Has anyone received their new yellow free quad core imacs (week 6 or later)?

[Mystic385]

You know what I love about the faultless iMac sitting in front of me?

It's hard to say what specifically. Love is often intangible.

I've read the previous posts and I wondered how that dealt with people receiving quad's recently.

If this computer wasn't so damned popular we'd have all received them long ago. Clearly Apple did something right. It must be tough when you build a product that people love so much that you have no way of keeping up with demand.

I think I'd love to have Apple design and build cars. I wonder what an Apple car would look like?

 

[xSPRINTERx]

I think I'd love to have Apple design and build cars. I wonder what an Apple car would look like?

http://api.ning.com/files/2J-6xRhZ*S35Xdioe44vdr2-IPy5S*hNGSeteH*fXPvieLlm7x3Qle78giFYUoKk/applecar.jpg

 

[faxao]

http://api.ning.com/files/2J-6xRhZ*S35Xdioe44vdr2-IPy5S*hNGSeteH*fXPvieLlm7x3Qle78giFYUoKk/applecar.jpg

LOL !

 

[Dino1956]

Once again. The 21.5" is long forgotten. It too has Yellow & Flicker but  did not even bother to appease us little guys with even a slight attempt of giving us 21.5 NVidia users a Firmware Update. I guess $1200. is not enough $ to pay for a perfect computer. I post this here because there is obviously not as many defects on the 21.5" but there are enough, that  should take notice & address us somehow.

 

[sohoeasyaudio]

On a positive note. I bought my 27' i5 with 12 gigs of ram just before Xmas and it has so far been faultless. First thing I did was to try and over load it with music apps. The CPU/VST performance meter barely went above tick over,I'm so happy (for once )

 

[psychoegg]

I got my Core i7 iMac on Friday and it's working great. I'd say that it has a "warm white" in the bottom right hand corner of the screen but nothing too noticeable. I've had a lot of good quality monitors and none of them were 100% perfect, but I'd say that this one is on par with most screens out there. Definitely not "yellow" like people have been complaining about.

 

[Yakuza]

I got my Core i7 iMac on Friday and it's working great. I'd say that it has a "warm white" in the bottom right hand corner of the screen but nothing too noticeable. I've had a lot of good quality monitors and none of them were 100% perfect, but I'd say that this one is on par with most screens out there. Definitely not "yellow" like people have been complaining about.

3 cheers to you. i'm serious. we need more threads like your's

I'm (and like many other in here) pretty nervous / anxious to get the imac, in a good condition. This kind of threads, your's, are a breath of fresh air, and give us some hope. for my first i5, and for the rest which are on the 2nd or 3rd replacement.

Best of luck to us all.

 

[JimKirk]

I think the percentage of faulty ones is very high

I have had 4 machines and all were faulty. Bad luck? Unlikely.

Luck has nothing to do with it.

Statistically, although my sampling was small, I believe that because all the serial numbers are weeks apart, that the defect rate is high.

 

[SaSaSushi]

I have had 4 machines and all were faulty. Bad luck? Unlikely.

Luck has nothing to do with it.

Statistically, although my sampling was small, I believe that because all the serial numbers are weeks apart, that the defect rate is high.

Read the posts above yours. If the pictures you posted of your last replacement iMac are any indication, I think the problem with you is that you seem to define faulty as anything less than an absolute color uniformity perfect display, something that doesn't exist.

You will never be satisfied and you really should stop with the replacements. I'm sure Apple would rather refund you at this point too.

 

[WilliamG]

Read the posts above yours. If the pictures you posted of your last replacement iMac are any indication, I think the problem with you is that you seem to define faulty as anything less than an absolute color uniformity perfect display, something that doesn't exist.

You will never be satisfied and you really should stop with the replacements. I'm sure Apple would rather refund you at this point too.

Well said. I guarantee he'll never get an iMac that satisfied him. GUARANTEE.

 

[Stupider]

I would not quote The Register for anything pertaining to Apple. They are very anti-Apple in an immature teenager sort of way.

To be fair, I think they are anti-everything in an immature teenager sort of way.

 

[Yakuza]

I have had 4 machines and all were faulty. Bad luck? Unlikely.

Luck has nothing to do with it.

Statistically, although my sampling was small, I believe that because all the serial numbers are weeks apart, that the defect rate is high.

yeahh, that's why i said "best of luck to us all", i meant that because of the delay, I hope that after this delay on, all we'll get lucky.

i mean, after all this time and all the delays after delays, they must have arranged a way to have arranged the problems............so i hope!

but heyy, i'm just a positive guy by nature

 

[Sir Cecil]

I have had 4 machines and all were faulty. Bad luck? Unlikely.

It is certain your next one will be returned too. You could save time by asking them not to send Number 5 and ship you Number 6 now.

 

[JimKirk]

Like I said before I don't want another replacement

I am going to talk to executive relations and see if they'll let me repair it at a later date once they sort out the screen issues.

I agree that the replacement probably will not be different until they sort out the issue with these screens.

 

[Larpy]

Just a request, can people tell us where and from whom they bought their imacs.

I have ordered mine in Oman from the local mac shop and they assure me that my 27 i7 will arrive on time next week. They told me that it would take 4 weeks and I still don't believe them. I'll let you know if it happens.

