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Quote: Originally Posted by ghostface147 Here in Houston, Westheimer and Highway 6. The one there looks like someone hit it with something. Kinda like a baseball hit a windshield. It's pretty severe. Maybe it's unrelated and some little punk …
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Quote: Originally Posted by DistortedLoop As far as the glass vs matte screens, that's another one of those issues that so quickly devolves into a religious war with proponents on both sides refusing to just accept that tastes and needs vary. So…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ghostface147 One of our local Best Buy's has one of those cracked iMacs on display. I wonder what moronic manager decided that it's best to show a damaged iMac instead of a nice, clean one. Where, what city? I want…
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Quote: Originally Posted by DdubRes79 I'd put more blame on UPS/FEDEX for their lousy handling of shipments before Apple. Let's face it Apple designs the fastest and most reliable products on the planet so I wouldn't put the blame on them. You…
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Quote: Originally Posted by LouisTheXIV Might be Apple's trend of reducing packages' size more and more each generation. A big machine like this needs padding and sturdy boxing--not measly packaging--shipping companies aren't known to handle pack…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Is it safe to have these foams potentially dissolve into the aquifer? Here is some information on your inquiry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foam_peanut http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=get..…
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Quote: Originally Posted by solipsism Is it safe to have these foams potentially dissolve into the aquifer? That, I would not know.
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Quote: Originally Posted by iReality85 It would seem to me that the reduced styrofoam is all part of Apple's "going green" mission. Less styrofoam = less trash and waste that will hang around forever in landfills. That said, it is a little conc…
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Quote: Originally Posted by IQatEdo Thanks for that! (Does your wife happen to have an account on AppleInsider?) I agree, better to know ones limits and live within ones means. If you can still buy a new iMac, how good is that! No, my wife …
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Quote: Originally Posted by jeffharris In that case, more styrofoam would be a prudent step. I'd wager that it's the ham-handed gorillas from UPS that are causing the problems, not the packaging. Have you ever seen those goons just chuck big b…
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Quote: Originally Posted by ascii The display is getting more dominant with each revision, stretching towards the very edge and the chin getting smaller. I think where they are headed is the entire front of the iMac being display with pixels righ…
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Quote: Originally Posted by teckstud If you ever get a chance to compare a glass vs matte direct comparison you'll see. Ironically I'm able to do so every time I visit Apple 5th Avenue as a class is conducted right in the open using the old matte…
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Quote: Originally Posted by IQatEdo Out of interest, are you prepared to comment on why, with a price differential of US$200, you are interested in an i5 over an i7? (Sorry - just a brief detour!) Regards. Gladly!! I feel lucky just to hav…
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Quote: Originally Posted by teckstud I know that. The glass still does not go edge to edge like these new iMacs. Good point. I still don't understand why they did that on the iMac. BTW, teckstud, I saw the27" iMac in Fry's the other day an…
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Quote: Originally Posted by schmrtzzz Don't understand why this problem only would affect the iMac i7 and not the i5 (which I've ordered)... the i5 is most likely assembled at a different plant.
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Quote: Originally Posted by bassetbob Got mine yesterday. The foam blocks are quite large (9"x9"x7"). No cracks. No boot problems. Fastest out of box to up and running experience I've ever had. Still need to mount the VESA adapter to it and hang …
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Quote: Originally Posted by Banalltv Don't they already have those? I think they're called 'computers' or something. You are 100% correct. I see a 42" iMac with an 8-core Mac Pro mobo in the future - maybe? One thing for sure, if that did happ…
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Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider TV manufacturers and software makers believe the next evolution of television will feature Internet-connected hardware with a selection of software available in a method like Apple's iPhone App Store. [ Vi…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Cranky Fiscal 2009 ended in September. Fiscal 2010 is already upon us. Do you honestly think that SJ would pass up all that Christmas loot and wait until January 2010 to release the new iMacs? this reply to the …
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Quote: Originally Posted by teckstud Funny- did he say Fiscal 2010? Did I miss that? It reads like he's implying the holiday season and 2010 are 2 different things. He would have stated Fiscal 2010 including holiday season if your interpretation …