does anyone know how it works if you live in a condo building with a concierge? normally they are able to take packages while I'm at work, but I'm guessing ups requires the buyer's signature for something like this?
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UPS Driver doesn't care. He will be accepting any signature, even if by a cat.
Bah. Ups tracking had a Friday delivery estimate and it just slipped to Monday. Once the estimate changes to a later date, does it ever recover?
I’d made plans to be home that day to take the delivery, too. Sigh.
I’d made plans to be home that day to take the delivery, too. Sigh.
https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/9977846
dang, I'm happy.
multicore is almost 100% better than my old rMBP 15" 2012, and single Core roughly 60%.
dang, I'm happy.
multicore is almost 100% better than my old rMBP 15" 2012, and single Core roughly 60%.
I just saw a Best Buy open box base model 2015 15" MBP for $1250ish. Was I foolish for not buying it on the spot, or could they do better? The case looks beyond mint, maybe virgin-esque...
If your looking for almost 4 year old tech. They still can be had online pre-owned. Was the unit you looked at new?
It looked new, but I suspect it was like the ones Apple was selling in their refurb store up till the new iPhone announcement, and they were $1699 I believe. I also suspect it was a customer mistake on line, then returned to the store.
As much as I would love bleeding edge Macbook Pro goodness, I'm worried about the keyboard and touch bar. I was thinking this could bridge me till the next redesign where maybe they'll be once again Pro and not so much cute...
Hey guys,
Proud new user of a 2018 space grey MBP A1990. I9 2.9, 32 GB ram, 512 GB, & Radeon Pro 560X. What an amazing machine. It's actually my work who purchased it for me but none the less I get to keep it for all my personal needs. Just wanted to make a shout out. Quite a difference from my old 2011 MBP.
Proud new user of a 2018 space grey MBP A1990. I9 2.9, 32 GB ram, 512 GB, & Radeon Pro 560X. What an amazing machine. It's actually my work who purchased it for me but none the less I get to keep it for all my personal needs. Just wanted to make a shout out. Quite a difference from my old 2011 MBP.
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Touchbar is very useful in stuff like Photoshop, Logic, Final Cut, Affinity Photo, etc... Speeds up things a lot faster. No longer have to keep hand on the keyboard and transition... it makes everything fluid...
I purchased a 2018 15" MBP with 2.6gz/16/512.. However.. It's getting returned and I have a 2018 13" 2.7ghz/16/512 on order now that should be here in a few weeks. Decided since the 13" has a quad-core now, might as well go wtih the smaller size since at home I use a large external monitor anyway.
Just picked up a 2018 MacBook Pro 15. I selected Silver/2.6GHz/16GB/Radeon Pro 560X/512GB. I was thinking about 32GB model but pricing starts to get crazy. I have a 6 core trashcan as my main computer. Just for fun here are some pics. Macs sure have come along way..
Anyone care to help? - https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-cover-usb-c-adapter-clear-skin-wrap.2144569/
While a new MBP is out of the budget for the time being, I did manage to snag a mid 2014 13 inch model for AU$800, which arrived on Friday. It has a 3GHz i7 CPU, 16Gb ram, and 256Gb flash storage. I can only find one very small mark on one of the chassis corners, otherwise it looks new. Screen is excellent, no signs of the anti glare coating failing, or failed pixels. This thing will serve us well for the next few years until we're in a better position to buy brand new.
Set up and running Mojave, it performs great! Only drama was trying to transfer data from our 20011 iMac, the migration assistant would always lock up and never finish the job, both from a time machine backup, and from the iMac directly. I ended up setting up the MBP as new and just copying documents etc from the iMac to an external drive, then onto the MBP from there. Battery cycle is at 400, which doesn't seem too bad for it's age.
It's our first portable Mac, and we could only be happier if it was a 2018 model, but then again, for our usage we probably wouldn't notice that much difference.
Set up and running Mojave, it performs great! Only drama was trying to transfer data from our 20011 iMac, the migration assistant would always lock up and never finish the job, both from a time machine backup, and from the iMac directly. I ended up setting up the MBP as new and just copying documents etc from the iMac to an external drive, then onto the MBP from there. Battery cycle is at 400, which doesn't seem too bad for it's age.
It's our first portable Mac, and we could only be happier if it was a 2018 model, but then again, for our usage we probably wouldn't notice that much difference.
Purchased my BTO 15" 2.6/32/1TB/560X through Adorama. I've had VIP360 so hopefully I can get it by the end of this week. Will probably go to Apple and purchase AppleCare+ with Education Discount once I receive this the laptop. Used Adorama for the tax free savings and the AppleInsider discount.
Ordered a stock MacBook Pro 2018 15" 2.6/16/256 yesterday and got it today. Coming from a MacBook Air 2013 13" with 8GB of ram and a PC built 10+ years ago and been using both Windows and Linux. Have been rocking iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 6, iPhone SE and iPhone X. Also own one Apple Watch Series 3 plus AirPods. So I suppose I'm stuck in the Apple eco system, by choice.
Installed Mojave from scratch and some essential software. My first impression coming from the MacBook Air is the screen. Amazing compared to the Air. The keyboard is going to be something to get used typing on.
I like it so far!
Installed Mojave from scratch and some essential software. My first impression coming from the MacBook Air is the screen. Amazing compared to the Air. The keyboard is going to be something to get used typing on.
I like it so far!
me personally i would say something about it, you paid too much money for bs like that
Just got off the phone with Apple, they will send a replacement, and because my computer was configured it will take a little longer, I get to keep it until new one arrives.
