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>all day battery life
>flash storage
>solid unibody enclosure
>official machine of Linus Torvalds
>excellent GNU/Linux & BSD support
>runs Windows better than MS Hardware does
How can ThinkPads even compete? Feel free to post your favorite Apple machines and cuck-post below.
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>>54520313
Holy shit for real? LMAO
>>54520313
MacBook Air > MacBook
>>54520338
>macbook air
>1440x900
>>54520301
how can you even see the screen between those disgusting bezels?
>Win/Linfags will never experience this
I almost feel sad for them.
>>54520450
>Steam on Mac
LMAO
>>54520450
how much did your parents spend on that?
>>54520472
What's wrong with that?
>>54520514
$0. I'm a poorfag, so if I can afford it then so can you. No excuse.
>>54520547
You worked for it then?
>>54520606
Of course I did. I'm a humble forklift driver.
>>54520636
sounds like a fun job.
keep going miles
>>54520338
>Macbook Pro retina > all other Macs
FTFY
>B-B-B-BEZZLE
>cant replace the operating system because the computer can only update firmware through OS X
thanks jobs
>>54520547
That's actually a pretty nice setup, with what i assume is the model M and all
>>54521382
The fuck are you talking about, you can put whatever OS you want
Although why would you ever want to is a better question
>>54520301
Cost effectiveness. I bought an X220 for less than $150 just recently. A MacBook Air is $800.
>>54520301
His official machine is the VAIO Pro 11
Gave his mac to his kids
>trackpad impossible to click near upper edge
>extremely loose near bottom edge
>overall flimsy diving board piece of shit
>even applel themselves has admitted it's utter shit now and has trashed the design to go back to copying 90's era laptops with solid non-click touchpads
>still has no real buttons
>relies on pressure sensitive gimmick bullshit
>if you press too lightly or too hard it does something completely different than what you intended
>ultra shit tier zero travel chiclet keyboard
>OSX is a steaming pile of shit with horrendous battery management
>applel's solution is to cram in a massive heavy 95WHr battery to make up for it
>even XXXTREME GAMER cancer like razer blade with 4X the CPU/GPU power and 70WHr battery matches it in battery life in same tasks
>gets BTFO by 55WHr Yoga 2 in battery life in same tasks
>the battery takes up the space where a cooling system would've been in a laptop not designed by the world's thinnest and lightest gay hipsters
>overheats at the slightest task because abysmal crippled cooling system
>throttles to 800mhz because of chronic overheating problems
>retina meme supposedly for "pros" have have <70% aRGB
>blurry as shit retina meme scaling
>macshit is good
Can we finally put an end to this meme?
Wow... I knew Apple was having to shill their laptops hard after the revealing of such an awful sales quarter, but I never thought they would be desperate enough to appear here.
>>54520301
>runs Windows better than MS Hardware does
No, intel is intel.
>>54521391
I have an Industrial Model M too but it isn't working correctly.
>>54520301
trackpad support sucks, thinkpad hotswap battery is nice, wifi sucks on some models on linux, and touchpoint is amazing, but macs are certainly my second choice (under a thinkpad)
>>54520301
>>runs Windows better than MS Hardware does
You got that backwards m8.
Retarded faggots
t. ex mac user
>>54520449
>tfw I have an XPS 13 and it's comfy as hell.
Only issue is some weird audio thing where it occasionally will have a weird buzz or static sound. No idea if it's just mine or what.
M A C B O Y Z
>>54522048
>windows laptops
That'd never happen on a mac.
Should I turn my Elitebook into a Hackintosh?
>>54522024
not using the 2013-2014 masterrace macintosh book pro
>>54522189
>macshit toddler OS
>master race
lmao
A P P L E B O Y Z
>>54522106
>he can only afford furniture people throw away on their sidewalk
>macfags are this poor
TOPKEK
>>54522203
Damn, that menubar looks fucking retarded to use on a 7:3 monitor. That's why I can't take OS X seriously on desktops, it's great for their laptops though.
>>54522208
this desu senpai
Macfags are literally 1 tier above niggers if they aren't just plain niggers.
>High-end mobile CPUs
>Better hires scaling than Windows will ever have
>God-tier batterylife out of the box
>POSIX compliant OS that doesn't break down every few months and supports commercial software
>PCs haven't even caught up in trackpad quality compared to 10 year old macbooks
>Fastest laptop SSDs on the market
Other companies are light years behind, deal with it ;^)
>>54522208
>Doesn't know that some colleges require mandatory dorm living freshman year
C U C K B O Y
>mactoddler morons' idea of "good threads" on /g/ is their personal blog/circlejerk over babby fruity toys
>wonders why no one on the board takes them seriously
>>54522274
That bamboo stand, I want one. Got a name for it?
>>54522274
>beats pill
That shit is fucking hopeless. Sounds like those no-name brand $15 bluetooth speakers you find at a discount electronics store.
>>54522293
It goes well with the theme of all the other trash on the table.
>>54522307
J E L L Y B O Y
>>54522307
What other trash? The only things that sticks out are the Beats and the LG monitor.
>>54522305
>>54522274
>>54522203
>>54522106
>>54520547
>i colect picshurs of max cuz i luv apel
>>54520449
SHILL
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>>54522316
>I shitpost on apple threads bc my mom bought me a shitty HP laptop and im mad af XDD
>>54522316
Macfags in a nutshell.
>>54520449
I checked this thing out IRL and was really disappointed. I do own a Macbook but I'm not married to the company or anything... it's just that there are basically no decent alternatives.
>>54522048
What the actual fuck? Case in point...
>>54520547
>that keyboard
hngh
I am so fucking jealous of everyone who has these keyboards. I've been hitting thrift stores for literally years now and I haven't seen a single mechanical like this.
>>54522106
I think you are me, very similar setup
I regret getting the magic mouse, though--I wish I'd gotten the magic trackpad instead
especially now that the second gen is out
>>54522351
you don't seem to realize that you are just as faggy and annoying as people like >>54522316
>>54522411
you don't seem to realize that you are just as faggy and annoying as people like >>54522316
Fuck off back to /r/eddit and blog about your faggot toys there. You shit eating retards will never be welcome here.
>>54522534
>being an edgy teenager
or
>being a grown man with the mindset of an edgy teenager
either way, pathetic
>>54522539
>being an edgy teenager
or
>being a grown man with the mindset of an edgy teenager
either way, pathetic
get a life loser, lmao
>>54520338
>1440x900
>>54520450
what mac is that?
>>54522606
27" iMac with resolution scaling maxed out (4K equivalent workspace).
>>54522599
the air is pretty much getting phased out by the 12" MacBook which has a pretty high res screens
>>54522647
the problem is that the macbook runs at 1280x800 effective, and who gives a fuck if it's reolution is the same as computers from 2006
>>54522615
isn't the 27" 5k?
>>54520450
>>54520547
Dumb anime poster
>>54522682
>it does proper scaling on a glorious high-res display, unlike every other operating system until very recently
>somehow this is a problem
>"effective"
>and who gives a fuck if it's reolution is the same as computers from 2006
do you even read your own shitposts
>>54520450
>Linux
What is Elementary?
>>54522695
>not 4:1 scaling
>proper
have you tried not being retarded?
>>54522710
I don't care if you nitpick, I don't care what you use
why are you lurking this thread at all? makes no sense
do you just want to waste your own time
at least you're bumping i guess
>>54522710
>owns macshit
>calling anyone else retarded
>>54522707
>What is Elementary?
a buggy pile of shit designed by some autists to imitate the vague appearance of osx with none of the
>substance
>>54522734
where did I say that I own a mac in this post?
>>54522684
Yeah, but when you choose to have more workspace, the resolution is still rendered in 2X then downscaled to the display.
>>54522744
you don't actually use it like that do you?
>>54522736
>osx
>substance
>>54522767
oh look it's that guy who posts this gif and thinks he's making a point
and who unironically greentexted something i already greentexted
>>54520301
one port
no peripherals
2bh f4m I bought a rMBP 13 yesterday, the 2015 model.
