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I did a full timemachine backup to external drive last nightOriginally posted by FiveTimes View Postit will probably need leaving over night for repair, but as long as its back for tuesday that its fineComment
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which is a bonus as they are ~ 50-70Originally posted by FiveTimes View Postthey have replaced the powerpack free of charge alsoComment
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MacBook Pro.Originally posted by SueEllen View PostWhat is an MBP?
I've got a new MBA (MacBook Air) waiting for me at the Apple Store at home. I decided to save the extra £1,300 the fully-loaded MBP would cost for a year or so, in the hopes they'll sort out the teething troubles with the new keyboard by then.
But my 2011 MBA is showing its age now. Still works fine for the most part, but the battery is struggling, and it's only got 4GB RAM. That's not really enough for running PyCharm, Sublime Text, a 1GB virtual machine, and all the other constantly-open stuff like Mail and about four dozen browser tabs
So a new fully-loaded MBA it is.Comment
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The lunch provided at the conference seemed suspiciously vegetabley, and there was also what I suspect was the acrid stench of cheese. So I skipped it and went to Waterstones by Trafalgar Square instead, where I bought a collection of Herman Hesse's short stories. Food for the soul
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This is a 2012 MBP, I switch the drive, upgraded the memory.Originally posted by NickFitz View PostMacBook Pro.
I've got a new MBA (MacBook Air) waiting for me at the Apple Store at home. I decided to save the extra £1,300 the fully-loaded MBP would cost for a year or so, in the hopes they'll sort out the teething troubles with the new keyboard by then.
But my 2011 MBA is showing its age now. Still works fine for the most part, but the battery is struggling, and it's only got 4GB RAM. That's not really enough for running PyCharm, Sublime Text, a 1GB virtual machine, and all the other constantly-open stuff like Mail and about four dozen browser tabs
So a new fully-loaded MBA it is.
Should be fine for another couple of years now
Ideal for university workLast edited by FiveTimes; 27 October 2017, 13:01.Comment
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Same, its been in once for a repair when the screen came away from casingOriginally posted by Alias View PostI got the late 2011 one, rock solid!Comment
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