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Using a MacBook as a desktop
sevenlayermuddle:
Anybody tried using a MacBook long term with a external monitor and keyboard, as if it were a desktop?
What I really want is a new Mac Mini but as Apple only offer a 3 year old design, I'm beginning to wonder if a MacBook Pro might be an option. Cpu and other specs seem fine for what I want, which is building Apps & testing with Xcode, and my other hobby, photo editing. Currently using Affinity Photo for the latter.
Pros would be that on a nice day like today I could bring it out onto the garden table and still get on with useful work. Might have to resist the glass of Pimms that normally goes with sitting outside, mind. ::)
Cons would be much higher cost, and the fact battery replacement might be needed within the life I usually keep things, at least 6 or 7 years as long as Apple keep supporting it. I'm also not sure if the battery would even be happy, on a device spending 99% of the time plugged into mains.
Thoughts welcome?
speedyrite:
My mid-2012 MacBook Pro (blimey, it's 5 years old already!) spends 99% of its time desk bound and connected to the mains.
From System Information > System Report, Hardware > Power > Battery Information tells me (amongst many other things) that tells me that Full Charge Capacity (mAh) is 5589, Cycle Count is 73 and Condition is Normal.
I have no concerns about that, at the present time!
sevenlayermuddle:
Thanks. So far as I understand Apple suggest a battery cycle count of 1000 is expected, so a count of 73 after five years does indeed bode well, in fact it might well outlive me.
I'm of course assuming that it is fair to assume that a MacBook and Mac mini, with similar specs, will have similar performance. After all, when you take a Mini to bits, it's essentially got laptop bits inside.
Definitely feeling tempted. Problem would be justifying the expense not just to myself but to better half who, I am told, has more sense than me. Or maybe I just need to hide the packaging and, when she first sees it claim...
"That old thing? Nah, had it for years." ::)
parkdale:
"Wheres this battery management your on about?"
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sevenlayermuddle:
Nice to see a cat that enjoys a challenge. :)
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