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  1. M

    What computer should I get

    I’m helping my sister buy a new home computer. She loves photography and takes lots of high resolution photos of wildlife and nature as a hobby. She wants a good computer system that will last her another 6-7 years and that’s not slow. She’s currently getting that spinning beach ball on her 2015...
  2. K

    Guide buying a new mac

    Thankyou in advance🫶🏻 *edits* Hi guys many all of u replying and gave me some advice, it help me a lot thankyouu but i decided to buy the macbook air m1 2020 not the pro's because i think it's enough for my daily use (beside when i said i want to learn adobe ps and ai) i appreciate all the...
  3. Tonelli

    27' 2011 or 21.5 2013 iMac ?

    Please help ! down to these two , I prefer a bigger screen , but if it's generally a better computer. I will sacrifice the size of the screen ! Here are the specs of the two iMacs Late 2013 iMac 21.5 , 1.12 tab fusion drive, 8gb ram 3.1 ghz i7 850$ Canadian or 640$ US Or Mid 2011 iMac...
  4. Tonelli

    Is this a good deal for 2011 iMac ?

    Here are the specs he wants 550$ Mid 2011 iMac 27' 512gb ssd Samsung 16 gb ram 2.7ghz i5 with a 6mb on chip shared L3 cache Radeon hd graphics 6770m graphics processor with 512mb gddr5 memory He said has upgraded like new , very fast , I'm going to look at it in two days Seems like a...
  5. davidmartindale

    Best AC router 2018

    Hi, I have an old 802.11n AirPort Extreme that is on its way out. I want to find a new 802.11ac router to replace it. -It does not need to be a mesh solution (I have a 950sqft apartment). -It does need to have at least 4 ethernet ports aside from the incoming from the mode (so 5 in total)...
  6. biomes

    iMac specs for video editing

    I've been wanting to switch to a Mac for video editing for a really long time and now I finally have the ability to do so! I feel like any iMac I buy is going to be an upgrade from what I've been using, but I want something that I can upgrade even more later on down the road. I'm a multimedia...
  7. J

    Apple AirPods

    Hey fellow friends, I am thinking about purchasing Apple's AirPods, but I noticed that they were released back in September of 2016. Do you think they will release a 2nd generation of Airpods since September is its anniversary? If so, what improvements do you think Apple will implement in them...
  8. T

    Printers: HP M252dw? Others?

    Any experience with the HP M252dw printer? Is the OS X support up to scratch? Does it play nice with El Cap? Anybody know if it uses a Postscript driver (more likely to still work in OS X 10.14! - been burnt by an older HP when they dropped the proprietary driver and the generic CUPS one was...