appleinsider.com — Apple is facing new problems and issues on the production of the iMac 27" Core i5 and i7, and is already announcing to its customers that it will not be able to ship the unit for the expected delivery date.
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nitroburnFeb 2, 2010
Buy a new battery and tools to open the phone. Not that hard or expensive.
dig1xFeb 2, 2010
@angelbunnyThen you're wasting your money. If you want desktop unix, run Linux. Otherwise Windows 7 > OSX.Time to accept reality.
srg13Feb 2, 2010
I hadn't thought of that - I have a VNC app for my iPod but it's really not that useful on its little screen. The iPad would be heaps better for that (especially when you need the keyboard on the screen as well, which is a big problem for the SSH app when I log into my servers!)
zelanniiFeb 2, 2010
Well, first, that's an $1,100 screen in a $1900 core i7 machine, which you can not BUILD from parts on new egg cheaper, even if you exclude the cost of the OS, and drop extras like the webcam, mic, bluetooth, speakers, keyboard, mouse, and Ir port it comes with... For the difference, you can get that snazzy 3yr warranty for a whole $119 more and still have change to spare... (yea, only $119 more). In the 3rd year, Apple will offer a 4th year extension for about $60. If your stand-alone screen on a basic machine craps out, you buy another screen. If it gets replaced under warranty, you get the same screen back. With an all-in-one, in year 3 or 4, you're as likely to get a whole new iMac (which you can buy a new 3yr warranty on for $199) as you are to get just a repair. Worst case, if you still feel the machine is viable after 4 years, you can simply plug any monitor into it... Also considder, Screens don't typically go bad, it's the moving parts (drives) and the power supply that go bad, so your odds of the screen actually failing while you still own the machine are REALLY slim. For example, we have just under 15,000 desktops deployed across out 134 sites. Last year (2009), we had a whopping 7 warranty calls for screen replacement/repair, out of about 3300 warranty claims.
zelanniiFeb 2, 2010
yea, so you think they didn't? no, the "yellow corner" issue is not a faulty display, in fact apple DID confirm they have seen NO display issues with units rolling off the line. This is an issue with engineering a large display to survive SHIPPING, and I'm sure they didn't ship 1,000 of them in testing just for fun (since the incident count seems to be about 1 in 100, a very large number would need to have gone through rigorous physical testing to find this issue). The "flickering" display is apparently something to do with a power inverter, and the lines on the display are a combination of shipping damage and a driver issue (drives fixes some, only replacement fixes ones that are damaged, and driver's cant fix a loose filament layer behind the LCD that's causing the yellowing, as a brave and smart guy figured out after trying to fix his own.
rockaway17Feb 2, 2010
Yet as a PC user you still seem to find yourself in the Apple Store with relative frequency. Interesting.
zelanniiFeb 2, 2010
OK dvs bastard. Start with an i7 840CPU, same from the iMac, put it on a board with the same specs, same speed/type/amount of RAM (not forgetting it supports 4x4GB out of the box, and up to 32GB total configured). Put it in a basic case with a basic power supply. Add an IPS 27" or larger display panel with at least 1600 vertical line resolution (I'll let you settle for 16:9 or 16:10), either way the cheapest display i can find online that meets this spec is $1079 by itself. Add a nice SATA II 7200RPM drive, the same video card (or better if you like), a DVD burner, Wireless N Mimo 5GHZ netowrk card, gigabit ethernet, and a bluetooth chip. I'll let you skip the webcam, wireless keyboard, magic mouse, IR input, microphone, and speakers. Oh, and you can skip the OS license too, and skip out on a warranty.When you can build a system with the same parts above for under $2,200, you call me... then you have the right to complain about the "premium price" Oh, and you can go through the same motions on the 13" white macbook, the 15" MacBook Pro, the 22" iMac, and the dual Xeon Mac Pro, and you'll find the same. Systems with those specs simply are not available from another manufacturer, let alone custom built, for less money. Period. STFU about the "mac tax" already. Yes, they do not have a $400 PC. You know what? If you gave me one, I;d throw it out. A $400 PC can't do anything more than a netbook, and I have no use case for a net book. I have use cases to play games, edit family video, manage 20,000 photos, and deal with 400GB of music, video, and other files. There are NO $400 machines that can do that.
prometheusbornFeb 2, 2010
It was obviously tested. If you think a company that puts as much $$$ into releasing a product as Apple doesn't have a good QA program then you're just a moron.Yeah, things get through the cracks then they get fixed. It's called 'manufacturing'.
datdamonfooFeb 3, 2010
OS X is one of the least open OS's around.
mrbitchFeb 3, 2010
@ srg13, RE: " .. I hadn't thought of that - I have a VNC app for my iPod but it's really not that useful on its little screen. The iPad would be heaps better for that (especially when you need the keyboard on the screen as well, which is a big problem for the SSH app when I log into my servers!)"Yeah, I can see many ways the iPad could work at a general consumer level, as well as a locked down managed school resource level.Photographers (as well as dentists taking intra-oral photos) are going to really like the ability to use the iPad as a "light-box" on the go, all you need is a digital camera and a USB / SD card adaptor...