Hands up if you're loving your i5/i7 and it's fault free!

[whiitelight]

Hi everyone,

I am awaiting my shipment (i7 iMac) and the tension is building especially with a lot of the negativity surrounding the new iMac.
These forums seem to revolve around negativity... flickering screen, cracked screen, yellowish tinge, loud harddrive.....I'm sure there are others.

What I want to hear about, is all the people who absolutely love their new iMac and have "NOT" experienced any of these faults.

Lets get some positive karma out there about these beautifully designed machines!

Thanks for reading.

[bobob]

How many of these threads do we need?

[Bryan Bowler]

I like the idea of your thread, but can you add your thoughts to the other threads that already exist on the same subject?

Thanks,
Bryan

[davemoser]

Got the i5 for my wife at my Apple store on Black Friday. Back home, it booted up, we messed around for the afternoon getting it in the home wireless network, getting iTunes moved over. oh yea i5 saw her old G4 on the network so dragging files was a snap, then to our delight her old version of Quickbooks needed Rosetta(downloaded it on its own) and ran. Next to pump it up, I plan to fill the empty memory slots. But for now, waa hoo, the second fastest stock model in North Georgia. :)

whoops - just read about the yellow tint and we got it. The color is not enough to bother with yet.

[nando2323]

My hand is up! I have my i7 and I love it.

[wodeh]

All golden here. Although I could really use 16gb RAM instead of 8gb, and 8gb in my MacBook Pro, but it's still ridiculously expensive.

[Markomcm]

Best computers I've ever bought, waited 6 years to get a new iMac, loved it so much got two of them. Screens are perfect nonyellow or flickering, no harddrive noise, slowdown, or high temperatres.

Love my mac experience and working in slowly converting my wife and brother in law to the apple side.

[Jiten]

My office finally got the i7 for me and so far so good. Feels so much faster then my white 2.16 iMac that I have been using for almost 3 years already. Great upgrade and the screen is fantastic and the unit is nice a quiet. Very satisfied with what I have. I will be ordering the same computer for my personal use at home. :)

[whiitelight]

Thanks for all positive/constructive replies everyone.
It's nice to know that there are a lot of people out there with no faulty iMacs and who are completely loving their new computer experience.

[alphaod]

Sorry hands are too busy. :p

[MH01]

Thanks for all positive/constructive replies everyone.
It's nice to know that there are a lot of people out there with no faulty iMacs and who are completely loving their new computer experience.

well 5 is not alot :P , I think you will find that more a complaining about the yellow tinge, flickering and noisy HD.

[gjw4u]

Well my 27" i5 is working like a charm & is really quiet. I be realy happy, and this iMac was definatly worth the 4.5 week wait for me.

[plasticphyte]

I had a slight niggle with my screen flickering, but so far (nearly two weeks on) and no issues in sight.

:)

[hakr]

Heheheh.

I was ready to buy a new I7, but...I'm waiting for Apple to resolve the reported issues, and announce they are resolved.

I really don't have the time to wait for a computer, open the box, fire up the computer, find out it has serious defects, send it back, wait for another computer, open the box, fire up the computer, and find out it has the same serious defects, ad infinitum. Not for $2000+.

When do you suppose the next rev will be released?

[Trek2100]

Folks, this thread is for happy campers and not for complaining and fretting over iMacs that have not even been ordered. P-L-E-A-S-E, there are enough threads with all of the complaints and frets.

That aside, I'm now in day 10 with my new i7, 8GB iMac. All is well, not one hicup. I could not be happier.:):):)

Transferring files from my MBP over my wireless network was a breeze. This is definitly an amazing machine.

[SaSaSushi]

Hand raised.

I've had zero issues thus far with the i7. I did have various issues with the 24" I am replacing.

[53x12]

Hand raised.

I've had zero issues thus far with the i7. I did have various issues with the 24" I am replacing.

Had any LED light bleed on yours?

[raysfan81]

I'm waiting for Apple to resolve the reported issues

I am too. Planning on getting one next year sometime. Can't wait!

