Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

Yep, also been trying every day for a week as my charger doesnt work properly... kinda annoying

don't try the central london ones, head out to the sticks, either westfield or some of the zone 2/3 ones, which have just as many appointment's and more chance of getting ones, with less stress...

Alright dibs in order for transparency.

1. @Soul
   
2. @cornelius_blackfoot
   
3. @Tenderloin
   
   

I cant be arsed to put a OS disk in it to take screenshot but can provide with serial number so you guys can check it? Its working.

Friday collection from central please. PM me whoever wants it.

@amey, I'm out, got my hands on another one, so will leave @Tenderloin and @Soul to scrap over it..

Can't do Friday i'm afraid... driving up to Sunderland (whoop).

@Tenderloin it's yours if you want it.

I can do later dates .. some day next week; just that I have been asked to clear it out asap.

Earliest i can probably do is next Wednesday... and i'd still like to check what model number it is etc.

@Tenderloin, if you can collection before next week, it's all yours.

That can work unless @Tenderloin grabs it first; now it comes with an 128GB SSD.

Its a Xeon with 12mb L2 cache

@amey Just to be annoying I think it would be worth your while firing it up and getting a screenshot or at least knowing that the thing is functional - otherwise it's a very heavy paperweight. Even without turning it on you can find out the model, year of manufacture and then you can pop the side off and have a look at the Motherboard and see how much ram is in there.

Good machine though - still very useful.

It is functional (i.e. working) has been fired up and worked on till yesterday; serial number is CK8101EFXYL

Chris, tina, Jon

I read everything I could about this, and then did what everyone said I shouldn't - I upgraded everything - Firefox, ITunes, OS - if it said "do you want to upgrade?" I said YES.

Suprisingly it now all fits together really well and all probs have disappeared. Seriously. However, I was quite drunk when I did it, and am prepared to accept that I was very lucky. I'm in no position to recommend this as a thought-out suggestion.

What ssd would people recommend looks like I'll be getting a 512gb one thinking the crucial m500 or 550 or the Samsung evo 840 or 850 which can be had on Amazon for approx £160ish. Any others I should be looking at?

Crucial isn't great unless you start paying silly money, the Samsung ones are pretty good. Also the Sandisk extreme 2 (I think it's 2) is also very good and only marginally more expensive...

Would of bit yer hand off for this if I was in the UK ATM, God damn it.

Thinking of buying a new Macbook pro to replace my 2010.

Should I go the extra mileage and get a 15"instead of a 13" retina or just hold off till summer when the new ones come out? Heard there was gonna be a new processor in em.

Unless you really need the extra power, I'd get the 13inch and use the difference in cost to get a 2nd screen. As for holding on till the new models, that really depends if you just want a new Mac at this moment in time, or do you need one?

I feel at this stage the difference between 13 and 15 is really just screen size (except for the top model with additional gpu). The repeated rumours of a new air must mean one is coming out soon, might be worth hanging in there until then? But then again there are rumours of new models most months.

I'd vote 13 as well. The 15" screen isn't big enough for proper work anyway, so you'll need a second monitor. Unless you -need- the extra gpu of course.

CK8101EFXYL>

Cheers for that, was getting tempted but that one is a few generations too old. Would make an amazing media centre though - loaded with cheap drives.

What year does that make it? 5.1 generation surely?

Would make an amazing media centre though

Exactly what I'd do if I had space ..

it's a 3.1,
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It'll still make a great work station with some extra ram and an SSD! ️Xeons are still solid.

Ahhh 2008. Yep too old for me too. Sorry I thought it was 2010.

It'll still make a great work station

Yea, but they sound like a hoover.
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Any recommendations for a wireless game controller for a mac?