New i7 2.93Ghz Owners Thread

[usi]

About to order a New i7, not heard from any of you lucky people yet..
Post your thoughts, reviews or problems.

[say33d]

About to order a New i7, not heard from any of you lucky people yet..
Post your thoughts, reviews or problems.

I hear these are blazing fast machines! Not sure if anyone has actually got one yet but if old ones are anything to go by the new ones will be great :D

Got a friend who is thinking of getting one, not sure what's taking him so long! wish he would just order ;)

[TheBritishBloke]

Yeah I don't think many people have received them yet.

[acousticsz]

My i7 iMac will be delivers in 5 august....ohh god! I can't wait TT

[barefeats]

Our Core i7 2.93GHz arrived yesterday. I'm busily benchmarking it to compare to the 2009 Core i7 2.8GHz in terms of CPU and GPU.

[slicecom]

Our Core i7 2.93GHz arrived yesterday. I'm busily benchmarking it to compare to the 2009 Core i7 2.8GHz in terms of CPU and GPU.

How does the display compare to the old model? Does it still have a yellow tinge?

[usi]

Congratz barefeat. Will be looking forward to your results.

[aliensporebomb]

Our Core i7 2.93GHz arrived yesterday. I'm busily benchmarking it to compare to the 2009 Core i7 2.8GHz in terms of CPU and GPU.

Can you tell me what it geekbenches?

http://www.primatelabs.ca/geekbench/

My Corei7 2.8 ghz geekbenches:

http://pod.ath.cx/geekbench.jpg

So the i7 2.93 should do better yet.

[david6101]

Our Core i7 2.93GHz arrived yesterday. I'm busily benchmarking it to compare to the 2009 Core i7 2.8GHz in terms of CPU and GPU.

I've been installing Logic Pro, and, so far, I'm running at least six hours...and I'm only thru the first two DVD's...seems incredibly slow.

Barefeats, have you tested the optical drive performance?

[CountlovE]

I've been installing Logic Pro, and, so far, I'm running at least six hours...and I'm only thru the first two DVD's...seems incredibly slow.

Barefeats, have you tested the optical drive performance?

Full install of Logic takes a good 12 hours...

:P

Let me know how it goes, and tell us how Logic runs at the lowest buffer setting.

[david6101]

Even with it's crappy Optiarc internal optical drive (which I later replaced), Logic installed faster than 12 hours...seems like it took me about 4 or 5 total.

I will report back on performance of Logic once I get it installed and updated. My hope is that it will be a beast...

[MacMur]

Can you tell me what it geekbenches?

http://www.primatelabs.ca/geekbench/

My Corei7 2.8 ghz geekbenches:

http://pod.ath.cx/geekbench.jpg

Wow 9882 I have the same computer and mine comes in at about 8300 I have 8 GB ram. Is the difference because you ran geekbench in 64 bit mode? I used the free one.

Thanks

[henrikrox]

yes the new imac i7 2.93ghz scores 10700 in 64 bit mode

[meb91]

Ordered my i7/4GB/1TB/5750 today, can't wait! I'll upgrade to 8 GB myself later this month.

[dagomike]

Mine is sitting in Grand Rapids. It will deliver Monday. I guess I should probably clean off my desk. :)

[SamTheeGeek]

I will be joining this thread soon :D still waiting for it to arrive :D !!!!!

i7 2.9 FTWWWW

[WickedSick]

I'll be an owner as soon as it ships... Cupertino devils! Argh, mail me my iMac!

[usi]

Asked around the nearest Apple shops, on the off chance somebody would have stock. But they didn't and werent expecting any in the near future.

So , ordered today , estimated delivery, 13Aug !!
:(

How about you guys ?
Btw I'm in the UK.

[bally555]

I am waiting for it to arrive at my local apple store. The store let me swap my late 2009 i7(bought on 24th June so just over a month old) for the new i7 with no extra charge. The manager told me that the new i7 should be arriving sometime this week.

[bolen]

Asked around the nearest Apple shops, on the off chance somebody would have stock. But they didn't and werent expecting any in the near future.

So , ordered today , estimated delivery, 13Aug !!
:(

How about you guys ?
Btw I'm in the UK.

Ordered one on thursday, also estimated delivery on the 13th of August. Core i7 + 8GB.

The wait is looooong... :)

[david6101]

FINALLY got Logic installed, and loaded up "The Numbers Game" demo song, which is included with the package. Uses at least 5 Space Designer plugs, several AMP designer, and lots of tracks with EQ's, compressors, etc...barely registered on the CPU meter.

Seems these i7's pack a lot of whoomph...

[CountlovE]

FINALLY got Logic installed, and loaded up "The Numbers Game" demo song, which is included with the package. Uses at least 5 Space Designer plugs, several AMP designer, and lots of tracks with EQ's, compressors, etc...barely registered on the CPU meter.

Seems these i7's pack a lot of whoomph...

What sample rate are you at, and what buffer size do you have? Also is it better to install everything on the SSD?

Mine comes Tuesday.

Can anyone recommend a file system setup for OSX/Windows?

I have a 2 terabyte/256 SSD iMac coming. I was going to format the SSD half for NTFS, and have OSX whatever it uses. Since I want to read and write on the 2 Terabyte drive in OSX and Windows is there anyway to get around using mac drive? I find that Mac Drive corrupts hard drives and data.

Whats the deal with NTFS-3G? Is that something worth looking into?

Thanks

[david6101]

Wow! After all the horror stories I've read online about hitches and glitches installing Win 7 with Boot Camp, I can't believe how quick and easy my installation went...used Boot Camp Assistant to partition my internal 1 TB drive, giving Windows 180 GB, then popped in my Win 7 64 bit Professional OEM disk (got it at a local shop that caters to computer builders, around 140.00)...took about 45 minutes, including some restarts, etc...then, popped in the "Mac OSX Install DVD" that came with the iMac (has a gray label), ran the setup.exe, and was pleasantly surprised to find that they had already included Boot Camp 3.1 on the disk. It loaded all the drivers, etc, and...voila! Everything worked...including my iSight and Magic Mouse/Wireless Keyboard!

Looks like someone at Apple has been listening to all the hubbub surrounding the issues that folks have been having up to now with Windows 7 and Boot Camp...

[david6101]

What sample rate are you at, and what buffer size do you have? Also is it better to install everything on the SSD?

Mine comes Tuesday.

Can anyone recommend a file system setup for OSX/Windows?

I have a 2 terabyte/256 SSD iMac coming. I was going to format the SSD half for NTFS, and have OSX whatever it uses. Since I want to read and write on the 2 Terabyte drive in OSX and Windows is there anyway to get around using mac drive? I find that Mac Drive corrupts hard drives and data.

Whats the deal with NTFS-3G? Is that something worth looking into?

Thanks

Using 128K for buffer size, 44.1 sample rate...and had low latency mode turned on...this thing is a beast!

[xraydoc]

Just pulled the trigger, not 20 minutes ago, on a 27" core i7 iMac with the 2TB HD plus the 256GB SSD. Also ordered it with 8GB of RAM from the factory. I know it's cheaper to add it myself, but my company is paying for it (and I mean my company), so I'm not too concerned about the price difference.

Delivers sometime between Aug 5 - 10. I really hope it's the 5th or 6th...

Can't wait!

This will actually be the first iMac I've ever owned. Up to this point, they've all been towers (two PowerComputing towers, a blue & white G3, two different G4 towers, two G5 towers and my current Mac Pro).

Looking forward to a clean desk and silent operation.

Oh, and that GeekBench score posted above... the 9882... My '06 Mac Pro scores only 5300. Yikes!!

[xraydoc]

yes the new imac i7 2.93ghz scores 10700 in 64 bit mode

Crikeys!!!!

[Spurk]

Yiha, after reading the benchmarks i finally decided to order mine. I get it within 4-8 days and hopefully without a yellow screen :<
Been playing with a 2.5 year old macbook pro so the upgrade will be ace.

[ronaldcastillo]

Ordered mines on Friday, and getting it delivered later today. Can't wait.

[jvdrummer182]

Is anyone else experiencing delays from the fed ex tracking system? I haven't gotten an update since friday, when I was notified my iMac departed Sacramento, CA

[Sommer]

I will soon get mine as well! Ordered it yesterday, with estimated delivery at 9-12. august! Can't wait :(

2.93GHZ QUAD-CORE INTELCORE I7
4GB 1333MHZ DDR3 SDRAM - 2X2GB
1TB SERIAL ATA DRIVE+256GB SSD
ATI RADEON HD 5750 1GB GDDR5
8X DOUBLE-LAYER SUPERDRIVE
MAGIC MOUSE+MAGIC TRACKPAD-Z
APPLE BATTERY CHARGER-INT
APPLE REMOTE
WL KB & USER'S GUIDE-DNK
COUNTRY KIT,IMAC 27-INCH-DNK

[usi]

Not happy with these estimated delivery dates.
Another 10 Days of torture ahead of me.

10,000+ benchmark score. Wow!
My current pc can't hit 4,000.

[dalvin200]

this is really tempting me to upgrade..

currently have a 2008 imac 2.8ghz with 4gb ram...

mainly use it for iLife apps / photoshop and web stuff...

would the i7 make a drastic improvement to my iLife? (iMovie is the bearbug at the moment with slow rendering and exporting and conversion)...

what do you guys think?

[MorphingDragon]

Mine is coming today or tomorrow. I ordered 16GB of Corsair Ram for $1k too. :D

BTW, me and a friend are considering doing a project to get BD playback on Mac OSX AND, try to get image capture from the display port.

