I just copped the 5K retina iMac and...

[daze23]

 

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[Maschine_Man]

you're a heathen breh,

dude only surfs the net n you prescribing him a macbook, when a netbook would do the job? smh disgustya

a netbook MAY last a year or two.
But what if he decides to play a game, or mess around with photoshop or fruity loops.
edit videos?
macbook with just basic stuff will last like ten years bruh

 

[JLova]

Are these upgradable or is everything soldered on? That's my biggest problem with Macs. The shyt is usually underpowered out the box and you can't upgrade it.

 

[Maschine_Man]

Are these upgradable or is everything soldered on? That's my biggest problem with Macs. The shyt is usually underpowered out the box and you can't upgrade it.

you can upgrade typical stuff like Ram and HD but theCPU or GPU are not upgradeable.

But I wouldn't say they are underpowered.

 

[Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha]

a netbook MAY last a year or two.
But what if he decides to play a game, or mess around with photoshop or fruity loops.
edit videos?
macbook with just basic stuff will last like ten years bruh

then its best he get a windows pc if he intends to play games.

 

[Maschine_Man]

then its best he get a windows pc if he intends to play games.

Honestly, coppin a 2 yr old macbook for $500 would still be better than buying a $500 PC laptop now.

I had this conversation with some friends the other day.

half of them saying Mac's are overpriced, the other half saying they are expensive but worth it.

both of my homies that had windows laptops replaced them after 2-3 years. I still have my macbook from 2009 and another from 2012 still running with no issues. (my other homes have a 2011 and a 2013...still never had any issues) With only basic upgrades of RAM and Hard drive. My wife's laptop (2009) can do everything that this dude was talking about. and still play games on it like starcraft2 and whatever shyt my son plays on it once in a while. NOt to mention my daughter loves using iMovie and it does the trick for that as well.

Not to many ppl still getting much use out of a 6 year old laptop.

Mac's may cost more UPFRONT, but you get more out of them in the long run.

AND, on top of all that. If I wanted to sell that 6 year old macbook TODAY I could still get $300-$400 for it.

I could buy a PC laptop that came out this year or last year for the same price.

 

[Kuwka_Atcha_Ratcha]

Honestly, coppin a 2 yr old macbook for $500 would still be better than buying a $500 PC laptop now.

I had this conversation with some friends the other day.

half of them saying Mac's are overpriced, the other half saying they are expensive but worth it.

both of my homies that had windows laptops replaced them after 2-3 years. I still have my macbook from 2009 and another from 2012 still running with no issues. (my other homes have a 2011 and a 2013...still never had any issues) With only basic upgrades of RAM and Hard drive. My wife's laptop (2009) can do everything that this dude was talking about. and still play games on it like starcraft2 and whatever shyt my son plays on it once in a while. NOt to mention my daughter loves using iMovie and it does the trick for that as well.

Not to many ppl still getting much use out of a 6 year old laptop.

Mac's may cost more UPFRONT, but you get more out of them in the long run.

AND, on top of all that. If I wanted to sell that 6 year old macbook TODAY I could still get $300-$400 for it.

I could buy a PC laptop that came out this year or last year for the same price.

because the laptops your friends buy are cheap,

you're comparing cheap laptops to macbooks

buy a 900 dollar laptop and compare it to a MacBook

like I said the one im on right now has lasted me damn near a decade still running strong.

and unlike you I own both formats.

 

[Maschine_Man]

because the laptops your friends buy are cheap,

you're comparing cheap laptops to macbooks

buy a 900 dollar laptop and compare it to a MacBook

like I said the one im on right now has lasted me damn near a decade still running strong.

and unlike you I own both formats.

No they actually each spent 800 and coincidentally 900 dollars respectively.

which if you are keeping score is only a few hundred less than a macbook.

I'm comparing the average laptop that someone would buy. Not a cheap entry level or netbook, and not some $3000 gaming laptop either.

and you are CLEARLY the anomaly here because I don't know ANYONE that has a functioning 10 year old laptop.
NO ONE. I'd belucky to find someone that has anything older than 5 years.

or maybe you OWN one but hardly use it. Maybe its not your main machine. maybe you are just lying who knows.

All I know is that my homie spent $800 on some Toshiba laptop that was made of plastic last year and 6 months later the screws were falling out of the bottom and was just not built very well. Not to mention the OS was laggy and not that great.

and I actually do Own a PC. Currently running windows ten. I bought it because it was the cheapest machine I could find that would do the job. ITs currently hooked up in my living room taking place for my Apple TV that I hardly use (because of this htpc). I use it to stream movies, watch netflix and do web surfing and shyt.

I actually really like it. And I think It was only $250 or something like that. Paired it up with this

And I'm quite impressed.
Perfect for a living room computer.