Really liking it to far, it's a good upgrade from my X220
>>54522801
did the same upgrade -> got dat same feels bruh
2bh f4m I bought a rMBP 13 yesterday, the 2015 model.
Really liking it to far, it's a good upgrade from my X220.
Also, is there a decent tool that isn't unrtbootin or dd to burn ISO images to a USB stick? Something like Rufus on Windows.
I had to burn an ISO and just ended up installing Windows 10 in Parallels and using Rufus that way
>>54522767
TODDLER OS
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Planned obsolescence in the name of fashion: the laptop
>"find me another laptop with the same specs and battery life or better"
>lol fucking easy
>"NO IT HAS TO BE THINNNNN AND 16:10 AND THE SCREEN HAS TO BE PRETTY"
>>54520450
You feel sad for them because they have jobs and better things to care about than how finely rendered their text is?
The excuse is buying a computer that's good for more than showing off, you literal brony pedo diaper faggot
>>54522784
Oh look it's the same mactoddler that blogs about his toddler toys all day on a technology board and thinks he's welcome here.
>>54522767
This isn't the default behaviour
>>54522813
Disk Utility, it comes standard with OS X
>>54522836
I saw a few people saying that on the web, but I couldn't find the option. Do you know where it is?
SAVE US BASED SCATMAN
>>54522767
>move mouse farther left than where it was when you started
>move it right again
>it's in a different spot
>don't understand relative movements because you've never actually used the OS for more than 10 seconds (if at all)
>sperg out
etc
>>54522832
>being literally 12 years old
Macfag here, and no.
2 hour battery life if you're doing any work on it. Better than nothing, but not enough to work portably.
Windows drivers are fucking shit, stop lying. Without hacking it to shit the track pads completely unusable.
>>54522845
Sorry nope I just use dd
Macfag here, yeah!
15 hour battery life under any circumstance. Better than every other machine, more than enough to work portably.
Windows drivers are great. Without hacking it to shit the track pads completely usable.
>>54522860
I'll just have to use dd then, cheers.
I just dislike how there's no progress bar with dd
>>54520301
>trackpad impossible to click near upper edge
>extremely loose near bottom edge
>overall flimsy diving board piece of shit
>even applel themselves has admitted it's utter shit now and has trashed the design to go back to copying 90's era laptops with solid non-click touchpads
>still has no real buttons
>relies on pressure sensitive gimmick bullshit
>if you press too lightly or too hard it does something completely different than what you intended
>ultra shit tier zero travel chiclet keyboard
>OSX is a steaming pile of shit with horrendous battery management
>applel's solution is to cram in a massive heavy 95WHr battery to make up for it
>even XXXTREME GAMER cancer like razer blade with 4X the CPU/GPU power and 70WHr battery matches it in battery life in same tasks
>gets BTFO by 55WHr Yoga 2 in battery life in same tasks
>the battery takes up the space where a cooling system would've been in a laptop not designed by the world's thinnest and lightest gay hipsters
>overheats at the slightest task because abysmal crippled cooling system
>throttles to 800mhz because of chronic overheating problems
>retina meme supposedly for "pros" have have <70% aRGB
>blurry as shit retina meme scaling
>macshit is good
Can we finally put an end to this meme?
>>54522874
pipe it through pv dudedd if=/whatever.iso | pv | dd of=/dev/wherever
>Tfw finally joining the Mac family with rMBP refresh
Wait for me guys
I'm hyped as fuck
>>54522889
>refresh
when
>>54522882
>Yoga 2
I just sold my Yoga 2 Pro, and get a rMBP
The battery life isn't better on the Yoga 2, stop memeing
>>54522871
Fuck you. When I get home from work I'm posting a pic of my Mac's. I'd ask you to do the same
>>54522882
>Apple creams in a 95WHr battery
>Linux installations still can't make good use of it
>technology illiterate mactards think they're welcome on any technology site
Why?
>>54522903
WWDC next month
>>54522915
Not a fan of this meme
t. Sysadmin
>>54522904
>giving him (You)s
>working on a group project today
>groupmate has a seven year old MacBook Pro
>mentions that it's been running progressively slower and slower over the course of the past month or two
>continue working on project
>while working, his mac suddenly can't open Finder
>he goes to restart it
>hangs at the Apple logo
>I boot it into Verbose mode
>see that it's having IO errors on the same address over and over, google the error code and it's due to a bad block
>boot into safe mode, mount a USB, and copy his work to the USB from the failing drive
>feel like a hacker
>he's going to buy a Razer Blade to replace his dead MacBook because it's so old as to be not worth fixing
thanks for reading my blog
Why are all macfag morons mouthbreathing retards with an uncontrollable urge to suck corporate dick and circlejerk other men? I'm genuinely curious.
>>54522932
>mom and dad just bought me my first smartphone and now I get to swear on the Internet
you'd lose all your good boy points if mom knew what you were doing :^)
>>54522948
you'd lose all your good boy points if mom knew you liked other boys penises :^)
>>54522959
IT'S THE CURRENT YEAR
>>54522967
>macfag
>literally defending being a homOSeX faggot
>>54520301
You really should make it FRIENDLY Apple General. It sounds more appropriate.
>>54522976
>retard spergin out
>make joke and throw you a lifeline
>double down on the sperg out
ok have a nice evening my dude
>>54522996
>macfag spergin out
>make joke and throw you a lifeline
>double down on the macfag sperg out
ok have a nice evening with a dude
>>54523015
>inb4 you're the same guy who has been lurking this whole thread based on the earlier replies, just copy-pasting shit and spamming for no apparent reason
this stuff isn't even entertaining or clever
why do you do it
Look guys
Just use whatever you want
As the great Louis Rossmann once said: "Use the software that suits you"
>>54523020
>inb4 you're the same shill who has been spamming this whole board based on the earlier shills, just copy-pasting shit and spamming for shekels
this stuff isn't even entertaining or clever
fuck off pajeet
>>54523020
Just a desperate XPS13 shill. They're here to stay whether you like it or not.
>>54523034
>same thing works for literally every thread
>it has gotten so bad that mods are actually banning desktop threads now
>you're so retarded that you're out of memes and you're just repeating the same old tired shit
>the only person even still replying just thinks you're mentally challenged or lonely or something
:(
>>54522846
SAVE US BASED SCATMAN
The trackpad.
That's a big deal for me. OSX works well with it. On linux there's some tinkering and it's only half functional. On Windows it's a complete and utter mess.
>>54520301
For $180 this little guy with your Linux distro of choice blows the MBA out of the water.
>>54523062
>diving board shit
>pressure gimmick shit
>works well
nice meme
>>54523071
Forgot image
>ITT: Assblasted Thinkpad Owners.
I've been using my MBPR 13" for about 8 months now. I don't usually use my trackpad much since I use a wireless mouse most of the time.
I tried using force click for the first time and noticed something odd whenever I press the top left corner of the trackpad. It feels heavier and firmer when I press at that corner as if there is an actual button there. I understand that the new force touch trackpad uses vibration to register each press. I even tried shutting down my MBPR 13" and pressed every sides/corner of the trackpad, the rest is flat and unresponsive but the top left corner does respond with a *click* sound.
I'm wondering if that corner is meant to be like that or is my trackpad broken/loose on the top left corner? Does Apple warranty cover minor faulty trackpad?
>>54523083
>>54523071
You're not installing any Linux on BayTrail-T. Also the Asus Vivobook E200 is way better than the Shitpad 100s.
My MBP 13" mid 2012, not longer recognize its built in hard drive,
I've tried to reinstall osx from a booteable usb, but it doesnt works because my MBP doesnt recognize the hard drive.
I'vent let it fall or modified something and I barely use my MBP, what could happened to?
I've had my MBP retina 13 inch since mid 2014 and it was perfectly fine up until this Febuary. It started to crash while playing mildly intensive games and would extremely distort the video. It had red and black horizontal lines and if a sound was playing through the speakers when it crashed it would make really off sounds. Me and one of my other tech savvy friends believed it to be overheating, and for the most part that is still true. He told me to download smcFancontrok and that helped a bit. Computer would crash when it got around 125-130 F. Recently it's been getting more and more frequent, and crashing around 110 F. I use it for school and it crashes in the middle of class at least twice a day. I searched up the symptoms online and it seems to only happen to 15in and 17 in models, not 13 inch ones. It's also not covered by Apple. Could anyone help diagnose what the exact problem is with mine as well as give me an estimate of how much it will be to fix? I can't get it fixed till after next Friday because I have finals all next week.
