#21

Idiot tax innit?

#23

yeah, there is nothing a 1500 quid mac can do that a 500 quid standard laptop couldnā€™t. kin apple MUGS!

#24

I mean if youā€™re after build quality Iā€™d stretch that amount to Ā£700 - Ā£800 doe tbf

#25

I have a 6 year old MacBook Pro that is still flying - Iā€™ve never met anyone or personally used another brand of laptop that has lasted that long, whilst still being nippy. Like the integration with iPhone too (iMessage etc)

#26

sure. I plucked a figure out of nowhere, to be honest.

#27

hi everyone #AppleEvent #NoWorriesSean

#29

I have no idea what any of this means, man.

#31

There is that olā€™ saying round these parts. People only buy macā€™s after they have bad experiences with budget laptops. Itā€™s like going from Beats Professional headphones from I-buds. SURE THEYā€™RE THE BEST THING EVER in comparison, but you can get way more for your money if you shopped around without jumping to the default ā€˜pro-brandā€™

I am willing to bet good money that very few people youā€™ve met have spent more than Ā£600 on a windows based machine and have quite happily spent close to a grand for their MacBook. There ainā€™t nowt wrong with that though, itā€™s good that there is an easy option on the market for people who canā€™t be doing with fafffing around looking at spec sheets and buying an unknown entity.

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#32

oh right. fair doā€™s

posted from my completely reliable and perfectly sufficient Ā£410 acer

#35

My acer is shit. Doesnā€™t even work without the power cable, defeating the point of a laptop. Someone tell me what to get which isnā€™t a mac. I want to be able to record music and maybe edit some video on it.

#37

Just off to murder the old faithful piggy bank out back then

#38

Get a computer with an Intel Core I5 (good processor for video editing, but you might want to consider an i7 if you plan to do some heavy load video editing) and at least 8GB Ram. And SSD hardrive for snappy boot times (doesnā€™t need to be too big, just big enough to store an OS so 256GB should be fine) generally speaking Lenovoā€™s are pretty well built and decked out for their price.

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#39

Very helpful answer thanks duck

#40

I have all of this in my pissy little acer. other than a few tracking issues, which was a software issue apparently, itā€™s been nothing other than superb.

oh, thinking about it, it sometimes sounds like itā€™s gonna take off when Iā€™m playing a video or whatever. must be the fan?

#42

Clean your fan out. Check to see if the vents are clogged with dust, some compressed air should do the trickā€¦ or q tip if you want to open that sucker up.

#43

cheers mun

#44

Yeah this is probably accurate tbf, I guess Apple is a ā€œknown quantityā€, as opposed to buying a high end laptop that maybe people donā€™t know as well - and a willing to pay a little extra for a mac.

#45

Hey guys, I also got a iPhone 7 recently after having a 5S for three years and it is fucking beauts.

#46

Alright, now that the dust has settled, Iā€™ve had a think, and this is what I rate todays #AppleEvent:

3/10

Pros:

  • Bigger Trackpad.

Cons:

  • Ridiculous price jump
  • Touch bar is too small to do anything meaningful with. For graphic designers, looking down onto a tiny strip and changing things like ā€œbrush sizeā€ is pointless when you can do it far quicker using a keyboard shortcut.
  • The specs for the 2016 MacBook Pro arenā€™t even as good as last years model - despite the price increase.
  • 256GB SSD standardā€¦
  • HDMI, USB, Camera memory card port - GONE. DONGLES, DONGLES, DONGLES. Canā€™t even charge your fucking iPhone 7 using it.
  • Donā€™t give a shit about the thinness of it if it means sacrificing these ports, it was thin enough. Itā€™s a MacBook Pro, not a Fisher Price toy.
  • The old models have stayed the same price!

Fire Tim Cook I reckon.

#47

This happened on my old machine. It used to get well hot doing simple things, to the point it wouldnā€™t boot. Turns out it had a small Afghan rug where the fan should be. Needed a new HD, but was otherwise fine (got my data off the old one, all good).