 

[joeychizzle]

As much as I want to say there's no way I need a screen that big, and that I don't use Apple products (not hate, just habit), I can't deny Apple screens are fukking delicious. I mean, 5 fukking k breh. I'd probably find the highest resolution shyt I could find and just be like wow. So this his how it looks when you got a screen with enough certs to handle it.
shyt.. I'd look at full resolution shots of galaxies and stars and other beautiful cosmic shyt for days.

2,500 though

 

[joeychizzle]

No they actually each spent 800 and coincidentally 900 dollars respectively.

which if you are keeping score is only a few hundred less than a macbook.

I'm comparing the average laptop that someone would buy. Not a cheap entry level or netbook, and not some $3000 gaming laptop either.

and you are CLEARLY the anomaly here because I don't know ANYONE that has a functioning 10 year old laptop.
NO ONE. I'd belucky to find someone that has anything older than 5 years.

or maybe you OWN one but hardly use it. Maybe its not your main machine. maybe you are just lying who knows.

All I know is that my homie spent $800 on some Toshiba laptop that was made of plastic last year and 6 months later the screws were falling out of the bottom and was just not built very well. Not to mention the OS was laggy and not that great.

and I actually do Own a PC. Currently running windows ten. I bought it because it was the cheapest machine I could find that would do the job. ITs currently hooked up in my living room taking place for my Apple TV that I hardly use (because of this htpc). I use it to stream movies, watch netflix and do web surfing and shyt.

I actually really like it. And I think It was only $250 or something like that. Paired it up with this

And I'm quite impressed.
Perfect for a living room computer.

that keyboard/touchpad combo
fukking hell how did i never think about googling a product like this

 

[Maschine_Man]

that keyboard/touchpad combo
fukking hell how did i never think about googling a product like this

yea bruh it works good. Wireless, light and durable(my kids keep knocking it off the couch.

And I think it was only $30, I actually have two. a black one for my living room and had a white one hooked up to my macbook in my studio when It was hooked up to a TV.

 

[J-Fire]

Let me give you a quick lesson on money management.

You can go take $2500 and go buy a computer right now...and that would be that.

or you can take $2500 and invest it while only paying a small monthly payment and actually get a better return for your money.

right now this costs me ZERO interest while in return I can MAKE interest on my $2500 investment.


Kind of the same reason rich ppl still have mortgages rather than outright buying those Million dollar homes.

because mortgage rates are LOW. so investing a million dollars or so and getting even 5% interest while only paying 2-3% on a mortgage is smart money.

But I don't need to explain finances on the coli....too many experts on here

investments have that little thing called taxes that eats up returns along with inflation. anyways with homes...as long as you pay property taxes you never own anything cause they can take ya home over that ish. home/property ain't nothing but a gloried bank account.

at least you will really own that mac tho and won't get taxed for life.

 

[Maschine_Man]

investments have that little thing called taxes that eats up returns along with inflation. anyways with homes...as long as you pay property taxes you never own anything cause they can take ya home over that ish. home/property ain't nothing but a gloried bank account.

at least you will really own that mac tho and won't get taxed for life.

All investments are just glorified bank accounts.

but as long as your returns are greater than your losses then you are still winning.

You can never get away from paying taxes, that is EXACTLY why you have to be smart with your money.
a GIC at 2-3% is still better than 0%(not investing at all)

and you are only taxed on your profits anyway.

 

[Maschine_Man]

If that 5K 27" is too much, don't worry bruhs....Apple Lookin out for you too.
4K 21" iMacs coming soon!!



Apple will announce an updated 21.5-inch iMac with a 4K display at the end of October alongside the release of OS X El Capitan, reports 9to5Mac. The new iMac will then begin shipping out to customers in early November.

A new 21.5-inch Retina iMac has been anticipated for several months, following the discovery of code in OS X El Capitan that pointed towards a 21.5-inch machine with a resolution of 4096 x 2304. That code pointed towards Broadwell chips with Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 and AMD Radeon M380 - M395X discrete graphics, which may hint at the hardware we'll see in the updated iMac.

Reliable KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo also said in early August that the iMac line would receive a refresh this quarter, adding new processors and improved display quality that brings greater color saturation.

Apple began updating its iMac lineup last October, with the launch of the 27-inch Retina iMac. Updates across the line have been slow, however, due to Intel's ongoing Broadwell chip delays, and the 21.5-inch iMac has not seen an update since 2013.

It is not clear if Apple will release multiple 21.5-inch iMac models during the October refresh, or which chips those machines might use. Skylake chips appropriate for the iMac are launching "later this year," but there are a handful of Broadwell chips appropriate for various 21.5-inch iMac models.