I am using a 2 year old Macbook Pro running the latest update of OSX El Capitan.
I am experiencing a strange issue - when I move my MBP while it is running it effects the apps. Like if i'm watching Netflix in a browser and I move the computer from the table to the couch it refreshes the page or pauses the screen. I'm not touching any keys when this happens - just moving the computer.
Previous issue with this MBP also - video was causing the computer to crash. Apple replaced the motherboard. Not sure if this is connected - just thought I better include.
Hoping someone can help out!
>>54523104
I'm talking about the 14" model with a Braswell Celeron processor which I currently own. Currently running Lubuntu and it's a champ.
Apple claims that OS X ignores trackpad input while typing and has removed the option to enable this. However, I just purchased a 2015 15" Retina MacBook Pro with the Force Touch trackpad and it regularly takes input while typing and the cursor jumps all over the place - I've even watched the cursor move slowly across the screen as I type.
Has anyone else experienced this? Is there any way to fix it?
My MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2012) Reboots and Freezes. I've had this issue for a couple years now. If I have it on a flat surface, it will run fine for a few minute, until screen glitches and it either freezes, or freezes then reboots. If I pick up it and apply a light pressure on the bottom, the screen glitches and either freezes, or freezes and reboots.
Haven't been able to use my MB. Tried to get it fixed, but they wanted $750 for a new logic board.
I didn't buy the extended AppleCare, because who knew that an Apple product would pretty much die after less than 3 years of usage.
I spot this today http://www.apple.com/support/macbookpro-videoissues/
It pretty much covers my problem, just not my MB.
Ridiculous.
I've been facing a weird problem over the past 4-5 months wherein, whenever I transfer (copy/paste, transfer, import) photos from any camera card (CF/ SD etc) to my late 2011 MBP, the photos get corrupted. They either develop colourful horizontal lines or the image turns completely black. I also have an iMac, and I tested out multiple combinations of card readers and data cards, and reached the conclusion that this corruption of photos happens only on my MBP irrespective of which card or card reader I use. The images get copied/ imported properly on my iMac. I am a professional photographer and this issue is directly impacting my work. I've lost images of several trips, where I carried the MBP, and on import, all photos got corrupted. (Note: the photos are visible and get copied onto the MBP, but they develop colourful lines and hence become unusable. This is not a case of photos being lost.)
Yesterday, I formatted the MBP and reinstalled El Capitan from the Apple store, however, the problem still continues.
This is very weird and frustrating. Has anyone encountered such an issue? Any possible solution?
I just recently did the newest update for my MacBook. After I agreed to all the terms & conditions it started to update then froze. I tried to turn it off and back on and it came back to the same screen. It hasn't moved for at least 24 hours
this is is the screen its Frozen on please help
Hello guys !
I would like to know if you have experienced this.
I have a 2012 MBP Retina.
Everything was great until some months ago, every time I open non-Safari browser, I hear a one time sound like a "spark" originating form the right side of the keyboard but underneath the keyboard. But I am unable to distinguish wether the sound comes from the speakers only.
Anyone else with this issue?
Any advice?
My good-condition, late 2012, 15" MacBook Pro running OS X 10.11.4 has fallen sick. There are two seemingly distinct issues:
During a boot, it does not get past about half-way as indicated by the grey bar. It hangs, and given time, periodically heats and revs the fans.
The screen, right from the boot, has a distinctive glitch overlaid upon it which never changes or flickers: a series of horizontal blue lines across every fourth-or-so row of pixels.
The problem began by awaking the MacBook from sleep, and it freezing. Eventually had to hard-reboot, and now we find ourselves here.
I have tried:
Booting into Recovery Mode: (holding ⌘R at boot) hangs on white screen directly after the Apple-logo-and-progress-bar screen, not much help.
Resetting the PRAM: (holding ⌥⌘PR) unfortunately has no effect.
Booting in Verbatim mode: (holding ⌘V) Still hangs, but this might provide some pointers:
In the above image, you can see the before-mentioned glitch—the blue lines. (Non-glitchin Verbatim boot is just white-on-black.)
If at all meaningful, the last line printed is always this:
en2: promiscuous mode enable succeeded
Booting in Single User mode (holding ⌘S) looks exactly like Verbatim mode, and it works fine, but I haven't tried bash-ing around with anything.
Booting in Safe mode (holding ⇧) is indistinguishable from a normal boot.
I also have a seperate partition with Windows 10 installed on the 500GB solid-state drive, but booting in Windows (by holding ⌥) leads to a similar situation: hanging on boot with a slightly more terrifying blue-line glitch, and wilder fans. Not much to see there.
Miscellaneous specs if, for some reason, helpful:
Running OS X 10.11.4
Build version: 15E65
Ram: 16GB
Processor: 2.4GHz Intel Core i7; 1 processor; total 4 cores
Any suggestions greatly appreciated.
>>54523134
>source: my ass
I have 2015 MBP which was working fine until recently it started freezing/ restarting randomly and even starts beeping sometime before freezing.
Let me know how to fix it. Thanks in advance.
Hello everyone,
I own a Lenovo Thinkpad X220, and yesterday I tried to present something on the projector at school through the display adapter (not the VGA), and when I plugged it in my laptop suddenly turned off. I realized my display port was damaged, which was something I was unaware of. I unplugged the port and I tried turning it back on but the power button won't even light up, and I tried multiple methods such as the power button trick, removing the battery and running AC power only, removing my extra RAM card and other methods, but it won't turn on. However, my battery still charges as usual when I plug it in with my AC adapter. What is the problem and how can I fix it? Please help!
Thanks.
At random moments my MacBook Pro completely freezes! First the Beach Ball of Death starts showing and then everything freezes. After a couple of seconds my trackpad turns off (?): when I tap it, it doesn't make the *click* sound anymore. Everything will be frozen and I cannot move the cursor.
The only thing I can do to have it working again is to restart it by pressing down the power button.
It has happened 4 times so far and I think all of them occurred while I was using Safari (9.1). Does anyone have a solution for this?
I'm still under warranty, but if it's a software thing I'd really like to solve it myself, because I am currently graduating from college and I cannot go three weeks without the laptop.
My Thinkpad X220 displays Fan Error at bootup and shuts down. I have taken it apart. Cleaned the fan. Applied new thermal paste on CPU. I still get Fan Error.
What I am confused about is that when I press the power button - I can see the fan blades spinning at a high speed and then stop. There does not seem to be any mechanical fault with the fan, otherwise it would not spin at all.
Question
There seems to be a problem with the fan on my X220 ThinkPad. It seems to always hover at about 90% capacity even if the computer is doing nothing. That would have been acceptable somewhat, except for the fact that it will spin at 90% speed (just estimating here) for 5 seconds, then rev up to 100% for 1 seconds, then down to 90% for 5 seconds, then 100% for one second. It's very irritating.
I believe this is related to the BIOS for two reasons:
1. All the professional reviews online kept mentioning how quiet the machine is. This is not quiet by any means. Perhaps their review machine had an older BIOS that did not exhibit this problem.
2. This happened during the installation of Windows as well, which, of course, does not use any drivers, so the Lenovo Power Manager is not the culprit.
I took a bunch of screen shots to practice and now I want to trash them from my desktop but when I try to it tells me they are in use. I have already removed them from trash back to desktop, reopened them one by one and closed preview each time but no luck.
Restart doesn't do anything. Please help.
Hi @ll,
i am ( meanwhile turns to "used to be" ) a big Thinkpad ( and later Lenovo ) Fan of Laptops/Notebooks. And still don't want to loose my believe in these products. But now i keep struggling more and more.
