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New i7 2.93Ghz Owners Thread

OK Just called them. They say there's still no courier assigned to my delivery and it will be delivered on or before the 10th. I ordered on the 29th July.

When I ordered it said 'Ships: 4 business days'. I thought that I'd receive it within 4 business days.

So if it arrives on the 10th Aug, thats a whole 9 business days after order placement.

Prob the worst online shopping experience I've had, ever!
 
gah! the wait is killing me! :eek:

my estimated delivery date isn't until next thursday, the 12th. :apple:
 
New iMac arrived yesterday ahead of schedule. Set it up last night and no apparent problems except for a tiny speck of dust on the inside of the glass. The screen itself is pixel perfect with no apparent lighting or colour problems. There is also no apparent problem with strange noises either from fans or elsewhere when I alter the screen brightness. This is the version with a 256GB SSD and a 2 TB internal drive and has 8GB of memory.

I use iStat Menus which shows the 8 logical cores. I'm surprised how evenly the load is distributed across them. For instance whilst downloading and installing the standard set of software I use, I had a TrueCrypt volume creation going on in the background using a fairly CPU intensive encryption algorithm. Cores 1, 3, 5 and 7 were holding at about 20% and cores 2, 4, 6 and 8 at about 10% load. So it looks like the hyper threading is getting some useful work done, or at least that's my take on what I'm seeing.

I'm now looking forward to testing some of my own Erlang and Go programs on it to see how effectively they can use the available processors.
 
I'm in. Got an i7 loaded with 16 gb ram at the apple store in Baton Rouge, LA.
Going through migration now, so really haven't used it yet.
Can't wait to throw everything I have at the beast.
 
OK, so my i7 was delivered today, right on schedule. I'm in the process of moving everything over from my old Mac Pro. As far as I can tell, there's no screen yellowing, though I will check again later tonight after dark. No dead pixels. No display whine that I've been able to detect yet.

I did have a minor setback when first setting up the machine, though. Even though I told myself I was going to do a clean install of everything, I decided to use the Migration Assistant. Well, after an apparently successful transfer that took about an hour, the iMac would kernel panic upon boot. Had no choice but to wipe the SSD completely from the install DVD and reinstall the OS from scratch. That, plus the reinstall of iLife, took another 45 minutes to do.

So I guess I should have stuck with my original plan to do a clean install of everything - since that's what I ended up doing by force anyway. At least I was able to save space on the SSD by not installing the extra languages, asian fonts and a gigabyte worth of printer drivers I'll never use.

Anyway, so now I'm still busy transferring my data over - still have a good 45 minutes to go on a long, 600GB iTunes folder transfer. About another 20GB worth of documents and I'll finally be migrated over.

I'm afraid of buying another machine in a few years when it's this one's turn to be replaced. It's taken about 6 hours to copy all my data... I can't imagine how much I'll have in another 3 years!
 
I guess you can add me to the list of proud new owners...this thing is freaking sweet, nuff said.
 
My i7 got sent out by UPS Ireland yesterday and arrived at Tamworth this afternoon. At 1am it was despatched from Tamworth which I assume it means its on its way forther north to me. Question is, do UPS deliver on saturdays or is it gonna be a painful weekend for me? :D
 
striker33 said:
My i7 got sent out by UPS Ireland yesterday and arrived at Tamworth this afternoon. At 1am it was despatched from Tamworth which I assume it means its on its way forther north to me. Question is, do UPS deliver on saturdays or is it gonna be a painful weekend for me? :D
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Here in the US UPS will deliver Saturdays if it is requested, and paid for. Fedex (by default) does Saturday delivery as there residential deliveries run Tues thru Saturday. So, my 27" will show up tomorrow. :)
 
symbology said:
Here in the US UPS will deliver Saturdays if it is requested, and paid for. Fedex (by default) does Saturday delivery as there residential deliveries run Tues thru Saturday. So, my 27" will show up tomorrow. :)
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Damn, lucky you :)

Looks like im in for one hell of a weekend then!
 
MackeralFillet said:
OK Just called them. They say there's still no courier assigned to my delivery and it will be delivered on or before the 10th. I ordered on the 29th July.

When I ordered it said 'Ships: 4 business days'. I thought that I'd receive it within 4 business days.

