17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-15 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi, I guess every member of WAMUG knows how strongly I feel about Apple discontinuing the 17 MacBook Pro. Apple has shown the ability to do a retina display at any screen size it wants. So please Apple Include the 17 MacBook Pro with retina display in this year's MacBook Pro range launch. How

Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-15 Thread Brian Risbey
YES PLEASE! (Do you think they heard that?!) Please put my name one one, My 17 is beginning to limp along, and As Nike would say, Just do it! Brian Sent from my iPhone5 On 15/08/2013, at 14:32, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi, I guess every member of WAMUG knows how strongly I feel

Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-15 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Brian, Thankfully my 17 MacBookPro8,3 (early 2011) is still running perfectly. But as soon as Apple announce a new 17 MacBook Pro retina display, I will be ordering one ;-) There has been thousands of people (including me) that have been sending feedback to Apple since they discontinued the

Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-15 Thread Peter Crisp
Hi Ronnie and Brian. with the last 4 years of Apple ownership taking command of the house entirely, I want to actually get one of these for myself now. Wife and three kids of mine all have iPod/iPhone/iPad/Macbook combinations between them, and all I have is an iPhone 4 - plus the iPad I

Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-15 Thread Stephen Chape
I have every finger toe crossed for you Ronni ! On 15/08/2013, at 3:58 PM, Ronda Brown ro...@mac.com wrote: Hi Brian, Thankfully my 17 MacBookPro8,3 (early 2011) is still running perfectly. But as soon as Apple announce a new 17 MacBook Pro retina display, I will be ordering one ;-)

Time Machine Hard Drive unmounting by itself ?

2013-08-15 Thread Stephen Chape
Hi folks, About a week ago I installed a 1TB WD Portable Hard Drive to use as my Time Machine. It has worked fine except for one point. Every so often I return to my iMac after a few hours away to find a message that I have unplugged the hard drive without ejecting it. I have NOT unplugged

Re: Time Machine Hard Drive unmounting by itself ?

2013-08-15 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Stephen, What OS X are you running? Is the WD external connected by USB of FW? First thing to check go into the Energy Saver preference pane in System Preferences. Check to see if you have enabled the item: Put Hard Disk(s) to sleep when possible. If it is enabled, DISABLE it. This item

Re: Time Machine Hard Drive unmounting by itself ?

2013-08-15 Thread Stephen Chape
Hi Ronni, That item is already disabled. My Time Capsule and my old wired modem had both been playing up recently. So I replaced both of them with a Telstra WiFi Modem. So I plugged in this spare HD and switched Time Machine to it. I just can't figure why it un-mounts randomly like this ? I have

Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-15 Thread Brian Risbey
Hi Pete, So have you seen the cartoon: Son sitting with iPad, daughter talking on an iPhone parent with iPaid! On a serious note, perhaps a SSD would be an option - more robust? Brian On 15/08/2013, at 4:28 PM, Peter Crisp petercr...@westnet.com.au wrote: Hi Ronnie and Brian. with the last

Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-15 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Pete The 27 LED screens are great, well worth it. I use one with my laptop when at home and recommend them. And when you compare the price (For what you get) to comparable other non-Apple models they aren't actually that expensive. If you store a lot of stuff then yes, the 512GB Flash Drive

Re: Time Machine Hard Drive unmounting by itself ?

2013-08-15 Thread Ronda Brown
Hi Stephen, Do you receive this message after the iMac wakes from Sleep? Some external drives will give this message when the computer wakes from an extended sleep. What model WD portable drive is it? Have you tried other USB ports? 1. Check first if your WD external has a firmware upgrade

Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-15 Thread Peter Crisp
Yes thanks Brian, I would certainly like to opt for SSD. will do when I place order. Regards Pete On 15/08/2013, at 9:36 PM, Brian Risbey risb...@bigpond.com wrote: Hi Pete, So have you seen the cartoon: Son sitting with iPad, daughter talking on an iPhone parent with iPaid! On a

Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-15 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Pete Retina Displays only come with Flash Drives (ie SSD), as standard so you don't need to adjust it. Just the size of the drive you want :) Hope that helps. Kind regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone 5 --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: danielATmacwizardry.com.au Web:

Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-15 Thread Peter Crisp
Thanks Daniel, yes i like the 27 Thunderbolt displays. i have an iTunes library around 220GB and photos 50GB, so 256GB no good for me and no doubt they will get bigger not smaller. Do you feel that the extra cost of the retina is worth it over the non-retina MBP in 13. I always wondered why

Re: 17-inch Retina MacBook Pro Revival with 2013 Haswell Refresh

2013-08-15 Thread Peter Crisp
Ok, noted thanks Daniel. Regards Pete On 16/08/2013, at 11:45 AM, Daniel Kerr dan...@macwizardry.com.au wrote: Hi Pete Retina Displays only come with Flash Drives (ie SSD), as standard so you don't need to adjust it. Just the size of the drive you want :) Hope that helps. Kind