[SaSaSushi]

Had any LED light bleed on yours?

VEEERY slight bit of bleed on the bottom right on a black screen but really barely even detectable. My 24" has horrible bleed on all 4 corners.

I am too. Planning on getting one next year sometime. Can't wait!

The "reported issues" are being resolved on a per machine basis since the fact that many of us have problem-free i7s proves they are not universal.

Enjoy your wait. In the meantime I'm enjoying my i7. When they release updated machines in the next bump some of those will have problems too.

[dborja]

I'm on day 5 with my i5 and I'm a happy owner!

None of the issues although I notice a very slight yellow tinge at the bottom if I'm viewing it at more than a 20 degree angle. The solution was to adjust the screen angle and now all is well.

I worked with it all day yesterday and will work with it all day again today. It has been taking all of the tasks I've thrown at it with no hiccup.:)

[Markomcm]

With and without flash on my digital Camera

[dborja]

With and without flash on my digital Camera

Nice!

[Markomcm]

appreciate it

[Xtremehkr]

i7 without any problems to report. Made in week 47.

[KentuckyApple]

Week 50, delivered today. perfect so far.

[dborja]

i7 without any problems to report. Made in week 47.

Ah, yes! Good build week for Quad Cores...;)

[dborja]

Week 50, delivered today. perfect so far.

Nice! Enjoy!

[MaxLOL]

I hope to be joining this thread on the 17th!

[dborja]

I hope to be joining this thread on the 17th!

Cool! Keep us posted.

[platti]

Hi,

I use the i5 and the HD grumbles sometimes scarcely audible, but folks, I'm working on that machine, not listening ...

[Chucksta]

I just received my week 45 i5 imac 2 days ago.

Totally fault free and is one awesome machine!

What's something I can download to test out the 3D capabilities of the video card?

[gb1631]

My i7 was delivered on 04 Dec. I haven't shut it down since I first turned it on that day. (Sleep only) I love it! No yellow tinge, No HD noise, etc. In fact it's the quietest Mac I've ever had.

I have had a few screen flickers; however, nothing like on some of the videos posted here and there on this site. I'm not going to replace it unless it really starts blacking out and flickering like some of the videos.

[Uncle Pinny]

Had my i7 12gb since 1st week Nov and I'm really liking it.

No problems at all. None. Zilch.

It's super fast at loading apps, transcoding audio and compressing vids. It's super, super quiet with only audible fan noise when pushing itself crazy in Handbrake. It warms up a little but nothing out of the ordinary considering there's a quad core processor pretty much fused onto an aluminium case.

Loving the gloss screen even though I have an enormous window with blinds 15ft behind me. You tend to focus beyond any glare and the display is so bright and vivid that it's really not an issue.

Mighty Mouse is still going strong and I'm still enjoying it. Not sure how it will do under more demanding working conditions though - I can see some element of wrist strain coming into play. The keyboard is fantastic and responsive as well and barely touches the batteries.

Yes I can hear the hard drive a little but again, this sounds perfectly normal to me. Ideally I wouldn't hear it but it is mechanical and sits around 30cm from my face so I can't see that happening. Once SSD's are more affordable I'll whack two inside and be done with mechanical drives.

Loving the power management of the iMac as well - I enjoy how the screen dims regularly and the way you can set a hot corner to turn off the display. I'm one of these people who puts my machine in standby even when going to have a dump so I really appreciate it being super responsive when it comes to going into and coming out of standby. Having had years of non responsive Windows machines that just don't wake up/go to sleep/crash etc when going into standby it's a refreshing change.

Like I said - loving it.

[DarwinOSX]

Another 8GB of ram for the iMac is expensive at $200?

All golden here. Although I could really use 16gb RAM instead of 8gb, and 8gb in my MacBook Pro, but it's still ridiculously expensive.

[DarwinOSX]

I'm one of these people who puts my machine in standby even when going to have a dump

Too much information.