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Fab4 8,924 posts
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CharlieStCloud 5,812 posts
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Registered 11 years agonickthegun wrote:
Oh, remind me what this is all about please!
First the iMac HDD fiasco ...
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silentbob 29,527 posts
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Registered 19 years agogrey_matters wrote:
High pixel density on laptops is nothing new. Some of our old Dells had a ludicrous 1920x1200 resolution on a 15" screen. But you can't have that sort of resolution AND improve image quality in applications (i.e. make that res. usable) unless your OS and the Apps are produced to take advantage of it.
Dirtbox wrote:
Yeah, it is a nice development. It feels way behind schedule though, hopefully the other manufacturers start upping the screen res a bit too now over the next couple of years. 1920x1080 ultrabook from ASUS looks decent too.
This retina business is actually pretty cool, it beats the fuzzy font smoothing they have anyway and it's about time Apple did something to set themselves apart from the usual fair of deeply average laptops in a metal case.
It just worries me that they may well have patented the screen resolution or something stupidly greedy and knowingly obstructive.
What Apple does well is bringing the tech and the software together to make it offer something worthwhile.
Having said that though, they can fuck off with soldered RAM and Glued batteries! Apple are constantly waving their Eco friendly cock about, but if you have to replace entire laptops to fix one (potentially minor) fault, surely there are some serious questions to ask about wastage no?
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Soldered RAM? Fucking hell that's some bad shit!
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nickthegun 87,712 posts
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Registered 16 years agoCharlieStCloud wrote:
Long story short, about 18 months ago, apple changed the design of the iMac HDDs so you cant put cheap third party drives into an out of warranty machine, you have to use Apple parts, effectively tripling the repair bill for the consumer.
nickthegun wrote:
Oh, remind me what this is all about please!
First the iMac HDD fiasco ...
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FanBoysSuck 1,668 posts
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Registered 12 years agoFuck there was me thinking I could upgrade it myself in a few years. Bugger 
Might call them back to see if I can get the Ram based up to 16gb. It could be useful for messing about with matlab. -
nickthegun 87,712 posts
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Registered 16 years agoTo give them the most meagre of credit, doubling up the memory from 8 to 16gb is 'only' 160 quid. I thought it would be much, much more than that given their recent form. -
Ginger 7,256 posts
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Registered 19 years agonickthegun wrote:
and 16GB of RAM from any normal vendor is ~£80, so only 4 times the price.
To give them the most meagre of credit, doubling up the memory from 8 to 16gb is 'only' 160 quid. I thought it would be much, much more than that given their recent form.
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FanBoysSuck 1,668 posts
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Registered 12 years agoGinger wrote:
Would the fact it's DDR3L knock the price up? I seem to remember that low voltage parts add a small premium. Not that it justifies a 100% price bump.
nickthegun wrote:
and 16GB of RAM from any normal vendor is ~£80, so only 4 times the price.
To give them the most meagre of credit, doubling up the memory from 8 to 16gb is 'only' 160 quid. I thought it would be much, much more than that given their recent form.
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nickthegun 87,712 posts
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Registered 16 years agoGinger wrote:
Hence the reason its meagre credit. Memory upgrades used to be even more arse wateringly expensive.
nickthegun wrote:
and 16GB of RAM from any normal vendor is ~£80, so only 4 times the price.
To give them the most meagre of credit, doubling up the memory from 8 to 16gb is 'only' 160 quid. I thought it would be much, much more than that given their recent form.
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Fake_Blood 11,093 posts
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Registered 12 years agoWhat do you guys need all that ram for? -
disusedgenius 10,677 posts
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Registered 14 years ago16 Gig isn't obscene for media work, really. -
FanBoysSuck 1,668 posts
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Registered 12 years agoFake_Blood wrote:
Well I've just spoken to a college who is planning a project that needs Matlab, so it would be useful for that. The Mrs works as a freelance Visual artist so it would come in handy for After Effects and other visual packages (I can't remember the names of the other ones off the top of my head). I imagine it will come in handy for Final Cut Pro as well.
What do you guys need all that ram for?
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nickthegun 87,712 posts
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Registered 16 years agoOr for the potential lifespan of the machine.
"No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer."
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buggrit 5,178 posts
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Registered 14 years agoFake_Blood wrote:
Because Lion runs like an absolute dog on less than 8GB.
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buggrit wrote:
No it doesn't.
Fake_Blood wrote:
Because Lion runs like an absolute dog on less than 8GB.
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buggrit 5,178 posts
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Registered 14 years agoAargh. wrote:
Yes it bloody does. My quad MBP with 4GB RAM runs like shit if I'm actually DOING anything remotely taxing, where my old dual with the same amount of RAM was always smooth in Snow Leopard. I'll be buying 8GB for this machine the second I have the cash.
buggrit wrote:
No it doesn't.
Fake_Blood wrote:
Because Lion runs like an absolute dog on less than 8GB.
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I'm only running safari and adium, Lion is borked on RAM usage. -
buggrit 5,178 posts
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Registered 14 years agoSafari is the main offender, particularly the 'Safari Web Content' process which regularly eats so much actual RAM as to slow my entire machine down and start the fans running. Shame I don't like any other browsers :s -
Fab4 8,924 posts
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Registered 15 years agobuggrit wrote:
Then there must be something wrong with your MBP. My little Mini has 4GB ram and runs Lion like a charm.
Aargh. wrote:
Yes it bloody does. My quad MBP with 4GB RAM runs like shit if I'm actually DOING anything remotely taxing, where my old dual with the same amount of RAM was always smooth in Snow Leopard. I'll be buying 8GB for this machine the second I have the cash.
buggrit wrote:
No it doesn't.
Fake_Blood wrote:
Because Lion runs like an absolute dog on less than 8GB.
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buggrit 5,178 posts
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Registered 14 years ago^ Pretty much what Dirtbox said there. -
Armoured_Bear 31,234 posts
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Registered 10 years agoAS my gf and I are always logged into the iMac and we sometimes use VMWare Fusion we need 16GB, Lion is actually a hog. -
PhoenixFlames 9,263 posts
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Registered 14 years agoGlad I've gone for 8GB RAM now .gif)
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PhoenixFlames 9,263 posts
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Welcome to the last page 
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FanBoysSuck 1,668 posts
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Registered 12 years agoDammit they can't amend orders, I've had to cancel and wait for the cash to go back into my account before I can go for 16gb. What a fucking joke -
Dirtbox 92,600 posts
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CharlieStCloud 5,812 posts
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Registered 11 years agoDirtbox wrote:
Because it is FFFAAASSSTTTEEERRR...?
Just wondering, but why would you need 16gb? -
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