Apple and Mac Discussion - Hardware & Software

Apple just can't seem to into cables, the UK plugs on the Macbook chargers are awful, they have literally 0 grip, the recesses are pretty much gloss.

Well, now Hay Day is not working with iOS 7. Still not going back to iOS 6... maybe...

[QUOTE=AMD Bulldozer;41326673]Apple just can't seem to into cables, the UK plugs on the Macbook chargers are awful, they have literally 0 grip, the recesses are pretty much gloss.[/QUOTE] my knuckles are still bleeding from trying to get those fuckers out of plugs in tight spaces

What's the easiest way of running older games without Boot Camp?

DosBox?

Just began downloading iOS Beta 3 directly. Let's see...

[QUOTE=DrAkcel;41361814]Just began downloading iOS Beta 3 directly. Let's see...[/QUOTE] So it is being released today then?

[url]http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/08/apple-makes-top-ios-apps-free-ahead-of-app-store-5th-anniversary/[/url] Ahead of the App Store's fifth anniversary, a number of the top-selling iOS apps are now available for free.

iOS 7 Beta 3 is officially available, both separately and OTA.

[QUOTE=Doritos_Man;41362582][url]http://www.tuaw.com/2013/07/08/apple-makes-top-ios-apps-free-ahead-of-app-store-5th-anniversary/[/url] Ahead of the App Store's fifth anniversary, a number of the top-selling iOS apps are now available for free.[/QUOTE] Whoa, Traktor for free. Cool, thanks for information

[QUOTE=DrAkcel;41360168]DosBox?[/QUOTE] Was talking about stuff like GoG games but turns out I got Crossover in a software bundle a while ago so I just used that.

I want a retina version of the high-res 15" MBP screen, 1440x900 effective resolution just isn't enough real-estate for me, but I want the pretty high DPI retina business! :(

[QUOTE=KmartSqrl;41367752]I want a retina version of the high-res 15" MBP screen, 1440x900 effective resolution just isn't enough real-estate for me, but I want the pretty high DPI retina business! :([/QUOTE] You can increase the "emulated" resolution to I think 1920x1080

[QUOTE=meppers;41367912]You can increase the "emulated" resolution to I think 1920x1080[/QUOTE] Macbook Pros are 16:10 so it's 1920x1200 on the 15" and 1680x1050 on the 13". It still looks spectacular, and you'd be hard pressed to really see any jaggies. That's because when running at "1920x1200" it renders at 3840x2400 and scales it down to the panel. EDIT: Can anyone confirm that on iOS 7 Beta 3 the names of apps get weird shadows when you pull down the notification drawer or pull up control center?

Automatic scaling and resampling for iPhone apps on iPad. Text gets resampling, like the old retinapad tweak for jailbroken devices, and it looks like bitmap assets get some form of interpolation. [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/UBkmlz2.png[/img_thumb][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/H0fShMc.png[/img_thumb]

[QUOTE=KmartSqrl;41367752]I want a retina version of the high-res 15" MBP screen, 1440x900 effective resolution just isn't enough real-estate for me, but I want the pretty high DPI retina business! :([/QUOTE] you can choose 1650x1050, 1920x1200 tho not without performance losses.

I'm begging for a "but of course that'd happen" response, but [i]christ[/i] Synaptics' ClickPads seem to hobble themselves, skin their kneecaps, and shoot each toe off separately in order to avoid the impression of directly copying Apple's unified trackpad mechanics: instead of getting rid of the buttons altogether and letting your index finger and thumb roam together, they keep the buttons in their physical locations but make it part of the trackpad. So now the only way to distinguish between a thumb-press-on-the-former-buttons that acts a button click and a two-finger-scroll cracked algorithm that dictates that if more than one finger's on the trackpad, it's a multi-touch gesture - and so you've got your thumb and forefinger doing an RSI-inducing see-saw on and off the trackpad. I fail to believe that not even one of their power-user engineers wasn't even slightly discomfited by that.

Hey all. I'm a Windows user and an IT technician and I'm looking for your expert advice on a Macbook as opposed to a bog standard Windows machine to work with, courtesy of my company. I've always been looking at Macs, OSX and I've been working with them in the office, but I'm considering getting one for myself. Thinking about technical administrative software (Troubleshooting, SSHing, remote access client to SBS2011 and 2003, etc), are they worthwhile? I know there's the option of Bootcamping Windows within OSX and all that, but do you lot know of any useful alternatives? I should also mention that I do have a regular XP based office workstation on my desk, so there's always the option of using both.

[QUOTE=Slater;41380514]Hey all. I'm a Windows user and an IT technician and I'm looking for your expert advice on a Macbook as opposed to a bog standard Windows machine to work with, courtesy of my company. I've always been looking at Macs, OSX and I've been working with them in the office, but I'm considering getting one for myself. Thinking about technical administrative software (Troubleshooting, SSHing, remote access client to SBS2011 and 2003, etc), are they worthwhile? I know there's the option of Bootcamping Windows within OSX and all that, but do you lot know of any useful alternatives? I should also mention that I do have a regular XP based office workstation on my desk, so there's always the option of using both.[/QUOTE] Well I mean, I doubt it'd do any of those things incredibly superior to a good Windows laptop, but they're just nice laptops overall and if I ever got offered a Macbook and an equivalent Windows laptop by a company I'd personally take the Macbook. I'm not really sure what IT software would be available to do what you need but I'm sure it exists, and just on a hardware basis I think I'd go with the Macbook. Like you said, if needed you can always bootcamp for some reason, but you can't really install OSX on a Windows PC without some hackery.

