I've had 2 different refurbs come with maxed ram when it was advertised as having default.

iPhoto is hosed for me. Really bad. I've tried reinstalling, restoring, rebuilding, fix permissions--all that shit. Still get the spinning beach ball whenever I start the damn program. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Get a Windows machine.

Edited December 11, 201114 yr by guzziguy

how many pictures do you have? which version of iphoto?

iphoto '11. Lots and lots of pics.

I wonder if going to Aperture would help?

yah, it should. Is lots and lots over 5000?

Are they stored on an external drive? How fast is it?

Edited December 11, 201114 yr by luvdunhill

iPhoto is hosed for me. Really bad. I've tried reinstalling, restoring, rebuilding, fix permissions--all that shit. Still get the spinning beach ball whenever I start the damn program. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

If you are on a Mac, can you option click on iPhoto in your dock and tell it to create a new library without it crashing? i.e. is the crash only with opening the current library?

At that point, can you drag the old library into the new iPhoto library window and have it import everything?

library is on internal drive. This seems to be working so far: Deleted old library, uninstalled iPhoto (again), reinstalled it, drilled down to the backup library on Time Machine drive (manually--cannot do a normal "restore"), and am now importing the old library from the TM drive to the new library. We'll see.

But I have pretty much had it with iPhoto at this point. I don't really need any advanced editing features, but library management is a key. Is that better with Aperture? I want an all-in solution, not a plug in for iPhoto, if one exists. Photos are at 40k +. Mainly because I don't delete anything.

I haven't tried Aperture yet, so I can't advise there. I stuck with the previous version of iPhoto under the "if it aint broken don't fix it" maxim. So far it hasn't screwed me over yet with over 20K+ photos and about 50Gb library size.

An audiophile goes in search of the world's the quietest laptop http://theatln.tc/syhD5i

I don't have anywhere near that many photos but both Aperture and Lightroom have no issues dealing with my very large file size pictures. I typically have 20-30 gb per import and neither has issues. I never really liked iPhoto that much but have no complaints about Aperture/Lightroom.

An audiophile goes in search of the world's the quietest laptop http://theatln.tc/syhD5i

Or move it to where you can't hear it, and stream the audio data (using an asyncronous error correcting protocol with resend/retry) to a (buffered, with own local clock) silent device with no moving parts (obviously)?

But where's the fun, upgrade upsell potential (and clicks) in a solved problem.

on a whim i just plugged in my amp into mom's mba. WTF. like really...that big of a difference between laptops? if only i hadnt spent a shit ton of money already 650s sounded so fucking amazing. such clean bass.

what are you guys using to carry your macbook airs? mom and dad are both looking for something to travel to india with. they dont care for anything fancy. just something functional.

Edited December 23, 201114 yr by crappyjones123

binh medium cafe bag

I use a Tom Bihn Copilot but the Medium Cafe Bag would be a good choice.

I have one of these (http://goincase.com/...-sleeve-cl57736) which I like a lot but I think I would get http://sfbags.com/pr...avelexpress.php instead for the hard backing

also yes, mba audio outputs are so much better compared to pc laptops. Kinda wish it had optical out too

Edited December 24, 201114 yr by jinp6301

i think the sfbags one will probably fit the bill perfectly. thanks all.

Oh, snap. AMD Announces New Mac Pro-Suitable Radeon HD 7970 Graphics Card. This is relevant to my interests. Too bad it's so expensive and noisy.

Does anyone think the retina display will make it into an iMac in 2012?

^ not sure about 2012, but at least it looks like Apple has been thinking about it.

http://thegadgetsite.com/2011/12/retina-display-support-for-mac-found-in-os-x-10-7-3-beta/

Is anyone using Lion server as a home server. At this point WHS V1 is not cutting it and WHS 2011 looks problematic and would still require a hardware upgrade on my part.

^ not sure about 2012, but at least it looks like Apple has been thinking about it.

http://thegadgetsite...-x-10-7-3-beta/

The retina display is appealing enough to me that I would wait for it. Apple should keep me apprised of its plans.