New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

if i had a zillion bucks i think the ideal situation would be an mba and then at home a thunderbolt display into which i kept an external hd permanently plugged

mba + little flash drive for things I will *definitely* get round to watching soon + hard drive library/back up at home seems to be working for me atm but the home end could be nicer & less of a faff.

(*definitely* = *probably won't* of course)

Since I'm leaving my job I just got a new 11" MBA and the new Time Capsule. 802.11ac wifi makes wireless storage truly practical for almost anything (n wasn't that bad to be fair)

Leaving this job I'll miss my thunderbolt display for sure. I'm also wondering if I'll buy my own dropbox subscription, google drive is fast becoming a more than adequate replacement for it.

how is the screen size on the 11"s? we've been using a 15" MBP but my wife is going back to school and it's entirely too big to cart around with her, so we were going to pick up an Air. 11" just sounds so tiny but maybe it's perfectly fine for writing.

It's great. It's pretty hi-res, so you actually get the same number of pixels you got on the old white 13" MacBooks.

WSJ reporting retina iPad mini this year, this could be conclusive.

don't have the money to be upgrading, but don't really need to either

how is the screen size on the 11"s? we've been using a 15" MBP but my wife is going back to school and it's entirely too big to cart around with her, so we were going to pick up an Air. 11" just sounds so tiny but maybe it's perfectly fine for writing.

― akm, Friday, July 26, 2013 11:46 AM (6 days ago) Bookmark

have had the 11" for 2 years, i don't really like it - highest pixel density outside of the retina airs, but OSX still hasn't really implemented, uh, what's that term? you know, the feature that allows you to scale up fonts system-wide without any objective loss.

i really hate writing on the 11" - it's simply too small vertically, you end up doing a lot of scrolling up and down to move between sections when you're writing.

My GF has the 11" MBA and loves it - and she's mostly dealing with text. The slit-like screen is too much for me, but I dunno... I'm planning on going traveling in the fall for a couple weeks and am at a dilemma. Hoping for retina iPad mini

My wife just got a 13", never actually saw an 11" until a week ago and I'm kind if shocked at how tiny it is compared to the bigger one. I think it would drive me crazy unless I was someone who had to use a laptop on planes for dozens of hours a month.

so i'm thinking of getting an iMac to complement my 4 y.o MBP - is a new model on the horizon? is Retina a realistic and affordable possibility?

No rumors or announcements on a Retina iMac, but there will likely be a standard spec bump this fall.

http://allthingsd.com/20130810/circle-sept-10-on-your-calendar-for-apples-big-iphone-event/

Yeah, a retina iMac is probably a ways down the line. Gonna take a lot to juice a 27" screen with that kind of pixel density in that case size at a not insane price. Worth waiting for the likely spec bump though. Bought the most recent iteration around Xmas '12 and I totally love.

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Would love so much a Retina iMac or external display in the 15-20" range. No need for it to be 27 imo

today i went into an apple store with my iphone 5 and a litany of problems (screen brown at one end, grit on the camera sensor, dying wake/sleep button). they gave me a new phone on the spot, no questions asked. this is why i will remain an apple customer.

fuck. i forgot to mention that i had dropped it, and i told them i had dropped it, and they still gave me the new phone. that's the amazing bit.

This^

I took my four year-old MacBook Pro in last week because the d key and bluetooth weren't working, and the monitor (which was in excellent condition otherwise) was separated slightly from the base in one corner, so when I closed it there was like 1/8" misalignment in one corner.

The guy looked in their in-house book of shit that goes wrong and found a tiny illustration of the same little gap between monitor and base. He said the monitor would have to be replaced but that it was COVERED ENTIRELY, even though I had obv. dropped the thing a few times over the course of a four years.

After cleaning and poking around the d-key contacts he told me I needed a new aluminum case, too. (The top part, which includes all the ports on the side etc.) Two days later I got back what looked like a brand new laptop. The whole thing cost $165.

(the bluetooth hardware is housed in the monitor)

was it under warranty AA?

hmm, I wonder if they'd do that for me -- a few months ago I got a replacement phone from Asurion (the "insurance" that Verizon uses -- do NOT sign up for this, it's such a ridiculous ripoff), and it has like no battery life. I've seen it drop from 20% to 10% to 1% in ten minutes of use.

september 10 is the thing announcement? damn i gotta get a new phone

was it under warranty AA?

― socki (s1ocki), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 02:20 (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yep (and technically it's two years here), but i'd clearly dropped it and they offered me a new handset anyway.

iPhone 6 concept

why do people do these things, do they think apple will notice and give them a job

Also, that looks terrible.

Apple's not giving a job to anyone who points out how many things they'll never roll out except for one thing at the same time.

xp well that parts iOS7

~edgy~

One thing to remember about MacBooks: the internal construction is actually designed to funnel any liquid spilled on the keyboard straight to the "logic board" (Applespeak for motherboard), so be careful with those beverages!!

Thinking of treating my old MBP with a fancy SSD drive. Is it easy to install? How do I migrate my old HD's content?

which MBP? Depends a lot on the model. The removable battery type are way easier than the sealed ones, iirc

4 y.o. I think?

http://www.macsales.com

can help you find the right SSD for your device. They will also bundle an enclosure so you can copy from your old drive to the new one.

Been meaning to do that forever for my i5 macbook pro.

baaderinox - use superduper to migrate content

copy/paste

i mean click/drag

READY

FOR A LOL

http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/18/gold-iphone/

maybe not. should go read this b4 i lol

yeah, not so lol. check it out tho

why would someone even do such an ugly mock up

ugly-ass mock-ups are an apple rumors tradition.

never did get that teardrop-shaped iphone

http://cdn0.sbnation.com/imported_assets/844704/iPhone-5_new_mock_timn.jpg

probably for the best