Do the old-style larger MPB's get as hot as the air's do? Seems like I can never get mine to idle less than 150 F with Chrome, Spotify and Eclipse open.

[QUOTE=Slater;41380514]Hey all. I'm a Windows user and an IT technician and I'm looking for your expert advice on a Macbook as opposed to a bog standard Windows machine to work with, courtesy of my company. I've always been looking at Macs, OSX and I've been working with them in the office, but I'm considering getting one for myself. Thinking about technical administrative software (Troubleshooting, SSHing, remote access client to SBS2011 and 2003, etc), are they worthwhile? I know there's the option of Bootcamping Windows within OSX and all that, but do you lot know of any useful alternatives? I should also mention that I do have a regular XP based office workstation on my desk, so there's always the option of using both.[/QUOTE] OSX is worth it just for the BSD/GNU utils if you work with servers

[QUOTE=Kaabii;41380679]Well I mean, I doubt it'd do any of those things incredibly superior to a good Windows laptop, but they're just nice laptops overall and if I ever got offered a Macbook and an equivalent Windows laptop by a company I'd personally take the Macbook. I'm not really sure what IT software would be available to do what you need but I'm sure it exists, and just on a hardware basis I think I'd go with the Macbook. Like you said, if needed you can always bootcamp for some reason, but you can't really install OSX on a Windows PC without some hackery.[/QUOTE] I've done a bit of Windows PC to Hackintosh hackery before but it's too much of a faff. The other way around isn't bad so I wonder if I can consider using both the PC and the Mac alongside one another. In fairness, I could do most of what I already do that way, and as long as I have access to a RDP I'll be able to manage SBS perfectly fine. [QUOTE=FlubberNugget;41380836]OSX is worth it just for the BSD/GNU utils if you work with servers[/QUOTE] Yeah probably. Gotta think about what I need to use it for and all that now. Thanks for your responses though, I appreciate the help.

[QUOTE=Kaabii;41373600]Automatic scaling and resampling for iPhone apps on iPad. Text gets resampling, like the old retinapad tweak for jailbroken devices, and it looks like bitmap assets get some form of interpolation. [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/UBkmlz2.png[/img_thumb][img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/H0fShMc.png[/img_thumb][/QUOTE] Wait, is that stock in 7? If so, that's great!

[QUOTE=woolio1;41381602]Wait, is that stock in 7? If so, that's great![/QUOTE] Yup. With the GPU hardware in Apple SoCs it's a mystery as to why they didn't do it until now. It could have been in iOS right from the iPad 2 launch. There's really no visible performance penalty. [editline]9th July 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=codenamecueball;41375702]you can choose 1650x1050, 1920x1200 tho not without performance losses.[/QUOTE] The performance hit isn't that large with the scaled resolutions. The rMBPs can already keep ~40fps on the most intensive web pages with the new webkit improvements, I'm confident Haswell rMBPs will keep at 60fps pretty much all around.

[QUOTE=Slater;41381271]I've done a bit of Windows PC to Hackintosh hackery before but it's too much of a faff. The other way around isn't bad so I wonder if I can consider using both the PC and the Mac alongside one another. In fairness, I could do most of what I already do that way, and as long as I have access to a RDP I'll be able to manage SBS perfectly fine. Yeah probably. Gotta think about what I need to use it for and all that now. Thanks for your responses though, I appreciate the help.[/QUOTE] you can get rdp for free from the MS website and it's included in MS office.

Apple developer account finally got approved. Downloaded iOS 7 beta and I love the new camera already.

That new Deus Ex: The Fall game runs on the retina iPads, iPhone 4S and 5, iPod Touch 5, and iPad Mini. I'm very confused as to why they excluded a huge portion of the market which is iPad 2 users, considering tossing it on the mini means it must run fine on it. Just...interesting.

[QUOTE=Kaabii;41406922]That new Deus Ex: The Fall game runs on the retina iPads, iPhone 4S and 5, iPod Touch 5, and iPad Mini. I'm very confused as to why they excluded a huge portion of the market which is iPad 2 users, considering tossing it on the mini means it must run fine on it. Just...interesting.[/QUOTE] Does the 2 have a higher resolution screen than the Mini? If not, planned obsolescence.

[QUOTE=woolio1;41412507]Does the 2 have a higher resolution screen than the Mini? If not, planned obsolescence.[/QUOTE] No. It's the exact same device barring irrelevant things like the cameras. There's no reason any game can run on the iPad 3 but not on the 2, the latter is more sufficient for running games.

[QUOTE=woolio1;41412507]Does the 2 have a higher resolution screen than the Mini? If not, planned obsolescence.[/QUOTE] They're pretty much identical barring size and camera.