Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
who DIDN'T get a dud aluminum imac??
- Thread starter lechon
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
How would you fix a burnt or stuck pixel?
My buddy has one green one when he shows the black screen on pixel checker....
He has the 20 inch by the way..
I have the new 24" and no problems here.....
)
I 'revived' a stuck pixel on my old 20" Core Duo iMac by applying gentle pressure to it on the matte display. However, that wouldn't be an option for you on the new aluminum iMacs with their glossy displays. You'd need to remove the glass panel and I doubt it would be worth going to that much hassle.
I've heard of special "stuck pixel" programs that flash through color sequences at high speed and are sometimes thought to help but I've never had success with them myself.
If the pixel is "dead" nothing will revive it. These options are only for pixels which are stuck in one color.
I just rechecked the box and it said "Designed in California" with the Apple address on it etc. And under that it said "Computer Assembled in USA". The serial number on this computer starts with a QP. Nowhere on the box does it say refurbished. On my previous iMac that was defective it had on it "Computer assembled in China" and the serial number on that one started with W87.
I just setup three new 20" 2.0GHz alum iMacs (three lucky people in my family are having an excellent Christmas this year! ), and none of them had any problems whatsoever. Two were purchased from CDW (through my work), and one from an Apple Store. Not a single problem. I was expecting problems, because there are so many threads about them, but I think other posters are correct: you're gonna get complaints on these boards, and not praise. That leads people to incorrectly assume that there are widespread problems, when actually most new iMacs are just fine.
), and none of them had any problems whatsoever. Two were purchased from CDW (through my work), and one from an Apple Store. Not a single problem. I was expecting problems, because there are so many threads about them, but I think other posters are correct: you're gonna get complaints on these boards, and not praise. That leads people to incorrectly assume that there are widespread problems, when actually most new iMacs are just fine.I have had one for just two months and the Matshita Superdive has been playing up - first it was keeping disks for days now it spits them out as soon as they are put in - Apple shop referred me to a 3rd party repair centre who can't look at it till next year - lots of stuff on internet say these drives are duff - waste of time having them repaired better off with an external DVD writer ????
I have no problem with wireless connection speed, it's connected instantly as soon as I can see the GUI.
I bought 35 20" iMacs for my department and the IT guy hasn't installed them yet. I'm crossing my fingers that they don't have problems--these are the machines that will replace our current Dells.
I bought my iMac when they were first released. I have had no problems at all and I love the Glossy screen and the new keyboard.There are times one can think that this forum survives only for petulant crybabies to complain. I do realize it serves a good purpose to air problems and get some very well thought out solutions. It is the best forum for Macs that I know.
problems?
All ok with my 24" imac. A few software problems due to first version of Leopard. Now works faultlessly, just like my macbookpro and ibookG4.
I will carry on singing the praises of Mac/OSX as i have had to use AutoCAD on my windows section of bootcamp, more bugs than a children's animation film! Absolutely hate windows, can't find anything, what is the opposite of intuitive .....Windows XP. Thank God for Macs, otherwise us non geeky types would be completely locked out in the cold.
Cheers and happy Christmas to all.
All ok with my 24" imac. A few software problems due to first version of Leopard. Now works faultlessly, just like my macbookpro and ibookG4.
I will carry on singing the praises of Mac/OSX as i have had to use AutoCAD on my windows section of bootcamp, more bugs than a children's animation film! Absolutely hate windows, can't find anything, what is the opposite of intuitive .....Windows XP. Thank God for Macs, otherwise us non geeky types would be completely locked out in the cold.
Cheers and happy Christmas to all.
Perfect 20" here, with OWC RAM installed. Used for 3 months and haven't frozen once, even with Photoshop and Final Cut Pro. A very happy switcher here!
The iMac my wife's parents bought our family has the gradient display problem. Very annoying. Bought it from Amazon a few weeks ago and just opened it yesterday. It also has a stuck red pixel. When the display is showing all black, there's lots of 'whiteness' bleeding around the edges from the LCD lamp.
It still has 10.4 and a Leopard install DVD came with it. I'm not sure installing Leopard will fix the display issues.
It still has 10.4 and a Leopard install DVD came with it. I'm not sure installing Leopard will fix the display issues.
I didn't. I have the 2.8 ghz processor. The ONLY problem I have is a single red dead pixel that showed up about 2 months after we bought the iMac, but you usually only notice it if you are looking for it because of the spot it is in.
Had mine since Friday now..
No problems what so ever that I can find on my new 24" IMac. I did leopard drop in disc upgrade, installed VMware Demo with vista 64, Installed 60 gig bootcamp partition for vista 32, downloaded and installed WoW for mac, bought and installed a D-Link 802.11n wireless router, moved PC to sons room and broke antenna off the PC's wireless adapter (he is not happy), used Senuti to backup Ipod to Imac, Tried Xplane demo (nice), installed VLC player, installed Eve online.. having a boat load of fun.
No problems what so ever that I can find on my new 24" IMac. I did leopard drop in disc upgrade, installed VMware Demo with vista 64, Installed 60 gig bootcamp partition for vista 32, downloaded and installed WoW for mac, bought and installed a D-Link 802.11n wireless router, moved PC to sons room and broke antenna off the PC's wireless adapter (he is not happy), used Senuti to backup Ipod to Imac, Tried Xplane demo (nice), installed VLC player, installed Eve online.. having a boat load of fun.
Isn't a red pixel by definition "stuck" rather than "dead"? Have you tried one of the unsticking programs on it?
I'm afraid not.
I don't really notice it as much these days, but it's kind of annoying when you're trying to get a photo to look right (difficult enough given that most PC displays older than 2yrs or so - before the contrast ratio and brightness war - are very dull and dark in comparison) and it's like having +1 or even +2 exposure compensation towards the bottom of the screen.
Also irritating is the fact it's a 6-bit LCD, so it can only produce a few million colours and makes up the rest with eye trickery of dithering and frame rate control. This isn't as noticeable under OS X (though if you have keen eyesight and move your eye quickly to another area of the screen you can sometimes catch the slightest "shimmering") but under Windows and Linux the ATI drivers don't dither properly, resulting in ghastly moving interference-like patterns and stripe effects especially on mid-dark greys and blues.
To be fair these are both characteristics of cheap TN panels (in the 20") rather than actual faults, but it does annoy me that Apple have stooped to putting horrible cheap crap in their systems when I always thought they could be trusted for quality. You get what you pay for I guess.