Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

Hmm. Worth £100?

Probably.

Pascal drivers for macOS in a month... Titan based Mac Pro next?

What?! Where did you hear of this? It just keeps getting better.

Be weary that I don't know one person that's completely happy with the new MacBook Pros. I hear a lot of "it's good but..." dongle adapters or batterydrain are the common complaints.

A full specced refurb last gen model was what I was told to get.

I've got (from work) a last gen 15 inch retina pro and the gen before (with mechanical trackpad) 13 inch retina pro.
It's the older one I prefer. The clicky trackpad is far nicer than the haptic one, with far less crazy accidental/buggy cursor nonsense.

NERDGASM X100000000
https://www.macrumors.com/2017/04/06/imac-xeon-e3-64gb-ram-amd-late-october/
I'm buying them all.
Latest MBPs are mint too btw.

Last, the report said the next high-end Mac mini "won't be so mini anymore," suggesting that the most expensive model might have a larger or taller design. Apple recently said the Mac mini is "important" within its product lineup, but it remained tight-lipped about the prospects of future updates.

xMac? PULEEEZE?

Can you turn haptic off?

The clicky trackpad is far nicer than the haptic one, with far less crazy accidental/buggy cursor nonsense.

This is crazy talk. The ability to get a solid (fake) click out of applying pressure anywhere on the trackpad instead of just a (real) mechanical click in a bottom corner is fantastic. I used to click by tapping as I didn't like lifting my finger off the trackpad and moving it to the appropriate area to real-click. Now I can just push in.

Force Click is a waste of time though - as much do to with underutilisation as sometimes unexpected implementation (force click to rename?! although doing it on any mention in an app of a date/time for a calendar appointment, or location for a map, is sort of useful)

Not off, otherwise the trackpad wouldn't move at all if you pushed it in (which is disconcerting enough when the device is off). There are a few options though.

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I'd have to agree with @BQ here, I wouldn't say the old trakcpad is far nicer but i do find myself accidentally clicking the new trackpad to do things I am not intending to. I think this is force of habit thing as I still move to the bottom of the trackpad for when I'd like need to actually click...

Conversely it is absolutely maddening moving from a mac to a windows trackpad and not being able to click without going to the bottom of the trackpad. Y U make me move my hand!

I'm happy with mine. It's much nicer than the previous model.

Im getting a notification saying someone is trying to sign into my apple account in Petham, Sussex. What should I do?

Ask them how they moved an entire town from Kent?

I'd be tempted to get a Mini next time, not sure I really need a laptop anymore... I'll keep going with this one 'til it dies, still performing great for design/music stuff and it's over five years old...

Got latest mbp at work. No good.

Why?

Underpowered, no USB, no SD, no magsafe.. we all prefer our old ones.

There's nothing really 'pro' about them.

Literally don't know how the MacBook pro I'm typing this from still works after my butt just knocked a full bottle of water onto it.

Which one? The upper range one or the non touch bar one?

I'll keep going with this one 'til it dies, still performing great for design/music stuff and it's over five years old...

mate my mid 2012 15" retina pro still feels new... 16GB RAM, 2.6ghz i7 chip, no issues yet (touch wood)

You realise we've just jinxed both our machines, right?

Aaaaaand they're broken.