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Jack S Holt

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  1. 1 iMac 27" 2011 It works well enough for programming ^^ not gaming might I add, but runs War Thunder on medium and CSGO on medium.
  2. Hey guys, thanks for your responses and I have been looking at your suggestions, thanks a lot for your help and I'll take them all into consideration. THANK YOU!!!!!
  3. I'm not sure if anyone has been in a situation like myself but if you have then I could really do with your advice/help. I recently applied for the Royal Air Force and passed all of my selection resulting in being offered a commission, I deferred this commission till after I finished University. I am now going on to study Computer Science a year later than I probably should have and have been job hunting for around 4 - 5 months. I am putting my CV out to everything and anything in order to get a job, from my preferred technology focused businesses to warehouse jobs. I am honestly in it for anything. I am needing a job so that I can fund a laptop for University and at the moment I have had two relatively good recommendations: MacBook Air Microsoft Surface Laptop 2 Now these are around the 1200-300 price point and well who am I kidding, beggars cannot be choosers. So I should probably get to the premise of my post and just say: Has anyone else been in this position? How can you effectively get the money or indeed a job to purchase the hardware you need? Are my two laptop suggestions ideal for a Computer Science degree? Thanks guys. Edit: If some of you are wondering how I am writing this, its on my iMac 2011 that I currently code and unfortunately game on, to limited effect ?
  4. Yeh I know it costs a bomb and then they remove it from the latest software, even though it would do fine.
  5. macOS Mojave Well I have installed the beta for Mojave and wow it is impressive on my MacBook 12 inch, however learning that my iMac 27 inch, late 2011, is no longer supported I am slightly disgruntled. Does anyone else think that they have made too many devices redundant with the new software? Jack
  6. Probs not any surprises but great to see some official product releases etc etc...
  7. APPLE KEYNOTE 12TH SEPTEMBER 2018
  8. Well little did I know that they have dropped support for my iMac so I'm having to find a way around that. Hopefully, I can.
  9. Running the Beta now, and it's running pretty well so far, new News app which is a lot nicer.
  10. Right well installed Mojave on my MacBook and my visually it is stunning, now just to let iOS 12 install now, glad I installed it now! JUST LOOK AT IT!!
  11. I know I like all the MacBooks bar the Air, but I didn't need a laptop with such processing power I just needed a sleek laptop/notebook to do word processing. However even when doing light coding it copes well and doesn't get hot. And to be able to keep a steady temperature without a fan is truly amazing, one mighty heatsink.
  12. I have the 12 inch MacBook and it usually installs and boots quite quickly so I can give it a quick go.
  13. Nice one I mean I have all my storage automatically backed up in the cloud so I'm set for that really just don't want any hardware going wrong because of the OS that was my primary concern.
  14. You recommend me installing the Beta for all my devices then?
  15. Yeh, I completely agree, it's the little tweaks to the visuals and accessibility that make it great. I was gonna download the Beta on both my iMac and MacBook but I don't want to risk anything. Last time I tried beta it was iOS 11 and god did it annihilate the iPhone 7.
  16. macOS Mojave As a prolific Mac user, using both a MacBook and an iMac, I tend to get slightly excited about new software. Especially Mojave, for example, if working late at night the bright white theme of the macOS that has become a precedent is now no longer permanently burning a new hole into your retina. The Dark Mode not only makes it look sleeker, in my opinion, but also allowing for more productivity and less eye strain, something I have always believed is a positive. Additionally, while a gimmick, the dynamic desktop that allows the background to adapt to the native time of the machine, personally I like the little touches that new software brings. As well as this rather neat feature, I am looking forward to the stack organisation tool. Allowing you to label items on your desktop with specific metadata and then automatically cleaning up the look of your desktop by organising into, you guessed it, "stacks" allowing the user to scrub over the specific stack to find an item collating to the stacked data/items. Being able to open an editable preview of a file with the spacebar in Mojave certainly tickles my pickle. Being able to markup quickly or trim swiftly in order to send the certain file to members of a team or indeed through private messaging/email really is a quicker solution compared to before. A new edition to the most appealing part of owning Apple products, connectivity. Being able to quickly take a picture and instantly insert it into your Pages document for me just enhances the experience further. So to be honest I just wanted to share what is impressing me about recent updates to the macOS and wondered if others liked the features I have mentioned and indeed if people have any more suggestions that you'd like to see in the latest rendition of the macOS. Jack
