and that's a lot let me tell you use a desktop machine mostly, the ones I work with use iMac's and Mac Pro's exclusively, that's for a mainstream TV show watch by a lot of people. For the rest us us not working for the media a Macbook will be awesome for video, iMovie is excellent software and free!!
A pen won't help a Macbook user either, the screen angle is all wrong, use an external device or an iPad pro, those are awesome.
Lot of DJ's use a Macbook, I mean a serious amount of them, reliable and long lasting.
As for the 16GB thing you've picked up on, are you boycotting the best machines from Dell and Microsoft as well? Those are the same for the same reasons no doubt. Don't forget the 2016 Macbook is the fastest Laptop in the world, even with a paltry 16GB, unfathomable really.
So, I see your copy and paste and give you real world usage and a face full of custard pie... again!!
Video editors that need a lot of muscle use custom built rigs, not running Windows or MacOS for anyone that doesn't need 'muscle' and that's a lot let me tell you use a desktop machine mostly, the ones I work with use iMac's and Mac Pro's exclusively, that's for a mainstream TV show watch by a lot of people. For the rest us us not working for the media a Macbook will be awesome for video, iMovie is excellent software and free!!
A pen won't help a Macbook user either, the screen angle is all wrong, use an external device or an iPad pro, those are awesome.
Lot of DJ's use a Macbook, I mean a serious amount of them, reliable and long lasting.
As for the 16GB thing you've picked up on, are you boycotting the best machines from Dell and Microsoft as well? Those are the same for the same reasons no doubt. Don't forget the 2016 Macbook is the fastest Laptop in the world, even with a paltry 16GB, unfathomable really.
So, I see your copy and paste and give you real world usage and a face full of custard pie... again!!
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31 October 2016, 06:18 PM
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So if you judge your laptop by hard disk benchmarks then....
At $1900 this is incredibly expensive http://www.pcmag.com/review/348484/o...17-x-10-series but I think it might be a little faster than a 2016 Macbook....
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31 October 2016, 06:28 PM
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Fastest storage, that's it.
So if you judge your laptop by hard disk benchmarks then....
At $1900 this is incredibly expensive http://www.pcmag.com/review/348484/o...17-x-10-series but I think it might be a little faster than a 2016 Macbook....
So if you judge your laptop by hard disk benchmarks then....
At $1900 this is incredibly expensive http://www.pcmag.com/review/348484/o...17-x-10-series but I think it might be a little faster than a 2016 Macbook....
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31 October 2016, 09:56 PM
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It's definitely still for photographers, I know quite a few who are getting one, pretty much all of them already don't plug cards into their devices, Windows or MacOS.
Video editors that need a lot of muscle use custom built rigs, not running Windows or MacOS for anyone that doesn't need 'muscle' and that's a lot let me tell you use a desktop machine mostly, the ones I work with use iMac's and Mac Pro's exclusively, that's for a mainstream TV show watch by a lot of people. For the rest us us not working for the media a Macbook will be awesome for video, iMovie is excellent software and free!!
A pen won't help a Macbook user either, the screen angle is all wrong, use an external device or an iPad pro, those are awesome.
Lot of DJ's use a Macbook, I mean a serious amount of them, reliable and long lasting.
As for the 16GB thing you've picked up on, are you boycotting the best machines from Dell and Microsoft as well? Those are the same for the same reasons no doubt.
So, I see your copy and paste and give you real world usage and a face full of custard pie... again!!
Video editors that need a lot of muscle use custom built rigs, not running Windows or MacOS for anyone that doesn't need 'muscle' and that's a lot let me tell you use a desktop machine mostly, the ones I work with use iMac's and Mac Pro's exclusively, that's for a mainstream TV show watch by a lot of people. For the rest us us not working for the media a Macbook will be awesome for video, iMovie is excellent software and free!!
A pen won't help a Macbook user either, the screen angle is all wrong, use an external device or an iPad pro, those are awesome.
Lot of DJ's use a Macbook, I mean a serious amount of them, reliable and long lasting.
As for the 16GB thing you've picked up on, are you boycotting the best machines from Dell and Microsoft as well? Those are the same for the same reasons no doubt.
Don't forget the 2016 Macbook is the fastest Laptop in the world, even with a paltry 16GB, unfathomable really.
Don't forget the 2016 Macbook is the fastest Laptop in the world, even with a paltry 16GB, unfathomable really.
Here's how the MacBook performed in our suite of benchmark tests:
Geekbench 3 (Single Core): 2,938; Multi Core: 5,900
My clunky old MSI
I wont post up GPU bench marks from my laptop as it will just further ridicule you.
You are such a troll its funny, if Apple sold excrement from senior Apple execs you would probably buy.
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