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What have you done with an early Intel recently?
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No, I've put it aside for the moment. I don't doubt that once I've figured out how to get past the registration issues (no servers!), it will be fine.CS6 had always worked perfectly on Lion for me back when I still ran it. You're running CS6 on Linux now? I suppose that'll also work fine (for the most part).
I've actually been doing a bit of work with CS6 myself too recently on my 2009 Mini running Snow Leopard, I had to do some stuff in Fireworks
Ordered an HDMI-to-VGA cable so I can free up the Thunderbolt port on the Mini for the ElGato dock. Mini is being re-installed to Snow Leopard for maximum zinginess, and then, with help gratefully received from @Heindijs , I can get CS6 going properly.
You can daisy-chain a DisplayPort monitor or active adapter to DVI/HDMI/VGA to the dock.
On the 2011, you need to do an extra step to get SpeedStep working properly (else the CPU is throttled). And start with a copy of Snowy recent enough (10.6.7 or later or 10.6.6 from a 2011 MBP) to deal with its hardware.
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Yes, just discovered my SL installer is too old. I'll have another go with Lion, as there's no install issues with that. But I will try and find a 10.6.8 installer somewhere.
I've made a special SL installer for Mini based on 10.6.7 that installs everything in one go - 10.6.8 update, kexts, graphics drivers and even patches something (I forgot what), to allow using external DVD drive, but it is over 8GB in size and I don't know the place with fast enough connection to upload it. Anyone?
There is no official one. This is the latest. It should work after the model identifier check is taken care of (or install on the 2011 MBP and clone it to the mini). Then, update to 10.6.8 and fix SpeedStep.
Mega maybe? They give you 20GB for free.
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Not sure I understand that. The Monitor, an old HP 2211x, has only DVI and VGA. The Windows box has the DVI. Currently the Mini works via a mDP-to-VGA cable, but once the mini is operating as I want it, I'd want to use the HDMI port for video and plug the ElGato (currently on the MBA) into the TB port.
Maybe one day I'll get a more modern monitor; this one is as old as most of my Macs!
They want me to register. And then they will spam me with their cr@p. No way.
You can plug the mDP-to-VGA cable into the ElGato's second TB port, which also outputs a DisplayPort signal. That way, you don't need a HDMI-to-VGA adapter.
I still use a monitor that's almost 25 years old
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An excellent suggestion.
I've been a member dating back to the Megaupload days and I've never received any spam from them.
I still don't really know if my 2013 MBP is starting to belong on this subforum or not, it is a retina model, and AFAIK last time those didn't belong to early Intel, but the thing is now 11 years old and a real trooper.
And it's for some reason faster than my 2017 Touchbar MBP. I think that's due to its probably failing SSD, because that machine takes like half an hour to boot Sequoia, it also doesn't charge anymore (but firmware throttling is disabled).
So this 2013 MBP now serves as a little backup not taking + acting as a second screen by using Universal Control, which works very well with my M2 Pro mac mini as a host.
On the road I just use my Framework, but I do kind of miss the whole ecosystem, KDE Connect works well enough, but is nowhere near as close to Apple's offering.
EDIT: I see people mentioning their old monitors, my iiyama you see on my desk is from 2007 I've been using it continuously since 2012 when I bought it from someone who probably also used it full time.
And it's for some reason faster than my 2017 Touchbar MBP. I think that's due to its probably failing SSD, because that machine takes like half an hour to boot Sequoia, it also doesn't charge anymore (but firmware throttling is disabled).
So this 2013 MBP now serves as a little backup not taking + acting as a second screen by using Universal Control, which works very well with my M2 Pro mac mini as a host.
On the road I just use my Framework, but I do kind of miss the whole ecosystem, KDE Connect works well enough, but is nowhere near as close to Apple's offering.
EDIT: I see people mentioning their old monitors, my iiyama you see on my desk is from 2007
I've been using it continuously since 2012 when I bought it from someone who probably also used it full time.
