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10-05-2013, 01:20 PM
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#826 | | I HERP TO YOU DERP
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still waiting for a Haswell mbp... Still waiting  | 
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10-05-2013, 04:13 PM
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Are there any places other than Macstation that does trade in? thinking about trading in a Macbook for the new Macbook Air with Haswell. The one for trade is those old white ones.
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10-22-2013, 03:45 PM
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#828 | | Bieksa eats bears for breakfast...
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Can't believe the 13inch and 15inch retina's are so cheap now.....i don't think i can hold out any longer, my 5 year old Macbook Pro 13 is beginning to "feel" out of date.....
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10-22-2013, 04:08 PM
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#829 | | Everyone wants a piece of R S...
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15 inch base doesn't come with dedicated fuck
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10-22-2013, 05:36 PM
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#830 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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Originally Posted by hypediss  still waiting for a Haswell mbp... Still waiting | Good luck on the wait... the non-retina 15 inch has been silently discontinued. The 13 inch is next on the chopping block.
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10-22-2013, 05:37 PM
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#831 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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11-08-2013, 07:18 PM
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#832 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Originally Posted by SSM_DC5 Are there any places other than Macstation that does trade in? thinking about trading in a Macbook for the new Macbook Air with Haswell. The one for trade is those old white ones. | bump
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11-08-2013, 07:33 PM
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#833 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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so... i dont know how to buy stocks or anything. I believe to buy bitcoins is the same as buying stocks, besides going to that atm.. You have to open a Trades account with the bank inorder to do exchanges right?
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11-08-2013, 09:23 PM
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#834 | | MOD MOD MOD MOD MOD
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Originally Posted by Recon604 so... i dont know how to buy stocks or anything. I believe to buy bitcoins is the same as buying stocks, besides going to that atm.. You have to open a Trades account with the bank inorder to do exchanges right? | I think you're in the wrong thread.
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11-08-2013, 09:29 PM
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#835 | | #savethemanuals
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Ah since this thread was bumped up...
I finally turned to the dark side two weeks ago and retired my old Alienware M11xR3 for the 13 inch Haswell Retina MacBook Pro.
Loving the new laptop, especially the display, and also OS X. Now I understand why Apple is slowly taking market share away from Microsoft.
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11-08-2013, 09:39 PM
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#836 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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Originally Posted by Energy Ah since this thread was bumped up...
I finally turned to the dark side two weeks ago and retired my old Alienware M11xR3 for the 13 inch Haswell Retina MacBook Pro.
Loving the new laptop, especially the display, and also OS X. Now I understand why Apple is slowly taking market share away from Microsoft. | First thing I did was install windows 7  | |
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11-08-2013, 11:18 PM
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#837 | | VLS Moderator
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Originally Posted by SSM_DC5 Are there any places other than Macstation that does trade in? thinking about trading in a Macbook for the new Macbook Air with Haswell. The one for trade is those old white ones. | Simply Computing.
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11-09-2013, 11:05 AM
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#838 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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Macstation or Simply for trades, or buy new and sell your old one on consignment at The Mac Market. I've done so many times, Rick is great to deal with.
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11-09-2013, 01:23 PM
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#839 | | Need my Daily Fix of RS
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I just made an amazing discovery the other day.$Did you know that you could increase/decrease brightness and volume by quarters?
Alt+shift+volume/brightness
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11-09-2013, 02:14 PM
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#840 | | MOD MOD MOD MOD MOD
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^^^
There are so many mac hacks. There are websites dedicated to them... go search!!
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11-09-2013, 06:54 PM
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#841 | | VLS Moderator
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Originally Posted by theevilslave I just made an amazing discovery the other day.$Did you know that you could increase/decrease brightness and volume by quarters?
Alt+shift+volume/brightness
My mind was blown. | Haha...awesome.
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11-09-2013, 08:49 PM
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#842 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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Originally Posted by skholla Macstation or Simply for trades, or buy new and sell your old one on consignment at The Mac Market. I've done so many times, Rick is great to deal with. | just to clarify, you've done consignment many times?
and what do you guys do to erase everything in a way that people can't dig up CC info or passwords and stuff.
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11-10-2013, 07:23 AM
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#843 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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I've sold a couple iMacs, power macs, and a few MacBooks with the Mac market. Always worked out well.
To wipe your data reinstall OS X from the disc, recovery partition or home made boot stick (google disk maker x). Before you start the install go the the utilities menu and open disk utility, select secure erase, a 3 pass should do fine...
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11-24-2013, 02:46 PM
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#844 | | #savethemanuals
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So what skin or case do you guys use?
I'm looking for a clear skin or a case that is very thin and transparent. Recommendations?
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11-24-2013, 06:30 PM
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#845 | | The Brown Reason
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^ I use the speck transparent case -- I'm on my second one.
If you drop your macbook while inside your bag a lot .. the case tends to break lol.
But .... both times my case broke my macbook was completely unscathed, so replacing a $50 case didn't hurt that much
Btw, if you do get the speck I recommend it because they leave a small gap in between the case and the macbook pro itself, so if a small piece of dirt/debris gets in, it can't chafe and scratch the hell out of your unibody.
/OCD
Another option is the Moshi Iglaze -- I've been thinking about buying it if I break my current case (which I probably will...) http://www.moshimonde.com/product/ig...e-black-1.aspx
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11-24-2013, 09:03 PM
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#846 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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I always went bare with my Powerbooks and MacBooks until a couple years ago, then used a matte black Speck shell case. It looked pretty cool but added some serious weight (approx 1 pound), after a year I ditched the case, rather have a few scratches over extra weight.
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11-25-2013, 10:55 AM
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#847 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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Originally Posted by skholla I always went bare with my Powerbooks and MacBooks until a couple years ago, then used a matte black Speck shell case. It looked pretty cool but added some serious weight (approx 1 pound), after a year I ditched the case, rather have a few scratches over extra weight. | I never understood those cases either. None of my MacBook Pro's or Air's have been scratched up.
Get a proper laptop bag with a separate padded compartment and only keep the Macbook in there.  | |
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11-25-2013, 10:59 AM
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#848 | | McFogg The Dawg is my homeboy
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I've been really tempted to sell my Early 2011 MBP 13" to get a Haswell MBA 11" just to shed some weight cuz I take it with me to school everyday but Macbooks seem to have pretty bad resale value. I probably will get $800 max for it which is such a huge loss
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11-25-2013, 11:48 AM
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#849 | | reads most threads with his pants around his ankles, especially in the Forced Induction forum.
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Originally Posted by kevin7352 I've been really tempted to sell my Early 2011 MBP 13" to get a Haswell MBA 11" just to shed some weight cuz I take it with me to school everyday but Macbooks seem to have pretty bad resale value. I probably will get $800 max for it which is such a huge loss | LOL Macbook have poor resale value? Maybe you should see windows laptop. after 2 years you are lucky to get half of what you pay for and that's for laptop that's over $1200. If it is a cheap one don't expect to get anything.
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11-25-2013, 12:07 PM
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#850 | | McFogg The Dawg is my homeboy
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It's not as bad as windows laptops, you're right but I can't justify losing $500 on the MBP especially when there's nothing wrong with it. Which sucks cuz I really want the MBA. Suggestions?
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