[Flea24]

Hi all, took the plunge and ordered an i7 27"er the day after release.

im in the UK and ordered via the online store, only thing i changed was the CPU, no additional RAM or SSD's etc.

unfortunately i'm very impatient, especially when my estimated delivery is 6th of Aug.

i got a free ipod with mine as im a student

i have a question though, the USA apple store shows my order status as shipped (like the UK one) but lists 2 tracking numbers, non of which work :( according to the site my imac has shipped via Kuhene and Nagel (i assume by boat judging by the ETA) but the number they provide to track that shipment cannot be used on their site, should i be worried?

im getting this imac to play starcraft 2 on windows 7 bootcamp as my current 2008 imac has trouble with mediums and reading the other posts i should get a decent bump in performance and visuals :)

[tturland]

Hi all, took the plunge and ordered an i7 27"er the day after release.

im in the UK and ordered via the online store, only thing i changed was the CPU, no additional RAM or SSD's etc.

unfortunately i'm very impatient, especially when my estimated delivery is 6th of Aug.

i got a free ipod with mine as im a student

i have a question though, the USA apple store shows my order status as shipped (like the UK one) but lists 2 tracking numbers, non of which work :( according to the site my imac has shipped via Kuhene and Nagel (i assume by boat judging by the ETA) but the number they provide to track that shipment cannot be used on their site, should i be worried?

im getting this imac to play starcraft 2 on windows 7 bootcamp as my current 2008 imac has trouble with mediums and reading the other posts i should get a decent bump in performance and visuals :)

I've got the exact same configuration as you, ordered pretty much the same day and have the same estimated delivery time of 6th. My order says it has been shipped, but don't worry about the two tracking numbers yet as they won't work with UPS or TNT who Apple use to ship with in the UK. The orders get sent to the UK from wherever they are (Ireland, Czech Republic or China) and once they land in the UK, then they get assigned a carrier tracking number. These should be released to us either on Wednesday or Thursday.....be patient, but like you I'm finding it hard to be so!! :D

[Dwhite78]

Just for other folks worried about their incoming machines.

I ordered 2 27" I7's with SSD's

Both of my machines arrived saturday, and neither of them have Yellow screens, dog whistle sound from brightness adjustment, or gray banding.

So while there are a lot of people posting that lots of problems still exist, it is entirely possible to get perfect machines, the first time around.

[Flea24]

thank god for that. im just to excited i want to know where it is.

im pleased yours was ok, just got afraid about the posts with yellow screens.

so is this long numerical tracking number is useless?

[tturland]

thank god for that. im just to excited i want to know where it is.

im pleased yours was ok, just got afraid about the posts with yellow screens.

so is this long numerical tracking number is useless?

Pretty much, for example a UPS tracking number usually starts with 1Z.....but the shipping status page will give you that once the courier is assigned, either TNT or UPS

[NeuroEmp]

Nice to hear that Dwhite78, just got me pumped up!

[dagomike]

Mine is sitting in the living room. :) I'll bust it open tonight.

[sheareb]

Mine is sitting in the living room. :) I'll bust it open tonight.
:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

[NeuroEmp]

It's not Christmas, you don't have to wait!! lol

Tells how it turned out then.;)

[Flea24]

im praying for a day early on the delivery, im at work all weekend so wont have much time to play.

cant wait to unbox and plug it in, it sounds as if its truly epic in size.

shame theres such a long wait. pleased i didn't get the printer though

as for tracking, thats a shame, its usually the highlight of my checking the progress of my parcel

tell us whats it like and perhaps a pic of that gorgeous screen to rub it in maybe?

[Kempalino]

i hope to be ordering mine soon :) i can't wait!
i need the screen size for final cut pro :D

[Bonham]

Finally got mine last night....the thing is a total beast! Imported 5000+ photos into Aperture and 10000+ songs into iTunes while playing Starcraft 2 on Ultra settings at full resolution. Didn't notice any slow down at all!

[digitaldean]

Just pulled the trigger, not 20 minutes ago, on a 27" core i7 iMac with the 2TB HD plus the 256GB SSD. Also ordered it with 8GB of RAM from the factory. I know it's cheaper to add it myself, but my company is paying for it (and I mean my company), so I'm not too concerned about the price difference.

Delivers sometime between Aug 5 - 10. I really hope it's the 5th or 6th...

Can't wait!

This will actually be the first iMac I've ever owned. Up to this point, they've all been towers (two PowerComputing towers, a blue & white G3, two different G4 towers, two G5 towers and my current Mac Pro).

Looking forward to a clean desk and silent operation.

Oh, and that GeekBench score posted above... the 9882... My '06 Mac Pro scores only 5300. Yikes!!

Ah, the Power Computing days. :D Probably getting an i7 27" to replace my long in the tooth G5 tower. Ditching my old Viewsonic CRT and using my DELL 2005FPW as the secondary display. I am thinking of getting a KVM switch to toggle between the iMac and my MBP.

The G5 will probably get it's drive wiped eventually, get some cheaper HDs in it and I can use it for an office server or leave it as a computer for the kids.

[iKimm]

Mine will be arriving August 6th - 12th!!! Hoping it will be on the 6th!!! Upgrading from a G5 - a very NICE upgrade :D:D

[TheBunnellFarm]

Does anybody know how effectively this model with the larger hard drive combination will run Final Cut Pro 7.

[juicejumped]

I've been up since 7am my time waiting for the UPS delivery man with my New 2010 iMac i7!!! It is out for delivery. This will be my first iMac, i'm so excited!!

[Felias]

Just for other folks worried about their incoming machines.

Both of my machines arrived saturday, and neither of them have Yellow screens, dog whistle sound from brightness adjustment, or gray banding.


Wait a sec.. you do NOT have gray banding? You are the first person ever to say so, thats why i have to ask again. It would be absolutely awesome if Apple would get better with this, and if there really are devices without it out there, then my hope gained a lot :-)

I've seen endless devices of the old models, and they ALL had it...

[CXsjr]

Two 27" iMac i7, 12GB Ram, 2TB+SSD HD | 15" MBP, 2.53 C2D, 4GB Ram, 500GB HD | Two iPhone 3GS | Two iPad 32G Wifi| Three iPod Touch 16GB | Mac Mini (Late 2009) | Two 24" iMac C2D

.... and I thought I was addicted to :apple: products!

My 27" i7 with SSD shipped overnight and shows an estimated delivery date of August 9th. As indiciated by the agent when I ordered by phone, the unit does indeed seem to have been produced in Cork, Ireland, serial number is CK031xxxxxx, yet when I phoned chasing yesterday as my order had changed from 'Not yet shipped' to 'Prepared for shipment' and back to 'Not yet shipped', they told me my unit was on the dock, awaiting shipment, in Hong Kong! :confused:

Anyway, if they keep to 9th August delivery, that suits me as I'm off work that day, albeit I'd rather they deliver it sooner!

EDIT: spoke with Apple again, seems they were guessing when they said it was in Hong Kong .... my iMac i7 was built in Cork, Ireland and is shipping from there. Strange, as my last iMac i7 (which I returned for yellow screen issues) was built in Shanghai ....

[Foggy]

Oh, and that GeekBench score posted above... the 9882... My '06 Mac Pro scores only 5300. Yikes!!

That score puts it above the 2009 2.93 Mac Pro! It is making my decision for a new machine very very tricky!!

[usi]

Update on my status !

EDD was 11-12 Aug Now 9th Aug and reads "Shipment dispatched"
getting pretty excited now. Hope its here before the weekend.

Anybody know wheres these are coming from, people talking about Ireland and China :confused: really hope its the Irish

[Flea24]

theres still no movement with mine :mad:

[juicejumped]

Really happy with my purchase.

upon boot up I do not have any yellow tint or high pitched noise from changing brightness and no gray bands!!


First thing I did was install Starcraft 2. Set everything to HIGH and max res. Only a tiny bit of slow done but still very impressed with it!

Will be installing Windows 7 later! and will have some pictures uploaded of my setup.

[henrikrox]

Really happy with my purchase.

upon boot up I do not have any yellow tint or high pitched noise from changing brightness and no gray bands!!


First thing I did was install Starcraft 2. Set everything to HIGH and max res. Only a tiny bit of slow done but still very impressed with it!

Will be installing Windows 7 later! and will have some pictures uploaded of my setup.

Epic! :)

That slowdown you are having only happen in OSX, u will se great performance in WIndows

[spiffy05]

How did you find out the serial number of a machine that you haven't received yet?

Thanks!

[freddiecable]

Bare Feats CPU crunch test (http://barefeats.com/imac10c.html)

[upthespurs]

Ordered mine 29th and have a delivery date of the 9-10 August. I am living in France. Guess I can wait a week....

[aliensporebomb]

Wow 9882 I have the same computer and mine comes in at about 8300 I have 8 GB ram. Is the difference because you ran geekbench in 64 bit mode? I used the free one.

Thanks

-12 gigs of ram
-64-bit version
-not running any applications (used top in terminal to stop un-needed services).
-Stop webserver and file sharing
-There are a few other things you can do as well.

There's one guy who managed to get slightly over 10,000 with one and I really want to know how he did it - my guess is a fast SSD with the OS installed.
Maybe he even put the 1333mhz iMac memory in it even though the bus isn't technically capable of supporting it, it may have given him an edge.

I'm also considering putting the larger ram chips in the initial memory slots versus where they are now (they were put in the empty slots - the initial
memory are smaller 2 gig chips so I think initial larger chips might give better performance).

I managed to get it from 9500 to this just by playing around.

[aliensporebomb]

yes the new imac i7 2.93ghz scores 10700 in 64 bit mode

AWESOME! That's great!

[aliensporebomb]

That score puts it above the 2009 2.93 Mac Pro! It is making my decision for a new machine very very tricky!!

And that's actually the previous 27" Corei7 iMac. The new one should just wreak havoc.

[aliensporebomb]

Even with it's crappy Optiarc internal optical drive (which I later replaced), Logic installed faster than 12 hours...seems like it took me about 4 or 5 total.

I will report back on performance of Logic once I get it installed and updated. My hope is that it will be a beast...

This is going to look silly but: this is one of my most intense logic sessions with the CPU meter.

The thing is loafing around like nothing is happening - there's even two cores where nothing IS happening:

http://pod.ath.cx/logic.jpg

I seriously can go FAR beyond the "wall" my G5 had but didn't find until I was into it a few years.

[aliensporebomb]

We should almost have a "geekbench optimization" thread.

