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Regret buying your mac???

Allthough I have a freezer, I do not regret buying the new iMac.. It's an awesome machine, runs great and I haven't had a single issue apart from the freezing. Compare this to my old €900 PC with €200 17" TFT that took nearly a year to actually work (excluding Windows ****-ups) and an additional €400 worth of repairs and replacement parts..

Couldn't be more happy about this iMac.. Even the freezing doesn't bother me enough to switch back to a Windows machine. The freezing should eventualy stop with a software update, and if not, I'll just get it replaced.
 
Switching from a VAIO to a Macbook has calmed my nerves like crazy...SO FEW PROBLEMS!
 
Yes, I regret purchasing my 24" imac. I should have heeded everyone's "Don't buy Rev A!" advice, but I did not. I sold a perfectly reliable 1Ghz TiBook when I got my 24" imac, and I should have kept it a few months longer until Rev. B aluminum imacs appeared on the scene. I've spent countless hours on the phone with Apple Care and lugging my computer back to the apple store trying to convince them there is a problem with my imac, to no avail. Currently, they are keeping it for a week where they were periodically check on it and see if it has frozen.

I purchased the iMac because I desired a faster machine, the ability to run windows applications, and a bigger screen. Despite the new 24" imac delivering admirably on all of these points, I value relaiblility much more. All of the frustration and time wasted has inexorably soured my experience with this computer.
 
part yes when i bought my mac mini G4 in 2005 i was depressed by actual 3d performance .. my own built PC from 2002, which was cheaper, was actually leagues faster

every single time safari crashes (which it does frequently) or just grinds to a halt for no apparent reason

on the other side using it is more relaxing overall and just a different feeling which makes up for it especially with built in wireless and bluetooth etc.

i would say go for it
 
I'll wait and see...

Hello again,

Thanks for all of your posts. I think I'll wait and see whether Apple sorts out the various issues that are going around and also wait and see if they release an imac without a glossy screen.

cheers,

mp :apple:
 
mojopixel said:
Hello again,

Thanks for all of your posts. I think I'll wait and see whether Apple sorts out the various issues that are going around and also wait and see if they release an imac without a glossy screen.

cheers,

mp :apple:
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If i were you i would buy the 2.33 matte screen version you can pick up a refurbished one or a used one on ebay with applecare for like 1400-1500
 
mojopixel said:
Hello,

I've been reading the messages on this forum and, what with all the hullabaloo about freezing, would like to know if anybody here who has bought a Mac of any variety regrets their purchase? The reason I ask is because I am contemplating switching over to a Mac and I don't really want to spend a whole lot of money on something that doesn't work properly, know what I mean? So, Any Regrets.....BE HONEST!

cheers,

mp
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People as a whole go to forums to complain or try and solve problems rather than rave about how good things are.

As a whole most people would agree that the Mac operating systems are more stable than Vista (of course a new OS in the first week will have problems, but no doubt most of this will be fixed in the upand comming weeks)

As a whole Apple machines are better made than cheap clone PC's.

I also suspect people expect more from their macs than they would from a PC.
 
Bought my first mac one year ago and have never been happier with a computer.

I think my "freeze" might have had something to do with Leopard backing itself up for the first time.
 
No regrets. My wife and I fighting over the use of our new 24" iMac now, and she was the hesitant one. Years of fighting Windows on a sluggish PC is enough to make a believer out of anyone. I absolutely need Windows for work, but with the Intel chipset and programs like VMWare, I simply won't ever go back.

As for the negative posts - bulletin boards are a little bit like newspapers - the bad headlines get all the attention. I'm happy to post something positive about my iMac.
 
mojopixel said:
Hello again,

Thanks for all of your posts. I think I'll wait and see whether Apple sorts out the various issues that are going around and also wait and see if they release an imac without a glossy screen.

cheers,

mp :apple:
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Don't take this the wrong way but your post was really wasteful. You asked if people regretted their Mac purchase and as I was reading the replies I had a feeling that you might say what said after 1 or 2 negative posts. After nearly 40 replies with 98% of them positive stating that they were happy and never regretted you still came out saying you are going to wait until Apple irons out issues with the iMac.
It just goes to show you that the negative wins even when it's out numbered. BTW my iMac works great, no issues and never regretted switching but like that matters to you. :rolleyes:
 
The blind evangelism in this forum never ceases to amaze me! How does it hurt anyone if he chooses to wait it out until the early adopter teething troubles are over? Is it really that important to convert people to the Cult of Apple, so much so that you get angry when they don't immediately become a Believer?

FWIW I mostly come here to say how good they are and get hyped about new upcoming releases... but I'm not so blindly, religiously in love with Apple that I don't recognise when there are flaws. And no matter how much you apologise for Apple, the 20" screens are flawed. If I knew what they were like, I would've waited too... not given up (I love Apple hardware)... just waited, or perhaps gone for a different Mac. A more expensive one, no less.
 
No need to bash each other.

