Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

mine is getting a bit fan-heavy. I think I need to take it in to be cleaned out but it's pretty indispensable right now :/

Is this, from John Lewis, different to this, from the Apple Store?

And if not, why is there £120 difference between the two?

(re. iPhone / iCloud security - or lack of it!?)

where would you get this done?

I'm assuming ask nicely at the store and fork over whatever cashmonies they ask for, which I hope to be £50 or so. Seeing as it's the only maintenance this thing has needed in the last 4–5 years of being my chief earning machine I think finding and paying someone to keep it going a while longer isn't a bad deal really.

If they won't touch it, I'll order some screwdrivers and sort it out myself, there are plenty of guides/videos about. I'm assuming if they do it, they'd do it properly though. Whereas I'd halfheartedly scrape out some dust, lose a screw, say fuck it and squeeze it back together wonky.

They look identical to me (apart from the silver/space grey difference, obvs). Maybe JL are still selling stock from before the post-brexit price hike?

You can get interest free credit from JL, whereas from Apple it's usurious (provided by PayPal credit), so on those counts JL wins.

However- a friend of mine has an MBP with 16Gb of RAM, he says that in daily use (Chrome, Office) his RAM usage averages 10Gb. Therefore the MBP that I just linked to would be under-powered RAM-wise. I don't like the sound of purchasing a machine that is already out of it's depth.

What says the Hive Mind - is 8Gb inadequate and only 16Gb will do?

Does his MBP have SSD? Make a signifant difference.

Have to says, chromebook on 16GB ram have no slowdown whatsoever.

Yes it has SSD - coming up for three years old currently.

I wouldn't get a computer with less than 16gb today

This. Even for your needs @Dammit if you're spending that much spend a little more and get something that will last you for a few years if you're able to.

Don't phones have 8gb ram these days? Certainly 6gb. Tangential but enough to sway me.

BTO is the only option then, which puts the price to near 2 grand. I think we're getting too rich for my blood at that point.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFRk0FfaQi0

@Dammit do you need the touchbar version? The non-touchbar has 16gb for 1629gn
http://www.apple.com/uk/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro?product=MLL42B/A&step=config#

I don't know tbh - what does the touchbar bring to the party, or rather what do you lose without it?

I'd kind of assumed that I would get one with it as I presume that's the new standard.

Marmite. Some are all for it. Some think it's a waste of time. For something like Photoshop or Premiere (or rather FCPx) I can see some use but for what you're describing I see nothing that couldn't be achieved with some judicious use of the command key.

Ok. I will admit that I'm coming back to the idea of a MacBook - is the summer release likely to be Kaby lake and 16 gig of RAM? If so, I shall wait for that. It's the talk of the programs that I'd never run, which make the grunt of the MBP a bit over the top for my (office and as-a-service-in-the-browser use.

Don't bother with the toucbar, i have not had any need for it, and j do a lot of Photoshop and a fair bit of video editing, wish I had saved a few quids. Maybe in a year or so the touchbar will be more useful but not now and probably not for what you need anyway.

Any recommendationa on 2560x1440 27" displays? Or should i buy a used cinema/Thunderbolt Display?

Yes. I got a viewsonic instead and it's super nice and saved me quite a few hundred, but I don't trust the colours. It's always a feeling of 'what if the colours are off...'. With an Apple monitor that can be considered industry standard, the colour are what they are. At least to me.

calibrator.

Yes, but that would negate the saving...

How much did you save?
http://www.wexphotographic.com/buy-x-rite-colormunki-display/p1526087?mkwid=srs0lm56w_dc&pcrid=89741495219&kword=&match=&plid=&product=1526087&gclid=cjwkeajw_bhhbrd4qbkukmivgu0sjadr08zzt0eqiuoocqvcfyt40mx-dsupksgcbzccmkhmnkeb5rocgmlw_wcb

Even a cheap calibrator could prove a good investment

Anyone got an unwanted original 6S plus case in black? Leather or silicone....