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Are iMacs problematic?
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I have just bought an imac and its working with no problems, i guess it comes down to the luck of the draw if you are unfortunate to receive a bad apple. I also am using an iphone 3g with no problems today all in one devices are ever growing such as multi function printers.
if you want to buy one go for it, as its the best decision anyone can make.
If OSX has the software you want, and you don't mind the downsides of the iMac (all in one nature, sealed up hard drive etc.), then the i7 iMac is very powerful and would handle what you need to do with relatively no limitations. Just make sure you have at least 8 gigs of RAM, and a good backup drive, or use an external raid for your data...you would be good.
If you want to do programming, I would think you would know a bit about computers. With Macs you're buying a platform... The OS that integrates well with the hardware. Macs consistedly score high in quality. You are comparing Apples and oranges, but there are plenty of reviews dedicated to your questions. Asking on a dedicated Mac forum is not research as are biased. Google, research, study up. Then make a decision. Perhaps a start: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/tests/4258725
In answer to your thread title - yes from my experience.
I've gone through two iMacs in the last 3 years (Apple replaced one). Faults have included blown HDD (ok, not really something you can predict), blown USB bus, logic board failure, Major screenburn issue, broken webcam, broken speaker, broken fan x2.
I wouldn't recommend the iMac to anyone. Whilst I still use my good ol' 07 white Intel iMac, I'm currently looking at a new Mac Pro as I cant see the point in getting another box of broken parts....which I cant replace or upgrade myself!
I've gone through two iMacs in the last 3 years (Apple replaced one). Faults have included blown HDD (ok, not really something you can predict), blown USB bus, logic board failure, Major screenburn issue, broken webcam, broken speaker, broken fan x2.
I wouldn't recommend the iMac to anyone. Whilst I still use my good ol' 07 white Intel iMac, I'm currently looking at a new Mac Pro as I cant see the point in getting another box of broken parts....which I cant replace or upgrade myself!
I've got three of those 20" white intel iMacs that are still serving wonderfully to this day. They may not be screamers now, but the screens are as good as you can get and they've performed perfectly all these years. I'm running Snow Leopard on them all now and CS5 Photoshop and Lightroom 3.0 as well as the typical web and e-mail stiff. Awesome machines.
I just bought a 21.5" 3.06GHz iMac refurb with 4GB Ram, 500GB HDD for $999 that I'm expecting will perform wonderfully... and if it doesn't, Apple will fix or replace. It seems like a lot of Macintosh for $1k.
I love these machines, but do see increased merit in MacMinis so you can swap drives and displays around at will. I've got one of last year's minis 2.42GHz?, I think, with 4 GB of RAM also running CS5 Photoshop, Lightroom, Dreamweaver, etc. wonderfully.