iFixit with Mac stuff

Looks hard as fuck to do the steps on Mac stuff. Removing the screens with plastic thingies and using these micro tools and then the say "do everything in reverse" to reassamble. Which just doesn't feel right. 

Anyone done this and had it work out? Id like to install ram in my iMac but fuck it looks tedious

Welcome to the wonderful world of Macintosh.

  On 2/16/2018 at 2:38 AM, marf said:

Looks hard as fuck to do the steps on Mac stuff. Removing the screens with plastic thingies and using these micro tools and then the say "do everything in reverse" to reassamble. Which just doesn't feel right. 

 

Anyone done this and had it work out? Id like to install ram in my iMac but fuck it looks tedious

seriously? Even installing Ram is a shit show?

https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Mac/iMac-Intel-21-5-Inch-EMC-3069-Mid-2017-4K-Display-Memory-Maxxer-RAM-Upgrade-Kit/IF173-031-1

click start guide

geez

  On 2/16/2018 at 2:38 AM, marf said:

Looks hard as fuck to do the steps on Mac stuff. Removing the screens with plastic thingies and using these micro tools and then the say "do everything in reverse" to reassamble. Which just doesn't feel right. 

 

Anyone done this and had it work out? Id like to install ram in my iMac but fuck it looks tedious

Yeah just don't. Unless you're really really comfortable with it.

cmon, you can do it, only tedious part is the display fixture and while on it - is that really a 5400RPM HD in there? gsus..SSD this.

it's not too difficult once you start and it's more forgiving than you think

Whats the value of a used imac nowadays? I'd sell the old one and buy one with the proper specs. Cannot be bothered with the DIY nonsense.

  On 2/16/2018 at 8:17 AM, goDel said:

I'd sell the old one and buy one with the proper specs. Cannot be bothered with the DIY nonsense.

...the "old" one seems to be a Mid 2017 iMac 21,5 4K. The ifixit kits are usually quite well thought out - unpluggin' and screwing shouldn't be the problem :D, unfixing the display feels a bit uncomfy, but i felt the same, when i upgraded an older imac - one with the magnetic clamps - but wasn't that hard after all. Still baffled, that they used an old-style 5400RPM HD  -  bottleneck extraordinaire - in such a recent model.  

I replaced a fan on a macbook pro using this website

do it marf

it'll be Fun :)

my mid 2011 imac is really easy to upgrade (especially the RAM), even removing the display to get at the HDD is simple... newer macs though, jeez they’re locked down as fuck, wouldn’t fancy upgrading one myself.

unfortunately my imac is getting a bit long in the tooth now (still works completely fine, just the processor and graphics card aren’t really up to 2018 software requirements), so i’m looking at purchasing a new one in the next few months - will be making sure i spec it up with as much RAM, SSD etc as i can afford so it is as futureproof as possible.

i would say though that my current imac is now 7 years old and still performs as good as it ever did. it has never gone wrong and i have never had any issues at all. it still looks pretty much brand new and can run the latest OS. i’ll probably be able to sell it for about £300 to boot which i can put towards a replacement. i think you’d be hard pushed to achieve all this with a 7 year old PC.

there is a video on how to replace something in your ipad: 

its really really fucked up. so much shops / apple stores only replace the whole ipad and don't do any repairs. 

check how he uses floss to separate the screen from the battery and how the screen crumbles away when he removes it

I have the new iMac. so upgrading to what. I was surprised by the hard drive too. It's big though. I sold my Touch Bar laptop. 15 inch. Really nice machine but I never took it out. I was tethered to an lg display constantly. So I decided I should get the iMac. Took a loss on the laptop. Ebay raped me, but the turn in price at apple would have been 1000 on a 2400 machine less than a year ago. but the laptop was all ssd. Hard drive was a quarter the size of the iMac though, but all ssd. 

I did one of these iFixits on an iPhone and there are really delicate cords attached to the screen and they rip so easily.  Thats the thing that scares me. One, detaching the glass. and ripping little cords. The glueing it back on? The fuck

there is an ssd in the iMacs. I think its 25 gig of ssd that acts like a cache. 

never mind I have the shitty rpm drive. Only the 1500 dollar one has the fusion. I feel raped again

installing RAM on a PC

Macs are really nice computers, but they are really a greedy company. Very costly. Upgrades difficult so they pressure you to buy up. Its a battle of a nice experience and bending over a bit

If you don't mind the occasional "nothing working" then just build yourself a Hackintosh

ive used linux for years. Only things I notice on the iMac vs ssd MacBook. The iMac can play a 50 gig 4k film with no issue. (knock on wood), load time is longer. If you have a Mac and watch films on one. Get home-brew and install MPV . Make a good config file. add a good shader like LumaSharpenHook. an eq script. It plays videos ten times better than vlc or quicktime. Ive learned you have to pretty up videos. The difference is huge

  On 2/16/2018 at 7:50 PM, marf said:

Macs are really nice computers, but they are really a greedy company.

Yeah that's pretty much my take on them.

I think another thing with them is for most people they're more accessible than PC as well, no? (By accessible I mean user friendly I guess).

I still buy iphone, ipods etc. I'm fairly handy with PC stuff so for me the cost:performance ratio is not worth it for mac.

edit: sorry marf, didn't mean to derail from your ifixit topic.

windows is horrible. It's always been horrible. Geared toward small businesses in the 80's and it never changed. They should switch to ubuntu or something .  Just ditch windows. I know it isn't easy as so much stuff uses windows

yeah it’s mainly windows that i don’t like, not PCs per se

With a 7 year old ageing MacBook Pro finally reaching its limits despite maxing out the RAM (16 GB) and installing a 500 GB Samsung SSD, I'm considering building a Hackintosh instead of buying another Apple computer that hardware-wise is typically a generation or two behind in CPU and features.

This was a 2011 MBP, and was before Apple started soldering in the RAM and making the HDD non-removable. I can say I got my money's worth (paid 1100.00 for it new) despite it being a fairly expensive laptop for it's time.

I also want the flexibility to run Windows 10 (I actually like most of Windows 10) as well as Mac OS. Yeah, I can do that with Bootcamp (actually I can't as my current MBP hardware/Bootcamp can't install Windows 10), but I honestly would prefer a system where I can control the components myself for far less money.

I also don't like that Apple basically forces you to buy either a laptop (which I have little use for anymore as far as taking it with me places) or a all-in-one desktop, limiting you to the monitor the machine is built into (I want to run a 55-65" external 4K TV as my main monitor). I really wish they'd refresh the Mac Mini line.

That being said, perhaps what Apple is doing is not so bad for most people - I mean, how often do you really need to update your RAM, or update your HDD? For most consumers, I imagine Apple's hardware gives them exactly what they need, and lasts them (hopefully like in my case) a good long while, far longer than most PCs in my experience (I see most people needing a new PC after 3-4 years tops). I wonder if the argument that you can build a PC/Hackintosh for far less than what you'd pay for an iMac (let's face it; nobody builds their own laptops, really) still stands.