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- CyBrainX2
I'm just going to leave a post making no point just to see how many downvotes will happen for no reason.
- shapesalad1
New Apple products = youtube full of these over excited tech geeks:
- "Best Mac Ever!" - 2006
"Best Mac Ever!" - 2007
"Best Mac Ever!" - 2008
"Best Mac Ever!" - 2009utopian - "Best Mac Ever!" - 2010
"Best Mac Ever!" - 2011
"Best Mac Ever!" - 2012
"Best Mac Ever!" - 2013utopian - "Best Mac Ever!" - 2014
"Best Mac Ever!" - 2015
"Best Mac Ever!" - 2016
"Best Mac Ever!" - 2017utopian - "Best Mac Ever!" - 2018
"Best Mac Ever!" - 2019
"Best Mac Ever!" - 2020
"Best Mac Ever!" - 2021utopian - "Best Mac Ever!" - 2022
"Best Mac Ever!" - 2023
"Best Mac Ever!" - 2024
"Best Mac Ever!" - 2025utopian - i see what you did thereAQUTE
- almost as predictable as utopians commentsinteliboy
- hahahapablo28
- "Best Mac Ever!" - 2006
- oey_oey0
I must say that I would love to get my hands on a Mac Mini.
Even if it was one from 2018 that still cost around 700€ in second-hand stores.
Not the M1 though, I need ports!
- sted0
If trackpad pinch zoom dies in Figma, just restart the Dock.
(O+right on the icon and hit Relaunch)
- jagara4
Played around with an Ipad Pro & pencil yesterday. Yup, that's probably the gold standard for digital illustration work. Very impressed.
- sted8
- NBQ00-2
Maxed-out Mac Pro loses 98% of its value with Apple Trade In after costing US$52,199 three years earlier
Apple’s ruthless Trade In service has come under the spotlight after a tech journalist discovered that a Mac Pro that cost US$52,199 three years earlier was given a current trade-in value of just US$970.
- So, don't trade it/anything in.ideaist
- So, don't trade it/anything in.ideaist
- WHOA!
WHOA!ideaist - That's called an idiot fee for spending 50k on a mac...shapesalad
- That program isn't geared towards real market value. But I did once get $500 on 7yo water-cooled dual G5 b/c the cooler parts were in high demand.evilpeacock
- ...anyway it irks me when tech news explodes over stuff like this. Trade-in value would never be good with a program that is mostly targeted for recycling.evilpeacock
- sted0
A personal trainer’s Apple watch mistakenly sent out an emergency distress call which led to a police raid on a gym in Sydney.
Apple’s virtual assistant, Siri which is found on watches and iPhones, was activated on Jamie Alleyne’s watch while he was training a client.
The Muay Thai fighter and boxing trainer was sparring with his first client of the day at 7.45am on Tuesday when Siri misheard his words “1, 1-2, nice shot” as a call for help.
- shapesalad0
- TLDR so M2 is basically an overclocked chip, stick to your M1sgrafician
- eh graf, like I said it's not just the CPU % but other factors, like being able to have more ram, more (gpu) cores, etc.NBQ00
- but if you already have M1 it's not really necessary to upgrade. Better wait for M3 which will be on 3nmNBQ00
- NBQ000
I know Apple is usually a bit more expensive but what is the justification for this cable being $159?
- In this instance it’s the length. The cheapest Thunderbolt cable you’ll find from 3rd party low end is $20 and it’s for less than 1/3 length. Probably slow specmonospaced
- Absolutely nothing. GF worked at best buy and said cables are the most marked-up thing in the store. They cost like a dollar or two to make and sell for $10-150scarabin
- We’d buy them with her “at cost” discount and get them for practically nothingscarabin
- shapesalad2
- @NBQ00shapesalad
- Dang. No ideaGnash
- This is also why hdmi cables get expensive. They have little computers in them basically.monospaced
- NBQ00-1
Do you use Stage Manager in MacOS Ventura?
I find it useful in iPadOS but not sure yet what to think about it on MacOS. Sometimes it's cool, sometimes it's annoying switching when I just want to overlap a finder window over Photoshop or something.
- I still use 10.14.6, the best and greatest osx before they made it all look like a giant iPhone osx.shapesalad
- Disagree. I like the latest UI since they updated it to flat design. Just makes sense. But that's a question of personal taste.NBQ00
- I’m slowing finding it helpful on iPad. Haven’t tried on macOS yetGnash
- mg331
Seeing some Mini M2 Pro reviews raving about it's speed improvement over the M1, some calling it a "Studio-junior."
Apple Mac Mini (2023) review: Mac Studio junior
With two processor choices — one for everyday computing, the other for conquering creative work — Apple’s littlest Mac has never been more appealing.
https://www.theverge.com/2356607…M2 Pro Mac mini review: Apple’s Goldilocks desktop for semi-professionals
Outstanding power efficiency is a highlight of this in-betweener desktop.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/…M2 Mac mini reviews: ‘Mac Studio junior’ with impressive performance, versatile prices
https://9to5mac.com/2023/01/23/m…I guess despite some of the previous comments here, I'm tempted to upgrade via trade-in my Mac Mini M1, simply because that trade-in value is going to decrease by the time an M3 is out in a year.
I've been perfectly happy with the M1, it was a great upgrade to my 2017 iMac, I've got a nice dual monitor setup at home for that computer and my work MBP, and as long as I'm not going nuts in Logic Pro, it's a great machine. Just tempted to upgrade since the M1 still has some trade in value that it won't have next year.
- The two extra thunderbolt ports are a big upgrade in my eyes. I have the last Intel Mini with the same form factor, and I'm using every port + dongles.section_014
- I just had to change some connections to use a new USB 3 external SSD, so I'm maxed out on the two.mg33
- That was to upgrade an older spinning external that was my Logic Pro working files drive. Nice improvement.mg33
- Do it ;) small price to pay for 3 more yearsmonospaced
- Myeaaaah the point with Apple tech is that you upgrade when the software > hardware and for some models that's 5+ years
No need to trade in anythinggrafician - Your last upgrade was iMac 2017 so 5 years. You shouldn't buy or trade anything new until at least 2025, the rest is FOMOgrafician
- wrong. stfumonospaced
- shapesalad0
m2 is a m1 but overclocked pretty much.
- shapesalad1
- "Best Mac Ever!"utopian
- Wild that this is here; John Bumstead is one of my friends since college. Now all the tech channels are running with his refurb activation experiences.evilpeacock
- shapesalad1
If you are in UK, John Lewis has some sweet deals on M1 apple stuff:
https://www.johnlewis.com/brand/…
Price includes 2 year John Lewis Guarantee.
- also great to get it on 0% finance.shapesalad
- 0% finance? So, I never pay?
Sign me up!Nairn - you don't dump £2k at once, you spread over 18m. with no extra. no fee if pay off early.shapesalad
- shapesalad0
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Run latest OSX on your old unsupported hardware.
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