Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

Good to know, thanks.

The MBA will handle the computations fine - not sure about the screen being good enough for any real retouching/image work though. They are possibly getting a retina update soon - although I still don't rate that for true colour ability.

The MBA will handle the computations fine - not sure about the screen being good enough for any real retouching/image work though. They are possibly getting a retina update soon - although I still don't rate that for true colour ability.

I don't think any imaging professional has ever rated any laptop for 'true colour ability'.

SSD + plenty ram is the golden ticket for image edition / design stuff, esp if you use PS as it eats swap space on the hdd

It's fine for on the fly editing, but I do have a decent monitor I plug it into when at home/office. Though I do have a spyder and calibrate regularly.

SSD + plenty ram + dedicated work disk + dedicated scratchdisk + proper cooling is the golden ticket for image edition / design stuff

ftfy
The workstation isn't dead yet, and for good reason.

I have no probs doing design stuff on an early 2012 MBP... Easy peasy...

Need SSD tho'...

ftfy
The workstation isn't dead yet, and for good reason.

What do you do?

My 2010 mbp is flying now I've put an SSD in it, should have another few years in it if I'm lucky.

I think I have just found a fix for my intermittent not displaying external monitor problem. Well, I had this problem again just now and after a couple of plug in and unplug... I realized I was plugging in the thuderbolt dongle upside down... oops. This might have been the problem all along... but why was I able to plug it in upside down wihtout even applying the slightest force? That's just stupid design... I just tried doing the same with my Mac mini and other MBP, couldn't get it in even with force... it's annoying...

What do you do?

Take photographs. In the time I've had my Mac Pro, friends who do similar have burned through three or more MBPs. The ones who got into DSLR video accepted their fate and went back to a tower. There's something to be said for pro workstation-spec components - power supply, cooling, RAM etc. 3.5" drives (given room to breathe) seem to last longer too.
Ideally I'd reserve the Mac Pro for work only and do all my daily web shit on a laptop (the tower draws a lot more power than an MBP ever could), but I can't spare the cash for a nice one. Besides, they feel so disposable nowadays.

So you getting one of the new ones then?

Think you were right to get a mac pro back in the day as they were much much better than same age laptops, but now I'm not so sure it's needed anymore, at least not for 'normal' photography. Depends on file size etc of course

New mac pro I can see getting used for video and rendering, doubt it's needed for digital / print design work anymore

^This.
Airs for Web. iMac/rMBP+Screen for everything else.
The old Pros look SOOO big now, and I swear they are not that quick for my day to day.

It's not always about the speed - The point with them is that they still have the size and strength to be sooooo much more computer than any MBP or iMac. You can easily fit six HDDs/SSDs inside one, eight if you're completely mental and also willing to go external superdrive. The PCIe expansion still has myriad uses too.

I'm not so sure it's needed anymore, at least not for 'normal' photography. Depends on file size etc of course

Not sure what your definition of 'normal' is, but for most pro photographers I know it depends on much more than file size. Existing Displays, RAIDS, other peripherals - it's a lot of kit to upgrade at once. Every time Apple decide to drop an interface in favour of a newer one, there's a scramble to find the solution (and money) for those in need of a new solution but tied financially to some slightly older technology.
If I bought a new MBP, I'd easily spend the purchase price again upgrading all of my other storage to TB / USB 3.0 and be left with a less versatile machine.

I have mixed feelings about the new Mac Pro. It's an amazing-looking thing, and Apple were clever to reduce it to being the 'brain', rather than a storage-populated workstation.
That's the kicker though - It's no longer a lot of computer for the money, and you need to spend ££££ on aftermarket TB kit to store the work you produce on it. It doesn't help that Apple haven't made any professional external storage since the XServe RAID. Maybe the next generation of that's on the way...

Now that the Macbook air have come down in price I'm thinking about upgrading from a 2011 11inch to the new model. Don't desperately need to but the one i have now seems to get pushed with anything that uses Silverlight (BT sport Sky Go). The fans get loud and it gets pretty hot, will the new one cope much better?

My MBP is being a dick... Crazy bitmaps on screen after wake up, time for a tune up... It's happened a coupla times and it's very slow to wait at times, like 30 seconds... Not normal...

My MBP is being a dick... Crazy bitmaps on screen after wake up, time for a tune up... It's happened a coupla times and it's very slow to wait at times, like 30 seconds... Not normal...

that sounds like gpu overheating ?

Not sure if this is the best place or if I should post in the mobile phones thread...

... just dropped my iphone 4s and the screen has gone like this:

iPhone 4S trouble blue line screen - YouTube

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/Y4jMJLTdndQ/maxresdefault.jpg

It sounds like it can be fixed by replacing the screen. I just wanted to double check that this is the right one to get, ie Digitizer and LCD.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-White-Touch-Screen-Digitizer-LCD-Replacement-For-iPhone-4-4S-with-Tools-/201027898805?pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhonesCasesPouches&var=&hash=item2ece324db5

or if there is another cheaper one people recommend I'd really appreciate it.

Cheers.

My 2010 mbp is flying now I've put an SSD in it, should have another few years in it if I'm lucky.

interested in doing this on my late 2011 - any guides?

iFixit.
Label EVERYTHING, be clean and take your time.

And lock your cats out of the room.

Cheers.

Also whilst your in there, give it a good clean with one of those compressed air can blower thingies.

may have asked this before, can't remember.

why does Handbrake seriously overwork my laptop (Retina 15")

every time I convert an *.avi it heats up and gets very loud

will Smart Converter be better?