I myself started off in the Mac world with an iBook G4, and that was this summer.

Yes I love my Mac, but it's well known that a lot of the more complicated new products in the world have major bugs that are missed (Not sure how) in testing.

For example, how many horror stories have all of us heard about the XBox 360's crashing and needing to be sent back and worked on (Sometimes 2-3 times).. it's major frustrations. I plan on upgrading to a Macbook Pro in the coming summer, but I don't plan on buying what's brand spanking new on the market, Why? Because Pioneers are the ones who have the most problems.

I'm helping out with Leopard though, Mac has an amazing product and I don't mind pioneering a little for them, if anything big enough goes wrong I'll back up and reinstall Tiger.

In the world of computers, to each his own... unless it's Windows (It's a joke!)
 
And ah, Apple?? You still need to work on Safari, I still have to switch to Firefox by shear necessity for certain websites, safari just will not display certain sites, or certain apps correctly.

=(
 
If you think about it, Apple may be forced into releasing products earlier than they'd actually like.

With forums like these and the appetite people have for Apple (pun intended) products, posts such as "should I buy now or wait" and "the xxxx is due for a product refresh" kind of force Apples hand as they will start to lose sales for people holding off buying the product.

So the trade off are products not as well tested as they could have been, but in most cases they can be retro-fixed by software updates (which is all well and good, as long as they are not bypassing an inherent hardware fault).

Life is all about balance or compromise.
 
True that.

We all have different buying habits, and different reasons. My own? Convenience and Cost. I'm upgrading from iBook G4 for an intel processor (a must have these days) and a much bigger hard drive. Of course the added speed, ram and built in camera will be sweet too =)

peace guys
 
PatchMac said:
And ah, Apple?? You still need to work on Safari, I still have to switch to Firefox by shear necessity for certain websites, safari just will not display certain sites, or certain apps correctly.

=(
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This is not an Apple specific issue. The thing that gripes me is the fact that most browsers do not conform fully to the web standards out there. Internet Explorer being the biggest culpret (no surprise there). It's just annoying that web developers are forced into making compromises to get sites working with IE as its the most popular browser out there. With such a large user base, Microsoft doesn't feel it needs to fall into line behind the standards.
 
The iMac is a terrific machine. I bought mine in early October after using PCs for many years.

Major initial impressions and solutions:

Out of the box, my iMac started hanging when I was editing RAW photos. I ordered an extra 2 gig of ram and it has worked great ever since. No Spinning Beachball of Death or any Spinning Beachball since plugging in the extra memory.

I also purchased a 7-port USB hub to allow for hooking up iPod, 2 external hard drives, camera, printer, keyboard, and mouse. The 5 USB ports weren't enough.


With these caveats, I think the 2.4Ghz 20" iMac runs circles around PCs while avoiding the virus issue.
 
Never had a major problem with any Apple product before.

Mac Mini (PPC) - Absolutely perfect
iPod Mini - Absolutely perfect

MacBook Pro (Current) - The perfect-est computer I've ever owned.
iPhone - Almost perfect, had to do a software restore because YouTube stopped working.
 
I don't regret switching in 2001 to a G4 Cube, this thing still works and never had a problem.

I don't regret buying a rev A 12" powerbook in 2003, it is still working and is now used by my father who likes it very much.

I don't regret buying my 15" powerbook in 2005, ok, the backlit keyboard is not working anymore but I didn't use this feature much anyway. Apart from that it is still working and with me on the road everyday.


I regret buying an ibook G4 in 2005 for my girlfriend, the logic board died after 1,5 years, since I had no problems with my 3 previous macs we didn't get applecare. :(

I regret buying my 2,8 ghz iMac in august very much. Freezing freezing and no help in sight... I wish I could give it back and get my money back.
 
Cloudane said:
Ultimately if I had a choice between iMac with iffy display and no iMac, I'd choose the iMac with the iffy display.
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Ditto. I am effected by the iffy display thing, too. But I don't really mind.

On the whole, I LOVE my iMac. I just need software, lol.

It's definitely better than my PC, though. It's great! I'm going to upgrade the RAM one day, but even 1GB is perfect for now.

I have no regrets other than maybe buying a 24", oh and waiting until I had a bit more money so I could afford software, but CS3 is sat in my neighbour's house (They're looking after it today because I was out) so that issue should be gone.

So apart from those, no regrets at all. It's a LOVELY machine and I love it :D
 
RickT67 said:
I just purchased the 2.4 24" iMac on Saturday and I love it. No regrets and I am a switcher as of 2 months ago. Macs have definitely unleashed the creative "technologist" <- (is that a word?...LOL) in me. I no longer look at the computer and try to think of what I can tweak to make it work better. It just works. I'm having fun thinking of new and creative things that I can do with it.
I know that anything that is man made is going to have issues, but I haven't had any yet.
My iMac runs quietly and the screen is awesome. Make the switch :)
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I completely agree with this guy. Especially the bolded part.
 
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