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Does anyone regret not getting higher specs on their MBPr?

Hieveryone

Hieveryone

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I went on ahead an got a 2.6/8/256 MBPr back in late 2013.

It was a custom order as I bumped up the processor to 2.6.

But now that I have literally 5 accounts on my MBPr sometimes all logged in at the same time, multitask on it, literally have time machine on all the time backing up, encryption on, youtube videos running all the time on chrome while connected to an external monitor and surfing firefox, and numbers and calculators all running at the same time,

I wish I had gotten 16GB RAM and maybe the 2.8 GHz processor :mad:
 
Hieveryone said:
I went on ahead an got a 2.6/8/256 MBPr back in late 2013.

It was a custom order as I bumped up the processor to 2.6.

But now that I have literally 5 accounts on my MBPr sometimes all logged in at the same time, multitask on it, literally have time machine on all the time backing up, encryption on, youtube videos running all the time on chrome while connected to an external monitor and surfing firefox, and numbers and calculators all running at the same time,

I wish I had gotten 16GB RAM and maybe the 2.8 GHz processor :mad:
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16 GB RAM and maybe 512 GB storage would've made far more noticeable improvements than the 2.8 GHz processor.
 
Actually it is if your soldering skills are up to par. If not a good electronic specialist not necessarily a computer guy...can do the work. I've done it with no issues, it's just not for everyday people.
 
The ability to do that is not common, even then once done there are latency problems and a high risk of damaging ones logicboard.
 
Yeah not common but possible. I have no latency issues whatsoever. You have to use the right ram and the correct solder. And a top tier soldering iron. However I did respond too quickly. My knowledge of how to do the work came from working at Apple.
 
You have no latency issues that you know of. Apple does not train technicians on how to solder in any capacity or work on the ram of a retina Macbook Pro's logicboard outside of outright replacing the logicboard.
 
Technician? Who said I was a tech...in the 13 years I've been there I've never been a tech...and I repeat...no latency issues... My skills far exceed a tech that just runs a hardware diagnostic....which is why I said I spoke too soon. You are correct in all aspects regarding the average consumer.
 
Hieveryone said:
I went on ahead an got a 2.6/8/256 MBPr back in late 2013.

It was a custom order as I bumped up the processor to 2.6.

But now that I have literally 5 accounts on my MBPr sometimes all logged in at the same time, multitask on it, literally have time machine on all the time backing up, encryption on, youtube videos running all the time on chrome while connected to an external monitor and surfing firefox, and numbers and calculators all running at the same time,

I wish I had gotten 16GB RAM and maybe the 2.8 GHz processor :mad:
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Your problem is very likely the 5 user accounts.
You will max out any amount of ram if you keep enough user accounts running simultaneously.
The apps you are running are trivial.
Try to lock out of a user account, once you are done.

What performance problems does your macbook show?
 
Technician was a catchall word. A more correct statement would be that Apple doesn't train anyone outside of their R&D facility to do soldering of any kind. If you are an Apple R&D person, you are risking your employment with Apple by posting in MacRumors. And yet I repeat, no latency problems that you know of. Humans are not able to perceive modern latency problem due to the speed they run at.
 
Intell said:
You have no latency issues that you know of. Apple does not train technicians on how to solder in any capacity or work on the ram of a retina Macbook Pro's logicboard outside of outright replacing the logicboard.
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It is indeed possible to replace the ram, but only for people who really know what they are doing.
 
I wonder if even 16gb of ram would help the case of someone with 5 user accounts all logged in multi tasking. It wasn't really designed for optimum performance that way. Log them out, and all should be fine.
 
BenTrovato said:
I wonder if even 16gb of ram would help the case of someone with 5 user accounts all logged in multi tasking. It wasn't really designed for optimum performance that way. Log them out, and all should be fine.
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I think the OPs posts and threads are fishy.
Let's see if he follows up on this one.
 
Op you'll do a better job if you dump chrome and use safari loading the html5 YouTube site.
 
I think the most important questio....is why are you running 5 user accounts at one time? With 1-2 users logged in I don't think you would have this issue. Running time machine, filevault, youtube, pages you should pretty much see no lag. I would try that for a few days and see if you run into the same issues.
 
ObsidianIce said:
Actually it is if your soldering skills are up to par. If not a good electronic specialist not necessarily a computer guy...can do the work. I've done it with no issues, it's just not for everyday people.
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If he is still under warranty, this will VOID it.
 
ObsidianIce said:
Technician? Who said I was a tech...in the 13 years I've been there I've never been a tech...and I repeat...no latency issues... My skills far exceed a tech that just runs a hardware diagnostic....which is why I said I spoke too soon. You are correct in all aspects regarding the average consumer.
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I dunno...I mean if your location is "Seventh Circle of Hell" it sort of gives you a bit of an unfair advantage, no? Surely heat isn't a problem...;)
 
i picked 16gb for this very reason. i personally was running out of ram using 8GB on my previous notebook, but now the wifey uses this while we're travelling 16GB is just nice for both of our accounts. If it was my alone, and apple offered it, i reckon 12gb would have been alright for me alone.
 
Meister said:
I think the OPs posts and threads are fishy.
Let's see if he follows up on this one.
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Looks like you nailed it - nowhere to be seen :cool:

afhstingray said:
i picked 16gb for this very reason. i personally was running out of ram using 8GB on my previous notebook, but now the wifey uses this while we're travelling 16GB is just nice for both of our accounts. If it was my alone, and apple offered it, i reckon 12gb would have been alright for me alone.
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You always run out of RAM on os X. I have 16gb on my desktop and it's always maxed out, it doesn't mean it's maxed out, it's just how the OS swishes around the memory. 8gb on my rMBP peforms the same as the 4gb I had on my old MBA.
 
BenTrovato said:
Looks like you nailed it - nowhere to be seen :cool:







You always run out of RAM on os X. I have 16gb on my desktop and it's always maxed out, it doesn't mean it's maxed out, it's just how the OS swishes around the memory. 8gb on my rMBP peforms the same as the 4gb I had on my old MBA.
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This is correct. OSX caches for a time period the last program(s) and/or instructions used in case it needs to call on them again. If you start a new program or process it will overwrite the oldest cache memory with the new code. This is why if you have a memory gauge in your menubar it will almost always be showing it is close to running out of available memory as long as the cache's expiration time period has not run out. When the cache's time period expires the memory becomes available again.
 
Meister said:
Your problem is very likely the 5 user accounts.
You will max out any amount of ram if you keep enough user accounts running simultaneously.
The apps you are running are trivial.
Try to lock out of a user account, once you are done.

What performance problems does your macbook show?
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Everything is a bit slower. Launching apps, switching user accounts, etc.

But if I logout of each account each time, then I won't use up RAM?

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BenTrovato said:
Looks like you nailed it - nowhere to be seen :cool:



You always run out of RAM on os X. I have 16gb on my desktop and it's always maxed out, it doesn't mean it's maxed out, it's just how the OS swishes around the memory. 8gb on my rMBP peforms the same as the 4gb I had on my old MBA.
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I'm back. Lots going on.
 
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