 

[sh00ter]

Bought iMac 27" i5

Hey Guys,

I bought the iMac 23rd in the new opend Apple Store Frankfurt-Germany.
It was in Stock and i could take it with me that day. I asked the Apple-Guy how hight the risk would be the screen beeing yellow, broken or flickering.
He answered the risk would be really really low.

I was not sure, but fortunately everything is ok. I see no flickering, the glass front is not brocken and can't see yellow stripes.

Anything else to Check.

I saw they had a lot of this things in stock.

Ah ok mine is Production Week 51/2009.

Excuse my poor english

 

[caero]

Hey Guys,

I bought the iMac 23rd in the new opend Apple Store Frankfurt-Germany.
It was in Stock and i could take it with me that day. I asked the Apple-Guy how hight the risk would be the screen beeing yellow, broken or flickering.
He answered the risk would be really really low.

I was not sure, but fortunately everything is ok. I see no flickering, the glass front is not brocken and can't see yellow stripes.

Anything else to Check.

I saw they had a lot of this things in stock.

Where can i find the production week?

Excuse my poor english

You can see it in your serial number. I think it is the 4th and 5th ciffer.

Mine was: W8951 (thus being week 51)

 

[SaSaSushi]

Where can i find the production week?

As mentioned above, it is noted in the serial number.

Enter your serial number at this website for complete details.

 

[rosilva]

the long waiting

After the long reading of this thread just want to add that my first order of an iMac 27", in the begining of November, had to canceled due to the obvious delay!

I'm a portuguese Apple dealer and since the first iMac 27" were annouced nothing else came to public about this pearl, apart of the great and beautiful machine that Apple released.

I've several clients wainting for the "new" iMac's 27" and the only answer from Apple to the delay is to keep waiting. And I trully believe that AppleStore (Portugal) can't accomplish the 2/3week deadline to delievery any of the iMac 27".

I would like to know is you guys/girls have been waiting for these mac's for more than 2months? Because, in Portugal, we have!

Just for the record...

 

[JimKirk]

I got a call from executive relations

They said that they can confidently say that they can send me a replacement machine free of any screen defects.

I asked how but they would not comment.

They said that I would not have to wait the 3 weeks for a replacement like everyone else and that mine would treated as a priority.

So we shall see.

 

[Yakuza]

After the long reading of this thread just want to add that my first order of an iMac 27", in the begining of November, had to canceled due to the obvious delay!

I'm a portuguese Apple dealer and since the first iMac 27" were annouced nothing else came to public about this pearl, apart of the great and beautiful machine that Apple released.

I've several clients wainting for the "new" iMac's 27" and the only answer from Apple to the delay is to keep waiting. And I trully believe that AppleStore (Portugal) can't accomplish the 2/3week deadline to delievery any of the iMac 27".

I would like to know is you guys/girls have been waiting for these mac's for more than 2months? Because, in Portugal, we have!

Just for the record...

ohhh look! someone from my neighbourhood

It's true, many many people have been waiting since november for the machines, but i think that nearly no one here have waited so loooooonng for an iMac. Unfortunately Portugal must be a small small small time business for apple and in their list we must be near bottom lolol

 

[rosilva]

the long waiting

: / I would like to share that POV with you (Yakuza) and that we are small and tight country, even in business. But the least Apple could do is explaining this stupid waiting!

If this is a "problem" that is happening only in Portugal, Apple has definitely some answers to give. I don't know/read/hear any feedback from portuguese customers that bought iMac 27" with broken screen or yellow lines BECAUSE they didn't ARRIVE yet!!

 

[TSX]

: / I would like to share that POV with you (Yakuza) and that we are small and tight country, even in business. But the least Apple could do is explaining this stupid waiting!

If this is a "problem" that is happening only in Portugal, Apple has definitely some answers to give. I don't know/read/hear any feedback from portuguese customers that bought iMac 27" with broken screen or yellow lines BECAUSE they didn't ARRIVE yet!!

I think everyone has to wait no matter where your from. I have to wait 6-7 weeks for mine.

 

[Yakuza]

: / I would like to share that POV with you (Yakuza) and that we are small and tight country, even in business. But the least Apple could do is explaining this stupid waiting!

If this is a "problem" that is happening only in Portugal, Apple has definitely some answers to give. I don't know/read/hear any feedback from portuguese customers that bought iMac 27" with broken screen or yellow lines BECAUSE they didn't ARRIVE yet!!

there's no excuse for Apple indeed, for not having at least a plausible answer for the Apple retail here in Portugal. I happened to know from a portuguese forum, 2 guys which recieved the iMacs i5 or i7, can't remember, one had the horrible bleed on the 4 corners of the screen the other from what he said was ok.

Soon will be posting something, since my iMac is already coming this way, and at the moment is in Germany

 

[abacus01]

Rosliva you dont understand

the stupid waiting...hahahahahaahaha...havent you been reading this thread...duh,,,,,yellow screens...duh,,,,flickering....apple is trying to make sure that when they start sending these newer machines out that the problems have for the most part been resolved. It cost them a ton of money to have so many imacs returned. I agree they should just fess up and say that's the reason for the delay, but most of us here know thats the real reason. im waiting for a replacement also..and I hope they take as long as they need and wait until they figure out the problem.