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m0nde
01-09-2019, 07:21 PM
I bought 2 MacBook pro 2011 13" and maxed them out to 8gb + 500gb SSD.
What's the last year that's possible, before flip chip Ram and soldered on m.3 drives?

maks
01-09-2019, 07:40 PM
Anything pre-retina I believe. You may already have the last model, the timespan sounds about right.

m0nde
01-09-2019, 07:41 PM
thx

maks
01-09-2019, 07:43 PM
I have an early 2011, can't upgrade it to mojave. debating whether it's worth building a hackintosh, I'm going to miss the touchpad.

m0nde
01-09-2019, 07:47 PM
I'm trying to buy Intel Mac towers. I love that architecture. I maxed out 3 with 64gb Ram and filled all 4 HDD bays + SSD boot for the graphics studio at work and added video cards with external power supplies
great project t and about 700 bucks upgrade per. they're capable of 4k video now

maks
01-09-2019, 07:53 PM
do they even offer a tower since they scrapped the Xserv?

m0nde
01-09-2019, 07:57 PM
there's a cylindrical weird thing which I would never buy, buy the properly modular ones are coming bavk

m0nde
01-09-2019, 08:01 PM
best machine ever was the mac mini, I miss tjose

maks
01-09-2019, 08:02 PM
mac mini is still available, it just hasn't had a hardware refresh in like 4 years

m0nde
01-09-2019, 08:22 PM
these were the machines I was working on. Main thing was getting a non mac flashed GeForce card working and adding external power for that card

https://i.imgur.com/PXXbhYzh.jpg

juji
01-09-2019, 08:46 PM
mac mini is still available, it just hasn't had a hardware refresh in like 4 years

I have a mac mini 2012 and it's still working, I was thinking to upgrade with SSD and some ram but nah I don't use it often

Wendy <3
01-09-2019, 09:54 PM
You guys are geeks

juji
01-09-2019, 10:06 PM
You guys are geeks

No, mac users aren't geeks, are colossal faggots like boobz

m0nde
01-09-2019, 11:50 PM
You guys are geeks

this is Stevey stuff, our stevy stuff, not wireless keyboards and teargas. This is more along the line of dashlsbe

Wendy <3
01-10-2019, 12:12 AM
https://i.imgur.com/6odyP7h.jpg

m0nde
01-10-2019, 12:20 AM
*ANGERY* reacts only

m0nde
01-10-2019, 12:25 AM
do they even offer a tower since they scrapped the Xserv?


there's a cylindrical weird thing which I would never buy, buy the properly modular ones are coming bavk

https://store.storeimages.cdn-apple.com/4982/as-images.apple.com/is/image/AppleInc/aos/published/images/m/ac/mac/pro/mac-pro-gallery3-2013?wid=1860&hei=1258&fmt=jpeg&qlt=80&op_usm=0.5,0.5&.v=0

Mac Pro
3.5GHz 6-core with 12MB of L3 cache
16GB (4 x 4GB) of 1866MHz DDR3 ECC
Dual AMD FirePro D500 GPUs with 3GB of GDDR5 VRAM each
256GB PCIe-based SSD

~$2500

I may get one just to mess with it, but not for work. Just personal use

Wendy <3
01-10-2019, 12:57 AM
Stevey could use that money a lot more than you need it

m0nde
01-10-2019, 01:21 AM
he would just buy steam games with it, unless i'm doing it for work, i'm buying stuff, refurbing it and selling it

rubycalaber
01-10-2019, 02:59 AM
https://store.storeimages.cdn-apple.com/4982/as-images.apple.com/is/image/AppleInc/aos/published/images/m/ac/mac/pro/mac-pro-gallery3-2013?wid=1860&hei=1258&fmt=jpeg&qlt=80&op_usm=0.5,0.5&.v=0

Mac Pro
3.5GHz 6-core with 12MB of L3 cache
16GB (4 x 4GB) of 1866MHz DDR3 ECC
Dual AMD FirePro D500 GPUs with 3GB of GDDR5 VRAM each
256GB PCIe-based SSD

~$2500

I may get one just to mess with it, but not for work. Just personal use

is this a fleshlight

rubycalaber
01-10-2019, 03:00 AM
tenganote :rimshot:

maks
01-10-2019, 06:03 AM
https://store.storeimages.cdn-apple.com/4982/as-images.apple.com/is/image/AppleInc/aos/published/images/m/ac/mac/pro/mac-pro-gallery3-2013?wid=1860&hei=1258&fmt=jpeg&qlt=80&op_usm=0.5,0.5&.v=0

