Who's changed their mind about the 27" iMac because of the issues?

[DoFoT9]

I have to admit I am confused, is your screen really perfect, or you simply accept your non-perfection? Because the silent majority you are not for sure...

Tom B.

really? he said that no screen is perfect by "proper" terms - but to him, his screen is perfect because it meets HIS requirements in a screen.

 

[bobob]

Personally, I can't imagine going on a Microsoft discussion forum and spending months writing extended criticisms of their products when I have no intention of buying them, and perhaps I'm overly paranoid by nature, but when you look at the posting history of some of the people in this thread (and many other threads here at MacRumors forums) it almost seems like criticizing Apple is a full-time job for them. Literally.

 

[Btom]

really? he said that no screen is perfect by "proper" terms - but to him, his screen is perfect because it meets HIS requirements in a screen.

This is not what he says a few posts earlier:

... It has no yellow tinge nor other major problems and I would notice and would not accept them.

Tom B.

 

[SaSaSushi]

I have to admit I am confused, is your screen really perfect, or you simply accept your non-perfection? Because the silent majority you are not for sure...

Oh there's no doubt in my mind that you're confused. As much as I post my opinions in here p) you still can't figure out that I said A) A perfect display doesn't exist and B) My screen has no yellow tinge nor any other obvious gradient. Inasmuch as an LCD display can be considered perfect, mine is.

 

[DoFoT9]

This is not what he says a few posts earlier:



Tom B.

you really are confused lol. read sushis reply above ^

 

[Btom]

Oh there's no doubt in my mind that you're confused. As much as I post my opinions in here p) you still can't figure out that I said A) A perfect display doesn't exist and B) My screen has no yellow tinge nor any other obvious gradient. Inasmuch as an LCD display can be considered perfect, mine is.

Oh, I can see now, you have a perfect display, which doesn't exist, I understand.
Now, why do you feel so obliged to comment about other people, who simply don't want to try the same?

Tom B.

 

[DoFoT9]

Oh, I can see now, you have a perfect display, which doesn't exist, I understand.
Now, why do you feel so obliged to comment about other people, who simply don't want to try the same?

Tom B.

because you can't accept the fact that logically, you can't figure it out??

 

[SaSaSushi]

Oh, I can see now, you have a perfect display, which doesn't exist, I understand.

Tom, I'll try again.

My display is perfect to my eyes. That is to say I can detect no gradients and it certainly has no yellow tinge. That said, if I were to put a solid color on the screen and measure the color temps with my colorimeter at all 4 corners I'm pretty sure it would not yield 4 equal readings. Thus, I can't say it is an unqualified perfect display.

Now, why do you feel so obliged to comment about other people, who simply don't want to try the same?

If someone doesn't want to try an iMac that's just fine but when I read comments like "I was going to get one until I read about all of the problems" where people apparently decide against even trying one based solely on comments to a user forum, I do think that's unfortunate.

Your own eyes are the only judge that matters in the end.

 

[Btom]

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If someone doesn't want to try an iMac that's just fine but when I read comments like "I was going to get one until I read about all of the problems" where people apparently decide against even trying one based solely on comments to a user forum, I do think that's unfortunate.....

This was the topic of this thread!

Your own eyes are the only judge that matters in the end.

I agree about the individual perception part. That is why I strongly question the concept of "silent majority" who has those perfect displays, as opposite to a bunch of whiners who is not happy about Apple and has some bashing agenda.

My opinion is that Apple did really an extraordinary thing going for the 2560 x 1440 IPS display on the consumer product, I couldn't believe my eyes when I first saw the specs! I prepaid for an i5 in November and was waiting for delivery. Unfortunately Apple didn't go all nine yards on this product and problems started to pop up.

So, to make the long story short, I am one of those people, who didn't want to experience flickering display on the Christmas day, or worry if my yellow tinge (I have seen it in the store) is going to get worse with time, and then replace, or repair it. I need a workhorse, not a lemon (pun not intended) and I am not ready to apologize, of feel guilty about it.

As per perfect, or not perfect display you are off course right, nothing is perfect. That is why we have technical specs, defining brightness, or color uniformity and then we can measure those parameters and the display either meets the specs, or it doesn't (and then is scrapped, or repaired before leaving the factory floor).

What Apple seems to be doing is unloading this task on the customer. If we like the display - fine, if we don't - they replace it, no questions asked. And it seems to be noble ("The best customer service in the business"), but even if it makes business sense for Apple, it is simple not right.

And this is how I also succeeded to bump this thread up once again.

Tom B.

 

[bobob]

So, to make the long story short... I am not ready to apologize, of feel guilty about it.

Though you do seem quite ready to continue to complain five months after you didn't buy one. Perhaps it's time to think about moving on...