Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

anyone done the SSD thing with a mac pro (desktop)

Planning to install a SSD for the boot/system drive, have all the applications and system on that, and 2 or 3 HDs for storage. At least 1 drive will be a backup for files.

Cinexplayer allows you to play avi files on the iPad.

Or VLC as standard

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ios.html

So if you installed VLC you could basically connect up to PC and drag video files (dvd rips) over to the iPad?

should work, although sometimes I get weird artifacting... depends on the rip

I've asked before but... anyone able to fit a HDD for me in a non unibody Macbook Pro? Happy to pay in beer/food/cold hard cash, the last time it was done it cost me a Burrito and took 30mins so can't stomach the daft prices shops ask.

Please?

I'm looking to get a iMac, 2nd hand because I cant stretch to a new one plus you can upgrade anything yourself?

I've found a Mid 2010 iMac 27"
i7 Quadcore
8GB Ram which i would upgrade to 32GB eventually
1TB Hard drive
1GB Graphics card

It has wireless keyboard, mouse and touchpad. Boxed and all that Jazz.
And apple care till Dec 1st or something like that!
What would recon its worth?

thanks in advance

Mac2sell.Net will tell you.

It says £980, I think £1075 might secure. :(

I've asked before but... anyone able to fit a HDD for me in a non unibody Macbook Pro? Happy to pay in beer/food/cold hard cash, the last time it was done it cost me a Burrito and took 30mins so can't stomach the daft prices shops ask.

Please?

Yup. Although it is really easy via a decent youtube vid.

Mac2sell.Net will tell you.

those prices are never accurate. ebay completed listings.

Are you offering Ben?
Will pay whatever you feel is fair... I'm tempted to try myself but I'm a bit heavy handed.

Yup. Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon? Email me photo@benbroomfield.com

Amazing! Thanks Ben... email inbound...

I've got a Mac mini on my desk at work, and I used my own apple account to upgrade the OS and download the xCode package. (and claimed it on expenses)

Now I am leaving the company I want to obliterate these account details, but leave the OS and software intact.

How do I do this?

Anyone have a spare SSD they'd part with? Taking Ben up on his very kind offer of help and trying to get a cheap drive for a battered old laptop... (hope a SSD makes it actually usable).

Check ebuyer they are quite cheap at the moment.

Anyone have a spare SSD they'd part with? Taking Ben up on his very kind offer of help and trying to get a cheap drive for a battered old laptop... (hope a SSD makes it actually usable).

I do

I do love this forum sometimes... PM sent. Cheers chaps.

Just checked ebuyer. SSD's are finally getting on the reasonable side. Sub £100 for 128Gb is hard to argue with

Yeah think I paid around £80 for my 120 samsung. Computer boots in around 12 secs. Can't imagine it being much faster or needing it to be much faster.

12 seconds is forever! Instant on! Want. Now.

My mini is faster than all the high powered iMAcs I have used because it's got an SSD in it... it nearly explodes when I try to play games on it, but oh well... might look into getting something a bit bigger next year...

You can pick up the 512gb Sandisk extremes for £230 on a good day.

Brillantly fast too, although I'd like a 900gb Crucial one, speed and storage! Yes

I quite like the idea of having 2 drives, one for system and one for files. Should the system one fail, it's not the end of the world, and if the file one dies it could be rescued with a bit of luck