I wish my experience was flawless...my first one had to wait a month to ship..it finally came and within a day the screen was terrible. Flickering and going black...took it to apple store...they ordered new parts and then got a phone call from the manager who talked to corporate and decided that it wasn't right to "repair" such a new machine and told me to come pick up a brand new one 5(!) days later... i was quite annoyed because i know they had i5's in stock when i dropped it off. Now on my second one, screen if perfect, no flickers or anything. BUT.... my superdrive is giving me problems! it reads cd's and dvd's but when if i put in a blank cd its makes noises and ejects it 10 secs later. Even does it under bootcamp... i have tried everything and googled it. Anyone have any ideas? thanks
Thats not the issue, as my first iMac burned the windows 7 disk I used for bootcamp. And now I need to burn it again, with the same type of CD and from the same actual package, but the new iMac just spits out the blank ones and will not accept them no matter what I do.
Thats not the issue, as my first iMac burned the windows 7 disk I used for bootcamp. And now I need to burn it again, with the same type of CD and from the same actual package, but the new iMac just spits out the blank ones and will not accept them no matter what I do.
Different branded drives can be use within the same models of iMacs, lend off a different brand CD off a friend and try it out. Otherwise get it down to the apple store and get them to take a look, its very easy to swap out a disc drive.
"According to one of our sources, the company completely stopped the (...) assembling lines," Hardmac wrote, "the production will not resume before (they have) finally found a reliable and definitive fix for the remaining past (...) and new issues (...) affecting those models."
As an aside: I realize that a lot of people think 'bigger is better' and all, but how do people like viewing the gargantuan monitor at the typical distances we place ourselves from our computers? (The optimal distance, in part, mandated by how pages render when scaled up, esp. on the web).
The reason is ask is, I have a 24-inch iMac, and every time I sit in front of it, part of me wishes for something smaller. I might go with a 22-inch the next time.
My 27 inch has had no problems. When I first sat down in front of it, it seemed bigger than it appeared looking at in the store. I wondered how big the 30 inch would look.
I do enjoy all the screen space in FCP and iMovie.
i looked at a Camry last year when my wife wanted a new car. even though it looked bland i tried to convince my wife that it was a killer car. we ended up with an Accord
Could be substandard slave labor chinese manufacturing or could have been Ive going just a bit too far and the laws of physics coming into effect.
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This is the price you pay when you innovate. Apple could just sit back and keep selling the same displays as before, but because they are driven to innovate and try new things (including new screens) you get problems like these. I have a somewhat defective LCD on my macbook as well (I have some areas where pixels are brighter then other areas) and I can say I am pretty pissed about that. On the other hand I would not trade my macbook for a dell, even if it had a perfect screen.
I would like to see some innovating because things haven't changed all that much on the desktop side in years. Subtle variations of the same form factors for the iMac and the Mac Pro and Mini literally have not seen a new case since they were using PowerPCs. Stuffing things into a smaller space and making them harder to work on while losing features isn't innovating.
Ordered Dec 29 and it arrives Wed Feb 3 after shipping on Fri Jan 29. I experienced 2 delays. I hope that mine is one of the first of those that are "fixed". I'm going to use this 27 inch i7 puppy for pro work so there's no room for off-color craziness or flickering. We shall see.
I also orderd mine on the 29th of December. (also the 27" i7). Mine still has not shipped. I am going to be using mine for professional purposes as well, and off color will be unacceptable.
Different branded drives can be use within the same models of iMacs, lend off a different brand CD off a friend and try it out. Otherwise get it down to the apple store and get them to take a look, its very easy to swap out a disc drive.
Well Apple really screw it this time. A machine for $2k that doesn't work as expected.
great first post. this is a rumor, there are delays. not all are affected. i have one that is flawless so this isn't widespread. i'm sure with a million or more of anything you'll have some issues.
not all are affected. i have one that is flawless .
well yeah, not all are affected, but judging from the posts around the web, the 2 patches from Apple and the support forum on Apple.com the issue is serious and do not affect only few macs. But congratulations for your machine
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THIS NEWS MAKES THE 22" iMac touchscreen rumor sound moot at this point.... don't expect that dream to arrive until 2011
Do any of you think Mac will be releasing a new touch screen macbook pro any time soon?