For 30 years i can call myself being an IT expert and bringing a lot of experience with me. I use my X200 so many years without any probs. Now i ONLY updated the BIOS. The system asked me for a reboot and that was the last time i had my X200 up and running.All mentioned advices from Knowledgbase from here were not successful. I start the Lenovo, The Power and sleep Leds com up and running and the screen stays black. All CMOS battery, Power buttons, external USB boot were not succesful. Then i called up Lenovo support just to see what or how they can help me. They wanted adviced me to change Mainboard and that it was usual that this BIOS update brings these probs. I should spend some 120€ without the mainboard parts. For an issue that even is not my fault ??? As this Bios Update is a known issue, it is still in the Lenovo-download section.
I am not the man to give up but now i think i am going to give up.
I am so mad about the fact that updating a BIOS lets me buying a new Notepbook/laptop.
PLEASE, if someone still has a trick for me it would be nice.
If not i will change my whole Hardware strategy.
thx 4 ur patience
FL
Hi, I have got a thinkpad x61 with win 7 pro x64. A few days ago I installed hotkeys drivers from Lenovo. On Screen Display problem: when I press volume up/down Button the volume decreases completely. To make louder or dim the volume I have to hold the buttons. All the other hotkeys functions work . why? what I have to do?
G'day.
I started having an issue with my x230 thinkpad about 8 months ago. It would only turn occasionally after pressing the power button. It appeared to get worse and worse and eventually wouldn't turn on at all.
Unit is out of warranty, took it to a Lenovo authorised repair centre who couldn't find any issues with it although for some unknown reason as they were putting it back together it magically started working. The issue reared up again and now I'm back to square one.
I started troubleshooting it myself and found partial success as follows:
If I remove the battery and power cable. unplug the CMOS battery (which has been replaced) and leave it for a few minutes THEN plug only the power cable back in, it boots!
Once it has booted, I shut it down. Plug CMOS battery, main battery and power cable in and it will NOT boot.
I repeat the process of unplugging and draining power, boot with just the power cable in and it works.
Hardware Scan comes up good. HDD is tested fine. Battery has plenty of life. Unit has been very well looked after and never dropped.
Any help would be much appreciated. I'm trying to figure out whether to cut my losses or not.
Cheers
I have had my 15" MacBook Pro since october 2015 and i've always been impressed with how quietly in runs in most situations but in the past month or so if the cpu reaches anything beyond 15% usage the temperature seems to reach very hot (up to 100C) and the fans ramp up to beyond 6000rpm. I had only seen this when doing heavy editing in premiere where the CPU would be using almost all it's power, up to 90% or so, otherwise I never even heard the fans watching videos or editing pictures but now if I run anything that causes the cpu to exceed 85% idle the fans get infuriatingly loud and the temperatures stay at 80 - 90C (100C before the fans kick in)
I have the dedicated GPU model (Radeon R9 M370X) running El Capitan and I have tried doing an smc reset to no avail.
If someone knows how to fix my problem it would be a godsend because the fans are driving me mad. normal web surfing and even watching mp4s on my system, the fans are at a steady 2000-3000rpm and i can't hear them but internet videos, gaming etc cause the fans to go to 6000rpm. there's no inbetween between silence and jet taking off!
HELP!!!!
Hi,
I've got a X230 with an IPS screen since 1,5 years, and I currently have some issues with it.
Sometimes, the bottom left of the screen blink and black bars appears, along with some square brightness shapes.
I'm pretty bad to description, so here an album of the problem : http://imgur.com/a/qIwj5#0 (it's more clear if you zoom).
Link to picture
This is a detail of the bottom left :
Link to picture
Again, this appear sometimes only, and a knock in the screen resolve the problem, but it's worrying.
Does someone has already have this kind of problems ?
Thanks for your responses !
Hello, all. New to the forum. I have a ThinkPad X120e (0596-2RU) with Windows 7 and the display adapter (AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics). Whenever the
-CPU is placed to sleep with a youtube video in pause and I replay it after I cut it on again
-when I am using internet explorer (when I watch videos or not)
the screen will go black and at the bottom it will say "display driver stopped responding and has fully recovered". If I watch a video again after this, it takes me to a blue screen. I know this is a popular problem but no one online has exact answers for x120e computers. So can anyone please help me with this!!??
Macbook Pro NOT for Video Editing and Rendering
I'm a Video/Film Editor. I have Macbook Pro early 2011, which I used to edited and rendered video everyday. And one day my Macbook VGA got distorted, like the other 2011 Mac else. I when to Apple Service Provider. They respond very well, and my Macbook got repaired. Today I took my Macbook from Apple Service, and what they said it's very shocked me. "Don't use your Mac for rendering, it's not built for that. You will brake your machine, eventhough it's MacbookPro . You can only use them for preview and watch movies. If you're a video editor, you better choose iMac or MacPro".
I choose MacbookPro for the portability and I travelled much. I mean come on, if Macbook machine is only built for previewing video only I'd rather use Macbook Air.
One thing that shocking me much is, it's coming from the guy who works for Apple Service Provider.
I would like to get opinions from the video editor who owned and use Macbook Pro for work from a long time. Did MacbookPro has been satisfying you? and how do you think about the Apple guy said that to me? >:(
>>54523363
>and how do you think about the Apple guy said that to me? >:(
it was a mac fags excuse for apple not knowing how to pick the right components for a computer
>>54523363
>MacbookPro
>You can only use them for preview and watch movies
>it's coming from the guy who works for Apple Service Provider.
>>54520301
>all day battery life
>flash storage
>don't buy computers based on X uses it
>not official facebook mashine
>excellent support of whatever i want because not being tied to a OS
>runs Windows just as well as everything else
This is how ThinkPads compete.
Now be a nice babby and go back to facebook.
>>54523343
>AMD driver
It's a feature anon, feel it, embrace it, love it.
>>54523363
>"Don't use your Mac for rendering, it's not built for that. You will brake your machine,
>it's coming from the guy who works for Apple Service Provider.
>>54521454
>copying and pasting this shit again
Not worth the effort boys, this has been debunked point by point several times
>>54520450
>Mac
>Bloatware comes preinstalled
>iTunes
>Safari
>Looks like Ubuntu with GTK installed
If you can't fuck the hottest girl on campus just call her dumb/slut and pick up a fatty
>what PC users actually believe
>One billion bugs in apple's bug database, which is bugged.
pass
Fix your shit Tim. People are noticing. I know you post on 4chan.
My cheap 80 dollar imac 4gb ram core 2. Nice little pc good for music at parties. Gonna go full meme and get Harmon kardin soundsticks
>>54520301
>can't prevent the machine from sleeping when you close the lid
>can't natively cut n paste
>limited ports
>needs dongles for connectivity despite having paid up to 4x more
>itunes bullshit
>apple proprietary bullshit
>essential replaceable components are otherwise soldered to the system board because "hey, don't fuck with your leased device that you bought"
fuck off apple
>>54527582caffeinatestops your laptop from sleeping
command+c and command+v are your cut and paste
itunes is just your default media player, you can configure it to any other program
as an apple user my biggest qualm is that you can't replace the OS (though you can dual boot), because the only way to update the computer's firmware is through OS X
I want debian on my macbook :(
>>54522411
Just buy a fucking unicomp you trash. The only reason to get an m is for beige feels. They are functionally identical down to litterally using the same dies.
>>54527403
Got one of those as a fix-up for eBay,and didn't wanna let it go. They make a nice Linux machine and the speaker are unreal.
>>54527403
>oh:hi
cute
What's the deal with upgrading old Macbooks with SSDs?
My wife's 2011 Macbook Pro is slow as shit nowadays so we were going to put 8GB RAM in it and an SSD, but I've read that Mac OS won't support third party SSDs properly for some reason. Is this definitely the case?
>>54528007
Nah you're good to go since Apple added TRIM support to third party SSDs in OS X.
Anyway, how's it going faggots? Objectively the best Apple desktop solution coming thruuuuu~
Hey Macfags,
have you turned off your ridiculus startup sound?
>>54528092
OK, cool.
Next question - is there any benefit to putting faster RAM in a MacBook, or will it just run at the CPU's default clocks?
>>54522106
i have yamahas and a scarlett
h5!
>>54527582
http://forums.macrumors.com/threads/cant-copy-and-paste.519937/page-2
It's a little more involved than that.
