AVFCforever1991 Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 You defo want a Macbook? Yeah, thinking its the right time tbh.. I've had a Toshiba for the last couple of years now, although its a great machine I just want a change of OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 I know what you mean. A change is fresh and new. I am looking forward to Windows 8. As a windows fan this will be totally fresh and new. Toshiba are great at making quality all rounders. Anyway go get the Air if you want to to switch to OSX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Is the air capable of video editing or intensive music production? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Yes, but if you are doing video editing you really want something with a much bigger hard drive surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Yeah, I I just wondered why the air was being favoured. From what I've read the air can edit but it can't do it intensively. I don't really see why you would get the air unless you were always carrying your computer with you, and but I will admit that I don't really know the significant differences between the models. I know that I like the look of the Pro Retina but my bank account doesn't. It's pricey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Stick to the old adage that you shouldnt buy first generation Apple products and you wont go far wrong, and that includes the current Macbook Pro with retina display. I think retina display will be in all Macbook Pro's within 18 months. Haswell (2013) and Broadwell (2014) chipsets will mean it is possible. Retina display style pixel density will be ubiquitous on £700+ laptops (including Macbook Air/Ultrabook style computers) by 2015, which is **** awesome when you think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Yeah thanks Rev. The 'retina' displays are amazing, and the Macbook Pros are pretty compact already. I think eventually technology will plateau, I mean, how much more do these machines need to handle? They're already tiny, they're already incredibly powerful and the displays are getting better and better. What more can we throw at them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 I suppose battery life is one of the technologies that has limitless room for development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 I havent been that impressed with the Retina display tbh. While that sounds like a stupid thing to say, I have had quite a few plays with the machine at the Apple store and the huge Currys in Black on High Street (I work in the city centre so sometimes I'll go for a wander on my lunch break) and I just dont think the world is ready for it yet. The web still looks like shit and there is very still little video in that resolution. Photos look great and you can run very high resolution video in a window, which does look amazing btw, which is really handy if you work in media but not worth the premium if you just want to consume it. It will all change in a year or two as everybody catches up but for now it's more a statement of intent from Apple than a must have item in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CVByrne Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Depends on what you want from your laptop. Portability or graphics power or big storage.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b23avfc Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 (edited) Just got this for £570: MacBook Air. 11-inch. Mid 2011 Processor: 1.6 GHz Intel Core i5 HDD: 128 GB SSD Memory: 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3 Resolution: 1366x768 Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 384 MB Software: OS X 10.8.2 (Mountain Lion) Battery count:74. All looks sweet too. Edited February 11, 2013 by b23avfc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PompeyVillan Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Not bad that. Been looking at the new imac, its got the shiny factor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewiek2 Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 (edited) im looking at getting the new imac in a few weeks. I cant keep doing freelance on my old G5 then grind my teeth at how great and quuck my imac is at work. Tho not sure if I should upgrade to Abobe Cloud or just get CS6 and onky subscribe to Muse. Edited February 16, 2013 by stewiek2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 In 2013 people are buying laptops that have a worse screen resolution than my laptop in about 2002. **** me it's depressing how much screen technology has stagnated, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 In 2013 people are buying laptops that have a worse screen resolution than my laptop in about 2002. **** me it's depressing how much screen technology has stagnated, What a bizarre rant. In 2013 there are an absolute **** ton of displays which are at "retina" 300+ ppi density. The human eye cant even detect higher density than that, so pushing beyond it is essentially pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limpid Posted February 24, 2013 Administrator Share Posted February 24, 2013 In 2013 people are buying laptops that have a worse screen resolution than my laptop in about 2002. **** me it's depressing how much screen technology has stagnated, What a bizarre rant. In 2013 there are an absolute **** ton of displays which are at "retina" 300+ ppi density. The human eye cant even detect higher density than that, so pushing beyond it is essentially pointless. I'm surprised at you falling for the marketing shite from Apple. The human eye can resolve to about 900 dpi.and "Retina" is an apple trademark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Oh, I know it's a trademark but it's widely recognised in common conversation these days so it is going to creep into the language I choose to use. 300 ppi has been a figure around for ages before Apple picked up on it though, it's been a rule of thumb in printing for years, though they would call it 300dpi. Of course how much pixel density you can detect really does depend on your distance from the screen but just going from old video game chatter pushing beyond 300ppi and 60 frames a second is fairly pointless from a visual fidelity point of view. There is a separate argument over refresh rates in games to do with control over them, mostly because a computer will poll the position of a controller/mouse/whatever when the screen refreshes so you get crazy people playing Quake convinced that having 400 frames per second is genuinely useful, but that's another topic completely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b23avfc Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 So what are the must have apps or freaky cool apps? Yes there's a billion threads online but I'm bored of reading: chrome, vlc. Adium etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrenm Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 That's the thing, there aren't any. There's a few core Apple apps which are half-decent for doing everyday stuff, and garageband is supposed to be OK for novelty. Genuinely don't see the appeal of Macs. They're the worst compromise. You get no compatibility with Windows which most of the world uses, and you get none of the power and massive software catalogue of GNU/Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b23avfc Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Oh brother, this is turning into (any) iPhone thread. Sigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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