20" Alu iMac Plunge..... Help Please

Hello all!
I'm new here but I have been reading these forums for a little while now.
I'm looking to buy a new 20" iMac.
From what I have read I can see that alot of the early shipments of the 20" have had screen problems. Some have sorted it with new colour profiles or correctly calibrating and then changing the gamma settings.
Has anyone been 20" happy out of the box? I read the "Anyone 20" Happy" thread and it didnt seem many were. Is there anyone happy?
The 24" version seems to have a FW800 problem. Is this also present on the 20"? As I will be using this alot!
The reason for switching to Mac is for the reliability. It seems this is the only reange that isnt that good at the moment. Shame.
Basically,
1. Anyone happy with their 20" screen?
2. If you are does it run properly? (no freezing or gaming problems)
3. Is there any firewire or usb promlems?
Thanks alot in advance as this will help me decide when to buy, now or later!
Thanks!!!
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No problems at all. Good machine, professionell, fast.
The screen is a TN display but it's very sharp and bright. Photos look very good.
It's a good working machine. I must say I love it. I use it for music production under very heavy loads for hours (95% CPU load). No probs. No freezes, no panics.
FW isn't an issue: my FW-audio interface and my two FW-HDs (one older Westerndigital) are working perfectly together. No drop outs in audio.
Everything is fast and quiet with the iMac.
USB is perfect: I also have an EyeTV receiver in the USB which is very nice.
All my USB devices (Canon Printer, Ligitech Mouse, Midi-Interfaces, iPod, Camera) are recognized and working perfectly.
The only problem I have is Airport. It works good, strong and fast but after restart and sleep I have to click on my network to make it re-connect to my router. So no automatic connection at the moment.
I think this can be fixed by Apple and very much depends on the chip in the router (I have a "Fritzbox").
So when you're reading about problems in this forum you must know for ervry Mac with a problem here there are 95 Macs outside with no problems.

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