>>54527403
are you australian?
>>54530325
no, he's applacian
>>54520301
>Glossy display
Into the trash it goes.
>>54522274
>that dock
The only reason I'd never own a macbook
>>54520301
>solid
>MacBooks would get so hot that they would melt the glue holding the bottom to the top
>>54520450
What are you using to allow userscripts on safari?
>>54530520
My mac book pro keeps restarting once logged in. Once restarted it doesn't show a display. This also happens occasionally when turn it on. However I can only use it for about five min before is restarts again repeating the same process? I have tried all the resets. Do you think it's a hardware issue or should I just do a full system restore? I mannaged to get on the disc utility and it works fine
I've had my macbook pro 2015 for about a month now and have encountered an array of problems, which hasn't filled me with hope from making the jump from windows to mac.
The first and most annoying one is that whilst browsing the internet on safari and chrome (I tried both) the whole computer freezes the mouse won't move/click the only option is powering it down. This has happened whilst I was constructing this message.
The second is that it will randomly drop wifi and not connect to certain networks, which is usually coupled with a complete freeze.
The specs are here:
Early 2015 MacBook Pro Retina 13 inch
OSX Yosemite 10.10.3
2.7ghz Intel i5 CPU
8 GB DDR3 RAM
Any help will be greatly appreciated as it is driving me nuts!
>>54522785
>one model has one port
>that model isn't even the one in OP's pic
>HURRRRR ONE PORT!111!11!
Retard.
>>54522767
I got rid of the dock on my Macbook. It's honestly my least favorite part of OSX.
>>54522831
>planned obsolescence
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. I've been using the same Macbook Air since 2013 and the only reason I'd stop using it is because I'd rather have a Pro someday, not because it doesn't work.
>>54523141
Is there a mechanical HDD in there, or an SSD? Because that sounds like something moving parts might cause.
>>54528092
God, I'd love to have an Intel Mac Pro tower. Fuck that $3000 trashcan.
>>54530601
I have the same problem. I have a retina macbook pro 13' early 2015. Mine freezes even when connected with apple's latest router, airport extreme. Did you solve your problem? I went to the authorised service in Greece -because we don't have an apple store here- and after a week of testing they told me that everything is fine and that they didn't find any problems...... I' m really ****** off.
>>54530670
I've been experiencing the same problems. There seems to be no rhyme or reason for it. I have a genius appointment today but after reading the comments ion this thread I'm not very hopeful they'll find a solution.
>>54530681
Same issue here. Seems to happen while browsing in Safari. Mouse freezes and then the trackpad fails to "click" after a few seconds. The only option is a hard power down. The first time it happened an Excel file I was working on was corrupted and permanently lost. Hopefully this will get fixed in a software update.
I have the exact same issue. Apple has replaced the logic board and the hard drive but it hasn't solved anything. Has anyone found a fix for this yet?
>>54530601
I have the same problem. It is reassuring to know that it might not be the logic board, but I still really want a fix. My macbook is freezing once or twice a day.
I don't understand how a router could make your computer freeze though? Can anybody explain how that works?
>>54530670
Also having the issue of it freezing periodically, but I'm guessing from your post that they won't find anything obvious at the genius bar. I've experienced it different places, so I'm also guessing it's unrelated to the router. Anyone get any resolution to this?
>>54530692
Maybe in some cases, but not mine. I dont even have flash installed and it also freezes up When I run out office and other random times. There's no kernel panic in the logs either, which as far as I know implies a hardware issue that the native hardware check isn't picking up.
I get the impression that some faggot is shitting up the thread by copy and pasting posts from the Apple support forums.
I don't think...
>>54523088
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>>54523156
>>54523164
>>54523174
>>54523184
>>54523206
>>54523226
>>54523243
>>54523267
>>54523317
>>54523363
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>>54530670
>>54530681
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>>54530736
are real posts. These are shitposts. Disregard.
>>54530752
Please try this experiment for me:
The next time it freezes, do not touch the trackpad (every gesture would make it worse), and just wait for 5-15 minutes and see if it would recover.
In my case when it freezes, macbook is able to recover some time later, after that it works extremely laggy, but it is good enough to save all my files and reboot it cleanly.
>>54530769
I'll do that, but will that bring us closer to an answer? I'd like to know how to fix this instead of finding ways to work around it. I didn't pay $1800 for a computer to have to work around its defects.
>>54530769
>>54530781
It appears that this problem has been more widely acknowledged.
http://www.macrumors.com/2016/05/13/macbook-pro-system-freezes-os-x-10-11-4/
>>54530769
>>54530781
Shitposts.
Give up and leave.
>>54530795
>>54520301
Shitposts.
Give up and leave.
>>54530816
Leave! Leave before the admin bans you!
One of the best Apple notebooks
>>54531029
>one of the best piles of shit
>>54531160
>apel is gud xD
>>54531199
>>54530816
>hurr hurr imma repost everything they post, so fonny
Stop posting.
>>54531263
>hurr hurr imma reply everything they repost, so fonny
Make like a Macbook.
>decade and a half using Windows
>decide one day to try hackintosh for kicks
>works fairly well with minor issues
>end up fixing those issues
>get adapted to it, buy a magic trackpad
>after some time decide to go back to windows for games
>not many games
>not a week, already missing hackintosh like I'm not at home
What in the fuck is this
I just cannot stand using Windows anymore. Linux doesn't even like some of my hardware.
>>54531652
Same here. Other than 7 I'd rather use BSD or Linux than Windows. OS X is comfy af
>>54522767
>shitposting like a faggot
>>54531029
Reasons to buy a regular MBP over a thinkpad: Trackpad, (until recently) thunderbolt that you will never make full use of, muh look and feel (not even girls give a fuck ffs caring about any computer but your phone = nerd scum)
Reasons to buy a thinkpad over a regular MBP: trackpoint, decent keyboard and layout, durability, cheaper, not fucking shiny and hard to read so the colors "pop"
I bought my parents a 2015 Macbook Pro 15" last year. It has never had any 3rd party software installed other than printer drivers.
Whenever they close the lid to put it to sleep for more than a few minutes the UI becomes unresponsive and has to be restarted. The mouse pointer can be moved around but clicking does nothing. The built in keyboard is disabled.
I turned off "power nap" which failed to fix the problem.
The only non-standard thing that is configured is that I have their machine running with the built-in screen scaled so they can see it better.
I know there are other threads reporting similar problems but none seemed to offer working solutions except a few that involved VMWare or bluetooth devices, which are not an issue here.
Any ideas? This is truly maddening given how basic their use of the computer is.
>>54520301
How can ThinkPads even compete?
because they have
>all day battery life
>m.2 ssds
>milspec certification; metal rollcage underneat carbon fiber shell
>official machine of the business world
>*perfect* gnu/linux support and doesn't have a retarded bootloader like Macs do
>runs windows and linux better than macbooks do
that's just to counter your points. To add to that
>more variations; many of which outperform and outclass macbook pros, all which outshine macbook airs
>version with full voltage processors doesn't cost $2000 to start out with
>user servicable
the only thing you forgot as a pro for macs is
>16:10
but that hardly counts when even fucking lenovo can put out a screen that shits on mac screens
full disclosure; im buying a 2015 macbook pro this year
>>54530628
>macfags consider a three year old laptop long lived
sad desu
sent from my thinkpad 365, using a powerbook g5 as a laptop stand
I Have a 2014 Macbook Pro. A few months ago it started to randomly shut down and things progressively got worse. Doing first aid on disk utility initially worked but it was only a temporary fix. Eventually i thought it was kaput.
As suggested by Apple I got a new bracket and also changed my hard drive. Although initially buggy it was successful, my MacBook worked fine and I upgraded to the latest OS. However, now the previous problems have come back. It freezes 1/4 through start up, and even disk utility can't help the problem. I can't start up my Mac now. The screen goes weird with distorted colour and yellow outline around the apple logo.
Please help!!!
