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  • Denon and Marantz roll out AirPlay 2 support for select AV receivers

    libertyforalllibertyforall
    Any word on Yamaha receivers yet?! 
    watto_cobra

  • Comparing the Core i9 and graphical performance of the 2018 15-inch MacBook Pro with Dell'...

    libertyforalllibertyforall
    Mike Wuerthele said:
    mr. h said:
    Is the takeaway from the Test that the dell outperforms the mac when plugged into power? Which for me is 99% of the time and when I’m on the road I don’t do heavy workloads just browsing and itunes.
    The takeaway is that the price of the 15" MacBook Pro is completely outrageous and totally unjustifiable. It used to be that when Apple launched a new Mac, that it was actually very price competitive with Windows PCs, when you actually did a proper "Apples to Apples" comparison (for want of a better colloquialism), in other words compared a MacBook Pro to a similarly sized and weighted machine. Alas, this is no longer the case. It's no wonder that Apple's Mac sales aren't up to much.
    Better off with a 2015 15" MBP, which is what I bought when Apple failed to fix my '11 17" MBP GPU issues after THREE logic board replacements, at least that has a socketed SSD and a variety of ports.  ;)

    Apple does not care about longevity in their products any longer, they just want you to upgrade more frequently and don't fix the issues they did not engineer well that results in failures.  i.e. the Mac should have automatically disabled the discrete failed GPU and went solely to the integrated GPU instead of making the computer no longer usable!  

    Read:
    https://beetstech.com/blog/macbook-pro-unibody-2011-graphics-defect

    and 
    https://realmacmods.com/macbook-2011-radeon-gpu-disable/
    +
    https://realmacmods.com/product/macbook-pro-2011-radeon-disable-utility/
    Even including keyboard failures, the 2016 and 2017 MBP have a lower first-year failure rate than the 2015 MBP did. And, everything you're talking about, including the 2011, had a repair program.

    If they wanted you to upgrade more frequently, they never would have implemented the program.

    Look, I get that they're not making what you want them to make. Get what makes you happy!
    Apple NEVER fixed [re-engineered] the root cause GPU problems on the 2011 MBPs, that is crystal clear from the articles I linked and they just swapped replacement logic boards, a band-aid but the problem still recurs with the same complete failure issues, happened on THREE logic boards for me.  Pretty piss poor engineering responses on Apple's part!  They NEVER properly addressed the issues, only pretended to placate people who's MBPs had the issue.
    You're conflating issues. Look up why the failures were happening.
    Your point being what?  I provided all the information about the why in the links provided, those include:

    *  GPU chip heat issues
    *  Improper adhesion of chip to board (solder)
    *  Improper selection of appropriate thermal compound
    *  Poor cooling system


    I guess my question is what precisely were you expecting to happen? It sucks that you had to deal with this but it worked out in the end, given that you were given a computer because of the multiple repairs. Your evidence presented doesn't support your conclusion.
    I would expect Apple to provide an ACTUAL ENGINEERED FIX, not some half-hearted attempt to placate people with another time bomb!  

    It did NOT work out in the end, I have a dead MBP that Apple never fixed and now says they no longer have parts for.  I had to buy another computer due to poor quality control, before I intended to.  

    The conclusion that the 2011 MBPs were poorly engineered and not subsequently fixed despite a logic board replacement program is very well supported by a litany of evidence.  No idea what you are on about.  
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Comparing the Core i9 and graphical performance of the 2018 15-inch MacBook Pro with Dell'...

    libertyforalllibertyforall
    Mike Wuerthele said:
    mr. h said:
    Is the takeaway from the Test that the dell outperforms the mac when plugged into power? Which for me is 99% of the time and when I’m on the road I don’t do heavy workloads just browsing and itunes.
    The takeaway is that the price of the 15" MacBook Pro is completely outrageous and totally unjustifiable. It used to be that when Apple launched a new Mac, that it was actually very price competitive with Windows PCs, when you actually did a proper "Apples to Apples" comparison (for want of a better colloquialism), in other words compared a MacBook Pro to a similarly sized and weighted machine. Alas, this is no longer the case. It's no wonder that Apple's Mac sales aren't up to much.
    Better off with a 2015 15" MBP, which is what I bought when Apple failed to fix my '11 17" MBP GPU issues after THREE logic board replacements, at least that has a socketed SSD and a variety of ports.  ;)

    Apple does not care about longevity in their products any longer, they just want you to upgrade more frequently and don't fix the issues they did not engineer well that results in failures.  i.e. the Mac should have automatically disabled the discrete failed GPU and went solely to the integrated GPU instead of making the computer no longer usable!  

    Read:
    https://beetstech.com/blog/macbook-pro-unibody-2011-graphics-defect

    and 
    https://realmacmods.com/macbook-2011-radeon-gpu-disable/
    +
    https://realmacmods.com/product/macbook-pro-2011-radeon-disable-utility/
    Even including keyboard failures, the 2016 and 2017 MBP have a lower first-year failure rate than the 2015 MBP did. And, everything you're talking about, including the 2011, had a repair program.

    If they wanted you to upgrade more frequently, they never would have implemented the program.

    Look, I get that they're not making what you want them to make. Get what makes you happy!
    Apple NEVER fixed [re-engineered] the root cause GPU problems on the 2011 MBPs, that is crystal clear from the articles I linked and they just swapped replacement logic boards, a band-aid but the problem still recurs with the same complete failure issues, happened on THREE logic boards for me.  Pretty piss poor engineering responses on Apple's part!  They NEVER properly addressed the issues, only pretended to placate people who's MBPs had the issue.
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • Comparing the Core i9 and graphical performance of the 2018 15-inch MacBook Pro with Dell'...

    libertyforalllibertyforall
    These tests should be redone w/Mojave public beta, and more importantly when Mojave is released as final to see if there is much of a boost!  

    On another note, Apple REALLY needs to bring back socketed RAM, SSD, and I would also like to see socketed CPUs & GPUs in MBPs.  You know, to be more green!  ;)  
    TomE

  • Android 9.0 'Pie' ships on Google Pixel with slow release throughout fall

    libertyforalllibertyforall
    I have a couple Android tablet style devices, and they never get major updates because the HW creators don't care.  This is one of the biggest downsides of Android!  :(
    redsnowdropwatto_cobra