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Two options Both are 21.5 imacs in really good condition: $375 for: Late 2009 iMac 21.5" 3.06 GHz Processor 16GB RAM 500GB HD NVIDIA GeForce 9400 256MB Mac OS 10.11.6 (El Cap) Serial number QP0101FT5PK or $550 for mid-2011: Software Yosemite ILife 11, Office 11 Adobe Master suite CS5.5...

Hello everyone, I would love to get your feedback on which MBP I should get. I am a freshman of the computer forensic/ information security track, and I am planning to buy an MBP late 2016, but I am not sure if I should get the 13" with touch bar or the 15". Here are my options: 1) 13"...

Any opinions welcome on a decision to try and lighten my university backpack up. I'm thinking of a rMB+iPad Pro set up for the handwriting and annotation abilities paired with the regular computing of the macOS, but they come at a price of around $2463.00 with edu discount. The Lenovo Yoga...

Got this laptop just yesterday. Apparently while I left it downloading the sims 4, when I went back to check it it was restarting. I didn't realize that it was kernel panic until I closed all the apps that are opened and saw the message that says "your computer restarted because of a...

I'm a soon to graduate graphic designer looking for some advice on my replacement for my Mid 2010 13"MBP. Before I explain the options let me give you a bit of background of my general usage: I use the Adobe suite (mostly photoshop, illustrator, indesign and a little bit of after effects) on a...

hello guys, i am planning to buy the MacBook Pro base model 2016, now I have two places I'm considering getting it from. One is from Best Buy that is Open box- excellent geek certified, and one from eBay seller that has the item new and sealed but obviously no receipt. To be honest I'm...

Hello, I have ordered a 13 inch 2.7GHz/512GB/16GB touchbar MacBook Pro, but am now getting some doubts about that touchbar. As a Maths/Computer Science student i do not think that I can make great use of that gimmicky bar (if not the contrary); I'd rather have the function keys. However, the...

Hi, so i'm a bit torn between the new 15 inch MBP with 2.6ghz and the 2.9ghz.. i will certainly get the radeon pro 460 option but i'm wondering if the 2.9ghz processor is really that much faster and better than the 2.6 for 4k video editing. so what should i do?

Opinions wanted! Do you own an Apple Watch? Please describe what you like/don't like. Was it worth getting? If you could go back, would you still get it? Has it become an integral part of you digital life, similar to when you got your first smartphone? Did you return/get rid of your Apple...

So I am with Tmobile as my carrier. I have an iPhone 5s that is holding on by its teeth (screen is separating so touch capabilities are spotty at best). At first I tried to preorder a Matte Black Tmobile 7+ 129gb on the 9th at 2:01am for the upgrade program, then found I could not and by the...

Hey all, A really simple question, but I can't seem to find the answer. I live in the UK and was wondering if I can buy the Apple Watch in Germany? Will it work just fine, or is there some geographical differences in the product? Will warranty etc be affected

I've read what the speculated performance upgrades may be...and I'm not sure I would benefit from them. I would prefer to purchase now, but I could wait until this fall when the new model comes out. The question is, since the current model has been out so long, has it dropped any in price...

I see no new Macbooks announced in the last Apple event, so no new Macbooks coming soon. Is it right? I don't have urgency: I can wait 1-2 months.

Hi there, My wife and I currently have an iPad Mini 1 that our son uses primarily as it has gotten a bit slow for our use. It does have a hard time running many of his educational games now, and they crash often (running iOS 9.3.4). It works best for streaming Sesame Street, etc. We would...

I'm currently using a Galaxy S6, and it's driving me mad. Not to get too much into it, but I know for a fact that getting an iPhone would solve the specific problems i have, because I'm currently using my sister's old 6 with a borked glass. (She drops stuff. As do I.) Anyway, the plan has been...

Just wondering: Is it worth it to upgrade from a fairly base model mid 2012 15" rMBP to the inevitable 2016 version if the rumors are true?

Hey all, just wanted to ask for your insight about whether an Air 11 with 8gb of ram is a good choice for the moment or not. I know of the Macbook model, but personally I don't like hi res screens (and probably am the only person in this forum that doesn't :P ) so I want the standard res...

Hi there. I'm in the position of considering the rMB as my next Apple laptop but there're a couple of black spots for which I may need your help to clarify. I'm reading all over the web that, despite 2015 bad or not-so-good reviews, the 2016 machine performs really well in terms of process...

I was hoping for that $225 iPhone 5s rumor to be true. Now that Apple does not sell the iPhone 5s anymore, where is the best place to get it? Obviously the prices will slowly drop in the next weeks on eBay and Swappa etc, but I don't want to have to worry about the condition of the phone. I'd...

Hey guys - I sold my Early 2011 MacBook Pro a couple of months ago and intended to purchase a MacBook Air or Retina MBP to replace it. However my work situation has changed in the last couple of weeks (yay, freelance!) and my budget is quite a bit lower than I originally planned for. The PC...