I managed to get my G5 2.5 dual be the top machine in that category (2312) (benching in the range of the 2.7 machines) due to optimization.

It's amazing how little things can get higher numbers.

[mjohnson1212]

My wife's 27" i7 2tb machine came today and it's perfect. No screen problems, no brightness buzzing problems.

Happy customer.

[henrikrox]

Awesome, its so good that Apple seems to have fixed most of the problems with the previous gen.

Cant wait to get my i7 this friday

[Dwhite78]

.... and I thought I was addicted to :apple: products!



Lol, My wife and I are both gadget nuts. In order to keep the marriage working we decided it would be best for whatever toy one gets, the other also gets. :)

Gets expensive when we both want 27" I7's with 2tb+SSD.

[cspek]

My wife's 27" i7 2tb machine came today and it's perfect. No screen problems, no brightness buzzing problems.

Happy customer.

congratulations!

[jetjaguar]

Lol, My wife and I are both gadget nuts. In order to keep the marriage working we decided it would be best for whatever toy one gets, the other also gets. :)

Gets expensive when we both want 27" I7's with 2tb+SSD.

how do u like the ssd + 2tb setup ? fast ? im considering picking one up .. but i dunno if its worth it to spend that much on drives

[BigJohno]

I scored this on my late 2009 i7 imac. 10030


Section Description Score Geekbench Score
Geekbench 2.1.4 for Mac OS X x86 (64-bit)
Integer Processor integer performance 8856 10030
Floating Point Processor floating point performance 15706
Memory Memory performance 5062
Stream Memory bandwidth performance 4214
System Information

Operating System Mac OS X 10.6.4 (Build 10F569)
Model iMac11,1 Motherboard Apple Inc. Mac-F2268DAE
Processor Intel Core i7 860
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 30 Stepping 5
Processor Frequency 2.80 GHz Processors 1
Cores 4 Threads 8
L1 Instruction Cache 32.0 KB L1 Data Cache 32.0 KB
L2 Cache 256 KB L3 Cache 8.00 MB
Memory 16.0 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 FSB 4.80 GHz
BIOS Apple Inc. IM111.88Z.0034.B02.1003171314

[Man-Droid]

Just got my i7! It came FedEx a day early. So far everything is looking good. Nothing negative to report. Installing Logic audio right now. Very pleased! :):)

[travislopes]

Just got my i7! It came FedEx a day early. So far everything is looking good. Nothing negative to report. Installing Logic audio right now. Very pleased! :):)

Being that you're in the Tampa area, when did your's ship and when was the original delivery date?

[TenaciousB]

This is my first post and will be my first Mac :) My i7 will be delivered friday, I'm sooo hyped!!! how can I get the most out of my mac?

[Man-Droid]

Being that you're in the Tampa area, when did your's ship and when was the original delivery date?

I ordered it last Thurs., it shipped same day from CA, and the original delivery was set for tomorrow. I never get things early. Usually late.

[travislopes]

I ordered it last Thurs., it shipped same day from CA, and the original delivery was set for tomorrow. I never get things early. Usually late.

That's surprising. I ordered last Tuesday, it shipped Thursday and I haven't gotten a tracking update on it since Saturday morning. Supposed to be here on Thursday.

[jvdrummer182]

That's surprising. I ordered last Tuesday, it shipped Thursday and I haven't gotten a tracking update on it since Saturday morning. Supposed to be here on Thursday.

I'm in the same boat. I was supposed to get an update on the tracking august 1st but the last tracking info i have is my i7 left Sacramento, CA on Friday morning. It's supposed to arrive thursday in NJ

[CXsjr]

I'm sooo hyped!!! how can I get the most out of my mac?

It will happen naturally and effortlessly .... you'll just wonder how you managed without one for so long! Enjoy it, I know I'm certainly looking forward to a mega-speed boost come next Monday when my i7 is delivered!

[travislopes]

I'm in the same boat. I was supposed to get an update on the tracking august 1st but the last tracking info i have is my i7 left Sacramento, CA on Friday morning. It's supposed to arrive thursday in NJ

Is it just me or is the lack of tracking updates driving you insane?

[jvdrummer182]

Is it just me or is the lack of tracking updates driving you insane?

you have no idea... I tried calling fed ex yesterday and they told me the box is in route to Illinois and will arrive on thursday. I'm probably going to give them another call tonight

[Man-Droid]

That's surprising. I ordered last Tuesday, it shipped Thursday and I haven't gotten a tracking update on it since Saturday morning. Supposed to be here on Thursday.

Are you in the Tampa area? I actually did not get a single update (with the exception of the original pick up) on shipping until early this morning. Strange, I know. The only BTO option I added was the i7 upgrade, no SSD or additional RAM. I would keep an eye on your tr# late tonight and look again early in the morning.

[aliensporebomb]

I scored this on my late 2009 i7 imac. 10030


Section Description Score Geekbench Score
Geekbench 2.1.4 for Mac OS X x86 (64-bit)
Integer Processor integer performance 8856 10030
Floating Point Processor floating point performance 15706
Memory Memory performance 5062
Stream Memory bandwidth performance 4214
System Information

Operating System Mac OS X 10.6.4 (Build 10F569)
Model iMac11,1 Motherboard Apple Inc. Mac-F2268DAE
Processor Intel Core i7 860
Processor ID GenuineIntel Family 6 Model 30 Stepping 5
Processor Frequency 2.80 GHz Processors 1
Cores 4 Threads 8
L1 Instruction Cache 32.0 KB L1 Data Cache 32.0 KB
L2 Cache 256 KB L3 Cache 8.00 MB
Memory 16.0 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 FSB 4.80 GHz
BIOS Apple Inc. IM111.88Z.0034.B02.1003171314

I want to know how you got that far. Wow, that's highly impressive. But I'd wager it's the 16 gigs - each piece of ram is 4 gig and thus not impeded by smaller two gig address space. At least, that's what I'm guessing.

[CXsjr]

Is it just me or is the lack of tracking updates driving you insane?

Apparently, the lack of tracking updates sometimes relates to whether or not you purchased AppleCare (AC). If you order a machine without AC, you can track it pretty much from the moment it leaves the factory. If however, you purchase a Mac with AC, you can't generally track it until it arrives at the :apple: depot where it is merged with the AC box and formed into one order which can then be tracked .... that's cetainly the difference my colleague and I experienced last time we at the nearly same time, one with and one without AC.

[travislopes]

Are you in the Tampa area? I actually did not get a single update (with the exception of the original pick up) on shipping until early this morning. Strange, I know. The only BTO option I added was the i7 upgrade, no SSD or additional RAM. I would keep an eye on your tr# late tonight and look again early in the morning.

Yeah, I live in north Pasco. I also only upgraded to the i7. I've been keeping an eye on my tr# every five minutes.

[Man-Droid]

Apparently, the lack of tracking updates sometimes relates to whether or not you purchased AppleCare (AC). If you order a machine without AC, you can track it pretty much from the moment it leaves the factory. If however, you purchase a Mac with AC, you can't generally track it until it arrives at the :apple: depot where it is merged with the AC box and formed into one order which can then be tracked .... that's cetainly the difference my colleague and I experienced last time we at the nearly same time, one with and one without AC.
I don't know how true that is. I didn't order Applecare (ordering next week) and I didn't get any tracking updates.

[jvdrummer182]

Apparently, the lack of tracking updates sometimes relates to whether or not you purchased AppleCare (AC). If you order a machine without AC, you can track it pretty much from the moment it leaves the factory. If however, you purchase a Mac with AC, you can't generally track it until it arrives at the :apple: depot where it is merged with the AC box and formed into one order which can then be tracked .... that's cetainly the difference my colleague and I experienced last time we at the nearly same time, one with and one without AC.

The lack of updates is because the packages are traveling across the country on ground. I just got off the phone with fed ex.

[Man-Droid]

Yeah, I live in north Pasco. I also only upgraded to the i7. I've been keeping an eye on my tr# every five minutes.

Same here, I think I refreshed that page a million times. I don't think I have obsessed over anything in my life as much as this. When I opened the box, I nearly crapped my pants.:eek:

[caizey]

orded mine on 29th. Got the tracking ID today and its shipped from Ireland.

Serial n# on the invoice CK03........ So this badboy is produced in Cork, Ireland. Hope its failure free


cheers

[travislopes]

The lack of updates is because the packages are traveling across the country on ground. I just got off the phone with fed ex.

I hope that's why it hasn't been updated. I'm more afraid of it having been stolen.

[Man-Droid]

Well here is my set up! Very happy all around. Installing Logic right now! :):)

[vrockob]

Well here is my set up! Very happy all around. Installing Logic right now! :):)

your setup is very similar to mine. I just opened it gonna install Logic tonight.

Happy to report absolutely no issues with the imac here is my configuration.

2.93GHZ QUAD-CORE INTELCORE I7
4GB 1333MHZ DDR3 SDRAM - 2X2GB
2TB SERIAL ATA DRIVE+256GB SSD
ATI RADEON HD 5750 1GB GDDR5
8X DOUBLE-LAYER SUPERDRIVE
MAGIC MOUSE+MAGIC TRACKPAD
APPLE REMOTE
WL KB & USER'S GUIDE
COUNTRY KIT,IMAC 27-INCH

[xraydoc]

your setup is very similar to mine. I just opened it gonna install Logic tonight.

Happy to report absolutely no issues with the imac here is my configuration.

2.93GHZ QUAD-CORE INTELCORE I7
4GB 1333MHZ DDR3 SDRAM - 2X2GB
2TB SERIAL ATA DRIVE+256GB SSD
ATI RADEON HD 5750 1GB GDDR5
8X DOUBLE-LAYER SUPERDRIVE
MAGIC MOUSE+MAGIC TRACKPAD
APPLE REMOTE
WL KB & USER'S GUIDE
COUNTRY KIT,IMAC 27-INCH
Nice! Same setup I ordered.
Waiting (im)patiently.

[Man-Droid]

your setup is very similar to mine. I just opened it gonna install Logic tonight.

