Opinions - should this be happening so early?
I have had my Intel iMac for about 10 days and have twice had to reset the PRAM for issues with iSight. I'm a little disappointed that I've had to do any kind of troubleshooting so early on, and I wonder if it's an indication of bigger problems to come.
So, can you set my mind at rest? Is this just what a Mac owner is supposed to do and get used to, or am I justified in feeling it should work right out of the box!
Thanks so much for your opinions!
Hi peanut006!
If it literally did not work right out of the box, you should return it/should have already returned it.
If you're experienced with Macs and it didn't work the way you expected, then return it. If you're not experienced with Macs, then you may have some learning time to put in.
I would guess that most iSight users don't even know what a PRAM reset is, or an SMC reset, which is different from an SMU reset (Intel-based iMacs don't have an SMU). In that case, if you have been having issues that you can't connect to specific actions that you have taken, then you may be looking at a future full of more of them. Generally, most users seem to have at least a hint of what went wrong, or an idea that they probably took some action precipitously (without knowing what might/would happen next).
It isn't unusual for a new user, or even an experienced user, to click that mouse too fast and too often, thinking that the more clicks they try, the better chance they'll be able to "fix" something. What they forget is that the hand is still quicker than the eye, so it's fairly easy to dig oneself a little deeper into a situation. Since Macs now use journaling on the hard drive format, given some time, Macs can actually correct for some of the mistakes made by their users. I'm not about to give up using that kind of machine/OS:))
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