New 27" iMac's had issues but is now FIXED!

[bobob]

You're correct of course, but I would say the full one third of MacRumors members reporting difficulties with their new iMac's makes this problem a little broader than a rare "lemon".

That being said, I'm sure Apple will have it all rectified with a software fix within a week (or at least before they deliver my new quad. )

1/3rd ???? What the hell are you smoking, there are only 59 votes. Ridiculous inflammatory statements.

At our store, we've had 6 issues with almost 300 new iMacs sold. Please people...stop being alarmists. Do not believe everything you read/hear on the internet.

"Ridiculous inflammatory statements." Really? That's how you read my post?

If you're questioning my loyalty to the brand, let me reassure you that I am a long term Mac fanboy, who has used Mac's exlusively for my home computer for the past 20 years. Further, as I mentioned above, I am buying a new 27" iMac quadcore as soon as they're available.

If you're questioning my statistics, they are indeed accurate for the poll I quoted at the time of quoting. Sure, it's a small sample, but I feel confident enough in Apple's quality not to have to sugarcoat even a small subset of the new iMac owners findings. Why should we discount the experiences of MacRumors forum members? They are likely to be fellow loyal fanboys, early adopters, and often determined to find workarounds to fix any early problems they encounter.

We gain nothing by pretending that there's no problems with the new iMacs. By honestly reporting any and all problems we encounter to the forum and to Apple, we only hasten the software or firmware fix that I'm confident Apple is working on as we write.

 

[macshill]

"Ridiculous inflammatory statements." Really? That's how you read my post?

If you're questioning my loyalty to the brand, let me reassure you that I am a long term Mac fanboy, who has used Mac's exlusively for my home computer for the past 20 years. Further, as I mentioned above, I am buying a new 27" iMac quadcore as soon as they're available.

If you're questioning my statistics, they are indeed accurate for the poll I quoted at the time of quoting. Sure, it's a small sample, but I feel confident enough in Apple's quality not to have to sugarcoat even a small subset of the new iMac owners findings. Why should we discount the experiences of MacRumors forum members? They are likely to be fellow loyal fanboys, early adopters, and often determined to find workarounds to fix any early problems they encounter.

We gain nothing by pretending that there's no problems with the new iMacs. By honestly reporting any and all problems we encounter to the forum and to Apple, we only hasten the software or firmware fix that I'm confident Apple is working on as we write.

CompanionCube is the definition of some of the worst fanboys out there. Those who hover over the Apple brand like a mama bird's wing over her babies in the nest when someone points out an Apple defect (either in small numbers, large numbers or worse) that isn't a singular person's product w/ a manufacturer defect (like someone who just happens to buy a new MacBook w/ a fried circuit board).

Whether it's MagSafe frayed wires or weak hinges on the MBA, it's never Apple's fault. Always just a fluke to people who think Apple can't put out a product w/ a mass defect. Tsk. It happens!

 

[frosse]

If you're questioning my statistics, they are indeed accurate for the poll I quoted at the time of quoting. Sure, it's a small sample, but I feel confident enough in Apple's quality not to have to sugarcoat even a small subset of the new iMac owners findings. Why should we discount the experiences of MacRumors forum members? They are likely to be fellow loyal fanboys, early adopters, and often determined to find workarounds to fix any early problems they encounter.

We gain nothing by pretending that there's no problems with the new iMacs. By honestly reporting any and all problems we encounter to the forum and to Apple, we only hasten the software or firmware fix that I'm confident Apple is working on as we write.

You're missing the point. You cannot base your assumptions on a poll on a mac forum and then claiming that it's a widespread issue going on with new iMacs. Sure, we shouldn't neglect the obvious issues but the statistics are scewed and does not give a fair picture. There is no way in hell you can say that it's a widespread issue based on <100 votes in poll on a mac forum.

Of course, we should try to find solutions to our problem but don't go around fooling yourself that it has to be a widespread issue.

 

[NJRonbo]

You're missing the point. You cannot base your assumptions on a poll on a mac forum and then claiming that it's a widespread issue going on with new iMacs.

Frosse,

It's not just Macrumors.

It's on Apple Discussions as well.