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Now, that's the monitor, or one that size anyhow, attached to my niece's Powermac G4! Very good it looked, too. I hope the decision to offload it it is taken soon!I still use a monitor that's almost 25 years old
Stuck in the same corner as the G4 is also an unused Trashcan...dreams...
I dread to think what my setup would have cost back in 2000.
Sorry. No way I’m letting go of mine
Tried that?
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I still don't really know if my 2013 MBP is starting to belong on this subforum or not, it is a retina model, and AFAIK last time those didn't belong to early Intel, but the thing is now 11 years old and a real trooper.
And it's for some reason faster than my 2017 Touchbar MBP. I think that's due to its probably failing SSD, because that machine takes like half an hour to boot Sequoia, it also doesn't charge anymore (but firmware throttling is disabled).
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So this 2013 MBP now serves as a little backup not taking + acting as a second screen by using Universal Control, which works very well with my M2 Pro mac mini as a host.
On the road I just use my Framework, but I do kind of miss the whole ecosystem, KDE Connect works well enough, but is nowhere near as close to Apple's offering.
EDIT: I see people mentioning their old monitors, my iiyama you see on my desk is from 2007
It’s right on the line.
I rely on my unpopular inventory as a guidepost: early 2013s, yah; late 2013s, more late.
Tell us more about the cloudy liquid in the glass container.
I love the early Metal macs since they're just good enough to really use with modern software. Not that pre metal macs are obsolete or anything, I still use mine hahaIt’s right on the line.
I rely on my unpopular inventory as a guidepost: early 2013s, yah; late 2013s, more late.
That's the lovely Westmalle Tripel. Strong, very lovely tasting trappist beer.Tell us more about the cloudy liquid in the glass container.
(the glass doesn't match, but I sadly don't own a Westmalle glass)
Having a Metal GPU is going to give the earliest among the Macs a very long lifetime, even after Apple halts supporting Intel for macOS and the offerings are Linux-based which make the most of the Metal instruction set.
As memory serves (and someone ought to chime in here to correct me, since I haven’t scrutinized specs lately), the biggest changes between the early 2013 and late 2013 MBPs were the bump up to TB2 and also the SSD slot being NVMe-capable (whereas the older SSDs were limited to AHCI).
That's the lovely Westmalle Tripel. Strong, very lovely tasting trappist beer.
NICE. Amazingly, they offer that locally! I am adding this to my list of “to try”, along with a couple of local goses which are new this year.
Definitely! I've been running Linux on quite a few Metal capable macs and the Mesa drivers are very feature rich which allows me to do many more fancy effects on those Macs as well as run many modern games (since most are DX11 and Vulkan capable as well)
That's great, I live not that far from the Achelse Kluis, the abbey where they brew Achels and sell most Trappist certified beers and as a result I'm often found on the 'Picture of your beer' threadNICE. Amazingly, they offer that locally! I am adding this to my list of “to try”, along with a couple of local goses which are new this year.
Any 2011 non-Metal Mac can have a Metal GPU added via Thunderbolt. Gah, there I go again
Late 2013: Haswell instead of Ivy Bridge, Iris Pro 5200 in the base 15" (no GeForce anymore), Falcon Ridge (TB2) rather than Cactus Ridge (TB1), and AHCI PCIe SSDs (which can be replaced with NVMe PCIe SSDs) rather than AHCI SATA SSDs.
Any 2011 non-Metal Mac can have a Metal GPU added via Thunderbolt. Gah, there I go again
BAD AMETHYST1! Stop it! No one but you is lugging an giant, beefy eGPU in their laptop bag and umbilical-cording it at their local café!
(If only an eGPU could be the size of a USB thumb drive…)
Thank you! This part is what I was thinking, but clearly dropped the ball on the specifics. Cheers!
BAD AMETHYST1! Stop it! No one but you is lugging an giant, beefy eGPU in their laptop bag and umbilical-cording it at their local café!
No one but him?
I'll show you!
No, but I will. In about an hour!
Just installing Lion again, will get that settled, then head for the CS6 that's waiting on the 1TB Data drive.