See above ^
I wish my experience was flawless...my first one had to wait a month to ship..it finally came and within a day the screen was terrible. Flickering and going black...took it to apple store...they ordered new parts and then got a phone call from the manager who talked to corporate and decided that it wasn't right to "repair" such a new machine and told me to come pick up a brand new one 5(!) days later... i was quite annoyed because i know they had i5's in stock when i dropped it off. Now on my second one, screen if perfect, no flickers or anything. BUT.... my superdrive is giving me problems! it reads cd's and dvd's but when if i put in a blank cd its makes noises and ejects it 10 secs later. Even does it under bootcamp... i have tried everything and googled it. Anyone have any ideas?
try a different brand of cd.
try a different brand of cd.
Thats not the issue, as my first iMac burned the windows 7 disk I used for bootcamp. And now I need to burn it again, with the same type of CD and from the same actual package, but the new iMac just spits out the blank ones and will not accept them no matter what I do.
Thats not the issue, as my first iMac burned the windows 7 disk I used for bootcamp. And now I need to burn it again, with the same type of CD and from the same actual package, but the new iMac just spits out the blank ones and will not accept them no matter what I do.
Different branded drives can be use within the same models of iMacs, lend off a different brand CD off a friend and try it out. Otherwise get it down to the apple store and get them to take a look, its very easy to swap out a disc drive.
"According to one of our sources, the company completely stopped the (...) assembling lines," Hardmac wrote, "the production will not resume before (they have) finally found a reliable and definitive fix for the remaining past (...) and new issues (...) affecting those models."
Is this Apple or Toyota?
Is this Apple or Toyota?
Nah, its Honda's Jazz/Fit
As an aside: I realize that a lot of people think 'bigger is better' and all, but how do people like viewing the gargantuan monitor at the typical distances we place ourselves from our computers? (The optimal distance, in part, mandated by how pages render when scaled up, esp. on the web).
The reason is ask is, I have a 24-inch iMac, and every time I sit in front of it, part of me wishes for something smaller. I might go with a 22-inch the next time.
My 27 inch has had no problems. When I first sat down in front of it, it seemed bigger than it appeared looking at in the store. I wondered how big the 30 inch would look.
I do enjoy all the screen space in FCP and iMovie.
Nah, its Honda's Jazz/Fit
its not as bad as the Ford Explorer rollovers or exploding Pintos.
Is this Apple or Toyota?
i looked at a Camry last year when my wife wanted a new car. even though it looked bland i tried to convince my wife that it was a killer car. we ended up with an Accord
This is the price you pay when you innovate. Apple could just sit back and keep selling the same displays as before, but because they are driven to innovate and try new things (including new screens) you get problems like these. I have a somewhat defective LCD on my macbook as well (I have some areas where pixels are brighter then other areas) and I can say I am pretty pissed about that. On the other hand I would not trade my macbook for a dell, even if it had a perfect screen.
I would like to see some innovating because things haven't changed all that much on the desktop side in years. Subtle variations of the same form factors for the iMac and the Mac Pro and Mini literally have not seen a new case since they were using PowerPCs. Stuffing things into a smaller space and making them harder to work on while losing features isn't innovating.
Ordered Dec 29 and it arrives Wed Feb 3 after shipping on Fri Jan 29. I experienced 2 delays. I hope that mine is one of the first of those that are "fixed". I'm going to use this 27 inch i7 puppy for pro work so there's no room for off-color craziness or flickering. We shall see.
I also orderd mine on the 29th of December. (also the 27" i7). Mine still has not shipped.
Different branded drives can be use within the same models of iMacs, lend off a different brand CD off a friend and try it out. Otherwise get it down to the apple store and get them to take a look, its very easy to swap out a disc drive.
Or just an external burner.
Well Apple really screw it this time. A machine for $2k that doesn't work as expected.
great first post. this is a rumor, there are delays. not all are affected. i have one that is flawless so this isn't widespread. i'm sure with a million or more of anything you'll have some issues.
not all are affected. i have one that is flawless .
well yeah, not all are affected, but judging from the posts around the web, the 2 patches from Apple and the support forum on Apple.com the issue is serious and do not affect only few macs. But congratulations for your machine
Well Apple really screw it this time. A machine for $2k that doesn't work as expected.
Both of mine work as advertised without flaws. Your generalization is too broad and is not substantiated in fact.