There IS a problem with a percentage
of iMacs out there. In fact, the complaints
have become increasingly numerous that
Engadget and CNET are now reporting
on them.

 

[glossywhite]

Way too much redundant discussion going on here.

Bottom line is, if you're concerned, call/visit Apple. If they don't give you peace of mind, you could consider that maybe you should have resisted being an early adopter - it is VERY VERY VERY well known that Snow Leopard has bugs - did you think that the iMac would magically avoid those, somehow?.

As for Apple rushing things... I think you're talking out of your preverbial hats, and attempting to second-guess what Apple R&D teams do. They've likely had the iMac ready to go for the last 8-9 months - just because a "rumour" comes out, and then, two weeks later, it comes to fruition, doesn't mean that those two weeks are a rush-rush period for Apple, it just means that the person/people spreading the rumors only got wind of said information at that point.

What everyone conveniently forgets is that *APPLE* INVENT, DESIGN AND COMMISSION THEIR HARDWARE - I think you'll find they knew about their own concepts a *LOT LOT* longer than *ANYONE* else on the entire planet!. Use a bit of common sense people - and stop spouting such guff - you sound like idiots!!.

 

[XboxEvolved]

I think everyone the past 5 pages has been redundant. I'm redundant.

 

[ljonesj]

every new model is going to have hicups its a fact and there are some people who are not having with their imacs and some are so its not all apple and not all the users

 

[mrsir2009]

Agreed, unless I HAVE to, I never buy the first day, there are usually problems. That being said, you would thing plunking down this kind of cash, those little things would have been ironed out prior to shipping since Apple is on their own schedule now, no CES, no MWSF, etc.

I stay about 2 or 3 years behind lol...

 

[brasscat]

x2

-4

 

[frosse]

Frosse,

It's not just Macrumors.

It's on Apple Discussions as well.

There IS a problem with a percentage
of iMacs out there. In fact, the complaints
have become increasingly numerous that
Engadget and CNET are now reporting
on them.

I'm not saying that there ISN'T a problem, just that basing your assumptions on dedicated mac forum discussions isn't fair.

 

[nutcup]

Windows 7 users are also having this flash problem, among others, with ATI cards. Here's a quote from another forum I'm reading, and even though it's from a Windows user the setting can be applied similarly on a Mac:

I have a 4890 and i5 running Win7 and had the flash video problem. Some googling led me to right click a flash object (in Firefox FWIW), click Settings | Display then uncheck "hardware acceleration". As has been well in the few days since I did that.

 

[eloh]

Windows 7 users are also having this flash problem, among others, with ATI cards. Here's a quote from another forum I'm reading, and even though it's from a Windows user the setting can be applied similarly on a Mac:

OOOOOOOO lol

That was probably the most useful post in like 30...lol

Microsoft could dramatize this discussion in a commercial and kill the entire "Mac Users Are Cool" stereotype.

 

[GadgetAddicted]

x2

+2-5/6^(sin55)

 

[alent1234]

Windows 7 users are also having this flash problem, among others, with ATI cards. Here's a quote from another forum I'm reading, and even though it's from a Windows user the setting can be applied similarly on a Mac:

must be the driver for that new card

i have a work laptop with an ATI HD2600 running WInidows 7 x64 and have no problems with flash content or youtube

 

[cmvsm]

Stop being a troll.

It's more than just a few. You know
it. That's why Engadget and CNET are
running articles on defective 27" iMacs.

Stop trying to derail the thread and insult
those who are having problems.

How do you know that its more than just a few? Do you know the ratio of faulty machines versus good ones? Do you know how many have been sold? Oh right, you're going off of the 58 votes on this forum. I won't hold my breath past waiting for any response from you past the calibre of your previous post.

Regarding Engadget, if you actually READ the article, they stated "it has not seen any such problems with its own machines, suggesting that the issues may not be universal." CNET simply states that "some users are having issues with Flash playback. Far cry from your "more than just a few" or "defective" comments. There goes your conspiracy theory.

Try reading a bit before you ring the 'the sky is falling' bell.

 

[GadgetAddicted]

Learn to love people...Mac's arent supposed to cause violence

Why is there so much hate in this thread?

 

[catharsis]

Take this crap to personal email please guys.