Happy to report absolutely no issues with the imac here is my configuration.

2.93GHZ QUAD-CORE INTELCORE I7
4GB 1333MHZ DDR3 SDRAM - 2X2GB
2TB SERIAL ATA DRIVE+256GB SSD
ATI RADEON HD 5750 1GB GDDR5
8X DOUBLE-LAYER SUPERDRIVE
MAGIC MOUSE+MAGIC TRACKPAD
APPLE REMOTE
WL KB & USER'S GUIDE
COUNTRY KIT,IMAC 27-INCH

Nice!
Like the 3 monitors. Logic is still installing for me. I'm expecting to actually load up a track late tonight. Excited to say the least!

[vrockob]

Nice!
Like the 3 monitors. Logic is still installing for me. I'm expecting to actually load up a track late tonight. Excited to say the least!
Thanks let me know how it runs and how long it took. I probably will end up installing Logic tomorrow.

[skybluelok]

I have just order i7 iMac on 31 July.
it will ship at Aug 4. I am so excited and cannot wait:D

[acousticsz]

I just recieved my iMac i7 today, so i'm very happy with it.:p

but!! I just saw a black pixel on right down corner, I think it's not a dead pixel

cuz it can't see in white but it can see on any color.

Who know what is it??:confused:

[acousticsz]

I just recieved my iMac i7 today, so i'm very happy with it.:p

but!! I just saw a black pixel on right down corner, I think it's not a dead pixel

cuz it can't see in white but it can see on any color.

Who know what is it??:confused:

Now I think I know that is a dead pixel:(

[Flea24]

Well my 6th of August delivery time has jumped forward to today, i7 here we come, hope i dont get a knackered one like quite a lot of people it seems :mad:

ill let you guys know

P.S quick question about mac transfer, im planning on FW'ing my setting and files over from my previous mac, do you know if you can do the same for my windows xp partition?

Cheers

[DannyBres]

your setup is very similar to mine. I just opened it gonna install Logic tonight.

Happy to report absolutely no issues with the imac here is my configuration.

2.93GHZ QUAD-CORE INTELCORE I7
4GB 1333MHZ DDR3 SDRAM - 2X2GB
2TB SERIAL ATA DRIVE+256GB SSD
ATI RADEON HD 5750 1GB GDDR5
8X DOUBLE-LAYER SUPERDRIVE
MAGIC MOUSE+MAGIC TRACKPAD
APPLE REMOTE
WL KB & USER'S GUIDE
COUNTRY KIT,IMAC 27-INCH

Do you/can you drive both screen similtaneously from the iMac?

[vrockob]

Do you/can you drive both screen similtaneously from the iMac?

one of the screens is connected bt a minidisplayport to DVI and the other on with this.
http://www.diamondmm.com/BVU195.php

[Jatz]

Ok... So I just found this forum and after seeing that geekbench score of 9882 I CAN'T WAIT to pick up my iMac 27" i7 with 8gb of ram this afternoon!

I am a full time photographer and for the past three years I have been working on a 17" Macbook Pro Core Duo 2.16 ghz, 2gb ram with a Geekbench score of 1,420!! I think I am going to see a drastic improvement in speed and get far more time back after sifting through, editing and exporting thousands of wedding images.

Can anyone confirm a vast improvement in RAW rendering speeds in Lightroom?? Would love to know. :)

Can't wait to get home with it and fire it up for the first time!

[Jazwire]

Ordered mine last night, paid the extra for quick shipping.

Says Est Delivery between 5th - 10th.
SOmehow doubt it will be here tomorrow, but hoping on Sat. :)

2.93
8 GB Ram
256 GB SSD + 1 TB HD
Magic Trackpad.

[jvdrummer182]

So it's been 5 days since I've gotten a fedex tracking update that said my iMac left California. It's supposed to arrive to me on the east coast tomorrow. Starting to worry...

[Animgif]

So it's been 5 days since I've gotten a fedex tracking update that said my iMac left California. It's supposed to arrive to me on the east coast tomorrow. Starting to worry...

Same position for me. Ordered day 1. Shipped CA on the 29th. Last tracking update was June 30 leaving Sacramento, CA at 10:02 AM. From then until Aug 1 it said the next scheduled update was Aug 1. That came and went and the message disappeared. Scheduled for delivery tomorrow in Manhattan. We shall see if it makes it. Hopefully it was just missed on the scan on the truck at whatever stop it made on Aug 1.

[jvdrummer182]

Same position for me. Ordered day 1. Shipped CA on the 29th. Last tracking update was June 30 leaving Sacramento, CA at 10:02 AM. From then until Aug 1 it said the next scheduled update was Aug 1. That came and went and the message disappeared. Scheduled for delivery tomorrow in Manhattan. We shall see if it makes it. Hopefully it was just missed on the scan on the truck at whatever stop it made on Aug 1.

Yeah I don't think fedEx always scans packages into it's system. As long as there isn't any inclinent weather delays we should have our new iMacs tomorrow.

[xraydoc]

Ordered on Sunday. Still stating "not shipped yet." Getting bummed because I was off this week and hoping to have it to play with over the weekend.

I did order it with AppleCare, so I'm wondering if that's the reason the tracking system isn't connecting the two. A few pages back (I think on this thread) someone mentioned that Apple's system doesn't track well if a machine was ordered with AppleCare until they're merged in the system.

Still says expected delivery between Aug 5 and Aug 10, though. Do they have Saturday delivery?

/feel like a little kid waiting for his new toy!

[NeuroEmp]

Just ordered it, says it should ship in 3 days, arrival 11/12 August.

[jvdrummer182]

Ordered on Sunday. Still stating "not shipped yet." Getting bummed because I was off this week and hoping to have it to play with over the weekend.

I did order it with AppleCare, so I'm wondering if that's the reason the tracking system isn't connecting the two. A few pages back (I think on this thread) someone mentioned that Apple's system doesn't track well if a machine was ordered with AppleCare until they're merged in the system.

Still says expected delivery between Aug 5 and Aug 10, though. Do they have Saturday delivery?

/feel like a little kid waiting for his new toy!

Apple doesn't monitor the tracking information after they ship out their products. Once the box leaves apple, its in either UPS' or FedEx's tracking system. As for the AppleCare, if you order a Mac with AppleCare it is automatically enrolled and there is no sign up required. There isn't a separate package for applecare

[travislopes]

Yeah I don't think fedEx always scans packages into it's system. As long as there isn't any inclinent weather delays we should have our new iMacs tomorrow.

I just called and asked since I was in the same dilemma. When getting a package over FedEx Ground, they don't always "check in" at every location. You should start seeing tracking updates at around 3PM or 7PM on the day before the package's arrival.

[Flea24]

Well guys my 2.93 i7 came today, must say i'm delighted with it, transferred from my old imac and everything went smoothly. totally worth it.

now time for starcraft2

[xraydoc]

Well guys my 2.93 i7 came today, must say i'm delighted with it, transferred from my old imac and everything went smoothly. totally worth it.

now time for starcraft2

Congrats. Any screen issues?

[pectin232]

Really happy with my purchase.

upon boot up I do not have any yellow tint or high pitched noise from changing brightness and no gray bands!!


First thing I did was install Starcraft 2. Set everything to HIGH and max res. Only a tiny bit of slow done but still very impressed with it!

Will be installing Windows 7 later! and will have some pictures uploaded of my setup.


when installing Windows 7 are you using BootCamp or Parallels or VMWare? Which one is fastest? Thanks;)

[xraydoc]

Apple doesn't monitor the tracking information after they ship out their products. Once the box leaves apple, its in either UPS' or FedEx's tracking system. As for the AppleCare, if you order a Mac with AppleCare it is automatically enrolled and there is no sign up required. There isn't a separate package for applecare

I know it's tracked thru FedEx/UPS... but my order is still listed as "not yet shipped." Apple's quote was 2-4 days before ship; today is day #4. I was just hoping it would be more on the 2 days side than the 4 days :o

[symbology]

I ordered my 27" i7 w/8GB on 8/1. Would have loved to go with a SSD, if it was just a little bit cheaper..... Mine was to be shipped in 1-3 days and this is day 3. So, I hope it ships today, the wait is killing me........

I have a MacBook Pro for work, but this is the first Mac that I am purchasing myself.

[red kiosk]

My 27", 2.93 i7, 8GB (2x4), 2TB +256SSD, MagicTrackPad + MagicMouse + Battery Charger arrived a few minutes ago. Assembled in the US, not China. All packaged very nice with keyboard, trackpad, mouse, CDs and battery charger all in the same accessory box. Unfortunately, they only packaged two of the six rechargeable batteries. There was space in the accessory box provided for them, but they forgot to put them in. A quick call to Apple resulted in another Battery Charger being sent out and I get to keep the "old" one. Yeah! Still scared to turn it on, but when I do, hopefully it will last as long as the 15" 800 MHz, 768 MB, 60GB-HD, flat-panel iMac it's replacing. Take care!

[jvdrummer182]

Post some pictures of your setup

[SamTheeGeek]

hehe Congrats to all ya guys :D

Mac All The Way !

[Jazwire]

So jealous. :)

My 27", 2.93 i7, 8GB (2x4), 2TB +256SSD, MagicTrackPad + MagicMouse + Battery Charger arrived a few minutes ago. Assembled in the US, not China. All packaged very nice with keyboard, trackpad, mouse, CDs and battery charger all in the same accessory box. Unfortunately, they only packaged two of the six rechargeable batteries. There was space in the accessory box provided for them, but they forgot to put them in. A quick call to Apple resulted in another Battery Charger being sent out and I get to keep the "old" one. Yeah! Still scared to turn it on, but when I do, hopefully it will last as long as the 15" 800 MHz, 768 MB, 60GB-HD, flat-panel iMac it's replacing. Take care!

[zlinuk]

I've just hit the order button, gone for the 2TB +SSD option with a trackpad, have also ordered 16GB of ram from crucial. Should get it in a week to ten days. Hopefully this system will last me a good few years.

