eltoslightfoot
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Just wait until Apple increases those prices though. It is coming if the bubble doesn't pop soon.
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maflynn
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Yeah, no question. They've already increased the price a little bit, but nothing compared what we've seen on the PC side
eltoslightfoot
macrumors 68040
I was humming and hawing about picking up a refurbished m4 studio or waiting for m5 and seeing what the pricing would be
seems now that I ended up making a good choice and should be fine for a good number of years while this crazy pricing sorts itself out
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Steve Adams
macrumors 68000
Yes, I am usually the same. The motherboard in my notebook is slowing dying. But right now, I don't see anything thats reasonably priced, that appeals to me. I should have bought the ProArt P16 when it was a decent price. The price of the new one is over double of the last years model.
Tahoe 26.4 or 26.4.1 seems to be bricking older Apple Silicon Macs. I saw three posts on it this morning. It's fixable with DFU mode but you apparently need another Mac to do it.
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
I've held off on updating 26.4, I saw some disconcerting reports when it was first releaesed
Maybe apple used copilot to help write the code 😛
At least one user reported that the update damaged their MacBook - they took it to an Apple Store and Apple wanted $700 to replace the logic board. My systems are still on Sequoia as I see no reason to go to Tahoe at this time. macOS releases are usually super-stable a year out from initial release.
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
Do you have a link for that - having an update that damages the hardware is a little suspect. Yes, it can happen, but its quite unusual.
I've largely been happy with Tahoe, though I tend to be a dot release behind what's available
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
MacOS 26.4 update broke MBP
A cautionary note: Upgrading to MacOS 26.4 broke my M1 Pro MacBook Pro. (Broke it real good!—a machine that was four years old, in nearly pristine condition, and in superb working order. On the day that Tahoe 26.4 was released, I backed up my MBP, initiated the process, waited. It lumbered...
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Someone on Reddit figured out why Apple couldn't fix it and came up with a fix that a few said works but you need a second Mac to do it.
Here's another one with the solution:
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
It's fine if you have the skills and hardware to perform the procedure but the vast majority don't.
Hopefully the Apple Stores will find the solution and change their procedures to fix customer machines that run into this. They'd probably sell a lot more Time Machine drives in the process.
You have people trying to decide whether to buy the M4 Max or M3 Ultra instead of waiting for a potential M5 Ultra and I see people buying the M3 Ultra now with huge amounts of RAM and long waiting times for it.
Bird in the hand or two in the bush. I've even heard some cases of Apple cancelling orders with large amounts of RAM.
Non-Euclidean
macrumors 6502a
Its not at Amazon, 3rd party only.
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Steve Adams
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Steve Adams
macrumors 68000
I have 128 GB DDR4 in my current desktop and another 32 GB in a motherboard sitting on my desk with an i5-9500K.
The thing is I like the desktop even though it's old and replacing it would be costly.
maflynn
macrumors Broadwell
I haven't looked, but I'm sure there's a whole cottage industry over on ebay.
Yep, I thought the same thing last year, which is why I bought my M4 Studio. Ironically, though, installing Linux on my PC, has breathed new life into my PC, so I'm using that quite a bit now.
Steve Adams
macrumors 68000
I tried linux and I need software that's not available or you have to jump through the 7 rings of hell to try to get it to function properly So, Windows or MacOS it is.
As I mentioned, a galaxy book 6 ultra with my EPP pricing from samsung is 3300 cdn. it only has 16gb of ram and 1tb drive. I can get a new macbook pro 14 from apple with 24gb of ram and 1tb for 2600. That's a 14 inch with all the ports and power I need.
It's a no brainer really. All software I use is available on both platforms and I can use O365 no issue on MacOS as well. So basically, the platform does not matter, the device and the better price does.
There was a guy on Reddit in Singapore looking to sell three Mac Ultra Studios with 512 GB of RAM and 2 TB SSD. The moderators removed it as you aren't supposed to use the specific subs for buying and selling but those are really hard to come by in the United States. The only reason I can see for having those is AI work these days.
Steve Adams
macrumors 68000
Totally. After understanding how apple uses their ram 32 is perfect. It really does need half the amount of ram than a Windows PC. Took me awhile to understand how that is possible, but got it now. ha ha. I will get a mbp 14 with 24gb on the road, and a mini with 32 for my desktop.