I keep checking in on this thread because I'm very interested in hearing about these issues as I really want to order an i7 and I really don't want to wade through your personal hissy fits to get to the useful information.

 

[archipellago]

every new model is going to have hicups its a fact and there are some people who are not having with their imacs and some are so its not all apple and not all the users

never understand why Apple users are happy to accept this kind of thing... brand loyalty gone mad.

 

[rogerram]

Take this crap to personal email please guys.

I keep checking in on this thread because I'm very interested in hearing about these issues as I really want to order an i7 and I really don't want to wade through your personal hissy fits to get to the useful information.

I have ordered an new i7 in good faith in Apple with Applecare that cost peanuts with my student discount.
I have little interest in percentages (lies, damned lies & statistics!) because if you are the one who has a computer that does not meet expectations you are likely to be both angry and frustrated. I speak from personal experience with my early 2009 MBP with persistent 'sleep' issues. That took 2 replacement motherboards and a new hard disk drive to sort out. I'm using the MBP now & I love this computer.

I think the new iMac is a beautiful bit of kit having seen the C2D's locally & my take on this is if there IS anything wrong with my iMac I & Apple will sort it as we did before.

So good luck to those with problems & I hope you soon get it sorted.
As a PS I would never go back to a Windows PC-my old laptop is a 17' Sony with BluRay running Vista that was & is an absolute pain-crashing almost everyday with daily infections & commercial spyware needing to be cleaned.

 

[NJRonbo]

Try reading a bit before you ring the 'the sky is falling' bell.

Hey Sherlock, you fail Detective 101.

This is what was posted on Engadget (and
I am actually quoting it which you should
have done)...

but we've noticed a big uptick in people complaining about performance issues on new 27-inch iMacs on Apple's support boards.

A big uptick sounds to me like a sizeable
amount of people -- enough for a news
website like Engadget and CNET to take
notice.

And, "Mr. I Can't Read Before Commenting,"
I never said it was just based on complaints on
THIS board. Where did I say that? In fact,
IF YOU ACTUALLY READ what I posted I said
that the Apple Discussion Forums are full of
complaints as well. In fact, the Engadget
article references that particular forum.

And hardly is anyone saying "The sky is
falling down." You actually said it, nobody
else did. The concern brought up here is
that mixed in with all the GOOD iMacs that
nobody is having a problem with is a
noticeable amount of individuals with the
SAME problems. Don't you think at the
very least that should be a concern? Seems
that CNET and ENGADGET did.

So THINK next time before you POST!

 

[cjedj]

Take this crap to personal email please guys.

I keep checking in on this thread because I'm very interested in hearing about these issues as I really want to order an i7 and I really don't want to wade through your personal hissy fits to get to the useful information.

I couldn't agree more - there are a lot of potential buyers out there (including me) who would find the info in this thread very useful. Unfortunately it's all buried amongst a lot of bitching which most teenagers would be ashamed of. If you have to pull each other's hair please do it in PM or email.

 

[bobob]

I couldn't agree more - there are a lot of potential buyers out there (including me) who would find the info in this thread very useful. Unfortunately it's all buried amongst a lot of bitching which most teenagers would be ashamed of. If you have to pull each other's hair please do it in PM or email.

Coincidentally, and unfortunately, Apple's hair pulling extension for it's Mail program is also malfunctioning...

 

[cjedj]

Coincidentally, and unfortunately, Apple's hair pulling extension for it's Mail program is also malfunctioning...

LOL

 

[billyripkin]

I have updated my original post with a temporary workaround fix for this system slow down problem.

 

[rmg007]

UPDATE-11/2/09: After reading a couple other threads about this same problem a 27" iMac user mentioned his seemed to respond well to turning off the Airport when the problem arises and then turning it back on. I have tried this about a dozen times and can confirm this does indeed solve the problem. Whatever is causing the iMac system to slow down does seem to respond well to turning off the Airport and then turning it back on again. It should be noted though that like the system restart fix this is only temporary relief and the problem will return after a period of time.

On a different note I can also confirm that if you own Bose Companion speakers like myself the new Airport in this iMac causes speaker interference.

1. If you leave airport off does the lagginess still return?
2. Which model of Bose speakers are you utilizing that are causing the interference?