I see, I see, thank you for the clarification. So what are you going to do? I'm honestly curious because I'm in a near exact position you are in, except cash may be a little more tight for me, and I'm curious to hear what Gaf thinks. Is it worth it to upgrade, Gaf?
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I see, I see, thank you for the clarification. So what are you going to do? I'm honestly curious because I'm in a near exact position you are in, except cash may be a little more tight for me, and I'm curious to hear what Gaf thinks. Is it worth it to upgrade, Gaf?
CrudeDiatribe
Member
Does it have to be NTFS? Both Mac and Windows now support ExFat.
anonymous_abc
Member
hey gals and guys,
i have a question regarding MBPretina battery life.
Ive been paying close attention to mine, and with just ordinary use (surfing, music, et all) it will not last more than 3 and a half hours
for my test I set the brightness to exactly half.
surely this cannot be right, it seems very little anyway?
what is your experience?
and yea my software is all up to date.
i have a question regarding MBPretina battery life.
Ive been paying close attention to mine, and with just ordinary use (surfing, music, et all) it will not last more than 3 and a half hours
for my test I set the brightness to exactly half.
surely this cannot be right, it seems very little anyway?
what is your experience?
and yea my software is all up to date.
Yeah, this is sort of where I'm struggling. I could buy a nice mouse and a USB 3.0 external hard drive with that extra money. I imagine the most intensive thing I'll do on the system is use Office (or perhaps some light audio stuff in Audacity). I won't want/need to do Boot Camp since I have a new-er Windows PC at home. Also, I could buy it in the store and not have to wait for shipping. I'm 99% sure this is what I'm going to do now.
Me too. You getting it tonight? LET'S DO THIS SHIT! I'm pretty psyched to finally get this after all this time.
Unfortunately I'll have to wait until next week.
But I'm definitely excited! Is the Magic Mouse decent? Or should I just get like a normal two button + scroll wheel mouse? I hated the MS Touch Mouse so I'm concerned I wouldn't like it.
Whelp, I went for the MacBook Pro 13" at Best Buy and walked out out with it for about $1100. So far I'm very content. Now I just need to decide on a nice mouse used for the occasional gaming (minecraft, CS, portal). I'm currently considering the Logitech Anywhere Mouse. Any suggestions?
Vigilant Walrus
Member
RAT 7. Its the mouse for gods.
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
I've had my new Retina Macbook Pro for a couple of days. This is my first macbook. I really like it. I noticed it on my HTPC Mac Mini and using my Retina Macbook Pro that OSX just feels like a really neatly produced and easy to use operating system. Everything is so comprehensive in the GUI. The retina display wasn't as wowawesome for me as I might have expected, but this might be due to the fact that I haven't owned a previous macbook pro and I'm so used to using my iPad 3.
I'd like to find a copy of Windows cheap to run in bootcamp. I don't know whether to wait for Windows 8 or not, I hear some bad things in comparison to Windows 7.
I'd like to find a copy of Windows cheap to run in bootcamp. I don't know whether to wait for Windows 8 or not, I hear some bad things in comparison to Windows 7.
polyh3dron
Banned
Don't wait for Windows 8, the Mac drivers for it aren't up to snuff yet from what I gather.
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
Is this a report from someone within apple or leaked? The drivers aren't working right now, but the OS hasn't even been released.
Its like using a 360 controller vs. a PS3 one.
FacelessSamurai
..but cry so much I wish I had some
Unfortunately I'll have to wait until next week.
Is the Magic Mouse decent? Or should I just get like a normal two button + scroll wheel mouse? I hated the MS Touch Mouse so I'm concerned I wouldn't like it.
I personally cannot stand the magic mouse, and neither can my wife. I use it as the mouse for my old iMac that I use as a file server because I almost never have to use it since I access that computer remotely.
If you play any games on the computer (especially shooters) you should know that you can't press both left and right buttons at the same time because the mouse is essentially one button, just that depending where you click it'll detect either a left or right click. Also, I find the shape of the mouse to be very uncomfortable but that is just my opinion obviously and could be different with you.
For basic usage it can do the job, although for the price you can get much better elsewhere IMO.
silentspork
Member
Unfortunately I'll have to wait until next week.
Is the Magic Mouse decent? Or should I just get like a normal two button + scroll wheel mouse? I hated the MS Touch Mouse so I'm concerned I wouldn't like it.
Would strongly recommend against the magic mouse, it's too shallow and too easy to mistakenly scroll. I have one and could never quite get the hang of it.
Air?
Yep, got a 2012 Air at Best Buy!
Throw some pictures up man. And congrats, you will love it. What specs did you end up getting?
