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New i7 2.93Ghz Owners Thread

juicedropsdeuce said:
Wow. So it is normal to have to go through many broken machines to get a good one from Apple?? And you say it is worth it? That is pathetic. :mad:
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No, it's not normal. Do you think the thousands of people who get a perfectly good Mac come in here to talk about it? Only the people who get hit with a bad one complain about it.

Can Apple make sure that 100% of all iMac production is "perfect" when they are made by contractors? No, they cannot. Fortunately they have excellent customer care and a great warranty for swapping out the problem machines.

Get a grip people!
 
juicedropsdeuce said:
Wow. So it is normal to have to go through many broken machines to get a good one from Apple?? And you say it is worth it? That is pathetic. :mad:
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It isn't normal. At least not to most of us long time mac users. This lack of QC is a recent thing. Apple has been negligent recently (I blame the iPhone) on all things Mac. Taking their time with updates and Mac OS X.
 
The sound problem (depending the luminosity) is a frequent problem ?

And the heat problem ?

I'm asking those questions because it's my first Mac...:(
 
I would agree it isn't normal, but I have had to return a 24" iMac & just swapped out my 27" i5 2.8 for an i7 2.93 due to issues (not yellowing, but heat & boot issues). I wanted an i7 anyway - so maybe it was just fate! I gladly pd the $200 diff to swap out the i5 when I learned they had some in stock.

I am not sure when & where mine was manufactured - how can you tell?

I have to say that Apple's tech support & customer service is absolutely fantastic. I can't say the same for the PCs I own. I am very competent with PC operations & have built my own a couple times as well as bought pre-built. I decided to buy the 3 yr warranty with Apple because of issues that may pop up. I think it is a good investment for the 27" iMac based on the history of problems they have had with the screen.

As fas as Apple's QC slipping -I think it may a supplier issue QC & some things just slip past as they are experiencing this huge boom in sales.
 
Sir.Jonas said:
The sound problem (depending the luminosity) is a frequent problem ?

And the heat problem ?

I'm asking those questions because it's my first Mac...:(
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More common problems appear to be yellow tinting & backlight bleeding. And the 1TB Seagate HDD buzzing.
 
I agree with the above -- people without problems won't bother posting. If I must, I can only say that my late 2008 MBP is still in "out of the box" condition, after using it for most days since. This goes for all computer hardware and software releases. Just look in some forums following a major OS update; it'll end up sounding like it's the company's worst release ever. ;) And then you can go on installing your most likely hitch-free OS update.
 
My i7 arrived yesterday. I fired it and found no issues at all!
So I installed the extra 4GB RAM and put the boxes in the loft.

No yellow tint, no brightness whine. It gets warm when running WoW with all the settings maxed.
The hard drive clunks a bit, but it's nothing worth whinging about.

I'm super impressed by this machine!!
:D
 
bartelby said:
My i7 arrived yesterday. I fired it and found no issues at all!
So I installed the extra 4GB RAM and put the boxes in the loft.

No yellow tint, no brightness whine. It gets warm when running WoW with all the settings maxed.
The hard drive clunks a bit, but it's nothing worth whinging about.

I'm super impressed by this machine!!
:D
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I gave mine its first baptism under fire doing a handbrake encode from MPEG2 to h.264. 2 hours of video encoded in about 20 minutes with 700%+ CPU utilization.

I thought my 2007 Core 2 Extreme got hot while encoding, I cannot even put my hand on the back of the new iMac's case. The vent area gets incredibly hot.
 
Mine is on the truck for delivery today! :D. I will post after it is up & running if I have any issues or not. :apple:
 
rworne said:
I gave mine its first baptism under fire doing a handbrake encode from MPEG2 to h.264. 2 hours of video encoded in about 20 minutes with 700%+ CPU utilization.

I thought my 2007 Core 2 Extreme got hot while encoding, I cannot even put my hand on the back of the new iMac's case. The vent area gets incredibly hot.
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HandBrake 64 bit was averaging 160+ fps on my machine (specs below). My 2006 Mac Pro did only about 60 fps! 15 minutes for a two hour DVD. Amazing.

I didn't feel the back of the case, but then again why would I need to? As lo g as it doesn't get so hot it malfunctions I suppose I don't really care. Fans did hit about 2000 rpm, though, during the encode.
 