[xraydoc]

hopefully it will last as long as the 15" 800 MHz, 768 MB, 60GB-HD, flat-panel iMac it's replacing. Take care!

Wow! Now that'll be a big change. Can't imagine how you'll feel even just turning the thing on!

[gn!uz]

Ok... So I just found this forum and after seeing that geekbench score of 9882 I CAN'T WAIT to pick up my iMac 27" i7 with 8gb of ram this afternoon!

I am a full time photographer and for the past three years I have been working on a 17" Macbook Pro Core Duo 2.16 ghz, 2gb ram with a Geekbench score of 1,420!! I think I am going to see a drastic improvement in speed and get far more time back after sifting through, editing and exporting thousands of wedding images.

Can anyone confirm a vast improvement in RAW rendering speeds in Lightroom?? Would love to know. :)

Can't wait to get home with it and fire it up for the first time!

The i7 is a monster.. I'm sure you will be amazed by the RAW rendering speeds.. ;) Mine is arriving tomorrow!

[red kiosk]

Wow! Now that'll be a big change. Can't imagine how you'll feel even just turning the thing on!

Yes, quite a feeling, pulling that Ethernet cable out of the old 15" flat-panel, slipping it into the new iMac and pushing the power button. Besides initially trying to figure where the HD icons were, it seems to be flawless. No yellow tinge, bleed, noisy hard drive or dog whistle. In fact, my dog was sitting next to me when I tested for that and didn't even twitch an ear! Take care!

[xraydoc]

Just received shipping notice on mine (i7 w/ 8GB RAM, 2TB HD, 256GB SSD, batteries/recharger, trackpad). Scheduled to arrive on Friday! Can't wait.

Copying all my stuff on to the Drobo now in preparation for the swap. Going to do a clean install of everything and probably re-install the OS when the machine arrives to remove all the extra languages, useless printer drivers, asian language fonts, Rosetta and other stuff I'll never use, especially since space will be at a slight premium given the "small" 256GB size of the boot drive.

[ramallite]

Unfortunately, they only packaged two of the six rechargeable batteries. There was space in the accessory box provided for them, but they forgot to put them in.

Isn't that what you're supposed to get? According to the iMac customization page, under "Apple Battery Charger" when you click "Learn More":

When you order the Apple Battery Charger with your iMac, it will arrive with two batteries installed in the Magic Mouse or Magic Trackpad, two batteries installed in the Apple Wireless Keyboard, and two batteries in the box.

[troutspinner]

I just pulled the trigger or I guess I should say hit the "Place Order" button on a new i7. Nothing fancy, just the 2.93 with 4gb ram and 1 tb hd. Of course I did the upgrade shipping because I am impatient.

I really have no reason to have it except for personal want as I already use a Dell i7 2.66 with a 24" screen and a MacBook. I figure I can consolidate to just 1 machine and sell the others to recoup the cost.

The real justification that made me pull the trigger tonight though is that I have just completed day 14 of quitting smoking. I call this my reward to myself. The money I will save over the next year will pay for the machine alone.

I was a smoker for 25 years. The most I have ever quit before was for 2 days and I cheated at that. Now, I have found a renewed life, after being smoke free for 6 days I realized I could never smoke again due to the benefits I have experienced. I can now breathe! I can sleep! I am back on skates and playing hockey! Now at 14 days without a puff, I get an urge a couple of times a day but it is no longer unbearable. I simply tell myself that it will pass, and it does.

So, I guess my post was to say that I am just excited to announce that I no longer smoke. The iMac is just a selfish reward but if I ever get the urge that just cannot be passed, I'll just jump on my new toy to forget about it. ;)

troutspinner

[Slightly Hyphy]

How come I see no one ordering the 16 GB of RAM option? What is the reason for this?

[travislopes]

How come I see no one ordering the 16 GB of RAM option? What is the reason for this?

It's a lot cheaper to upgrade to 16GB on your own.

[spacepower7]

Not to be a jerk but is this an owners thread or soon to be owners where's my traking thread?

[sammich]

Okay, who here with the i7 bought it because it wasn't that much more than the i5?

[ronaldcastillo]

For the new i7 owners make sure that the black border on the bottom is connected onto the aluminum part. Mines wasn't and it shows this golden part and I'm gonna call Apple tomorrow.

[usi]

Firstly congratulations to troutspinner. Well done, I've never smoked but working in healthcare i know how difficult it is. Keep it up.

Back to this, I only ordered the i7 cause of the small price difference, the i5 would have done nicely.
But now this waiting is killing me. Hopefully it'll be worth it.

Q about tracking : my EDD says 10Aug but the last line "transit to customer" has been on 5Aug since Tuesday when it was shipped. What does that 5Aug mean.
Yea its today and now I can't sleep.

[usi]

Not to be a jerk but is this an owners thread or soon to be owners where's my traking thread?

Valid point.

Sounds like we'll all be owners by next week.
Then we can start discussing hardware.

[eroxx]

Today is the 4th business day, and it is yet to ship. Should I be nervous? Were there delays past 4 business days for any of you? Aaaaaaah I want it! :)

Thanks all -

-Eric

[leftroom]

My 27" 2,93 GHz was shipped today! Sweeeet!

[ucsb2002]

Ordered my on July 31st, shipped out Aug 3 and Fedex show's it's out for delivery today! :D

Looking forward to playing with it after work. Bought it for my wife.

i7 with 4 GB of RAM , 1 TB. Additional 4 GB of RAM on it's way from Crucial.

[MackeralFillet]

Ordered my on July 31st, shipped out Aug 3 and Fedex show's it's out for delivery today! :D

Looking forward to playing with it after work. Bought it for my wife.

i7 with 4 GB of RAM , 1 TB. Additional 4 GB of RAM on it's way from Crucial.

What country are you? I ordered mine on the 29th and still no tracking info and delivery is scheduled for the 10th :(

[eroxx]

I ordered mine the 31st as well, and today is the 5th and still not shipped

[ucsb2002]

What country are you? I ordered mine on the 29th and still no tracking info and delivery is scheduled for the 10th :(

It just got delivered!!!! I'm actually in Cupertino, CA. Just a couple miles away from Mr. Steve Jobs. :cool:

[jvdrummer182]

I got my i7 today and began transferring my files from my old macbook pro via FireWire 800. Will it really take 4 hours to transfer 400 GB? It's seems a bit long for firewire

[2 Owls]

I got my i7 today and began transferring my files from my old macbook pro via FireWire 800. Will it really take 4 hours to transfer 400 GB? It's seems a bit long for firewire

I've just been through the same, it took about 3 to 3.5 hours to transfer about 400gb on FW800, I just played Forza and kept checking the countdown :D

Zero problems with it so far, the trackpad is fantastic it just works, I can't believe how normal it feels.
I'm looking forward to getting my monitor arm to fit it to but I'm going to need some longer cables for my time machine and other external drives, had to switch one of my drives from fire wire to USB as the new machine is only equipped with the one fire wire port, thats the only downside so far.

[iKimm]

Mine shipped earlier this week with a delivery date of Saturday...then it was updated today to deliver on Tuesday the 10th - wasn't to happy about that. :(

Thats OK though - it WILL be here by Tuesday and I will hope that it comes sooner!!!! :D:D

[meb91]

Not to be a jerk but is this an owners thread or soon to be owners where's my traking thread?

Well technically we do own our iMacs since we already paid for them, they just haven't arrived at our homes yet :D

Anyway I ordered my i7 the 31st, got the shipping confirmation last night which says "Delivers by the 9th." It's coming from Newark, CA, does that mean my iMac was made in CA? That's close to Union City which I saw others got theirs shipped from. Well hope it comes quickly since I'm down here in the southern part of the state (OC)

[Meicyn]

Mine arrived today. The only issue I have is a very minor bit of flashlighting on the bottom right which is barely noticeable when the screen is black. Other than that minor detail, the screen is solid, much like the rest of the computer.

My previous iMac was a 20" white iMac with a Core 2 Duo processor, so this was a major upgrade. Completely satisfied with the purchase.

[symbology]

I ordered mine on 8/1 and it finally switched over to "Prepared for Shipment" yesterday afternoon. I expected it to be shipped today. What the hell? Anyone else in the same boat as me?

Edit:

Finally switched over to shipped, 3 hours after Fedex scanned it. Maybe I will still get it by Saturday.

[PRMS IT guy]

One thing I notcied with my 2.93 i7 BTO is the fact that is very, very HOT!!! even when only going on youtube for an hour or two... but other than that it has been a great machine...

[Tobster3]

I just pulled the trigger or I guess I should say hit the "Place Order" button on a new i7. Nothing fancy, just the 2.93 with 4gb ram and 1 tb hd. Of course I did the upgrade shipping because I am impatient.

I really have no reason to have it except for personal want as I already use a Dell i7 2.66 with a 24" screen and a MacBook. I figure I can consolidate to just 1 machine and sell the others to recoup the cost.

The real justification that made me pull the trigger tonight though is that I have just completed day 14 of quitting smoking. I call this my reward to myself. The money I will save over the next year will pay for the machine alone.

I was a smoker for 25 years. The most I have ever quit before was for 2 days and I cheated at that. Now, I have found a renewed life, after being smoke free for 6 days I realized I could never smoke again due to the benefits I have experienced. I can now breathe! I can sleep! I am back on skates and playing hockey! Now at 14 days without a puff, I get an urge a couple of times a day but it is no longer unbearable. I simply tell myself that it will pass, and it does.

So, I guess my post was to say that I am just excited to announce that I no longer smoke. The iMac is just a selfish reward but if I ever get the urge that just cannot be passed, I'll just jump on my new toy to forget about it. ;)

troutspinner

Congratulations on the new iMac.

An even bigger congratulations on stopping smoking. I smoked for a little over 13 years. I have now been stopped for over 3 years. I cant even begin to tell you how much healtier I am now. You will have occasional cravings for many months but one thing is they get easier by the day. It's all down hill from here on in.

