eldavo69 Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Badger, badger, badger, badger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 I thought I'd come up with an excuse to get a MacBook Air this afternoon, but I was wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 I thought I'd come up with an excuse to get a MacBook Air this afternoon, but I was wrong It has spellcheck. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted May 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Is it waterproof though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Is it waterproof though? Deuce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted May 2, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Okay if I do go MBP refurb and apple care - what are the "must have items i should hold out for? ssd i know. Is 8gb fine or do they do 16gb ones? Etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 8gb is absolutely fine. As I said, I didn't need 16gb. Incidentally, how completely stupid is this: I bought 2 x new iPad Air's, 4G models, both 64gb models, back in December 2013. One is mine, the other is MrsMe's. I also bought AppleCare Plus for them both. Today, the AppleCare+ Certificate of Coverage came through for them both. Two brown envelopes, containing two certificates, from France! A full 5 months after I'd bought them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 For a moment there, I was wondering why it had taken so long. And then... from France! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Maybe they've been on strike. Over something. Like the butter in the fridge of the company canteen, or something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patently Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 For five months? Nah, that's just a lunch break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 They had done their hours for the year so didn't need to work anymore, easy. Mine came in an e-mail a few days after I bought it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted May 2, 2014 Report Share Posted May 2, 2014 Okay if I do go MBP refurb and apple care - what are the "must have items i should hold out for? ssd i know. Is 8gb fine or do they do 16gb ones? Etc Since 2013 all MBPs are SSD when they went Retina, as for memory it will consume as much as you give it doesn't work like a windows machine at all in that respect. So don't be surprised when you get a Mac and it shows nearly all the memory is used, its not its just using as much as it can to make they machine as fast as it can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted May 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 Noted, thanks. The more I have thought about this thread the more I realise I should get that itch scratched. sigh - better get saving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 (edited) The memory utilisation on OSX is pretty good in fairness - but you have to know how to read it. As a side note, the speed of the SSD in the MBPs is awesome. Beyond SATA3 performance - this helps general performance in terms of memory management too, as the virtual memory paging is way, way quicker than it was designed to be in the first place. If you're feeling a bit geeky you can read about its utilisation here. Edited May 4, 2014 by Mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 Mac - would you go for a particular sort of SSD as an upgrade? The Crucial site has 500Gb for a reasonable sum. Oh, and if you are running Mavericks, presumably you put in the new blank disk, turn the machine on, and it will install and boot off wireless the OS then you just restore with your backup? Thought that as the big thing about Lion, being able to reinstall the OS to a formatted disk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 Crucial & OCZ are the current favourites. Don't forget to turn on TRIM. Also, it's fairly easy to image your current drive to the SSD, and then swap them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 I've got an OCZ Vertex SSD sat here doing nothing. 256gb. I even have a USB 3.0 external housing that I bought for it. It has nothing but old files on it that I have got backed up elsewhere now. The drive could be taken out in 60 seconds and put into your machine. If you're interesting, just let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted May 4, 2014 Report Share Posted May 4, 2014 Are you saying you don't find Andrew interesting? We should be told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 Thanks MrMe, but the disk I've got is 500Gb and I'd not want less space. As to whether I'm interesting - you not seen my Big Dig thread?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewNiceMrMe Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 No problem at all. I'll just keep it as a spare (I wasn't intending selling it. I just mentioned it when I saw people wanted one). I don't use large volumes of local data. I have 70gb of data on my Macbook Pro. The rest goes into the cloud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garcon magnifique Posted May 6, 2014 Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 One day it will emerge that "the cloud" is actually a few racks of old blades in a crappy tier 2 datacentre in Sunderland with no backup. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted May 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2014 Thinking across both my threads, irrespective of the mbp (which I am resigned to) It would probably be a good idea to swap out the 300gb had on my Vaio for a 256gb ssd - would be a new lease of life for under £100. might even finance it my getting shot of my netbook. I guess all I have to consider then is if I stick to win7HP or go with Win8 as the OS... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted May 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 (edited) Last MBP related question* - as I am going to US in Early Dec, any reason not to look there? Other than the £ symbol and plug should be cheaper (inc extended warranty?)? Pity one can't shop at the US Apple refurb store for even more bargainess - just had a look. Shipping wouldn't have been a problem as you can ship to an Apple store, but they only accept Credit Cards with US billing address, sadly. (*for now) Edited May 7, 2014 by Waylander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Warranty for laptops is worldwide - keyboard is slightly different. Enter key for example. I've US & UK laptops, and I rarely notice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarMad Posted May 7, 2014 Report Share Posted May 7, 2014 Don't forget US online stores don't show their equivalent of VAT as it differs per state so would need to be added on to a purchase. As for US vs UK keyboard I can't stand a US keyboard because of the enter key just never seems to be where I want / need it, certainly on a few laptops I've tried in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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