-GoBengals- Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 15.4" display 2.3Ghz Haswell i7 16GB 1600MHz DDR3L SDRAM 512GB Flash Storage Drive Intel Iris Pro Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M -2GB DDR5 Memory very excited... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Jealous.... :good: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluhartz Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 bad ass machine Go..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted January 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Shit. It shipped a day late so instead of tomorrow it arrives Monday. I am limited to my wife's MacBook or my ipad until then. Bummer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 My work got me yet another android phone. Wonder if it'll suck as bad as the first 3... :glare: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CincyInDC Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 My work got me yet another android phone. Wonder if it'll suck as bad as the first 3... :glare: Each Android phone I get is better than the last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted January 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Each Android phone I get is better than the last. That's like saying "every time i get beaten bloody it heals a little faster". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted January 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 Each Android phone I get is better than the last. Actually you are lucky. US carriers bog down the os with proprietary apps and software. And the general consumer maxes out the internal memory and crash them. But the biggest problem is the play store lets you download garbage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongo Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 About to order a new Mac Pro. Excited about the machine, and terrified of the financial investment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted January 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 About to order a new Mac Pro. Excited about the machine, and terrified of the financial investment. I have come to terms with probably never owning one. Please share when you get it. I'd love a first hand account of the machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongo Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Ordered it today. Went with the base high end machine, but maxed the GPUs. Reviews said RAM and CPU upgrades should be easy, but the GPU situation might be a little tricky. I saw someone at CES was showcasing a 28" 4K monitor for $800. That could be very tempting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted January 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Yes it tapes normal desktop ram. Which is amazing honestly with the way the mbpr has gone. And dell is doing a 28" 4k for $699. Made a thread. No one seemed to care but me. I was stoked tho. Comes out in two weeks. The ram upgradeability almost makes the Mac Pro doable at some point. Now I just need to convince myself of some sort of "need"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted January 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Looks like my mbpr will support 4k resolution at 30hz or 24hz. But not 60hz. Mac min isn't even close as I suspected with its weak graphics card currently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted January 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 got it! thisthing is amazing, took 25 minutes to transfer my old time machine backup, everything is exactly as it was... fast as hell... NOW i can knock out those backlog of bengals games and get them off my DVR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluhartz Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 cool man.. enjoy It's crazy how a computer can make us get excited, but they do. Mine is going on 3 already and seeing this makes me want a new one. Not in the budget though...The great thing about these is when I do decide, mine will still be worth a decent amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted January 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 cool man.. enjoy It's crazy how a computer can make us get excited, but they do. Mine is going on 3 already and seeing this makes me want a new one. Not in the budget though...The great thing about these is when I do decide, mine will still be worth a decent amount. I can vouch for that. I bought a refurbished macbook pro, 5 years ago, paid $1579.00....and sold it for roughly half that...I did up the ram and HDD along the way, but i had planned that anyway from the beginning... in 5 years i will be able to get a grand for this one if not more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongo Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 What I can tell you long before it even arrives is that it's not the most backward friendly machine ever. Looks like I'm going to need a portable SuperDrive for some DVDROM software Suites, a FireWire 800 to Thunderbolt cable for my storage drive, and an HDMI to MiniDisplay cable for my second monitor... On a different note: I haven't paid attention to my TimeMachine backups as they relate to transferring to a new computer (since I haven't bought a new computer in years). Is there a setup for TimeMachine so it backs up all files and apps, but doesn't mess with backup up the operating system? I'd hate to taint the new machine's pristine Mavericks with years of updates, and new OS's that frankly have my current computer a little whacky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongo Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 BTW: is that new MBP just carving through encoding? I bet it's just sick with that stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted January 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 this thing is wicked fast, I am going to dub some of the bengals games this evening, right now as a matter of fact. So i will know better then. and i already love the airplay monitor mirroring with my tv.. showing the wife some things last night i tossed on the apple tv, hit mirror and was able to show her on the tv everything i was trying to explain.. it was awesome.. I charged the batter to full monday afternoon around 5... i have 62% left still... several hours of usage since then.. so nice.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted January 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 also my internet seems far faster, and is testing almost twice as fast... i was testing at 30MB on the old MBP and testing consistantly at 55mb on this one... and double upload speed as well.. and i dont have an AC router yet or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted January 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 oh, and as for the time mchine backup, i was under the impression the OS wasnt part of the backup, as part of the restore process is weeding out anything incompatible between OS's, so you should be fine in that regard.. mine was flawless.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted January 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 I have to just share how happy I am with this machine. the battery life is oustanding, and it charges just as fast as my iphone. it goes from 4% to 100% in about 50 minutes, and it lasts a full solid 6-7 hours (most of my work day) so i use it, the last hour im there i charge it and its 100% for at home.. and it loses virtually no power not being used.. i left it at 98% and didnt use it for over a day and it was still 98%.. i was scared dropping big money on the computer.. but i dont regret it a bit.. i am pondering some sort of coverage plan, but i dont know if i will pull the trigger or not.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Elflocko| Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 I have to just share how happy I am with this machine. the battery life is oustanding, and it charges just as fast as my iphone. it goes from 4% to 100% in about 50 minutes, and it lasts a full solid 6-7 hours (most of my work day) so i use it, the last hour im there i charge it and its 100% for at home.. and it loses virtually no power not being used.. i left it at 98% and didnt use it for over a day and it was still 98%.. i was scared dropping big money on the computer.. but i dont regret it a bit.. i am pondering some sort of coverage plan, but i dont know if i will pull the trigger or not.. I never buy an Apple computer without Apple Care. Ever. Or are you referring to some 3rd party insurance in case your kids destroy it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluhartz Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 I never buy an Apple computer without Apple Care. Ever. Or are you referring to some 3rd party insurance in case your kids destroy it? I agree.. You're dropping $3000 on a laptop, I think $350 more to be covered for 3 years isn't a bad deal. If you never use it...great But if you need it for something big, you will be happy you have it. the computer sounds awesome though Go. The battery life..I would kill for. Mine is getting pretty bad. My battery health is down to like 60% and it will only last for 3 hours. I can always plug in though, so I am waiting to shell out $130 for a battery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-GoBengals- Posted January 25, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 i didnt do apple care, they are pretty lax about adding it later as long as you are within the 1 year range.. but i was pondering a 3rd party INSTEAD of apple care in case anything happens.. on the bright side, this thing will do GREAT looking for a new job when i likely get laid off in the next 60 days..(probably) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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