i7 27" died last night

[Xtremehkr]

Yeah maybe we should start a thread with who has luck with their i7s? One thing holding me off from buying a new 27 inch iMac are these posts here.

There are several already, but there is no organized effort to keep people seeing those. I received my i7 on December 1st and have not had a single problem.

It would be a real shame is anyone passed on an iMac because they read blatantly false information from a competitor who couldn't compete on the merits of the product, and instead resorted to creating issues out of nothing.

 

[HyperX13]

There are several already, but there is no organized effort to keep people seeing those. I received my i7 on December 1st and have not had a single problem.

It would be a real shame is anyone passed on an iMac because they read blatantly false information from a competitor who couldn't compete on the merits of the product, and instead resorted to creating issues out of nothing.

I just talked to my pcconnection rep (aka mac connection). They only had 4 come back since they started carrying the i7s about 1 month ago. They sold hundreds. I will probably buy one soon.

 

[MovieCutter]

Like what for example would satisfy your fully sophisticated taste, I wonder?

Evidence of sales to return/repair ratios from retail stores and the supply chain of Rev A products versus Rev B or C products for a start. Having worked in Apple Retail for 3 years, I saw no difference in the rate of returns or repairs for Rev A products over any other revision...so yeah, that'd be a start...

 

[09iMac=Fail]

Having worked in Apple Retail for 3 years, I saw no difference in the rate of returns or repairs for Rev A products over any other revision...

I hope that is not the reality. I'm waiting and hoping that Rev B iMacs are far more reliable and more trouble free than they have been for the first 3 months. Otherwise, it will be a mini for me.

 

[MovieCutter]

I hope that is not the reality. I'm waiting and hoping that Rev B iMacs are far more reliable and more trouble free than they have been for the first 3 months. Otherwise, it will be a mini for me.

Why would you hope that's not the reality. It IS very likely the reality. It's just the influx of new buyers signing up on Apple's forums MR to complain about issues that is giving the perception there is some system wide defect in iMacs when very likely not the case. Until you know the number of systems sold then compare that to the number of returns/repairs, you have no reason to think the current Rev A iMac is inherently problematic. Have fun with your mini though. My 27" iMac is perfect.

 

[HLdan]

Why would you hope that's not the reality. It IS very likely the reality. It's just the influx of new buyers signing up on Apple's forums MR to complain about issues that is giving the perception there is some system wide defect in iMacs when very likely not the case. Until you know the number of systems sold then compare that to the number of returns/repairs, you have no reason to think the current Rev A iMac is inherently problematic. Have fun with your mini though. My 27" iMac is perfect.

Excellent post!! I wish more people on this forum would step into reality and stop taking these negative posts about the iMac and making them law. I find it interesting that a few forum posts against hundreds of thousands of sales a product can literally trash a product as if the problems were widespread because under most cases it's not.

 

[09iMac=Fail]

.... you have no reason to think the current Rev A iMac is inherently problematic. Have fun with your mini though. My 27" iMac is perfect.

WRONG. Of all the 27" screens I have seen in person with my own 2 eyes, the majority of them had poor displays that couldn't evenly show a solid color. For me, that is an issue. I'm cautiously waiting since I would prefer to go the iMac route over the mini. I do a lot more research than simply coming here. I'm glad you got a perfect iMac!

Excellent post!! I wish more people on this forum would step into reality....

I've stepped into reality, and that reality has shown me that it's still a gamble on whether or not I'll get a good screen. Not based on this site, but the iMacs I have seen in person. I don't want to deal with returns right now so I am waiting. I wish I could tell myself that I have seen more beautiful iMac screens than bad ones, but I'd be lying. Sorry if it bothers you.

 

[Btom]

Evidence of sales to return/repair ratios from retail stores and the supply chain of Rev A products versus Rev B or C products for a start. Having worked in Apple Retail for 3 years, I saw no difference in the rate of returns or repairs for Rev A products over any other revision...so yeah, that'd be a start...

We are on the same page on the return evidence. A clear statement from Apple would make me go and buy i5 in an instant. But Apple ain't talking...

On the other hand people sending units back three, or four times are definitely scarring me. I don't have time for that.

Unless they are really trolls, sent by the competition that is (and who that would be??...). But then you, with your perfect iMac could also be a troll, sent by Apple. Can you prove, that your unit is really flawless? Do you even have one?
So as you can see blaming trolls is a double edge sword...

Tom B.

 

[InfoSecmgr]

Got anything to back that up besides half-assed anecdotal evidence based on a Mac-enthusiast site???

Very true. The people who post here are the complainers for the most part. We will never really know the true failure rates, but honestly, I have only seen maybe 20 people complaining on this site of defective iMacs. How many have they produced? It can't be THAT bad of a failure rate.