  17. Nice, looks good but unfortunately don't use an iPad nor Apple Pencil, but if I ever do, sure will use it.
  18. Oh whats notability? Never used it, I either use Google Keep or the Notes app.
  19. So do you manage to get away with everything on your iPad pro, like word processing etc? As a side note, I've been writing too many correspondence letters recently so it's mainly been that format for the past few months, not out of the habit yet, but I do agree, a bit of a poncy way to end
  20. Indeed I'm not balls to the wall Apple but I appreciate what they do as it suits my needs.
  21. Hello! W I suppose this is my first interaction on a forum, however certainly not my first time on one. I just thought I'd write a little about myself to see if there is anyone else on this forum similar to myself and my views on the current generation of technology.ell My views on technology may actually be todays Macs (at least for what I use them for). First off I know that I am at risk of being crucified for even sharing what I use as my daily machine. However first let me add a little context to my technology situation. I used to have a GTX 970ti with 32gb of RAM and 3 TB of storage, so for 3 years ago a decent computer and brilliant for playing Video Games. I played GTA, Battlefield, ArmA 3 and War Thunder all on movie settings and I loved it. However as I got older and started to require productivity over gaming (much like James before his rig was revamped) so I started to realise that Windows did not suit my needs. So I resorted to Google online services and Apple. A combination that I adore, especially when using my Google Home for ease of booking reminders and deadlines.in complete paradox to my purchasing of it. I use at this current moment in time a MacBook 12inch and an iMac 27" Mid-2011 and an iPhone 7 32gb. Now god they sound old, especially the iMac, but my do they still compete with Apple's MacOS just suited my needs, the ease of connectivity makes my life so much easier. I use the iMac to do my website design, light coding and the odd sprinkling of graphic design. So the obvious issue to many of you would be does the 2011 iMac manage this to a reasonable standard? Well, yes... However it must be said that my left side of the screen is dulled and I have had to resort to swapping out my 1 TB Hard-drive to a 256 GB SSD, leading to my purchase of an external Porsche Design Hard-Drive in order to store all my Data, anyway that is beside the point. For a device that is now 7-8 years old now it certainly has been a great investment. I have certainly made the money back from the initial purchase just because of its' longevity and relative reliability. I am unable to upgrade to newer devices just purely because of price and to be completely honest I don't want to if I don't have to, the device works, in fact it works well enough to be able to run War Thunder on medium settings at 45 FPS pretty much for a full day. Combine this occasional procrastination with the immense productivity of the iMac I certainly am in awe of Apple's design and indeed quality. So my second device, the 12 inch MacBook, indeed I didn't just betray the PCMR but indeed went for perhaps the least popular MacBook that Apple produces. So let me address each issue separately. Why did I purchase a MacBook, well it was probably because of the experience I had with an iMac, I switched from a gaming PC to an iMac and I didn't regret it at all, I sacrificed Nvidia for AMD and an i7 for an i5 before so why should I risk going back to windows. As well as this I wanted a device that was beautifully designed but also one that I knew I could rely on. My productivity had increased by at least 300% of the original progress I was making and as I have said many times before, I didn't mind. The device is perfect for travelling, checking social media and for my personal writing endeavours (for my eyes only by the way). So the second question you may all be asking is why the 12 inch. Well I didn't want a device that was as powerful as it could be, or in Apple's case the most expensive it could be, nor a large device, a 12 inch screen is perfect for writing and checking on scheduling, even the sound quality from the 12 inch base is of decent quality for some situations. So it only has an Intel Core M processor but as I said I only word process on Google and the M processor is perfectly capable of internet access and the consequent long periods of drivel that I may write. So I am pretty sure I do not need to address why I use an iPhone at this point but I will just prove that perhaps my views on technology aren't exactly the same as how I use it and indeed the tech I purchase. Do I agree with Apple's sometimes ridiculous pricing and lack of hardware upgradeability? well no I don't to be frank. Do I agree that my tech is the best possible? no, it is no where near the best, I love Apple's devices and indeed use them, but are mine the newest, no, are they the most effective, no I can't procrastinate as well as I could have done on my old windows PC. I am a strong believer in the user customised experience for computer users. However at the moment this is only really available to users on the Windows operating system something I believe should at some point shift to MacOS as well, will they? no of course not it's Apple! But after blabbing for long enough now I should probably wrap up this post. So I'll wrap it up with two questions for you all to answer if you wish. 1) Is there anyone else on the LTT forum that is in my situation preferring Apple devices purely because of productivity and design but yet still yearning for the gaming capability of Windows' devices? 2) Does anyone else use older Apple devices still with great performance because of the ridiculous pricing of Apple's latest devices? So I hope you all liked what you read and I already have my flak vest on for the shrapnel emanating from every windows PCMR user on this forum but I hope I don't need to defend myself and we all realise how different devices maximise certain expects of peoples lives. Jack
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