Yeah, please post your first hand experience/comments and post a photo as well ...
i know this is three days early
i know this is three days early
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New iMac 27" Quad Core i5/i7 Ownership Thread
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Friday looks far away ...
various older generation mac pictures are here.
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/01/the-evolution-of-apple-design-between-1977-2008/
we made a lots of progress another three days!
various older generation mac pictures are here.
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/01/the-evolution-of-apple-design-between-1977-2008/
we made a lots of progress another three days!
The Apple history site was fun. The Newton really was way ahead of it's time and was the forerunner of the Ipod and Iphone.
Friday looks far away ...
various older generation mac pictures are here.
http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/01/the-evolution-of-apple-design-between-1977-2008/
we made a lots of progress another three days!
Yes...I ordered an i7, 8GB ram, 2TB HD with the 4850 graphics card. Checked Apple this evening and my order has been changed to "prepared for shipment" so hopefully it will be here via FedEx early next week.
According to FedEx mine arrived in Oakland this morning. So, those in the Bay Area could get theirs today.
One Lady called Carressa has already received her Core i5 iMac today, She is supposedly at work and will do a hands on review once she gets home with pics. You can check the Waiting for i7 Thread for her post.
I man, I hope that means they are in the stores here soon. I'll be calling the downtown SF store hourly tomorrow...
by Friday we can expect most of the apple stores to carry the iMac (once all the preorder stocks shipped)
Got mine in 3 days (from Shanghai to Tokyo).
i7 4gb wireless keyboard.
Sticked in another 4gb I bought at a local store in Akihabara even before turning it on for the first time.
Result: AWESOME... no strange sounds. Can hear the hard drive, same as the previous core duo early 2006 iMac I used before. No flickering screen, no dead pixels, no sounds when it's sleeping, well... just perfect. And man this thing is blazingly fast. VMware flies, even with 3D games. It's hard to make it sweat, but I could do it compressing several videos at once with Quicktime and the CPU fan got over 2000 rpm, quite noisy but nothing alarming at all, not even bothering. If you put your hand on the top back you can feel the warm air going out.
In general use, the fan never runs over 1000 rpm.
Edit: Youtube wasn't a problem at all, CPU stays calm even using HD fullscreen...
i7 4gb wireless keyboard.
Sticked in another 4gb I bought at a local store in Akihabara even before turning it on for the first time.
Result: AWESOME... no strange sounds. Can hear the hard drive, same as the previous core duo early 2006 iMac I used before. No flickering screen, no dead pixels, no sounds when it's sleeping, well... just perfect. And man this thing is blazingly fast. VMware flies, even with 3D games. It's hard to make it sweat, but I could do it compressing several videos at once with Quicktime and the CPU fan got over 2000 rpm, quite noisy but nothing alarming at all, not even bothering. If you put your hand on the top back you can feel the warm air going out.
In general use, the fan never runs over 1000 rpm.
Edit: Youtube wasn't a problem at all, CPU stays calm even using HD fullscreen...
I still have a Newton and a 512MB Mac. I don't actually use them - it's just fun to own a little bit of history.
Well, I just took delivery to my i7! Now the waiting game begins here at work.... now only 6 more hours until I get home.
Now the waiting game begins here at work.... now only 6 more hours until I get home. Received my i7 w/ 8GB RAM on Monday morning. So far I think it's pretty amazing and worth the long wait...