Returned MacBook Pro, bought 24-inch iMac!

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Hi all,
Those who have seen my recent posts (mostly in the MacBook Pro forum, but I did place one here too), will know that I have been having one or two problems moving up from my 1.9GHz G5 iMac. However, after quite a big reply to my recent post in this section of the forum, I have decided to return my MacBook Pro and go back to a desktop machine. Today (after having another play with it at the Apple Retail Store in Meadowhall, Sheffield), I was totally sold (and blown away by) the new 24-inch iMac.
I was standing there next to 24-inch iMac, MacBook Pro and MacBook (black and white versions), and even before I'd tried anything out, there was an add playing for the newly updated iPod Nano range on all the machines. I could not believe the display quality on the 24-inch iMac, it was amazing (and seemed even better than the 20" and 17" models that were next to it), when I turned to look at the MacBook Pro, it's display seemed lacking (even though it's still a lot brighter than the old PowerBook G4). Then, I started playing about with some applications, such as Logic. It was then that I saw that as much as I really wanted to be portable (and have a machine I could take around with me), the desktop machine was out perfoming the MBP substantially (thanks to the desktop machine having a 7200RPM drive (always good for music apps) and double the memory).
I turned to the assistant and said "I'll take one" (she then scared me by saying that she didn't know if she had any in stock, as it's become the store's most popular model in the last few weeks). I was lucky, they had one and I left the shop a very happy man indeed! I really cannot recommend the new 24-inch iMac enough. I've been using it at home for a few hours now and I have to say I wish I'd bought this in the first place...oh, and no stuck pixels and no strange humming noise from the display when you turn the brightness down...which I am also very very pleased about.
If you haven't checked out one of these wonderful new iMac's yet, you really owe it to yourself to do so as soon as possible!

Answer 1

I bought my 24" the night before the new iMac update. I even read the rumor mills of MacRumors and Appleinsider. So why did I buy it the night before? When I came home from work, my Vista machine which I always keep running 24/7 is frozen, so I rebooted and it crashed again on restart. That was the last straw that broke the camels back. I was just tired of all the wasted reboot, shutdown, and freeze problems that I could have saved with a Mac. The local Apple Store was out of the $799 mac minis which was probably a clue of an impending update, but MacRumors and AppleInsiders usually report depleted inventory in the past but didn't this time which got me thinking it won't happen. Oh well. I guess the $170 restocking fee is a biggie, but I guess I can refund the Applecare to cut the damage down.
Another option I'm thinking is to just return the iMac and get the $799 mini and be done with it. That makes eating the loss of $170 restock fee more digestible.
Third option is to call Support and ask for a refund of the difference. The 24" iMac in the refurb section of the site is listed as 28% off. So that would be nice to get such a big deduction.
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