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When powered off, you can see lots of spots behind the screen. I had 5-6 that were pretty large and Apple sent me a replacement (yes, I have Apple Care). So this evening I noticed the same thing on the one I just received this afternoon. What the heck is going on? So far, only see one. I unboxed the new (replacement) iMac and placed it in the intended location and waited for the temperature to reach room temp (72) before I plugged it in & turned it on. What the heck is going on?? If there was a MacBook Pro that you could get Thunderbolt, USB3 and 32G of ram, I'd change... but REALLY need 32G (photo & video processing)...
Yosemite 10.10.1
1TB fusion
32G ram
4Ghz i7
M295x graphics
Adobe cloud, using:
Autition
LR5
PS
Dreamweaver
Premiere Pro

No one here can know "What the heck is going on??" Contact Apple and have them send another iMac.

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