Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

Unless your doing heavy renders etc I wouldn't worry about recess or upgrade. Think macrumours.com has a good article on i5 vs i7

Was mac rumours - http://www.macworld.co.uk/feature/mac/apple-mac-i5-vs-i7-processor-which-cpu-imac-macbook-buying-advice-3489917/

^Thanks for the article! Very helpfull!

TL:DR:
"So, as a general rule, if you are a programmer, video editor, or work in 3D rendering, or deal in huge finance documents then you should veer towards the Intel i7 CPU. If you are a photographer, image editor, gamer or musician, then the i5 is a more financially prudent choice. It’s worth noting that the i5 often provides plenty of power for the average Mac user. Spend the money on extra storage or RAM."

Let's also not forget the the "beast" mac pros that created so much content 5 years ago are less powerful than an iPhone 6.

I used a Mac mini for a year or so and it handled everything I threw at it. Don't stress specs too much.

I'm not but I have room in my budget really for one or the other - so thought I'd crowd source opinions :)

memory then, def.

So the story of my Mac continues... the blank screen waking up from sleep presist after a software fix followed by a hardware fix followed by another software fix... followed by the fucked up my screen after they replaced it without by say so.. about time I get a replacement.

It's a 2011 iMac with two mini display ports (tried both).

Is there anything in System preferences I need to look at?

Seems that 2011 iMacs can only accept video in to Thunderbolt port from a thunderbolt source... See macrumors thread here

So I need a Thunderbolt cable rather than a mini display port cable?

It would appear so, I'm only going from wheat I've read elsewhere mind you, no first hand experience...good luck with it

ha ha no shit I should have known this - works like a charm!

http://www.s0hel.com/blog/401/fixed-slow-wifi-issue-with-new-macbook-pro/

One our ipads just died. For several days its seemed to take ages to charge. Today I popped it on charge after it had gone completely dead, and after about 5 hours we noticed it was still showing the empty red battery screen. It charges until it gets boots to the home screen and then dies, starting the process again.

Am I right in assuming this is simply a battery replacement?

Anyone attempted to replace one of these themselves?

Similar query to 'loin.

Have been faffing about picking up a couple of macbooks for new project and decided to hold fire on the 15" with dedicated gfx card until an update later this year, however I do have a need for a 13" in the interim.

Will primarily be used for very light video work (just HD, not 4k - saving that for the 15") and for dumping footage on shoots (from card reader, through mac, onto USB 3.0 7200rpm drives in the field - or to thunderbolt RAID if studio based). Will also be used in the office for admin and maybe simple logging of rushes. Will need to run Premiere CC, Media Encoder, Live Logger, Potatochop (nothing too heavy).

Want something vaguely (2 years) proof but don't really want to spend 1.7/2k on a 13" with no dedicated nvida card.

Looking at:

3.1 i7
16gb
512gb SSD
£1729

OR

2.9 i5
16gb
512gb SSD
£1559

OR

3.1 i7
16gb
256gb SSD
£1609

OR

2.7/9 i5
16gb
256gb SSD
£1439

Erring towards the 256gb SDD options (footage dumping will go straight through to back-up storage but would have a need for some chunky software installed and very occasionally we might do some editing of small projects on the drive locally) so the toss-up is between the two i5's (2.7 & 2.9) and the i7 (3.1).

Answers on a postcard. Or here. Whatevs.

THANKS

Apple MacBook Air, MD760B/B, Intel Core i5, 128GB Flash Storage, 4GB RAM, 13.3" for £700 from John Lewis

Needs to be 'Retina' really so we can see image in full HD (or 2K) state when we lay it down. Macbook Air max is 1440 x 900 or some such.

That wasn't actually in reply to that thread. Just a good deal post really.

:) ta

I'd spend on more hdd instead of processor, looks like it'll give you more bang for buck. Having the option to dump a shoot or two locally for editing instead of relying of shuffling data between external drives will make your life a lot easier.

orly? Oddly I was just coming back to this thread to say I was considering getting even the 128gb option (3.1 i7, 16gb, 128gb ssd) for £1409. I've always been taught apps only on local drive and all video and renders external. 128gb should be more than enough for all the apps we'd need and still have at least 64gb left over should we need a 30 second edit on the road.

We use those little 1TB G-tech EV cartridges for transfer and backups. We always have several on shoot and there'll never be a time where we don't backup rushes at least twice.

Two can fit in RAID formation for a 2-bay thunderbolt drive.

Or they can be used externally as USB 3.0.

They're tiny, fast, reliable, shock proof and cheap (ish - 99 quid).

There's also a rugged case you can buy which fits them:

http://cvp.com/index.php?t=category/g-drive%20atc

I know why you need that dedicated card... Wise move waiting on the refresh, fingers crossed it'll be a decent nvida card inside the new one.

Ha! Honestly not what you're thinking but it wouldn't hurt.

@ExTra seems like you're well due a replacement, three strikes and they're out!

Have a mac mini server mid 2010 that I just moved from home to the office cus I wanted a bigger screen to write my thesis on. It has the standard 4gb of ram and is lagging a bit when I switch between spaces and have a lot of programs open. I'm sure moar ram is the solution, official max is 8gb but there are reports of 16 working ok.

Anyone have experience running more than the max recommended with yosemite on machines around this age?

Problem is they insist it's a software issue and getting a replacement isn't gonna help... bottom line is I don't think they know what's the cause of the issue. They still haven't replied to my email after asking me to forward them evdience, and so when I get back to the UK next week, I will be a very unhappy customer in their apple store.

As Apple delivers both hardware and software, simply ask for a laptop that actually works, that should force them to replace it?