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      shoque
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      @mclaincausey:

      Ghost? Wasn't he reincarnated as a future Foxconn employee?

      😃

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      • mclaincauseyM
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        Apple should at least take you out to dinner and a movie before selling you a mini. 4GB or RAM, now soldered on. $100 extra to get a usable amount of RAM (8GB). They went digging around an antique store and found some 5400 RPM spinning disks. You have to pay $250 to upgrade that nonsense to a Fusion Drive. So now you're at $850 for an entry-level desktop running a processor from 2009. That's simply not acceptable.

        Think it, be it.

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          ^My parent's Mini has been running since 2007 and has not ever missed a beat. It's been the best desktop I've ever bought. And I have no idea how in the hell a spinning disk has lasted so long. I'm tempted to get my folks another one for christmas this year.

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          • mclaincauseyM
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            Mine's been great too, but sticking your customers with decade-old (being literal here) storage technology when you're supposed to be a premium marque is a slap in the face.

            Think it, be it.

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              Yeah good point there. Should be SSD default, like MBP and MBA now!

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              • mclaincauseyM
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                Or hey, if you feel the need to use spinning disks, make them somewhat modern. 5400 RPM on a system with only 4GB of RAM is not the Apple experience. It's a pig.

                Think it, be it.

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                • GraemeG
                  Graeme
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                  Just upgraded my Macbook Antique to Yosemite. It all seems to have gone smoothly, and was a free download. But I've only just restarted my machine, so I don't know if there are any problems lurking.

                  The UI and icons now reflect the flat look that iOS has adopted. I'm not sure what other changes have taken place.

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                  • mclaincauseyM
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                    I'm a bit scared to upgrade, I'll let the early adopters sort it out first.

                    I also probably don't have enough storage.

                    Think it, be it.

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                      Amazingly 4 guys I work with had all upgraded before lunch time on Friday. I still run Lion! :P. Software always has issues, and I'd rather others find and fix it for me 🙂

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                      • michaeljcrM
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                        I love my Mac Mini from Spring last year. No problems at all, although I might wait a week or so to upgrade to the new OS. The iPhone 6 Plus arrives on Thursday and I'm looking forward to seeing how useful a big phone is after three years with the 4S.

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                        • DougNgD
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                          I upgraded Fri night. No major issues. Couldn't log into iCloud during the setup phase, so I just skipped ahead and then manually logged in

                          I know violence is not the answer, I got it wrong on purpose

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                            michaeljcr
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                            Good to know!

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                              MBPr has arrived. My god that screen, just stunning. Running Yosemite. Love the hand-off features and 'green texting' from a laptop!

                              Did a clean build (instead of migration), was a matter of 'git clone', and rsync between old home directory and new.

                              Battery is AMAZING on this thing. Running 10 hours doing upgrades/package installs, reboots, full time machine backup, and the fan's yet to kick in. I'm going to have a lot of fun with this for the next few years.

                              Yosemite's colours take a bit of getting used to, I've turned a lot of it down, and re-enabled a few of the accessibility features (like 1 finger tap/drag lock). All in all, A+.

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                              • louisboscoL
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                                which MBPr did you get? i've been needing to replace my 15MBP 2011 since it died. something to do with the GPU or something like that when i brought it down to the genius bar. i've been waiting for the supposed refresh to the broadwell chips before actually getting one..

                                "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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                                  13" 3.0GHz Dual-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.5GHz (SSD)

                                  I couldn't wait for Broadwell / didn't see much point/need. The current generation gets crazy battery life & power, and will last through another couple of years without issue. With Broadwell, whenever it comes, I'd not want to be on the very first release of the chipset either, which would have delayed my purchase even further.

                                  The laptop this replaces was a 2011 2Ghz i7 Dual-core, 256GB SSD, 4GB RAM. The speed difference between the two is night and day with everything fully loaded. They've done a lot more than add 1Ghz between the 2 lines.

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                                    • georgeelG
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                                      now I throw an H-bomb into the Apple-flames department…

                                      my pc.

                                      And… he runs windows 8.1 very well!

                                      IH-888S-142OD

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                                      • louisboscoL
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                                        hey guys, i know this may not be a dedicated mac forum but i'm tired of joining forums and i thought maybe some one could answer my question. if any of you might be a techie for mac..

                                        so here goes..

                                        i've managed to get my 2011 15' mbp video card replaced under the apple replacement program. so right now, i'm hoping to upgrade my HDD to a SSD (thinking of owc's ssd). i've been reading online to figure out how to do it properly and so on. here's where the main problem lies. all the instructions have been to set up the ssd then back up your old files into the new ssd. however, what if i do not want to back it up? do i just plug and play? or do i have to reinstall the os x?

                                        "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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                                        • Megatron1505M
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                                          Yep, you'll need to either make a memory stick drive of your current OS, or have a disk version of anything from Snow Leopard onwards in order to have the App Store to download the latest OS and updates.

                                          Made in England, clothed in Japan, fed in America and drunk in Belgium !

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                                          • louisboscoL
                                            louisbosco
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                                            cheers @Megatron1505 ! i read that you actually did it to your macbook. may i ask what ssd you're using?

                                            "Loyalty is a two way street. If i'm asking for it from you, then you're getting it from me."

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