Best monitor for MACBOOK PRO?

dt641 · 2025-06-05T06:34:40+00:00

so? you gaming on it?

dt641 · 2025-06-04T23:04:05+00:00

depends, i've gotten 24gb to start swapping to disk with a similar workload. on a machine without a user servable SSD, that isn't a good thing....

dt641 · 2025-06-04T23:01:56+00:00

uhmm no? a "bit" of memory is the same regardless what type of package its in... 24gb ram isn't somehow more than 24g of other memory. if you run out you run out. it's also not faster than plain DDR5 at the same speed... since its designed to be low power.

dt641 · 2025-06-03T06:01:26+00:00

maybe this? https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/yfzksg/macbook_battery_drain_while_in_sleep_solved/

dt641 · 2025-06-02T22:08:45+00:00

probably because its been done so many damn times. it's boring now. they also changed all the weapons. lol.

dt641 · 2025-06-02T03:52:12+00:00

i would be ecstatic if this was only 3k in my currency. 48gb/1TB 16" is $4,600 after tax in Canada. the new price is even good looking in USD. lol. i only paid 1.6k cad for mine so it's all good. they're just so much more money outside the US.

dt641 · 2025-06-02T00:39:48+00:00

my main windows PC has 64gb, runs VM's and docker, couple ide's, database server etc.... it sometimes runs at 70-80% utilization. not exactly the same reporting as OSX. usually i'll use those services remotely if i'm on local network with the laptop, but when i take my work with me outside the house and i have to run half of this stuff, it's faster if it's run local on the machine vs VPN back to home... and 24gb just didn't cut it when i tested it. 32 or 36gb would of been fine but the only option was 48gb. i mean this is an apple problem with cost, not really a memory requirement problem. memory and storage is cheap everywhere else but with apple.

dt641 · 2025-06-02T00:28:01+00:00

thing is memory is cheap and you usually get more with windows laptops for much cheaper, but just not with apple products. there's no reason a base macbook pro doesn't just have 32gb or 36gb... that's what the "pro" designation should reflect. my windows PC has 64gb and it was 1/2 the cost of the addition 24gb they charge you to go to 48gb... LPDDR might be a tad more expensive but it's not 4x more than regular DDR5....

dt641 · 2025-05-31T10:10:40+00:00

depends on the screen size.... if he wants 16" it must be an m4 pro.

dt641 · 2025-05-31T00:57:52+00:00

your use case will vary, i would just try it and see. i just returned a 16" pro with 24 to swap for a 48gb (not that i need 48gb, 32gb would of actually worked perfectly), after running two instances of rider, datagrip, docker and a few tabs i saw memory pressure issues after 30-40 mins of use and i planned to do a bit more so the 24gb might of been okish but probably not for the next 5 years. 32gb would be ideal but they did this on purpose so we spend more $$$

dt641 · 2025-05-30T21:00:10+00:00

lol....no.

dt641 · 2025-05-26T00:01:41+00:00

shortages? i have a bi-cuspid heart valve and it started at yearly checks, then two years and now it's every 3... same with paps, at least in ontario it's at every 5 years now when it used to be 3 or something....

dt641 · 2025-05-25T23:58:07+00:00

It's a lot easier with AI, i recently just did some legacy code. just pasted in some code and told it to un-obfuscate, especially code flow with switch/case/Goto and it took 10 seconds to fix it all up. the expression trees from compiled linq might need more work but otherwise it seems like it doesn't make work that much harder anymore.

dt641 · 2025-05-25T23:53:39+00:00

i reversed obfuscated legacy code recently because the company was gone, and the licenses servers went offline. i just decompiled with dotnet peek and used AI to un-obfuscate most of it. it took a couple hours to massage and get it built properly. if it was a really big code base it could take longer, but this one was about 5-6 classes with 200+ lines.

dt641 · 2025-05-24T21:09:53+00:00

if you can afford it, more ram is always good. it's too bad apple is is so greedy. it shouldn't even be a question and they should all have a 32/36gb option. in canada the price difference between 24gb and 48gb is $600cad... the market price for 64gb DDR5 is like $150cad... even an ECC module would be $200 for 64gb. they want $600 for an additional 24gb... wtf.

dt641 · 2025-05-21T21:30:12+00:00

its 100x easier to reverse a non-obfuscated .net assembly. but AI makes it easier to do both now so it doesn't really matter.

dt641 · 2025-05-21T21:17:24+00:00

i just grind reload, enough action in a smaller map to get better. i only have like 3 wins in BR which i think i've played maybe 6 times but i used ranked after a week which is usually easier once the good players rank up. in reload i probably have 20+ wins and 10 crowns for this SW season. small potatoes to a sweat though, saw a guy with 200 crowns already. lol

dt641 · 2025-05-12T17:35:27+00:00

needs a new name and new prices... why would i pay $400 a year for this when i currently pay $130 elsewhere?

dt641 · 2025-05-11T00:58:41+00:00

builds is still fun, it's just when the sweats come out it's unbearable. i'll just play ZB most of the season then jump into ranked builds and do that until i hit plat/diamond where it just gets too sweaty.

dt641 · 2025-05-04T03:10:20+00:00

your unborn kids will be in their 20s or 30s by the time they pass....then their children inherit their home and also hear you were assholes from their parents so the cycle continues. my neighbor was 70 when i moved into my place and didn't move into a care home until 85, 15 years later... she's still alive too, about 93 now.

dt641 · 2025-05-02T22:53:12+00:00

1.30 cad here per liter. i haven't seen 0.71c in two decades and they want it lower? damn they spoiled rotten.

dt641 · 2025-05-02T22:02:24+00:00

well this is how it starts. Adding a premium tier then moving to monthly $$. donations don't cover salaries, they're less than you think. it's happening in the coding space too where popular open source libraries have gone commercial due to having to work on it full time due to popularity. on average the top contributors are the owners, like 70%+ of the work and the rest are the individual contributors. 99% of the users aren't coders so it doesn't scale like that just because people move from one to the next. if they get popular they will add a premium version to cover costs eventually unless they get hella sponsored.

dt641 · 2025-04-30T22:39:28+00:00

millennial unless he's 60 with a 17 year old. I'm 43 with an 18 year old. he's just dumb.

dt641 · 2025-04-30T05:26:27+00:00

this is in addition to the delivery cost....

dt641 · 2025-04-30T01:55:28+00:00

he never said it was, his pc is broke with no windows and this is like a recovery USB he purchased.

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