Buying My First Apple i Mac - What Should I check..?

[siam]

I am going to buy my first Mac computer ever an Apple iMac and ive been told by the Apple reseller I can try out the machine
I am buying in the shop before taking it home.. so here’s my question , taking into consideration ive never had an Apple Mac Machine
before , can some one please tell me what to look for when the new iMac is set up and running in the shop , can you suggest a
list of things to check out on the machine , to hopefully spot any possible problems before the machine leaves the shop..?
I know that may be a problem could occur in the future when ive taken the new machine home , but with all ive read about some
of the current / fixed problems some Mac buyers have had , It would make me feel better if I could as least try out my new Mac
in the shop first. I look forward to the advice that should make me feel a bit better about taking my
new Mac home for the first time.

thanks in Advance ...

[smee]

Hi saim,

A couple of things to look for in the shop:

*Dead Pixels, they will be black if there dead. My friend has a couple on his new iMac.

*Bad coloring on the screen, there's been story's of people bringing home a new iMac and finding that one side of the screen is more yellowish and the other side is normal, just keep an eye out.

*Noises coming from the inside of the iMac, it's totally possible that there could be a fan or something that wasn't put in place while being built. (i've never heard of anyone who had a problem like this though, just to be safe though.)

That should be good :D
Parker

[siam]

Hi smee..
Thanks for your reply, its much appreciated and I look forward to
getting my first Mac..

siam

[buddha]

*Dead Pixels, they will be black if there dead. My friend has a couple on his new iMac.

That's not true, dead/stuck pixels can be of other colors too. My old screen had 1 bright pink one.

[nvidia2008]

Yes. A pixel can be stuck/dead/bright etc. Basically a bright pink, green, orange pixel, sometimes it may be dark.

You should check out:
http://www.gdargaud.net/Hack/DeadPixels.html
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/7669

[peve]

dead pixels are always black.
stuck pixels are... em... stuck in one color

[smee]

My bad, I didn't know they could be different colors.
I've been corrected :D