so the screen hinges on my 5 y/o macbook pro just broke. I work in the tropics and the heat and humidity were really hard on the laptop, I think the battery is in critical condition as well.
I now have following options:
1. Repair it myself for about 200$ and the risk of breaking it. (I have no clean environment, almost no tools and I have to get the parts shipped from the US which is very costly)
2. Let it get repaired for about 400$ or more (the only apple store here has to get the hinges shipped aswell, theyre 70$ a piece(!))
3. Buy a new macbook... (honestly I cant afford it, if it keeps producing costs like this)
4. Buy another laptop (Problem is I dont want to switch, I like OSX a lot and hate windows but need adobe suite for work so linux is out of the frame)
what do you recommend guys? Im neither a fan of apple nor windows but I got really used to my mac and the software always treated me well but Im open for a change if its not a drastic one.
A 200$ ThinkPad, Ubuntu and PlayOnLinux at first glance. Which Adobe software do you need? Adobe Photoshop?
Carson Nguyen
so funneh
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Colton Adams
actually almost all of them, most importantly ps, ai, id
Christian Smith
>tropics >mac Slave owner detected
Asher Murphy
I couldn't decently recommend you the amount of effort and time to get used to some software, I'll look in the PlayOnLinux database and tell you what I find; this is a least resort solution.
Jonathan Lopez
idiot detected
Lucas White
What country?
Jason Evans
thing is I handle very big files regularly so it has to be a more or less powerful machines.
I cant afford to wait 5 seconds everytime I'm moving an element
Landon Cruz
There are Adobe Photoshop CS6, Adobe Illustrator CS6 and Dreamweaver CS6 in the PlayOnLinux database, + Adobe Fireworks CS6 in testing (which may contain DRMs).
You may try to use other software through Wine.
Landon Wilson
NIC
Ryder Gomez
>Recommending an old Thinkpad and Ubuntu for someone who has to get professional work done on the Adobe suite.
This is why Sup Forums can't be taken seriously.
tl;dr: kill yourself
Benjamin Reyes
>A computer that can move large files quickly is the macfag's idea of a "powerful machine" Realmente te hace pensar
Christopher Edwards
You may everything on a ThinkPad (storage, RAM, processor, GPU), with a few exceptions among ThinkPad models.
I don't think I could help you more, so I'm going to bed. Have a nice day.
Nathan Roberts
I helped them as I could, thanks for the help anyway.
well if I lose power I don't want hackintosh at all
are those the best options for non-hackintosh laptops as well?
Grayson Gomez
I'll sell you mine for $200. It works but the headphone jack has been broken for years. To be honest I split some water on it last week, but I turned it off immediately removed the battery and let it sit for a day. It is still surprisingly working. The battery is a year old and holds a charge for around 4 hours if i'm doing some heavy web-browsing.
Cameron Ward
Yeah, you totally need a discrete GPU for fucking photo editing.
David Walker
>I work in the tropics and the heat and humidity were really hard on the laptop
carioca detected, you should really kill yourself for considering to spend $140 on hinges alone (thats 450 bananas) when a regular pair of used laptop hinges goes for 40 bananas
if you really wanna support a company that compiles for unix-like macOS but sayd fuck you if you dont want shitty windows or retarded apple, just have a hackintosh in a cheap brand laptop
Charles Young
XPS 13. Any other choice is pure retardation.
Jose Gray
xps 15 also retarded?
Jace Mitchell
>$1600 before tax to get a glossy screen model Yes, almost as retarded as choosing apple.
Dominic Nguyen
Oh look it's this thread again.
0/10 bait.
Isaiah Sullivan
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Camden Campbell
>get a glossy screen model kys
Nathan Robinson
You're a retarded macfag. Go be tech illiterate somewhere else. You wouldn't even be able to get WiFi working with a brain as small as yours.
Lincoln Collins
I hacked your mom tho
Jack Green
Thinkpad doesn't have this problem.
Carter Davis
Why a Pro instead of a cheaper model?
Do you really need the deicated GPU.
Replacing it with something cheaper is always an option.
Kayden Perry
>doesn't know about diffraction of light
Pick up a book, lardass
Angel Ramirez
I've got an old working condition mac just laying around. It was given to me without any info. What would you give me for it?
Lucas Lopez
My cock in your ass.
Nolan Ross
Shame I only have one extra laptop then.
Brody Smith
If he working so he has money to spend on another macbook. Meanwhile he is just another adobe hostage without money posting shit about GNU/Gentoo. Adobe is the worst company, they only do everthing to addict lusers and block GNU/Linux expansion.