Odd crack in aluminum case under 27" glass?

Question

Hello!
So I bought a brand new i3 27" iMac last night at Bestbuy here in Columbus. After getting it home, unboxing, and setting it up I noticed two cracks in the aluminum case right beneath the glass (not under the glass, below it on the case). One on each side. Being on both sides it led me to believe that it was suppose to be there. But then I thought, hey, this is an apple product, if they needed a bigger ledge there for the glass they would have put it in! This thing is too beautiful for that to have been a design. Once I saw the cracks, I inspected it further and found a clump of dead pixels in the bottom left of the screen.
Now I'm obviously taking this back and getting an exchange for the pixels, but I'd like to know if this is or is not an issue with the case as well. And if so, I couldn't find anyone else with this problem here or elsewhere online, so I thought I'd share.
Notice the red line. It's identical on both sides. I was under the impression that the entire case was milled out of one solid piece of aluminum. It's a very thin crack, but it's just about as long as the red line is, on both sides.
http://www.sourcenews.com/images/imac.jpg
Thanks,
Chad
Message was edited by: Maharajamd

Answer 1

I wanted to give everyone an update before they do what I did.
I went into Bestbuy to exchange my iMac. Both of their displays had those cracks. We opened up their entire stock of 27" i3 iMacs. They all had it. I ended up going to the closest Apple Store and found out that the front piece with the logo on it is in fact a seperate piece. Those aren't cracks, they are seams. Often the fit is so perfect is doesn't look like a seam.
Anyways, thought I'd share. Lol