Mac Pro
3.5GHz 6-core with 12MB of L3 cache
16GB (4 x 4GB) of 1866MHz DDR3 ECC
Dual AMD FirePro D500 GPUs with 3GB of GDDR5 VRAM each
256GB PCIe-based SSD

~$2500

I may get one just to mess with it, but not for work. Just personal use

yeah I'm familiar with the trashcan mac. the hole in the center is all cooling, for all I know it's a masterpiece of engineering but I'm hardly shocked no one bought one

m0nde
01-10-2019, 07:00 AM
he would just buy steam games with it, unless i'm doing it for work, i'm buying stuff, refurbing it and selling it

so I'm using the money toskrore money

m0nde
01-10-2019, 08:32 PM
got a pro 2011 today for 200 bucks, lucked out, ram was 8gb and I upped the hdd to 500gb ssd
but I found bad keys, so I'm replacing the keyboard for 50 bucks

m0nde
01-10-2019, 08:37 PM
https://i.imgur.com/H6P5YFl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/29oZ1Kl.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/rx5VAC1.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/15QdLWX.jpg

m0nde
01-10-2019, 08:38 PM
booted into windows 7. I had no idea what that drive had on it.

juji
01-11-2019, 12:18 AM
booted into windows 7. I had no idea what that drive had on it.

Wtf?

juji
01-11-2019, 12:34 AM
Did you know os x Mojave wont update on macbook pro 2011?

m0nde
01-11-2019, 02:14 AM
Did you know os x Mojave wont update on macbook pro 2011?

I know exactly what works on this mschine

juji
01-11-2019, 03:03 AM
good job BRO...

m0nde
01-11-2019, 03:26 AM
lol, I just won an eBay auction for a 2016 MacBook Air 11" with 8gb ram and 128gb SSD for $225 fucking lol, that's cheap as fuck. There's got to be something wrong with it, but the guy shows screenshots of it being used. Well see

juji
01-11-2019, 03:36 AM
who the fuck needs a mac book air anyway

m0nde
01-11-2019, 03:38 AM
I buy and sell them, why're you so adversarial and shgres6 about the subject?

juji
01-11-2019, 04:42 AM
I dont know what is shgres6, I assume it's a new buzzword, you could explain it

maks
01-11-2019, 05:42 AM
who the fuck needs a mac book air anyway

apple's hardware is the best on the market. they lasts forever and the touchpad is unparalleled, even if you want to install windows on it

juji
01-11-2019, 08:48 AM
apple's hardware is the best on the market. they lasts forever and the touchpad is unparalleled, even if you want to install windows on it

Not true since I had mac mini video problems until it's repaired and the warranty is over.

m0nde
01-11-2019, 12:29 PM
apple's hardware is the best on the market. they lasts forever and the touchpad is unparalleled, even if you want to install windows on it

I had 2 lawyers who were forced to get airs from international. Both insisted on me putting win 10 on them. What a waste

m0nde
01-11-2019, 12:31 PM
Not true since I had mac mini video problems until it's repaired and the warranty is over.

I have a load of old af mac minis and I upped them all to 16gb ram and they're still running, no issues ever, since purchase

Geedthake
01-11-2019, 12:35 PM
bragging about hoarding over other peoples trash computers

m0nde
01-11-2019, 12:45 PM
Um I have this stuff for at work. The other stuff I buy, refurb and sell as soon as possible

Wendy <3
01-11-2019, 01:20 PM
I've never seen or used an apple device in my life

m0nde
01-11-2019, 04:29 PM
blazing fast, i'll be replacing the ssd with a shitty hdd if i decide to sell this one, total cost Canadian Dollars: $400 = base laptop $200, RAM (16GB) $100, SSD (500GB) $100

https://i.imgur.com/o84s63n.png
https://i.imgur.com/lIjDXrw.png
https://i.imgur.com/CcY8xtd.png
https://i.imgur.com/ZmSdOO3.png

Geedthake
01-11-2019, 04:31 PM
winning

m0nde
01-11-2019, 04:37 PM
it's funny you bring that up, i'm winning an ebay auction for a macbook air 2015 11" with 8gb RAM, i'm going to try desoldering the m.3 ssd and installing a connector in its place so i can easily upgrade the ssd
wish me luck, fgt

m0nde
01-11-2019, 05:12 PM
happening next, this is a quote for so e machines o already have buyers for
https://i.imgur.com/63TDcaO.jpg

juji
01-11-2019, 11:07 PM
it's funny you bring that up, i'm winning an ebay auction for a macbook air 2015 11" with 8gb RAM, i'm going to try desoldering the m.3 ssd and installing a connector in its place so i can easily upgrade the ssd
wish me luck, fgt

M.3 can be for wifi or something else

maks
01-12-2019, 04:00 PM
good luck, surface mount is a pain in the balls