>>54520450
>r9k
I'm sorry
I have a 13" Retina Macbook Pro
I noticed that when using google maps satellite view (no matter if in Safari or other browser) my Mac begins to heat up REALLY quickly up to 102 Celsius degrees (I use https://www.seense.com/menubarstats/ to measure CPU temp and fan speed, but even without any app you can easily feel the high temp and hear the fan blowing) The fan also begins to blow at maximum speed. When I quit the site everything comes back to normal.
Same thing happens when I view the Flyover in Maps.app. When I quit the temp drops down to normal.
I can compare the situation to my one-year-older MacBook Air and I don't have any of these problems on it. Strange as both of Mac have only integrated GPUs. Any idea what can cause the heat up? Is dealing with satellite view or 3d building so demanding for rMBP but not for older MBA? Both on the newest version of ElCap
I have an issue with the display of the MacBook Pro Retina Display I purchased last year. It starting to show black spots on the display screen. How do i get rid of it or what's the solution to it?
>>54522106
post wallpaper
>>54522106
Monitor?
Purchased a brand new Macbook Pro 2015 from the Apple Store in Melbourne, Victoria less than a week ago.
Have installed nothing but Microsoft Office on the computer yet it freezes at least twice a day, even when just Safari is open.
What do I do? After being a Mac user for over a decade, this is completely unacceptable - isn't this one of the major reasons why we all buy Mac's, because of their so-called reliability?
i went to turn my MacBook Pro on this morning and the screen was black but it was still on. I left it for a while and the screen came up with os Mavericks and whether I wanted to reinstall. I choose to reinstall so I could keep my files however the screen continued to flicker first a little then it increased then it went black.
what can I do??
i have a mac pro with seemingly battery issues as the battery no longer last more than 2hours and my keyboard lights suddenly disappeared..pls help me mates..
i have a macbook pro with seemingly battery problem as it hardly stays on for 2hours and sometimes it does not charge until i put it off and on again and again plus the keyboard lights suddenly disappeared..pls help me..
I've had my MBP retina 13 inch since mid 2014 and it was perfectly fine up until this Febuary. It started to crash while playing mildly intensive games and would extremely distort the video. It had red and black horizontal lines and if a sound was playing through the speakers when it crashed it would make really off sounds. Me and one of my other tech savvy friends believed it to be overheating, and for the most part that is still true. He told me to download smcFancontrok and that helped a bit. Computer would crash when it got around 125-130 F. Recently it's been getting more and more frequent, and crashing around 110 F. I use it for school and it crashes in the middle of class at least twice a day. I searched up the symptoms online and it seems to only happen to 15in and 17 in models, not 13 inch ones. It's also not covered by Apple. Could anyone help diagnose what the exact problem is with mine as well as give me an estimate of how much it will be to fix? I can't get it fixed till after next Friday because I have finals all next week.
>tfw got a 11 inch MacBook Air for travel
>still have a windows desktop for stuff at home
Fuck you guys, apple may be a cultish brand but I like that the macbook air is super light and easy to carry-on for planes and it doesn't take up any space in my backpack.
>>54532124
>1366x768
>3lbs
>thick and bulky as shit at back
>razor sharp edges
>$1000
>shit battery life compared to real laptops in its price range
kys
>>54531747
>you fell for the ThinkPad meme
>IBM ditches their own brand for Mac
http://www.cio.com/article/3001871/macbook/switch-to-macs-from-pcs-reportedly-saves-ibm-270-per-user.html
>>54520301
MacBook Air seems like a solid ultrabook for the price
Are there any alternatives to the MBA 13 inch for the same cost? Aside from that asus ultrabook which I've heard has dreadful build quality. Good Linux support is a must
>>54532334
>only 6 months
>look how few problems these 6-month old computers have over our 5-year old clunkers!
>please don't fire me for blowing 3 years of IT budget on macshit
>all that damage control
TOPKEK
Currently on a 4 year old Macbook Air, it's fine, but i'd kind of like a Pro, though it seems worth waiting for an update to drop. Not sure if i'd like the 13 or 15 though.
Having more than 4 gigs of ram would be awful nice.
>>54532364
>2X battery life
>same wieght
>more than one port
>no fagmagnet on the lid
>non-mirror non-gloss-shit screen
>same weight
>>54520301
The only legitimate reason to buy a Mac is to build iOS apps. That's what I use my mommie's Mac for. Also, there is absolutely no reason to buy an iMac or Mac Pro. That is just wasting money.
/thread you pieces of shit
I have a MacBook Pro 10.1 (it costs a fortune).. But both the fans is running 6000rpm+ at normal SIMPLE webbrowsing.. it sounds like a small jet i taking of..
Why is that??
I have a little problem with my mid 2012 macbook pro running on El Capitan!
Every time I boot up my Macbook, it pops up "system preferences" > "users & groups".
It annoys me a lot! So how do I stop it from starting up on boot up?
>>54532439
one tube of thermal paste per cpu
>mfw a mactard near me thinks /g/ is his personal macshit blog
If you want to overpway for a bad OS than apple is a really solid choice.
Or if you're just not that great at computers and don't know what a "hardwares" is.
Can't really recommend them for anything else, but for all of you rich guys with a couple learning disabilities, I'm glad you found your niche.
I bought MacBook Pro 15" Retina 512gb literally yesterday. I have only downloaded the League of legends game app. I've closed all the other apps (EVEN SAFARI) during a game. I've also set the graphics to the lowest graphics setting and tried to play windowed mode instead of full screen. I've done all of this and YET the game lags very much it freezes for 2-5 seconds and then refreshes. As I said I set graphics to low quality and resolution to a minimum. I've checked the activity monitor in utilities and there's nothing else over 1% of CPU. PLEASE HELP ME! My old Samsung PC ran the game better than this and I thought MacBooks wouldn't have this problem considering the MacBook I have!
Similar to the other topic, my MBP started to freeze in random time intervals, mostly when browsing the web. Typically I keep ~20 tabs open in my browser.
I tried both safari and chrome, tried updating and / or turning off the adobe flash player plugin, no luck. The OS is El Captian v 10.11.4. I also tried resetting vram, disk cleanups, etrechecks etc.
i got the early 2015 macbook pro retina for about 3 weeks now and ever since around the 1st week onwards, it started to freeze/crash very frequently (once every other day at first, but now seems to be once a day)
force touch trackpad stops working anymore meaning it doesn't make the clicking vibration
keyboard/hotkeys won't work either like Command-Option-Esc to force quit, etc.
cursor can't be moved as well.
also, i don't really encounter the loading rainbow wheel. everything on the screen freezes.
the only thing i'm left to do is to force reboot which is to hold the power button for like several seconds and then i turn it back on.
other than taking it to the apple store, what else could i do? i actually just bought this online (and not from the official apple website) and i'm running on El Capitan 10.11.4 (it was 10.11.1 when i got it and i just updated but i'm not entirely sure if it also froze when i used the 10.11.1 version). i thought it only freezes when i'm on safari so i downloaded chrome, but it still froze while i used that browser. most of the time it freezes when i'm watching youtube videos or facebook (but then again i can't conclude anything since that's basically all that i do with this macbook)
>>54532535
Return it lol. Macs r so poopy omfg this thread SUCKS i hate apple computers PUKE BLEGH THEY ARE PLEBS
>some autist copy and pasting complaints about MacBooks they've found on the Internet as if it's proof that MacBooks are shit
I don't even like apple but holy fuck, these complaints can be found for literally every popular laptop model from a simple google search
>>54532650
this desu senpai
>>54532675
>lelele max r so gud it jus wekrz xDDD
>b-b-ut evry laptops have thos problemz not jus max!!!11
Sometimes the Trackpad and keyboard of my MacBook Pro Retina, 13-inch, Early 2015 becomes unresponsive at the same time, having no other option I turned it off by holding the power button.
Help me to fix this issue, if anyone is facing the same problem or anyone have fixed it.
I don't know why this is happening, but on the last week i have had 2 Kernel panic issues, and today, in the last hour I have had 2 in a row, the second about 5 minutes later after the first (just running google chrome).
I have not changed hardware, software perhaps. And I don't remember if the last software upgrade was before or after these problems.
My MacBook Pro is a Retina 13-inch, Early 2015, running over El Capitan 10.11.4 (15E65).
