DA OFFICIAL APPLE THREAD

[Himu]

really? hmm. how much hotter? i haven't received it yet.

[Rman]

core i7 macbook is a rip. the "core i7" in it just a standard arrandale with a marginal cache and clock increase, and it runs a fair bit hotter. i woulda just went for the 2.4 or 2.53 core i5.

Is this standard for most laptop i7s or just the MBPs skus?

[Van Cruncheon]

nope. the core i7qm procs (as opposed to the arrandale core i7m procs) are four cores, eight threads. the arrandale chips are all 2 cores, 4 threads and are significantly weaker despite the higher clocks.

[Eel O'Brian]

new rumor going around is that they're gonna intro a bigger ipad next year

i would totally buy a 12" ipad

[Himu]

nope. the core i7qm procs (as opposed to the arrandale core i7m procs) are four cores, eight threads. the arrandale chips are all 2 cores, 4 threads and are significantly weaker despite the higher clocks.

I just ordered it like a day ago. I'm reading up on this. My mistake, I figured it would be better than icore 7 given my line of work so I with the bigger power.

[Himu]

Anyone use the features from 4.2.1 yet?

Anyways, my current wallpaper.

[Rman]

Not really.  4.2 was really more significant for the iPad, than the iPhone.

[Himu]

I was shocked ipad hadn't received multitasking yet.

[Rman]

It did with 4.2, but apps need to support it.

[Himu]

Oh. On the apple page they're all,"NEW MULTITASKING FOR IPAD ON 4.2.1" and I was all,"It didn't come with multitasking out the box?"

[Phoenix Dark]

dear apple fagz, help a brotha out: I'm gonna jailbreak my ipod touch. Is this a good place to start

[youtube=560,345]FUyupc_OXOE[/youtube]

and once I jailbreak it, what exactly can I do?

[Shaka Khan]

What model do you own and what's the current firmware version its currently running?

As for the benefits of jailbreaking: installing applications that Apple would never approve of like phone UI and system tweaks, which improves upon the OS a lot, and of course

[Phoenix Dark]

32gig 4G. Dunno what firmware it is, just bought it. I'll have to update the firmware first right?

[Shaka Khan]

It's important to know which version it's running on in order to pick the right jailbreaking tool. Go to "settings" > "General" > "About" and look for the "version" field.

If it's running 4.2.1 use this guide to jailbreak: Link.
RedSn0w (JB tool) will perform a tethered JB, meaning you'll need its assistance to boot your device every time you turn it off or run out of batteries (you'll have to wait for an untethered solution).

If it's running 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, or 4.1 use this guide to jailbreak: Link.
Limerain (JB tool) will perform an untethered JB, so reboot away.

[Phoenix Dark]

4.1

I'll have to start this 

[Shaka Khan]

You're lucky.

Don't think about updating to 4.2.1 until they release an untethered JB.

[chronovore]

I went to the Apple Store yesterday to put my greasy mitts on some new hardware. The iPad table was crowded as hell, so I checked out the MacBook Air first. The 13 inch one is really, really nice. The 11 inch one has a good, full-sized keyboard and is a more manageable size if thinking about portability. I'm liking the screen resolution better on the 13 inch, and the weight of the 11 inch.

When an iPad station finally freed up, I tried using the keyboard. Setting the iPad at an optimal typing angle with their special grippy stand (which isn't something it would normally benefit from), I began to try typing. I kept mis-pressing the keys, and the iOS kept trying to autocomplete for me. I was quickly annoyed; maybe there's a learning curve, but it was stress-inducing. Like the Newton, this is a "consumption" device, made for reviewing existing content, not for creating new content. But a good portion of what I want it for is email and forum responses, not movie watching, game playing, or comic/newspaper/book reading. It seems like a bad choice in tose instances. Is it?

[Cormacaroni]

yes, since you care about things like spelling and capitalization

[Eel O'Brian]

I was surprised to find out that I'm actually pretty good at typing on it.  Didn't think I would be.  I can see where the majority of folks would hate it, though.

[Cormacaroni]

The placement of the shift key annoys the tits off me. I'm always hitting Z instead. I CAN touch-type on it, but it's not a pleasant experience, and not reliable either. If I want to write more than a few lines, I always go to a real k/b instead.

[Himu]

What model do you own and what's the current firmware version its currently running?

As for the benefits of jailbreaking: installing applications that Apple would never approve of like phone UI and system tweaks, which improves upon the OS a lot, and of course

improves how?

[Shaka Khan]

What model do you own and what's the current firmware version its currently running?

As for the benefits of jailbreaking: installing applications that Apple would never approve of like phone UI and system tweaks, which improves upon the OS a lot, and of course

improves how?