I'm not saying I wouldn't be upset if my iMac died, though. I have been more than happy with my current iMac (2007), and since reading the reports would I hesitate buying a new one? Sure, but not for long.

 

[MovieCutter]

WRONG.

Yeah, not so much.

 

[HLdan]

We are on the same page on the return evidence. A clear statement from Apple would make me go and buy i5 in an instant. But Apple ain't talking...

On the other hand people sending units back three, or four times are definitely scarring me. I don't have time for that.

Unless they are really trolls, sent by the competition that is (and who that would be??...). But then you, with your perfect iMac could also be a troll, sent by Apple. Can you prove, that your unit is really flawless? Do you even have one?
So as you can see blaming trolls is a double edge sword...

Tom B.

You are perfectly welcome to take this anyway you want but your type of post defending the concept of the competition not trying to sabotage Apple's newly released products , coupled with your recent registration on MR will put a lot of people off and they will point fingers right at you for being the very one that they are accusing of this conspiracy.

Are you serious? People with good iMacs are considered trolls or employees of Apple for saying their machine is problem free? Apple makes way too much money to put into advertising and they are way too successful to stoop so low as to hire employees to write good things about their products on MR.

 

[archipellago]

You are perfectly welcome to take this anyway you want but your type of post defending the concept of the competition not trying to sabotage Apple's newly released products , coupled with your recent registration on MR will put a lot of people off and they will point fingers right at you for being the very one that they are accusing of this conspiracy.

Are you serious? People with good iMacs are considered trolls or employees of Apple for saying their machine is problem free? Apple makes way too much money to put into advertising and they are way too successful to stoop so low as to hire employees to write good things about their products on MR.

lol... wow!!

Very true. The people who post here are the complainers for the most part. We will never really know the true failure rates, but honestly, I have only seen maybe 20 people complaining on this site of defective iMacs. How many have they produced? It can't be THAT bad of a failure rate.

I'm not saying I wouldn't be upset if my iMac died, though. I have been more than happy with my current iMac (2007), and since reading the reports would I hesitate buying a new one? Sure, but not for long.

my local reseller doesn't have a 27" iMac on display.

They haven't had one without some kind of issue, yellow mainly.

 

[MovieCutter]

We are on the same page on the return evidence. A clear statement from Apple would make me go and buy i5 in an instant. But Apple ain't talking...

On the other hand people sending units back three, or four times are definitely scarring me. I don't have time for that.

Unless they are really trolls, sent by the competition that is (and who that would be??...). But then you, with your perfect iMac could also be a troll, sent by Apple. Can you prove, that your unit is really flawless? Do you even have one?
So as you can see blaming trolls is a double edge sword...

Tom B.

I'd take a picture for you, but that'd be a waste of time trying to appease someone who can't be appeased....thanks for your constructive and intuitive post...

 

[Xtremehkr]

09iMac=Fail with a name like that I find it extremely difficult to take you seriously. Reading random untrue accusations about 'all iMacs' makes it clear why you're here.

 

[Sir Cecil]

Ask any of the zealots to provide evidence that even 1% of iMacs are faulty.
They cannot.
I ask them now – show evidence that even a mere 1% of the new model iMacs are faulty.
Silence. Apart from the sound of them thinking "Duh, how can I possibly defend my non-stop assertions that ALL iMacs are faulty if I can't even show that 1% are no good? Woe is me!"

my local reseller doesn't have a 27" iMac on display.

They haven't had one without some kind of issue, yellow mainly.

Please provide the name and location of the reseller, if you would be so kind. I wish to speak to the manager and see what he has to say.

 

[archipellago]

Please provide the name and location of the reseller, if you would be so kind. I wish to speak to the manager and see what he has to say.

not a chance he has an aversion to people like you...

 

[WeegieMac]

Even for a Rev A product, the failure rate on these 27" iMacs is horrendous.

I know there's plenty of people with perfect machines, but there seems to be a larger than average amount of people across the web complaining of machines with faults ranging from screen tint and cracked screens to being DOA.

It does't give the greatest impression to a switcher when some Mac users dish out the Holier Than Thou attitude to Windows users, prompting some to switch.

 

[Sir Cecil]

not a chance he has an aversion to people like you...

Well, there goes his last grain of credibility down the drain.
Next?
Any other zealots want to make false claims and not back them up?

 

[archipellago]

Ask any of the zealots to provide evidence that even 1% of iMacs are faulty.
They cannot.
I ask them now – show evidence that even a mere 1% of the new model iMacs are faulty.
Silence. Apart from the sound of them thinking "Duh, how can I possibly defend my non-stop assertions that ALL iMacs are faulty if I can't even show that 1% are no good? Woe is me!"