[sheareb]

OK, you'll like this... i ordered an i7 at 7pm on Wednesday night.. its now 10am Friday morning and according to UPS its out for delivery!

[MackeralFillet]

OK, you'll like this... i ordered an i7 at 7pm on Wednesday night.. its now 10am Friday morning and according to UPS its out for delivery!

No way! Mine ordered on the 29th still no news!

I guess youre in the UK?

Where did you get your UPS info from?

[Felias]

Request to owners:

Can you please run Speedmark 6 and Cinebench-Tests? Would be much appreciated! I can then add the results to the "How much bang for my buck?"-Analysis (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=10711915).

[sheareb]

No way! Mine ordered on the 29th still no news!

I guess youre in the UK?

Where did you get your UPS info from?

Hey there, yes in the UK. I got my confirmation from apple with the order number, checked Apples website where i got the UPS tracking number. From there, onto the UPS website and it tracks as out today for delivery. Both the Apple and UPS websites have todays date as delivery (I was told on the phone 14th, apple website has "original" as 9th but "amended" as today!)

impressed, especially as I have just posted out my mac mini today which I sold to purchase this!

[MackeralFillet]

Hey there, yes in the UK. I got my confirmation from apple with the order number, checked Apples website where i got the UPS tracking number. From there, onto the UPS website and it tracks as out today for delivery. Both the Apple and UPS websites have todays date as delivery (I was told on the phone 14th, apple website has "original" as 9th but "amended" as today!)

!

Damn you're so lucky! Mine is an i7 with 8gb, free iPod Touch and Apple Care. I don't get why mine (and many others) are taking so long!?

[MackeralFillet]

OK Just called them. They say there's still no courier assigned to my delivery and it will be delivered on or before the 10th. I ordered on the 29th July.

When I ordered it said 'Ships: 4 business days'. I thought that I'd receive it within 4 business days.

So if it arrives on the 10th Aug, thats a whole 9 business days after order placement.

Prob the worst online shopping experience I've had, ever!

[bolen]

gah! the wait is killing me! :eek:

my estimated delivery date isn't until next thursday, the 12th. :apple:

[upthespurs]

how did you get a free ipod touch?

[GyroFX]

how did you get a free ipod touch?

from the apple education discount promotion running till sept

[upthespurs]

Thanks. Wish I was still in education....

[Serif]

New iMac arrived yesterday ahead of schedule. Set it up last night and no apparent problems except for a tiny speck of dust on the inside of the glass. The screen itself is pixel perfect with no apparent lighting or colour problems. There is also no apparent problem with strange noises either from fans or elsewhere when I alter the screen brightness. This is the version with a 256GB SSD and a 2 TB internal drive and has 8GB of memory.

I use iStat Menus which shows the 8 logical cores. I'm surprised how evenly the load is distributed across them. For instance whilst downloading and installing the standard set of software I use, I had a TrueCrypt volume creation going on in the background using a fairly CPU intensive encryption algorithm. Cores 1, 3, 5 and 7 were holding at about 20% and cores 2, 4, 6 and 8 at about 10% load. So it looks like the hyper threading is getting some useful work done, or at least that's my take on what I'm seeing.

I'm now looking forward to testing some of my own Erlang and Go programs on it to see how effectively they can use the available processors.

[chrisandersen]

I'm in. Got an i7 loaded with 16 gb ram at the apple store in Baton Rouge, LA.
Going through migration now, so really haven't used it yet.
Can't wait to throw everything I have at the beast.

[xraydoc]

OK, so my i7 was delivered today, right on schedule. I'm in the process of moving everything over from my old Mac Pro. As far as I can tell, there's no screen yellowing, though I will check again later tonight after dark. No dead pixels. No display whine that I've been able to detect yet.

I did have a minor setback when first setting up the machine, though. Even though I told myself I was going to do a clean install of everything, I decided to use the Migration Assistant. Well, after an apparently successful transfer that took about an hour, the iMac would kernel panic upon boot. Had no choice but to wipe the SSD completely from the install DVD and reinstall the OS from scratch. That, plus the reinstall of iLife, took another 45 minutes to do.

So I guess I should have stuck with my original plan to do a clean install of everything - since that's what I ended up doing by force anyway. At least I was able to save space on the SSD by not installing the extra languages, asian fonts and a gigabyte worth of printer drivers I'll never use.

Anyway, so now I'm still busy transferring my data over - still have a good 45 minutes to go on a long, 600GB iTunes folder transfer. About another 20GB worth of documents and I'll finally be migrated over.

I'm afraid of buying another machine in a few years when it's this one's turn to be replaced. It's taken about 6 hours to copy all my data... I can't imagine how much I'll have in another 3 years!

[pharmx]

I guess you can add me to the list of proud new owners...this thing is freaking sweet, nuff said.

[striker33]

My i7 got sent out by UPS Ireland yesterday and arrived at Tamworth this afternoon. At 1am it was despatched from Tamworth which I assume it means its on its way forther north to me. Question is, do UPS deliver on saturdays or is it gonna be a painful weekend for me? :D

[symbology]

My i7 got sent out by UPS Ireland yesterday and arrived at Tamworth this afternoon. At 1am it was despatched from Tamworth which I assume it means its on its way forther north to me. Question is, do UPS deliver on saturdays or is it gonna be a painful weekend for me? :D

Here in the US UPS will deliver Saturdays if it is requested, and paid for. Fedex (by default) does Saturday delivery as there residential deliveries run Tues thru Saturday. So, my 27" will show up tomorrow. :)

[striker33]

Here in the US UPS will deliver Saturdays if it is requested, and paid for. Fedex (by default) does Saturday delivery as there residential deliveries run Tues thru Saturday. So, my 27" will show up tomorrow. :)

Damn, lucky you :)

Looks like im in for one hell of a weekend then!

[nobias]

I'm in. Got an i7 loaded with 16 gb ram at the apple store in Baton Rouge, LA.
Going through migration now, so really haven't used it yet.
Can't wait to throw everything I have at the beast.

They have these in stores!?

[MorphingDragon]

Does anybody else kinda forget that there's a screen and just want to reach out and touch something? The screen just looks that good IMO.

[symbology]

They have these in stores!?

Not the i7's, not in my local store. I was told they would not have any until the 15th, or so.

[xraydoc]

OK Just called them. They say there's still no courier assigned to my delivery and it will be delivered on or before the 10th. I ordered on the 29th July.

When I ordered it said 'Ships: 4 business days'. I thought that I'd receive it within 4 business days.

So if it arrives on the 10th Aug, thats a whole 9 business days after order placement.

Prob the worst online shopping experience I've had, ever!
"Ships in x business days" is referring to how long it takes to build the machine and give it to the shipping company. Then you select what kind of shipping you want (the free shipping is 5-7 business day ground, or you can choose the 2-3 day expedited shipping). The delivery times are also spelled out on Apple's site.

Sorry you're disappointed, but most people manage to figure this part out. I hardly think Apple is to blame for your misunderstanding.

FYI, I ordered mine at about 1 am on Monday the 1st. Received it Friday the 6th (yesterday). I paid for the 2-3 day shipping ($35) over the free shipping (5-7 days).

[Revival Cr8tive]

This is all really good information... I'm still trying to figure it out though... It seems like there conflicting reports out there on speeds etc..

Basically all I will use my Mac for will be Website Design in Photoshop CS3 and CS5 in the near future... With some occasional video editing in FCE.

What will be the best option?

Go for a Maxed out 21.5" or go for a 27" 2.8 Quad Core i5 or i7????

Need to make a choice soon!

Help Please!!!

[bolen]

This is all really good information... I'm still trying to figure it out though... It seems like there conflicting reports out there on speeds etc..

Basically all I will use my Mac for will be Website Design in Photoshop CS3 and CS5 in the near future... With some occasional video editing in FCE.

What will be the best option?

Go for a Maxed out 21.5" or go for a 27" 2.8 Quad Core i5 or i7????

Need to make a choice soon!

Help Please!!!

For video editing the i7 is a blast. For photoshop it's nice to have the 27 inch screen real estate. I vote for 27" i7. :)

[gtking]

Just got mine today, ordered with the 2TB+SSD and 8GB of ram. No yellow screens or whistling noises, pretty happy about that. Loving the 1440p LED and i7's virtual cores thing. My only caveat is the video card, which actually is pretty decent, just not GREAT.

[tamarock]

For video editing the i7 is a blast. For photoshop it's nice to have the 27 inch screen real estate. I vote for 27" i7. :)

Agreed. I took the plunge and got the i7. I primarily use Maya and After Effects. The render times can be horrible with those. Video rendering takes foreverrrrrrrrr..... The i7 should speed things up quite a bit. Also, have you seen the 27" display!? :eek: It's worth it for aesthics alone lol :cool:

[Revival Cr8tive]

Agreed. I took the plunge and got the i7. I primarily use Maya and After Effects. The render times can be horrible with those. Video rendering takes foreverrrrrrrrr..... The i7 should speed things up quite a bit. Also, have you seen the 27" display!? :eek: It's worth it for aesthics alone lol :cool:


Yeah, I went to see the 27" today. Looks really good. My boss has one also. However most of my time is spent web site designing and I have a 23" Cinema Display Matt finish, so really I would be using that for artwork.

Its just the the 27" model seems like it can handle more upgrades and the 21" so seems like it would last long for an extra £400. It would increase life span to like 4 or 5 years...

Still not sure, I'm not convienced I need the fastest computer, I just don't want to get a machine that in a few years starts to be sluggish...

ARRRRGGGGGHHHH!

[meb91]

Just received my i7. Perfect screen, quiet WD hard drive, and built in the USA. :D

[LionheartAKB]

I received my new 2010 27" i7 iMac on Thursday. It's perfect! No yellow screen, no grey banding, no dead pixels, and no dust. The machine is completely silent. No humming or whistling. The brightness adjustment doesn't cause any problems, and the hard drive is silent as well. This is my first Mac and I'm completely impressed! The 27" screen is perfect for music photo work and music production. Anyone that says it too big is silly. If they had a 30" model, I'd of got that. The screen is gorgeous! :D

P.S. - I dont know how to read the serial number, but if anyone has any questions I'll do my best to answer them.

