Increasingly Familiar Apple Lust Objects for 2016 and onwards

sudo nvram StartupMute=%00

ha, my laptop is so old (because it's better than what they sell now) that i had no idea that sound had gone away until i saw that do the rounds.

Still rocking the Q3 2014 mbp that I got as a hand-me-down at work and loving it! It's pretty maxed-out and every once in awhile my mind boggles at how much the 1tb SSD must have cost them back then.

oh uh but I turned that startup chime off a long time ago--even though sometimes it sounds anyway, apparently at random?

Yeah same (well Q1 2015 when it was on clearance lol)...

I got one for home to match it.

you know they're portable, right?

never do workplace stuff on your home computer or vice versa!

good way for them to claim property rights :/

no way!

(xp)

is this a good thread for asking about buying a new vs. refurbished (by apple or others) macbook ? can post this elsewhere if that’s advisable:

my 2011 macbook pro recently gave out on me and i can’t find anybody who’s willing to even attempt fixing it. so it looks like i need something new.

it looks like ebay has a number of offerings in the 400 - 800 dollar range of macbook pros 2012 -2017. lots of these sellers offer 1 year warranties. can they be trusted ?

a friend has a brand spanking new macbook. no usb ports and a confusing keyboard sort of. i don’t want that, do i ?

is there a particular year, a vintage if you will, of macbooks that is particularly reliable / desirable / durable / unfussy ?

is there a particular online RETAILER, a dependable, trustworthy purveyor of secondhand macs ?

i’m not a graphic designer, a gamer, a tech person. mostly my computer is my interface for large digital music collection, a place to actually type long form things, a way to interact with the internet, also DAW. i’m hopelessly wedded to macbook life, i doubt you could persuade me to leave the cult.

any advice greatly appreciated.

also i’m so sick of looking at ilx on my phone and i need to be keeping up with the sun ra thread ! help !

would you consider a macbook air? way cheaper and doesn't sound like you need a ton of ram or processing power. you can pick up a ~2015 macbook air for like, idk, prob somewhere in the 350-500 range probably?

i’m sure they’re fine but i notice a huge difference bw a 13”
screen and 15” (what i’m after), especially for watching movies etc. plus the disc drive is indispensable, altho i spose i could get an external one.

i’m not averse to spending up to, say, 1500 mind

just wondering if there isn’t a better way — seems to me like some of the very newer models might be unintuitive and i worry about increased planned obsolescence. this is my aversion to the new(er), not necessarily the price, although i admit i’m rather uninformed

went through this recently and opted for new. MacBooks hold their value so well that I couldn’t justify used on a dollar basis, and other than saying farewell to a few apps I wasn’t using the transition has been seamless.

i was not able to get a look at the newer models before i decided, but their various goofy design/feature choices made me ultimately decide that the apparent modest performance boost some of them might have had, plus the necessarily longer support life from being introduced later in new lines, were not enough to outweigh the recent mb air i bought refurbished straight from apple's site.

and what do you know, i regularly use all three data ports at the same time that i'm drawing ac power, so, i'm happy with my choices.

i have once or twice missed the disc drive but not so much that it mattered. once i turned on my old laptop just so i could watch a movie from a dvd.

not now, apple

any experiences buying refurbished from ebay / amazon / online or local tech reseller ?

okay, might actually have to get an i5 macbook air. kind of on the fence about whether to get more ram or storage.

I think I'm getting mentally close to ditching my 10 year old MBP for a new model. Ars Technica review thinks new 16" MBP is overkill for casual users (such as me) but OTOH having spent so many years with a 15" screen I can't imagine being comfortable with a 13" Mac Air.

I got a “renewed” iPad Pro from amazon that was basically like new.