It is fatuous to post nonsense like this.

The only people who can say with any certainty the actual return rate is Apple and clearly..

"they couldn't lie straight in bed"

people trust their own eyes and instincts, not random Apple apologists like you.

Well, there goes his last grain of credibility down the drain.
Next?
Any other zealots want to make false claims and not back them up?

why..?

because I don't want to expose him to you?

he deals with enough problems with repairs each day. Speaking to you can only make anybodies day who suffers it..worse.

 

[spcdust]

not a chance he has an aversion to people like you...

Ahhhh, knew this thread woukd attract you archipellago, as sure as a fly is attracted to Sh*t.

Guys, to give you some context archipellago, by his own admission, doesn't even own any Apple products. He makes some spurious claims that he did 3-4 months ago but sold them all as he hates Apple so much (even this information is open to debate as his posts are very contradictory).

Now, ask yourselves, why is someone who hasn't had any Apple products for so long such a prolific poster on an Apple forum - daily negative posts is is trade.

 

[Choctaw]

Apple is notorious with Rev A products that are plagued with problems.

I don't know what Rev A products means. Please tell me.
Thanks Choctaw

 

[archipellago]

Ahhhh, knew this thread woukd attract you archipellago, as sure as a fly is attracted to Sh*t.

Guys, to give you some context archipellago, by his own admission, doesn't even own any Apple products. He makes some spurious claims that he did 3-4 months ago but sold them all as he hates Apple so much (even this information is open to debate as his posts are very contradictory).

Now, ask yourselves, why is someone who hasn't had any Apple products for so long such a prolific poster on an Apple forum - daily negative posts is is trade.

care to elaborate..?

 

[WeegieMac]

This site is like dogsh*t to a fly when it comes to Apple haters.

The thing that I find hilarious is that they spend their days/evenings on here, berating products they claim to have "previously owned" or "owned, hated, and sold" (truth = would like but likely cannot afford), instead of venturing out into the big wide world.

The majority of people on here like Apple products, some of us are extremely passionate (you would use the term "Fanboy"), while some of us are more objective. I've been using the Macintosh since 2004 and will not go back to using Windows because I don't like Windows compared to OS X and have as many Mac/OS X crashes as I can count on ten fingers. Not bad for almost 6 years of using the format. Unfortunately I still need to use Windows between the hours of 9-5 from Monday to Friday.

However, you won't see me trolling Windows forums, spouting rubbish and voting "negative" on every news story simply because I can and without actually reading the damn article posted.

Some of these "haters" need to actually get a hint of a life ...

I don't know what Rev A products means. Please tell me.
Thanks Choctaw

Revision A, the first version of a certain product line, ie: the i7 iMac

 

[BubaDragon]

So for three weeks a perfect iMac. Non f the yellowing or flickering at all. Last night was online and half the screen went see through grey and then blank. Tried restarting the computer and nothing. Faint sound of starting up ie drives and thats is. Screen is not coming on at all. Called a Apple care this am and was told to take it to the Genious Bar today. Appt set for 1430. We shall see. I have a feeling that I am up a creek without a paddle. This is my first Mac. Not happy that this has happened!!!

You might want to remind the guys at the Apple Store that if a unit dies in the first thirty days you are eligible for a new machine, not a refurb, or a repair.
While you may have to call Apple Care to take advantage of this. Just FYI...

 

[DarwinOSX]

Apple Rev. A products usually aren't good (I think you could consider this Rev. A no? new monitor, new hardware.) or that's what people are saying. Went through a few late-2008 unibody MacBook Pro's before getting one that was flawless in my eyes.

People say that as conventional wisdom and they are wrong. I've been buying Macs since 1984, always the latest model, and I can only think of 2 in all that time with issues. Both were replaced by Apple overnight. I have also worked at companies and universities that had thousands of Macs quite often Rev A's of whatever model with no issues. Just in the last few years I have consulted at Motorola, Oracle, and Cisco all of which use thousands of Macs and they have not sen Rev A issues of anything. Yes the 27" iMacs should not be having this problem but lets not go overboard with silly generalizations.

I just talked to my pcconnection rep (aka mac connection). They only had 4 come back since they started carrying the i7s about 1 month ago. They sold hundreds. I will probably buy one soon.

I would not believe that. Even if it were true that doesn't mean only 4 people had issues since many had Apple deal with their issue instead of returning them to Mac Connection.

I had an i7 from Mac mall that I returned because of screen flicker after 3 days of no issues. I'm deciding if I will bet another i7, an i5 that I have more chance of exchanging at an Apple store if I have issues, or see what the new laptops are like.