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Offline AltRN8

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Re: Retina MacBook
« Reply #14 from previous page: July 30, 2012, 06:19:08 PM »
Having used my retina for about a month I think you will quite enjoy it. I am running Mountain Lion on it currently along with Windows 7 through VMware.

The screen is phenomenal, everything is smoking fast and it is relatively light.

I did get caught by the USB 3 snafu but the latest firmware supposedly fixes that issue.

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Re: Retina MacBook
« Reply #15 on: July 30, 2012, 06:37:02 PM »
As soon as Apple bring out a retina displayed 11" MacBook Air... I'm getting one!!

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Re: Retina MacBook
« Reply #16 on: July 31, 2012, 01:12:15 AM »
Quote from: commodorejohn;701592
You could save an ***load, have upgradability, and still not have to deal with Windows by going the Hackintosh route, y'know.



The hackintosh route has many freaking obstacles, including but not limited to:

Arseload of prep work, t/e and frustration, hair pulling, beers etc.
Alienation of helpful Mac users, as most fora disallow the discussion of hackintosh
Lack of support from Apple or the OEM

In retrospective, I could have chosen a more affordable or upgradable Mac, but I did not, and if I truly ever need To upgrade, I can imagine I could recoup a fair bit of investment as I doubt the cost of these babies is gonna go down anytime soon. Just got a magic mouse for it and using it on my mini. Fun fun fun
My machines:
PowerMac G4 MDD 1.5ghz 1.25GB 10.5.8 & MOS 2.7
Mac Mini C2D 10.6.8 2GHz 3GB 250GB HDD
MacBook Retina 16GB 256GB SSD 10.8
iPad 2
Underground Gamer invites (a classic game site) PM

Need a part for a PC or Mac? PM me, I\'ll let you know if I come across it.

OS X trumps Windows on every level.

MorphOS, OS4 and Classic Amiga systems are the only ones who are real \'Amigas\', not that joke AROS or Amiga Forever.