Bad News...

Ok. Just received my new 20" iMac Dual Core.
Not so good.
Here's what happened. Stared coping over a bunch of large video files from an ext. firewire drive. About an hour os so in, the copying process hung. I tried force quitting the Finder -- no dialog appeared. I realized I had to force shut down.
I didn't take any chances and erased the drive and reinstalled 10.4.4 from the install DVD.
This time, when I tried copying the files, I tried just a few at a time. Success. But...
When I tried to copy even just one more file after the first set completed -- another hang. The force quit worked, at least initially. The Finder was able to quit, but never relaunched. Again had to force shut down.
Just to be sure I'm clear here, I performed no additional installations before the copy process or after for either install. This is just the way it behaved from the factory.
So... anyone else seeing stuff like this? And the big question. Should I keep it... or return it and get the G5 instead?
All My Best,
Jeffrey

Jeffery,
I had similar drive problems with my G4 imac after I upgraded to 10.4.4 from 10.4.3. When I mentioned my problems in the g4 dissucusion boards, several posters noted similar problems since the 10.4.4 update. Like you I was able to eventually complete moving my files, but the process was flakey.
I don't know, but this might be a 10.4.4 issue, which is positive in the sense that 10.4.5 might fix the problem, but negative in the sense it would be pretty sloppy of apple.
Tony

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>
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>
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