To buy a 24" iMac or not?
I am considering purchasing a 24" iMac. If the screens are as bad as everyone says, should I just bag it and wait awhile? Right now I have a mini and need more horsepower for iMovie, iPhoto, etc. Any suggestions?
To be honest, I would not, if I were you.
I doubted if I would buy the 24" iMac for a long time, given so many people were complaining. But then I thought: the majority of people doesn't complain, so I could receive an iMac with a good screen.
Unfortunately not: I received my iMac last friday, and there was a huge gradient difference between left and right. And above that, the center of the screen had a pronounced yellow cast.
My dealer allowed me to return the iMac, and I received my money back. His words: "I don't think exchanging your iMac will help you, lots of people have the same problem".
Apart from that the iMac was great, with a nice colors, it was quiet, it was quick, etc. So I will have to wait for a revision in which the display problems are solved.
And to Apple: take your responsibility! Solve this, and acknowledge that a problem exists!
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I REALLY don't understand how this imac should work it seems to me that everyone is having troubles with these machines. Soma Pc users might also be used to their old and messy pcs so they don't really notice if these is some humming or not.
I reckon that those are just empirical tests though and they don't really mean much. I wanted to take it in to the only assistance place that we have in this area, but in less than 2 days they are will close the shop for a month.
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2) I wait for a month and I keep using the machine intensively, then when the shops re opens I can take it in and let them see if they can change something.
It will be under warranty then and if it is ONLY fan issue I guess they will be able to fix it. Right now I don't have any apple care but for 3 months i should be protected and i can always activate that later in time.
3) I send back everything (will not ask for any replacement) and I'll order again......the latter is something I really would not like to do, takes so much and too many hassles.
4) Eventually the guy can say that I can send the iMac to some other assistance in italy and they can look that up there.... not sure how much that would take though.
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I usually work always in a extremely quiet and calm room and I'd like to have a pc which is not making any noise at all, stone silent so to speak.
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