Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

To be honest, I've got no patience. I messed up a phone once and a Macbook as well - the blody keyboard didn't want to sit in place. I'm bit worried about all those plastic bits and linings.

Ok, so I have been stitched up on Gumtree slightly.... no real loss, but it now means my Mac Mini is back up for sale... £545 if anyones interested, currently in For Sale thread.

does anyone know somewhere that will replace the screen and heaphone jack on a ipod classic?

My Macbook (2008-ish, plastic case 2Ghz Intel etc. etc.) is slowing up.
Here's the battery stats:
Model Information:
Manufacturer: DP
Device name: ASMB016
Pack Lot Code: 0002
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 0110
Hardware Revision: 0500
Cell Revision: 0102
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 3949
Fully charged: Yes
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 4083
Health Information:
Cycle count: 946
Condition: Normal
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): -1718
Voltage (mV): 12015

Is it's death imminent?

Stick an SSD in it.

Rapidly becoming the answer to all the questions on this thread.

the 'have you considered a bike fit' of apple thread ;)

I really want to do that for mine. I also need to actually put the ram in it that I bought about a year ago.

Bit apprehensive about doing it all though. Not great with fiddly things. Anyone want to do it for me? I will pay monies! :)

What have you got? Mini or iMac? I have done it on an iMac ..

It's a piece of cake on the old macbooks. Not so sure on the new ones.

I've changed HDDs on both Mac Minis and iMacs and they're both easy as long as you take your time. I found the best thing to do was to selotape all the screws to a piece of paper and write which step they're from on it....

MBP 13" - can't remember which model (it's my home computer) probably bought in 2009.

I once replaced the ram and HD in a 12" Powerbook, took ages and was pretty stressful. The sellotape thing does work though.

If its unibody its piece of piss

It is.. Only problem is that there is a bulge in the casing from where I fell over on a train platform with it in my bag, bit worried that if I take the casing off, it won't go back on again!

After the release of 5S and 5C I say goodbye to apple.
£469 for a 'cheap' phone? Is Apple the new Foffa?

umm the 5S is a bit of a joke. 64 bit cpu ... ok well that's not twice as fast, and I'm assuming 32bit OS still (otherwise where's the apps?). Camera ? So what ? HTC One has a better camera. There's nothing interesting at all.

Apple have really lost innovation

64 bit is significant though, first publicly available 64bit ARM cpu

it means its possible that the ARM cpus will be heading to laptops/desktop which is certainly a good thing.

Also, adding RAM to slow two-three years old Macs... Most of the time they are slow because the HDD is failing due to the overheating.
My HDD appears OK when I run the Disk Utility. Running S.M.A.R.T client of some sort tells a different story. Something about an imminent threat.

oh sure, for techy, yay! but realistically in the modern world most people couldn't give two shits if it's 64bit or not

Don't worry. Koreans and Chinese will copy everything and chuck into the next Android device.

Don't worry. Google will copy everything and chuck into the next Android device.

ftfy and yes I'd buy the next nexus and go on sim only contract, the only reason I went with Apple in first place was the ecosystem, now that isnt as unique in fact quite the opposite if you look at Android.

I am stuck with an iPhone (thanks work) however at least I can keep using the google eco system with it.

Apple have lost it. How is the c a mid range smart phone?

ftfy and yes I'd buy the next nexus and go on sim only contract, the only reason I went with Apple in first place was the ecosystem, now that isnt as unique in fact quite the opposite if you look at Android.

Google, Apple... Same ting

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