[Crevice]

My new i7 27" custom built, has slight yellow tint on the bottom left, and some edge glow (light leakage) on the bottom left and right. My previous gen iMac (24) had the same glow, so I guess I am kinda used to it. I am really not sure if it is worth sending back, as the next one could be worse or the same. The yellow tint is very slight, and if it wasn't for me looking for it, I doubt I would have noticed.

[SamTheeGeek]

Just received my i7. Perfect screen, quiet WD hard drive, and built in the USA. :D

Awesome to hear :D , i think its only the first batch which gets made in the US, but i might be wrong , i did notice people gettin em from china now.


anyways Congrats :D

[TenaciousB]

Just got my 27" i7 yesterday and its perfect :)! What programs should I DL? I'm new to mac. I got Handbrake, iSquint, Adium, Vuze, and Quicksilver already

[chrisandersen]

All I have to say is "Sweet !!!!"

[JOHNGAETANO]

We got our yesterday. I ordered it with the SSD too. As quick and responsive of any Mac I have ever used. The screen is beautiful. So far so good.

[rgp19699]

Awesome to hear :D , i think its only the first batch which gets made in the US, but i might be wrong , i did notice people gettin em from china now.


anyways Congrats :D

When I ordered mine, I was told that at this time, all the 27" screen imacs will be assembled in the USA because there is some problem with the larger screen not being able to be imported from China at this point. I have no idea why, this is just what an upper level manager from Apple told me.

[byron_hinson]

When I ordered mine, I was told that at this time, all the 27" screen imacs will be assembled in the USA because there is some problem with the larger screen not being able to be imported from China at this point. I have no idea why, this is just what an upper level manager from Apple told me.

Sounds like rubbish to me - my 27" i7 is coming from China!

[MorphingDragon]

Sounds like rubbish to me - my 27" i7 is coming from China!

Mine shipped form Hong Kong.

[luffytubby]

These screen issues... Yellow tint... dead pixels... lcd bleeding... is this things your are noticing with the naked eye, or do you have to do something special with it?

I was thinking of not doing any tests but simply just have it, and if I saw no problems during 2 weeks of intensive use, using photoshop, doing video editing, watching movies, playing games, itunes, websurfing, iphoto.. I would not look for it, and conclude ths creen is fine?

[TenaciousB]

i assume i got lucky seeing as there are no probs with my screen

[macallan69]

I am noticing that many of you have ordered your i7s with the SSD....

As much as I want to do the same, $750 is just too much for my budget right now. I thought I might upgrade to the SSD in the future once they come down in price.

So my question is - if I only get the Serial ATA Drive on my i7, will I still be able to swap it out for a SSD or add a SSD in the future? Or will I run into installation problems later?

Thanks for your advice! :)

Mac

[beaner454]

al ATA Drive on my i7, will I still be able to swap it out for a SSD or add a SSD in the future? Or will I run into installation problems later?


So the answer is yes you'll be able to add it later, but it will be a labor of love. Apple decided not to include the mounting brackets for the SSD if you didn't order it with one from the get go.

[TenaciousB]

What's the benefit of a Solid State Drive? I don't even know what that is...

[Sir.Jonas]

Ordered mine the 29th of July and still waiting (2.93ght, 16go Ram, 1to + 256SSD + 1to external hard drive OMEGA to transfer PC files to my first MAC)

I used to play WIC (World in conflict) on my PC and I’m looking forward to continue to play it on my Imac.

I'm from Switzerland by the way. (So sorry for my English)


Jo :)

[jmpage2]

What's the benefit of a Solid State Drive? I don't even know what that is...

It is tremendously faster than a traditional hard drive as well as being potentially more reliable. Hard drives have moving parts and periodically suffer mechanical failure whereas solid state drives (SSDs) have no moving parts and the only way they can "wear out" is if they are re-written millions and millions of times.

In most modern computers the hard drive disk access is the biggest bottleneck in the computer, the SSD can be up to 4X as quick as a traditional hard drive in some tasks.

[jmpage2]

Does anyone know if/when the Apple Retail stores will be stocking this, as they did stock the previous generation i7 iMac?

[jetjaguar]

Does anyone know if/when the Apple Retail stores will be stocking this, as they did stock the previous generation i7 iMac?

i dont know where you are located but some of the apple stores in NJ are stocking i7 imacs

[Sir.Jonas]

Because it’s will be my first IMac I want to know what kind of quick-check I need to do when I will received it.

How to control if there is a problem with the screen? (Yellow or pixel problem)

What are the weak points to check etc. ?

[jetjaguar]

Ordered mine the 29th of July and still waiting (2.93ght, 16go Ram, 1to + 256SSD + 1to external hard drive OMEGA to transfer PC files to my first MAC)

I used to play WIC (World in conflict) on my PC and I’m looking forward to continue to play it on my Imac.

I'm from Switzerland by the way. (So sorry for my English)


Jo :)

thats a beast of a machine you got :eek: you will love it:)
god i wish i lived in Switzerland :o

[Sir.Jonas]

thats a beast of a machine you got :eek: you will love it:)
god i wish i lived in Switzerland :o

I hope so ;). It's will be my first MAC after 20years of PC.
I'm just a little worried about Imac's problems (Screen problems and hard drive sound etc.)

I hope new Imac (Since end of july) are "ok"

Switzerland is very nice but my dream still to leave in the US ;)

[jmpage2]

i dont know where you are located but some of the apple stores in NJ are stocking i7 imacs

Ya, it burns my ass. I'm in Colorado and all the local stores are telling me it's online only even though they have tags up for the i7 Macs in the stores.

[Hopsdaballa04]

iMac i7 just went to prepared for shipment at 8:30 Central time. Probably means that it wasn't manufactured in the U.S.??? What do you guys think?

It seems like all the i7's that are getting manufactured in the U.S. do not have any of the normal problems..

[jetjaguar]

i might pick up an i7 tomorrow at the apple store .. ill update tomorrow if i get it

[PatrickRS]

Ordered mine (27", 2.93GHz i7, 2TB, stock RAM) yesterday and should get it in a week or so.

Last time I used a Mac was my roomie's original MacIntosh, circa 1984, so I suspect I got a few surprises in store with this one!

I do know Unix really well so I'm hoping that will help me on the admin side of things. Going to do a RAM upgrade myself ... just have to google for some good instructions on how ... there seems to be a lot of different types of memory out there.

Already have a Dell 27" monitor (U2711) so I've ordered a mini-displayport to displayport cable to run it side-by-side on the iMac. Whaddya think? Dual 27's got enough screen real estate? LOL!

Wish this Mac newbie luck... I got me some learnin' to do...

[usi]

Ordered 31 July. "Out for delivery" today! To excited been one long week of waiting.
I'll post up when it comes and run a couple of tests.

Two 27" screens! thats just madness.

[famarm]

Ordered mine the 29th of July and still waiting (2.93ght, 16go Ram, 1to + 256SSD)

Hi Jonas, i still waiting an iMac similar to yours.
My parcel starts 6/8 from Cork and the serial with CK****, it is the
same for you?
I'm from Italy

bye

[DrumBum]

I just got my new i7 today!

I got a dead pixel right in the middle of the screen! Yay!

[bolen]

Ordered mine (27", 2.93GHz i7, 2TB, stock RAM) yesterday and should get it in a week or so.

Last time I used a Mac was my roomie's original MacIntosh, circa 1984, so I suspect I got a few surprises in store with this one!

I do know Unix really well so I'm hoping that will help me on the admin side of things. Going to do a RAM upgrade myself ... just have to google for some good instructions on how ... there seems to be a lot of different types of memory out there.

Already have a Dell 27" monitor (U2711) so I've ordered a mini-displayport to displayport cable to run it side-by-side on the iMac. Whaddya think? Dual 27's got enough screen real estate? LOL!

Wish this Mac newbie luck... I got me some learnin' to do...

Welcome to the family and good luck with the switching. :) You should do fine with a good UNIX foundation. At least you'll now your way around the terminal. ;)

My i7 will land this week so I'm not too envious.. but I do like the sound of that second 27" display... aaargh! :eek:

[Sir.Jonas]

Hi Jonas, i still waiting an iMac similar to yours.
My parcel starts 6/8 from Cork and the serial with CK****, it is the
same for you?
I'm from Italy

bye

yeah also with 4 digit numbers then "CK" :)

[Macfr3d]

Sweetness! I just ordered the i7 and 8GB of extra ram. I hope it was not a mistake to order it without SSD ... anyone notice "slowness" without SSD btw? :cool:

[iCaleb]

Speaking of ram is getting the 2x4 worth it? Rather than getting 4x2:confused:

[Macfr3d]

Speaking of ram is getting the 2x4 worth it? Rather than getting 4x2:confused:

That really depends on your needs for ram. If you edit videos or lotsa big photos thats a dubble yes :-) If you have many apps open at once thats a yes too. But I think it is smartest to get the base ram configuration (2x2GB) and upgrade yourself (either add 2x4GB or replace the 2x2GB with 4x4GB). That way you can test if you are ok with 4GB .. if not get another 8 if thats not enough get another 8 and replace the 4 from the base config. ..

[iCaleb]

I don't edit too often but I do watch a lot of HD videos.

[Macfr3d]

I don't edit too often but I do watch a lot of HD videos. Watching moves does not require more than 4GB of ram at all.

[dalvin200]

how are you guys with the SSD and HDD option using it?

are you installing the OS on the SSD and applications on the HDD?

or OS on the HDD and SSD as a scratch drive for iMovie/Final Cut/Photoshop etc..?

[iCaleb]

Looks like the 8gb 4x2 is the best choice then.

[famarm]

yeah also with 4 digit numbers then "CK" :)

My i7 is now at:

TAMWORTH, GB

it is not acceptable 2500 km with truck, Apple have reduced shipping services?