What should I do? :'(
I got a 2 year old MacBook Pro 15¨ medio 2012.
There is on odd, pixelated collumn on the left side of the screen that keeps flickering and it will not go away- even after a shut down.
Now, I take great care of my MacBook and i do not download anything bad. I was watching HBO and my screen suddenly looked ill. I stopped watching and shut it down. Now the left column of my screen keeps flickering with negative colors.
>>54532697
Show me a laptop with not a single complaint about its build and hardware
>b-but macs are shit! Reddit told me so!!
This problem started yesterday. I use an Imac and a macbook pro, and I was using my laptop when the trackpad stopped working. It was responding but the cursor was moving slowly. I decided to use my mouse and everything was fine. I thought it was just a little problem and I could figure it out later if it continued to not work. This morning I opened up my laptop and it was fine for a little bit, then the cursor went crazy. It was like my cursor was just running around and doing random gestures, opening random things. My applications were fine, but the cursor was just going around and opening them. It was very random, so I didn't think anyone was controlling my computer.
I did have control of my cursor but it wasn't completely responding. I tried shutting it down, putting it to sleep, etc. Nothing worked. I then decided to just turn it off for an hour and when I reopened it, it was fine. After a few minutes it went crazy again. I think my battery might be swollen, I don't know. Apple decided to use the smalled screws in the world so I can't open the back off, can anyone please tell me what's going on? I'm taking it to the apple store tomorrow but I want to figure out what's wrong first.
>>54532762
It's a hardware problem. You need to get it repaired.
I have a (Retina, 13-inch) Macbook Pro from early 2015 that keeps randomly freezing. By that I mean that the screen freezes when I'm browsing on safari, or when I'm coding, etc... and also the trackpad and keyboard stop working.
I can't move the cursor (and it stays the same, it doesn't change to the beachball) and the trackpad gives no feedback whatsoever, I stop being able to "feel" the clicks.
This started happening some time after I updated to El Capitan, and now It freezes on me about once a day or every other day.
>>54523104
>>54523155
I went with a Lenovo 11e, Baytrail M quadcore, 4gb ram, 128gb ssd. I got mine for $200 and it runs Linux like a champ.
>>54532419
Do I have to pay extra for superfish, or is that included in the price?
>>54530657
Posting here about apple products talks a lot about your insecurities in your life
Dont forget that linux was really written on an old ravamped apple desktop...
why not both?
There's nothing better than watching the neckbeards here get their ass hair in a twist when an Apple product is mentioned.
>>54533975
There's nothing better than watching the macfags here get their mangina hair in a twist when their corporate religion is insulted.
>>54522767
my fucking sides, thank you anon
>>54522106
>>54522203
>>54522305
sexy as fuck!
>>54534716
I have a Macbook Pro Late 2011. A few years ago I tried downloading World of Warcraft (don't ask why, I now realize how terrible of an idea this was). And ever since then my mac runs terribly slow. It will start up and I can login and even browse the web! But it is terribly slow and the only way it starts to work normally is when I enter Safe Mode. Take note I have tried to repair the disk in Disk Utility and even deleted & redownloaded the OS. Yet this problem is still in occurrence. Please anyone who can help me on this matter please do. I still really love this laptop and it works fine other than what I've described.
MacBook Pro, iOS 9.0.1, I do not know my OS I just put that
>>54534767
Did you try a PRAM/VRAM reset? Or have you already tried to Identify hardware issues with Apple Diagnostics and Apple Hardware Test tools?
>>54534876
Recently my MacBook Pro has started shutting itself down (battery dying) without giving me so much as a warning. It happens at around 40-50% battery, and it completely dies, all unsaved work is gone. Even pressing the battery indicator on the side does not light up.
When I plug it back in, it still says it has as much percent left as when it died.
It has not "gradually" started doing this - it just spontaneously shut down one day and has been doing it ever since, for almost a week and a half now. I've tried resetting the PRAM and SMC to no avail. I haven't tried erasing and restoring, and I will only do that as a last resort.
Why is this happening?
>>54534767
Underrated post
>>54535395
This problem started yesterday. I use an Imac and a macbook pro, and I was using my laptop when the trackpad stopped working. It was responding but the cursor was moving slowly. I decided to use my mouse and everything was fine. I thought it was just a little problem and I could figure it out later if it continued to not work. This morning I opened up my laptop and it was fine for a little bit, then the cursor went crazy. It was like my cursor was just running around and doing random gestures, opening random things. My applications were fine, but the cursor was just going around and opening them. It was very random, so I didn't think anyone was controlling my computer.
I did have control of my cursor but it wasn't completely responding. I tried shutting it down, putting it to sleep, etc. Nothing worked. I then decided to just turn it off for an hour and when I reopened it, it was fine. After a few minutes it went crazy again. I think my battery might be swollen, I don't know. Apple decided to use the smalled screws in the world so I can't open the back off, can anyone please tell me what's going on? I'm taking it to the apple store tomorrow but I want to figure out what's wrong first.
It's a MacBook Pro 13 inch
I've had it for about 2 1/2 years
>>54533975
On my Macbook Pro 15" Non-Retina 2012 I've been having some strange WiFi issues over the last couple of days.
The WiFi turned off and wouldn't turn back on after sleep. When I removed it from the Networks list it said there was no WiFi hardware installed.
Booting into the startup options shows the WiFi card is still working (although not every time) and when it successfully connects there it boots into the system with WiFi working again however this lasts for less than a minute before WiFi disables and won't turn on again.
Clearly the WiFi card is working as it shows the networks in the startup options and sometimes connects.
Anyone able to suggest something I can try?
>>54534876
I've been using my mac for 4 years now (since Feb 2012) and it is 13-inch Mac pro (late 2011 model)
I've updated my mac to El Capitan last month and I had no problem with it until last week..
My internet works fine until it suddenly says there is no internet connection :/
When I try to reconnect wifi, I don't get the list of possible wifi but just an option to turn it off
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I have tried going into the settings and turning it back on but when I click the "Turn On" button nothing happens.
The only way I can get it to work again is to restart my laptop.. but this fix only lasts few minutes
Why is this happening? Is it a software error? I really want to get it fixed.. It's really annoying!
>>54521658
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>>54522316
We can play this game all day homo.
>>54534930
perhaps your battery is worn and doesnt show correct battery charge level.
>>54534767
>>54534930
>>54535414
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>>54535522
Stale copypastas.
Just do not disturb the trees ommmmmm.
Do you guys think a macbook with faux wood venears would sell?
>>54536191
I just cant wait to see a mac with the logo on top of a shiny wood veneer. Faux wood ofcourse.
>>54530757
But if they're posts copied and pasted from Apple Support forums, they ARE real posts. Do not disregard. Let it be known the frequent problems associated with Crapple devices.
I bought computer in April of 2014 and had a year warranty for it. The computer, for the first couple of months was fine but suddenly around October of 2014 it didn't recognize any WiFi networks. I called immediately and since I was under warranty, they had an assistant fix my computer. This assistant fixed my computer so recklessly that the computer was falling apart at the sides and the screws were falling out. I called Dell again and they said that they would help assist me over the phone. My warranty was almost over so I asked if another assistant could come. They said they would first assist me over the phone before resulting to such "drastic measures". I then figured that I would put the screws in myself, they fell out again the following week, leaving my laptop without screws. I couldn't find them. I called Dell again asking if they could fix my computer, they said that since my warranty was up, they could no longer offer me their services for free. For months, I was looking for screws that would fit my computer. I couldn't find any. After a year of my computer constantly cracking and coming off the edges, the screen finally cracked off the edge.... leaving me with no WiFi access. I believe that since I have been such a faithful Dell customer, I should recieved better customer service than this. I called again telling them that my computer is no longer useful because of their poor customer service. They said that there was nothing they could do. This angers me because there was something they could have done while I was still under warranty, however they put my needs on hold.