I found this thread yesterday, just after I ordered my 27" i7, but I refrained from posting anything as the estimated delivery date was the 19th, and I didn't want to get sucked in and be all jealous..

Just checked the status of the order though, it'll now be delivered tomorrow! I can't believe it.
 
xraydoc said:
HandBrake 64 bit was averaging 160+ fps on my machine (specs below). My 2006 Mac Pro did only about 60 fps! 15 minutes for a two hour DVD. Amazing.

I didn't feel the back of the case, but then again why would I need to? As lo g as it doesn't get so hot it malfunctions I suppose I don't really care. Fans did hit about 2000 rpm, though, during the encode.
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I got the same FPS, 160+. Absolutely incredible to get the encoding speed that high. It makes me want to see what the new 12-core MacPro will do.

My older 2007 Core 2 Extreme iMac seemed to handle the hot temperatures really well, and I never had thermal issues with it.

For kicks, I also booted up with the 64-bit kernel and have not seen any compatibility issues. Quite a nice machine. The only thing I find annoying is the lack of jumbo frames.
 
xraydoc said:
HandBrake 64 bit was averaging 160+ fps on my machine (specs below). My 2006 Mac Pro did only about 60 fps! 15 minutes for a two hour DVD. Amazing.
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That what I would expected but don't get. Just ripped for test a DVD and got 60 fps ... actually on my LINUX box I get somewhere around 90-100 fps (with CLI interface though)

I read somewhere that the DVD in the iMac is not the best so I wonder if you use an external DVD or copy the files first on the HDD before ripping.

What setup within Handbrake you use ?

Thanks in advance
 
ChristianJapan said:
That what I would expected but don't get. Just ripped for test a DVD and got 60 fps ... actually on my LINUX box I get somewhere around 90-100 fps (with CLI interface though)

I read somewhere that the DVD in the iMac is not the best so I wonder if you use an external DVD or copy the files first on the HDD before ripping.

What setup within Handbrake you use ?

Thanks in advance
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Some DVD players limit the "rip speed" to a rather low rate. This is what is likely limiting your speed. To test the encoding capability, you would need to rip from an ISO image.
 
Mine arrived today and I had a few issues. Mainly because I restored from time machine. Took over 1 hour to do the restore and everything looked correct but when I plugged in my iPhone 4 it wasn't recognized by iTunes. I tried 2 other iPhones and my iPad with the same result, I even reinstalled iTunes with no luck. I just spent all night doing a fresh install of snow leopard and moving files from the TM backup and all is working great kicks my old 20" iMac 2009 out the water and I can't wait to give it a real. Test sometime soon.
 
just picked mine up and love it .. i was iffy on getting an all in one but seems to be good ..

are you guys doing fresh installs ?
 
It's All Good

I am extremely happy... no yellow... no noise... no dead pixels....

Just A LOT of fun and excitement happening here. I hope everyone else gets a great iMac!!! :)
 
mine just arrived from china. no dead pixels (*pending found something) / no yellow tint / no buzzing brightness toggle / no grumbling HDD (wdc).

only thing i dont like is the wireless keyboard and mouse....not used to it coming from the wired.
 
rworne said:
Some DVD players limit the "rip speed" to a rather low rate. This is what is likely limiting your speed. To test the encoding capability, you would need to rip from an ISO image.
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Correct. I use RipIt to copy the disc contents to the hard drive. Takes about 12 min. for a typical movie.

But even the two-stage process (rip to HD, then encode) still completes in half the time my 2006 2.66GHz Mac Pro could do it in.

While I don't expect the hyperthreading of the i7 processor to do much in low-intensity apps, it was quite impressive to see all 8 virtual cores hitting 95% each during the encode. I think I'll try writing the output file to the SSD instead of the mechanical HD to see if there's any noticeable improvement in encode times.
 
Just how noisy would you say is the i7 when surfing the web and checking emails? The 21,5" that I have is so quiet it sounds like it doesn't even have a fan.
 
dalvin200 said:
finally bit the bullet and ordered the i7 with 8gb ram and ssd + 1tb option..

est delivery is 18-19th august!!

can't wait now :D
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Nice, congrats! :)

My i7 w/ 8GB will hopefully be delivered to me tomorrow... if still feels like forever!
 
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