I decided to go with the baseline one with 4GB. It's still so much faster than my old Toshiba, it's crazy. It's kind of weird getting used to how small and clear everything is cause of the resolution.
smokeandmirrors
Banned
I got mine with 8gigs. But this thing is fuckin faaaasssst. Best computer I've ever owned.
Track pad is amazing.
Oh and welcome to the club!
What do you suggest doing/getting? I feel like I'm in this awesome alien world and theres som much I don't know.
Maximus.
Member
My battery life hasnt been stellar. I would say 3-4 hours is what I am experiencing as well, even though the battery time says i have more. I am sure as more updates come out, we will have a better battery. I was really looking forward to getting 5-7 hours of battery life though from the get go!
SlowRevolution
Member
Buying a new MBA/MBP/MBPr gets you a code for Mountain Lion (don't think it comes pre installed yet). I don't know if that's the case with any other Macs.
Like a physical copy or somewhere in the OS?
SlowRevolution
Member
I'm pretty sure you get a voucher/code for it e-mailed to you. I might be wrong, though.
Oh, I didn't make or give an email when I set up...is that bad?
SlowRevolution
Member
http://www.apple.com/osx/uptodate/
I'd try going there and seeing if you're eligible. It gives more information on how the process works.
smokeandmirrors
Banned
Turn on 3 finger drag first off. Shit's cash.
As for your other question, just play around. I'm still learning a lot too (got my first mac less than a month ago). Peruse the Mac App Store, have fun.
StopMakingSense
Member
Anybody have a recommendation for a bag for a 11" MBA? Need something light and simple with handles and a shoulder strap, ideally.
Currently using a bag for a 12" powerbook and it doesn't fit too well in it.
Currently using a bag for a 12" powerbook and it doesn't fit too well in it.
I have the Windows 8 consumer preview bootcamped on my 2011 iMac. For a while sound drivers didn't work. I fixed it but I'm not sure how. (except sound only comes out of the speakers, not headphones. and the volume buttons on the keyboard don't work). The scrolling on my magic mouse doesn't work either.
Trojita
Rapid Response Threadmaker
My MBPR came with Mountain Lion. I'm pretty damn sure it did at least, I checked the version numbers and I have the screen.
What sucks is that I don't think I can put it on my other Mac like other people seem to be able to do if they used the voucher or bought it on the App store to begin with.
What sucks is that I don't think I can put it on my other Mac like other people seem to be able to do if they used the voucher or bought it on the App store to begin with.
Probably depends where you get it maybe? Just picked up an Air yesterday, and it has Lion, which is 10.7, right? I picked it up at Best Buy though.
Yeah, that's most likely the reason why.
Wow, am I loving this thing. So quiet and fast. It plays 1080p videos so damn smooth...I absolutely love it.
Anatoli Bacharach
Member
Thanks for the tip, I wasn't familiar with exFAT and just read up on it. I would use it for the external drive, but I need to be able to hook it up to the Synology NAS. It only supports ext3, ext4, FAT and NTFS.
The Paragon NTFS trial is running perfectly fine so far. It's invisible, just like it should be. Transferring files over USB 3 seems pretty fast, too.
In other news, i've been settling into the 13" Air and OS X for about a week now (first time Mac user). It's faaaaaantastic! No regrets about switching so far.
It's pretty weird at first though. I kind of was thinking "doesn't having things in fullscreen without a task-bar/dock kind of hinder productivity?" Then I started to use the multi-finger touchpad stuff, and I was amazed. It's so amazing. Just the idea that I can scroll with two fingers flawlessly, then go into this overview by adding another, it's just really really cool.
I've only had one tablet before, a Nexus 7, but the trackpad seems to combine both the best of a normal trackpad, and some great bonuses of a touchscreen device. It's really, really smart.
In related news, I'm going to look into getting my free copy of MLion, and I was just curious, how much does it change, and what should I expect compared to Lion?
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Probably the minority and some people will laugh but I play all games on my MacBook Air with the Magic Trackpad. Minecraft, Portal, ZDoom, and all other first person games. I can not use a mouse. Never have been able to. When I had a normal machine back in the days before the MTP, I would play with a keyboard only and people would tell me I'm an idiot and should be using a mouse too. I tried, but could never get the hang. I'd rather use a controller than a mouse and keyboard. But the Magic Trackpad comes so naturally to me. I am so fast and light on my feet in those games whipping through them like butter. But I seem to be the only one who can do this. I literally have not used a mouse since I got my first MBP. Now I even have a MTP for my Mac mini. I cannot see myself wanting to go back to a mouse.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Just bought a new 13 inch MBP for college after my old laptop started slowing down / being a bitch. Scary spending that much money on it, but let's hope it's worth it. First time owning Mac hardware.
mine left shanghai yesterday