So if it arrives on the 10th Aug, thats a whole 9 business days after order placement.

Prob the worst online shopping experience I've had, ever!
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"Ships in x business days" is referring to how long it takes to build the machine and give it to the shipping company. Then you select what kind of shipping you want (the free shipping is 5-7 business day ground, or you can choose the 2-3 day expedited shipping). The delivery times are also spelled out on Apple's site.

Sorry you're disappointed, but most people manage to figure this part out. I hardly think Apple is to blame for your misunderstanding.

FYI, I ordered mine at about 1 am on Monday the 1st. Received it Friday the 6th (yesterday). I paid for the 2-3 day shipping ($35) over the free shipping (5-7 days).
 
Help!

This is all really good information... I'm still trying to figure it out though... It seems like there conflicting reports out there on speeds etc..

Basically all I will use my Mac for will be Website Design in Photoshop CS3 and CS5 in the near future... With some occasional video editing in FCE.

What will be the best option?

Go for a Maxed out 21.5" or go for a 27" 2.8 Quad Core i5 or i7????

Need to make a choice soon!

Help Please!!!
 
Revival Cr8tive said:
This is all really good information... I'm still trying to figure it out though... It seems like there conflicting reports out there on speeds etc..

Basically all I will use my Mac for will be Website Design in Photoshop CS3 and CS5 in the near future... With some occasional video editing in FCE.

What will be the best option?

Go for a Maxed out 21.5" or go for a 27" 2.8 Quad Core i5 or i7????

Need to make a choice soon!

Help Please!!!
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For video editing the i7 is a blast. For photoshop it's nice to have the 27 inch screen real estate. I vote for 27" i7. :)
 
Just got mine today, ordered with the 2TB+SSD and 8GB of ram. No yellow screens or whistling noises, pretty happy about that. Loving the 1440p LED and i7's virtual cores thing. My only caveat is the video card, which actually is pretty decent, just not GREAT.
 
bolen said:
For video editing the i7 is a blast. For photoshop it's nice to have the 27 inch screen real estate. I vote for 27" i7. :)
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Agreed. I took the plunge and got the i7. I primarily use Maya and After Effects. The render times can be horrible with those. Video rendering takes foreverrrrrrrrr..... The i7 should speed things up quite a bit. Also, have you seen the 27" display!? :eek: It's worth it for aesthics alone lol :cool:
 
tamarock said:
Agreed. I took the plunge and got the i7. I primarily use Maya and After Effects. The render times can be horrible with those. Video rendering takes foreverrrrrrrrr..... The i7 should speed things up quite a bit. Also, have you seen the 27" display!? :eek: It's worth it for aesthics alone lol :cool:
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Yeah, I went to see the 27" today. Looks really good. My boss has one also. However most of my time is spent web site designing and I have a 23" Cinema Display Matt finish, so really I would be using that for artwork.

Its just the the 27" model seems like it can handle more upgrades and the 21" so seems like it would last long for an extra £400. It would increase life span to like 4 or 5 years...

Still not sure, I'm not convienced I need the fastest computer, I just don't want to get a machine that in a few years starts to be sluggish...

ARRRRGGGGGHHHH!
 
Just received my i7. Perfect screen, quiet WD hard drive, and built in the USA. :D
 
I received my new 2010 27" i7 iMac on Thursday. It's perfect! No yellow screen, no grey banding, no dead pixels, and no dust. The machine is completely silent. No humming or whistling. The brightness adjustment doesn't cause any problems, and the hard drive is silent as well. This is my first Mac and I'm completely impressed! The 27" screen is perfect for music photo work and music production. Anyone that says it too big is silly. If they had a 30" model, I'd of got that. The screen is gorgeous! :D

P.S. - I dont know how to read the serial number, but if anyone has any questions I'll do my best to answer them.
 
My new i7 27" custom built, has slight yellow tint on the bottom left, and some edge glow (light leakage) on the bottom left and right. My previous gen iMac (24) had the same glow, so I guess I am kinda used to it. I am really not sure if it is worth sending back, as the next one could be worse or the same. The yellow tint is very slight, and if it wasn't for me looking for it, I doubt I would have noticed.
 
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