I can’t speak to eBay but I bought a 2013 15 inch MBP secondhand in 2016 and it’s fast and handles the newest OS just fine. I’m not a power user but Adobe Suite is still quick. I’d recommend any of the 15 inch MBPs since 2013 up until they started futzing with the keyboard. The only difference I’ve noticed is that the 2013 model can’t work as a second screen with an iPad unless you buy one of the non-apple apps

interesting if true

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/04/apple-store-appears-to-leak-new-iphone-8-like-iphone-se/

In other words, consumers who liked the iPhone SE because they felt the iPhone 6S was too big will be disappointed, but they’ll still probably get a modern Apple processor in a phone that is markedly smaller than the current flagships.

come on, come on

Would buy

The reason I got an SE was because I didn't like the iPhone 8, so I really don't see the point of this.

It’ll be $300 cheaper than the cheapest iPhone
It’ll have a home button and long ass battery life
Nuff said ?

I mean if it's best I can find, I'll buy it, even though I really don't like the button that doesn't click when you press it, or the location of the power switch, or how big it is. I'm still holding out hope someone will come out with a smaller phone before I need to buy a new one.

I’m not getting any phones bigger than my actual SE, which I guess I’m going to have to keep using another 40 years, or else give up on smartphones. Which would be no sweat if it weren’t for maps and iMessage.

button go click

I'm a simple man with simple needs.

I've resisted adapting to new kinds of smartphones since they invented smartphones, I don't really understand being resistant to such a degree that you would literally just cling to dying hardware rather than teach yourself some new tricks / tolerate a dongle / get used to a slightly bigger screen

I have both new (X) and old (SE) phones and I simply prefer the SE design. shrug.ascii.art

I tried adapting to a bigger screen when the 6 came out. Hurt my hand. Went to the SE as soon as that came out. I don’t care to try again.

I’m a small-handed individual and I don’t need a phone to be any bigger than this.

otm all of you. I don't need the phone to be any more capable than this, either, at present.

The industrial design of the 6 onward is pretty repulsive, sucked lozenges and camera warts.

The iPhone 9 (that's what I think it will be called) has been rumoured for months now. It's little more than an iPhone 8 with a spec bump. The 8 will probably only get iOS updates for another three years so Apple doesn't want to sell it much longer. The main upgrade will likely be an A13 processor - same as the current iPhone 11 series. Other than that, just minor updates, perhaps slight improvements to reception, battery life, and the camera. The nice rose gold color option is expected to be dropped. I'm guessing the high-gloss finish will be replaced by the dull glass back as on the 11 series, which will make the Apple Store staff happy. Pricing may be about $50 or £50 less than the 8 too.

I hope they don't call it the SE or SE 2; this is in no way a successor to the iPhone SE. It was nice that it was relatively cheap, but people bought it because it was small and light. I've long been hoping Apple would give us something close to SE size but with a iPhone X/11 type screen that filled the available space with only tiny bezels, but that hope has all but flickered out. At least the smallest version of the upcoming iPhone 12 is rumoured to be smaller than the 11 Pro, with a 5.4" down from 5.8". The feature set will be more like the non-Pro iPhone 11 though, but with an OLED screen and 5G. These were supposed to be launched in autumn as usual, but of course the covid-19 outbreak may cause delays or dropped features.

if these rumours are true, it's an affront to the SE name

https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/15/21221918/iphone-se-announcement-apple-price-specs-release-date-features

Apart from the size this looks amazingly good

fine I guess

I hated the size of the 8... but still, I ordered this. sigh

yes, a phone we can all learn to love resenting

sold

imagine reading this offhand aside six months ago

The SE’s lower cost and Touch ID sensor may have slightly more appeal than usual, especially as people realize that they’ll be wearing masks more often.

fuck your too big, no headphone jack having phone

4.7" fuck of

if my actual SE dies completely I'm replacing it with another one off eBay. I should probably buy one now and put it in the freezer.

probably will end up having to get the watch just to get a thing that's not too big for my widdle hands

i don't want something that's too big for my pockets! this thing fits perfectly in the whatchamacallit front jean watch pocket and i don't wanna put it in my rear pocket where I'll sit on it or my front pocket where it will jab my balls

i have the max and love the massive size. doesnt turn sideways in my front pocket

but my balls!