I bought a Dell Inspiron from Microsoft. Its been nothing but problems with Dell support since I purchased it. There is a battery issue that Dell released to customers and third party sellers on Twitter. Customers were told to update Bios and that would fix the issue. Well, it didn't. I contacted Dell Tech Support and was transferred to Dell Customer Care so that this could be recalled. Customer Care told me that Tech Support found an answer to my issue and wanted to talk to me about it. So I was transferred to Tech Support and that wasn't true. I think the Dell Inspirons need to be recalled as customers that are purchasing them brand new are having problems.
My Dell XPS 2710 AIO computer has been having issues with a complete non-working system due to black screen issues. Dell is well aware of these issues and has basically refused to help its customers that own this system. The have refused to develop drivers as well as support unless customers pay for an extended warranty which I did last year (which I shouldn't have had to do for a hardware issue that is the fault of Dell 100%). It is sad that customers are being left in the dark about extremely faulty hardware in this particular computer and then force them to buy a warranty. More importantly this has now happened to me multiple times and now it has happened for a third time. Again Dell has no parts or anything available to replace in these models and are not sure if or when they can get the parts. Even if they had the parts, what will happens is that a tech will replace the main board and then a month or two later your computer will again have the same hardware issues leaving you stuck once again. I am tired of dealing with these issues and as you can see online, there are over 100 pages of complaints on multiple forums between Dell and Microsoft and still Dell takes no responsibility nor helps their customers with these expensive systems. Dell is 100% at fault here and it is high time they take responsibility especially as a company that has an A+ rating with the BBB.
It's amazing how much better my new Macbook is than my old shitty Dell XPS 13. The Dell was a real hunk of shit and Windows blows ass now.
>>54520313
>read this post
>google it
>it actually does have only a single port
LOL
>>54538185
C-Can I have it?
>>54520301
Can you leave? No one likes you here.
>>54538321
this desu senpai
>>54530349
god who fucking gets the eames in white? that shit gets dirty so fast...black or gtfo
>>54538304
I already returned it anon. The indian poo in loo "customer service" bitch was quite the little whore about it too.
>>54538503
you clearly had the shit model
>>54520472
I fail to see the issue.
Best laptop ever right here, one of these days I'm upgrading it with an SXGA+ screen
>>54538709
>osx server
>>54538778
>saying that on 4chan, of all places
>>54538778
What about it?
>>54538584
WINDOWS 10 """"""ENTERPRISE""""""
>>54538848
Server was solid.
I'm a 10.4 man myself though.
>>54539528
Tiger's great but I can't get over the lack of features Leopard introduced
>>54520450
>weeb
Into the trash.
Since I'm going to be throwing money away anyways, should I buy a macbook pro, or a Razer Blade?
>>54539626
MacBook Pro
>>54522106
What stand do you use for your laptop?
>>54539633
Why?
>>54539626
one costs 50% less and has better hardware.
you decide.
>>54539626
Have you been paying attention? Have you ever noticed what seems to happen to all these ambitious "gamer" products? Overmarketed, overpriced, typically foregoing QC in favor of a dozen more multicolored LEDs? Razer has been especially guilty of that with their keyboards, their mice, and even their Android TV box. I'm not sure why you'd trust them with your computing itself.
Get the Macbook Pro. You won't be disappointed. I own a Macbook Air, and literally my only complaint about it is that it can't be my only computer because it's not powerful enough. My complaint, essentially, is that it's not the Macbook Pro.
>>54539667
It's not a Razer product and runs a better OS.
>>54521658
mean while xubuntu booting in like 5 seconds for me, that's including grub screen
>>54529633
>>54539702
>>54539681
If you don't own both, GTFO.
If you do, you'd agree the Razer is a much better value for the price, and has better build quality.
Putting aside the fact that you cannot get a Macbook pro with 970m-tier graphics, a desktop-class i7, or an IGZO multitouch display. They literally do not exist.
>>54539702
>better OS
I can toss whatever I want on it though.
>>54539681
>typically foregoing QC
I've actually had some really good luck with razer shit, especially my mouse which has lasted me since '13, and the keyboard since '14
>>54539740
>Putting aside the fact that you cannot get a Macbook pro with 970m-tier graphics, a desktop-class i7
Why should I care? I would pay a premium to not have such components in my laptop.
>>54539747
>I can toss whatever I want on it though.
Can't toss vanilla OS X on a not Mac.
>>54539673
>better hardware
You know why some people have Macs? It's because those people have come to the realization that the numbers on the spec sheet are completely irrelevant at this point, and the only thing that matters is how well the computer functions in practice, its fit and finish, and its support network. Apple stands at the top of all of those.
>>54539740
>970m-tier graphics, a desktop-class i7
>muh specs, these totally matter!
Specs are irrelevant. Only the user experience is relevant. If you're playing video games, you shouldn't be getting a 13" laptop anyway.
>>54539771
>Specs are irrelevant.
from advice to bait in record time
>>54539798
What's more important: an extra 400 niggerwatts of processing power, or the computer not foisting trialware and janky half-baked drivers on you out of the box?
>>54539771
>You know why some people have Macs?
because "some people" are what we call "hipsters," and macs are a perfectly-engineered meme designed to take their money.
...that is literally the only reason. And speaking as someone who owns a shitload of apple stock, I'd still never buy an apple product. Just like drug dealers wouldn't get high, cupertino knows that shit is for suckers.
>>54539808
>the computer not foisting trialware and janky half-baked drivers on you out of the box?
no such software exists on a Razer system, they ship with stock unaltered windows 8 or 10.
Razer doesn't even have any paid software so the "trialware" argument is nonsensical
>>54528092
>mac pro
My nigger.
>>54539833
>doesn't even have any paid software
They don't need to own it to be paid to preload it.
I guarantee you Razer's drivers either are janky now or will be janky at some point in the future when Microsoft patches something and Razer decides not to keep up. That's what happens when the OS vendor and the hardware vendor are separate.
>>54539673
>better hardware
What's better hardware anyway?
>>54527403
Proof macfags can't even take proper pictures.
>>54539897
>i didn't notice the joke
>>54539853
>Razer's drivers
I think that's the thing you're not understanding here m8
a (non-mac) laptop is made up of OEM components, the same that could be bought and used to build any other brand of laptop. The drivers are provided by the manufacturers of those parts, not the company building the system.
There are no "razer drivers" because there's no "razer hardware." None of your drivers are developed or digitally signed by "razer", the system vendor, just like none would be developed by "dell" or "hp". Of course Razer provides you with drivers pre-installed, but the hardware is generic. Updates to your nvidia card come from nVidia, updates to your intel chipset come from intel, and so on. All of these companies indeed work very closely with OS vendors (Microsoft and *nixes) to ensure mutual compatibility and product lifecycle.
>>54520301
It's slow. Weak. It's a pleb computer.
>>54539909
>core 2 duo thinkpads are better
Heh, gayzer.
Seriously don't compare that trash to an Apple.
>>54539906
I do understand that. Don't talk down to me.
I also understand, though, that OEMs tend to make their drivers available in a central repository or directory, and/or provide a mechanism for updating said drivers. This is how most people are familiar with updating their drivers.
Without that central repository, people are forced to resort to chasing down a pile of different drivers from half a dozen different websites, guessing at which exact revision of the chipset or w/e they have, downloading it, waiting forever because the site throttles the downloads, installing it, clicking through a bunch of mostly unintelligible Engrish prompts and license agreements, rebooting their computer, and praying to Stallman that they got the right fucking installer, because if they didn't, they're about to do this all over again.
It's a fucking dumb, ass-backwards way to manage what should be a commodity device at this point.
You know what's funny? People like me used to be people like you. I was just like you once, reveling in the "cheaper", "better" computers I was getting while the Macfags squatted in their own piled-up shit. Then I got bit one too many times by my pain-in-the-ass race-to-the-bottom Windows laptop, and I decided to try something different, and I never looked back.
>>54527403
>No coaster
fucking aussies.
Macs aren't the problem, Apple fan boys are.
>>54523290
Not your personal support. X200 is old as fuck, buy a newer one i.e x220 for $200
It expert? Ever heard if it aint broke dont touch it?
I find current Macs to be crap and "muh thinness" machines for retards. Older macs however look kinda cool, would like to own a older MacBook Pro or a PowerMac G5 or something old which still can run some OS X at least.
Why Apple has gone to shit?