I only have a few apps/tweaks installed, basically the ones I use on daily basis, but they should give you an idea:

- Lockinfo: replaces the lockscreen with neat and organized lists of calender events/missed called/unread mail or messages/unchecked push messages/ weather forcast. It can also be set as your homescreen and/or linked to a touch gesture that activates it as a drop down layer. Customizable and themeable.
- BiteSMS: powerful SMS app, has many features. I mainly use it for the quick reply/compose feature (compose and reply anywhere, eliminating the need to exit apps in order to use those features).
- Action menu: adds to the copy/paste pop-menu extra functions like lookup (search/dictionary/translate), scroll up/down, add location, clipboard history, favorites.
- Fullscreen Safari: self explanatory.
- Safari Download Manager: self explanatory.
- iFile: think of it as a windows explorer or Finder for the iOS. Can view a wide variety of files, even zip and unzip archives.
- infinifolders: Add as many apps to any folder as you like, unrestricted by the 12 apps per folder limit set by apple.
- Folders within folders: self explanatory.
- infinidock: have as many icons as you like on your dock, set them either to scroll infinitely or be spread among several pages.
- remove background: simple tweak that removes all backgrounded apps by holding the status bar.
- sbsettings: swipe the status bar anywhere to reveal a drop down menu containing a variety of toggles (wifi/3G/bluetooth/brightness...etc), saves you the trouble of going to the Settings menu to toggle any of them on/off. Customizable and themeable.
- Screendimmer: you can set a timer to dim the screen/turn it off so you don't have to rely on the annoying auto-lock feature in order to preserve the battery.
- switcher mod: all icons on the switcher dock have visible (x) so you don't have to hold an icon, wait for the to wiggle effect, then start closing them off. Has more features that I don't care for/recall.
- Yourtube: save youtube videos.
- Winterboard: Themes management app.
- WiFi Sync: sync with iTunes over wifi.
- Pwntunes: skip the iTunes altogether and drag and drop your files directly to your iDevice.

I used to have a lot more before updating, I'm waiting for most of them to receive compatibly updates.

Edit: I think I met my applefaggotry monthly quota in less than 5 posts.

[Shaka Khan]

Oh, and of course: Installous

[chronovore]

yes, since you care about things like spelling and capitalization

Fanks, I'll take this as gospel.

I had a Newton MP100 and an MP120 (it might have been a 110? I forget...) and the data entry aspects of handwriting there were pretty annoying. This felt like that did.

I'm going to stick with an actual computer. The MacBook Air is really nice. Though there is a small chance I'll elect to cheap-out and get the white MacBook.

[Phoenix Dark]

I jailbroke my ipod. Downloaded the dTunes add on...which is pretty underwhelming. I'm gonna start looking more at the games and stuff now. Any suggestions on the best add ons and games?

[Shaka Khan]

Since Apple approves most of the submitted games to the appstore, you won't find any worthy games in Cydia.

As for dTunes, I haven't tried it so I can't comment or suggest better alternatives. One thing you should know about Cydia is that there are a lot of crappy of content, or good content with crappy UIs, since apps don't go through an approval process and anything goes.

You'll find many, many movie/tv/music-streaming apps that are basically mobile-optimized portals to shady webcontent, so heads-up.

As for suggestions, I listed some of my most used tweaks for Himu in my previous post. I personally think the right approach to Cydia is not going around aimlessly downloading any tweaks or apps, but to use your iDevice the way it is until you grow frustrated with a specific OS limitation. That's when you start searching for the right Cydia app to alleviate the problem. Don't bloat your device with crap or you'll fuck it up.

[chronovore]

Ah, I rely on it for capitalizing my sentences, all references to "I," and adding apostrophes into contractions. I'll leave it on.

As a test last night, I was visiting EB just using my iPod Touch. It works pretty well! But I feel the eye-strain pretty quickly.

[ManaByte]

  Mountain Lion 

  $20

Safari 6 now runs better than Chrome does.

[Brehvolution]

I'm due for an upgrade in December. I hope the 5 will be in stock by then.

[chronovore]

It's so bogus that Siri isn't built in to run on iPad 2; all that shit is processed server-side, and the iPad has a mic. C'mon.

[chronovore]

It's so bogus that Siri isn't built in to run on iPad 2; all that shit is processed server-side, and the iPad has a mic. C'mon.

dat Apple tax in form of iPad 3

Yeah, but it's not even a technical limitation. It's just bullshit.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

> Apple
> bullshit

[chronovore]

> Apple
> bullshit

F you, HowardAlanTreesong! I'll stay in a crusty, entitled fanboy mood if I want to! :shakesfist