[tokyotoyz]

how are you guys with the SSD and HDD option using it?

are you installing the OS on the SSD and applications on the HDD?

or OS on the HDD and SSD as a scratch drive for iMovie/Final Cut/Photoshop etc..?

this ...

My i7 27" w/ 256 SSD and 2 TB and 8 GB of RAM will be here on Saturday ...

Really want to know how those who have this config are using it ... and why ?

Pros vs Cons ...

Apps and OS on SSD is all I have read ... but the only benefit I see with that is fast boot times ( rarely ever reboot the machine ... and when I do - a few seconds really won't bother me ) ...

Am I missing something?

[Satoneko]

Received my iMac 27 i7 this morning and spent the entire day transferring data and things from my old iMac C2D. It took 8 hours in total.

Just like to say, I don't have yellow tint, dead pixels, backlight bleed, or any of the screen problems discussed heavily in this forum.

Well tomorrow I start up my applications!

[usi]

Got mine this morning,
Bought on 31 July, delivered 9 Aug , one day before EDD

Screen is huge, no yellow-tint, no flickering,
HDD is making the TAPPING noise though, Not happy about that but not letting it ruin my day, will leave it for a week and see if its a huge problem.

Geekbench Score 64bit - 10777 !! 32bit - 9670

I'll try run any other requests people have.

Only prob i am having is getting vlc to play nice with mkv, looking for a fix.
Noob to OSX,
loving it though.

[xraydoc]

By default Apple puts the OS & apps on the SSD. The mechanical HD is blank.

While speedy booting for some people isn't important since they may only rarely restart their machines, having the OS on the SSD still speeds up the system's access to necessary files, libraries, frameworks, etc.. And app launching from the SSD is really, really fast as well.

I'm quite happy with the speed boost. Yes, it was an expensive option (and yes, it's way cheaper to add yourself if you have the technical ability). But we already knew that the iMac was not a do-it-yourself machine.

Not sure if using an SSD for scratch is wise, given how many write cycles such a scratch device is sure to undergo, but I'm still new to the world of SSDs myself.

[Dreadnought]

Hmmm, just read about the i7 that the 9XX series (in the iMac it's a 940) supports triple memory channels. So, in theory, to get the most speed out of your iMac's Ram you have to install a triple memory kit (= three the same SO-dimms).

So, this raises a couple of questions:
- Does this makes sense? (or do I need to go to bed, it's getting late here!)
- Does anyone tried it yet? If so, please post benchmarks with 2 dimms (standard Apple Ram), triple memory kit, and maybe even with 4 dimms.
- So why doesn't Apple offer a 3x2GB BTO option? (with the MacPro's it's standard a 3x 1GB kit)
- Is the memory bus maybe crippled in the iMac and doesn't support triple memory?
- Any thoughts about this?

I'm going to bed!!! :o

[ramallite]

Hmmm, just read about the i7 that the 9XX series (in the iMac it's a 940) supports triple memory channels.

Actually no it's the 870, not the 940. According to people who have received their machines, Geekbench reports it as:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 870 @ 2.93GHz

[Hopsdaballa04]

I ordered the standard i7 config on Aug 6th, shipped today Aug 9th and will deliver Aug 11th. It is a QP machined so that means it was manufactured in the U. S. of A. !! I hope that means the quality control is at its highest and the machined will be defect free. Keeping my fingers crossed.

[Jazwire]

Mines going to be here tomorrow.....Can't wait!!!

[NeuroEmp]

Mine shipped yesterday from Ireland by UPS, should be here 17th. Still a while :(

[juicedropsdeuce]

iMac i7 just went to prepared for shipment at 8:30 Central time. Probably means that it wasn't manufactured in the U.S.??? What do you guys think?

It seems like all the i7's that are getting manufactured in the U.S. do not have any of the normal problems..

+1

There is a definite trend of 27" not manufactured in the US having problems. There is a poll, here or AI, I forgot where. Kinda scary for you. Too bad Apple makes this big purchase so full of stress. It should be fun...
:(:(:apple::apple::(:(

[symbology]

I got mine on Saturday, but I need to return it. Yellow tint along the bottom, gray streak along the bottom, cracked LCD on the bottom right.

I am a PC guy switching to Mac and I am starting to wonder why.

There are some photos here....

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=983886&page=3

[Dreadnought]

Actually no it's the 870, not the 940. According to people who have received their machines, Geekbench reports it as:
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 870 @ 2.93GHz

OK, that explains a lot if it's not a 9 series. All the other i7 series still use double channel memory, so always install a double channel memory kit with upgrading! Could anyone experiment with that? If you have 4x 2GB of ram and take one so dimm out, does this make a lot of difference in speed?? Thanks!

[Sir.Jonas]

Received today and return in directly!

Sound with the luminosity and VERY hot!

Really sad... It's was my first Apple experience....

Made in china... :(:(:(

[Macfr3d]

Received today and return in directly!

Sound with the luminosity and VERY hot!

Really sad... It's was my first Apple experience....

Made in china... :(:(:(

Too bad :) I had to return 2 of the 3 MBP's that I got from Apple when I switched over from PCs. Be strong and wait for the right machine it will make up for all dissapointments encountered before ;)

[juicedropsdeuce]

Too bad :) I had to return 2 of the 3 MBP's that I got from Apple when I switched over from PCs. Be strong and wait for the right machine it will make up for all dissapointments encountered before ;)

Wow. So it is normal to have to go through many broken machines to get a good one from Apple?? And you say it is worth it? That is pathetic. :mad:

[jmpage2]

Wow. So it is normal to have to go through many broken machines to get a good one from Apple?? And you say it is worth it? That is pathetic. :mad:

No, it's not normal. Do you think the thousands of people who get a perfectly good Mac come in here to talk about it? Only the people who get hit with a bad one complain about it.

Can Apple make sure that 100% of all iMac production is "perfect" when they are made by contractors? No, they cannot. Fortunately they have excellent customer care and a great warranty for swapping out the problem machines.

Get a grip people!

[frega]

Wow. So it is normal to have to go through many broken machines to get a good one from Apple?? And you say it is worth it? That is pathetic. :mad:

It isn't normal. At least not to most of us long time mac users. This lack of QC is a recent thing. Apple has been negligent recently (I blame the iPhone) on all things Mac. Taking their time with updates and Mac OS X.

[juicedropsdeuce]

It isn't normal. At least not to most of us long time mac users. This lack of QA is a recent thing. Apple has been negligent recently (I blame the iPhone) on all things Mac. Taking their time with updates and Mac OS X.

+1

[Sir.Jonas]

The sound problem (depending the luminosity) is a frequent problem ?

And the heat problem ?

I'm asking those questions because it's my first Mac...:(

[texrb]

I would agree it isn't normal, but I have had to return a 24" iMac & just swapped out my 27" i5 2.8 for an i7 2.93 due to issues (not yellowing, but heat & boot issues). I wanted an i7 anyway - so maybe it was just fate! I gladly pd the $200 diff to swap out the i5 when I learned they had some in stock.

I am not sure when & where mine was manufactured - how can you tell?

I have to say that Apple's tech support & customer service is absolutely fantastic. I can't say the same for the PCs I own. I am very competent with PC operations & have built my own a couple times as well as bought pre-built. I decided to buy the 3 yr warranty with Apple because of issues that may pop up. I think it is a good investment for the 27" iMac based on the history of problems they have had with the screen.

As fas as Apple's QC slipping -I think it may a supplier issue QC & some things just slip past as they are experiencing this huge boom in sales.

[frega]

The sound problem (depending the luminosity) is a frequent problem ?

And the heat problem ?

I'm asking those questions because it's my first Mac...:(

More common problems appear to be yellow tinting & backlight bleeding. And the 1TB Seagate HDD buzzing.

[Northgrove]

I agree with the above -- people without problems won't bother posting. If I must, I can only say that my late 2008 MBP is still in "out of the box" condition, after using it for most days since. This goes for all computer hardware and software releases. Just look in some forums following a major OS update; it'll end up sounding like it's the company's worst release ever. ;) And then you can go on installing your most likely hitch-free OS update.

[bartelby]

My i7 arrived yesterday. I fired it and found no issues at all!
So I installed the extra 4GB RAM and put the boxes in the loft.

No yellow tint, no brightness whine. It gets warm when running WoW with all the settings maxed.
The hard drive clunks a bit, but it's nothing worth whinging about.

I'm super impressed by this machine!!
:D

[rworne]

My i7 arrived yesterday. I fired it and found no issues at all!
So I installed the extra 4GB RAM and put the boxes in the loft.

No yellow tint, no brightness whine. It gets warm when running WoW with all the settings maxed.
The hard drive clunks a bit, but it's nothing worth whinging about.

I'm super impressed by this machine!!
:D

I gave mine its first baptism under fire doing a handbrake encode from MPEG2 to h.264. 2 hours of video encoded in about 20 minutes with 700%+ CPU utilization.

I thought my 2007 Core 2 Extreme got hot while encoding, I cannot even put my hand on the back of the new iMac's case. The vent area gets incredibly hot.

[iKimm]

Mine is on the truck for delivery today! :D. I will post after it is up & running if I have any issues or not. :apple:

[xraydoc]

I gave mine its first baptism under fire doing a handbrake encode from MPEG2 to h.264. 2 hours of video encoded in about 20 minutes with 700%+ CPU utilization.

I thought my 2007 Core 2 Extreme got hot while encoding, I cannot even put my hand on the back of the new iMac's case. The vent area gets incredibly hot.

HandBrake 64 bit was averaging 160+ fps on my machine (specs below). My 2006 Mac Pro did only about 60 fps! 15 minutes for a two hour DVD. Amazing.

I didn't feel the back of the case, but then again why would I need to? As lo g as it doesn't get so hot it malfunctions I suppose I don't really care. Fans did hit about 2000 rpm, though, during the encode.

[BoredMatt]

I found this thread yesterday, just after I ordered my 27" i7, but I refrained from posting anything as the estimated delivery date was the 19th, and I didn't want to get sucked in and be all jealous..

Just checked the status of the order though, it'll now be delivered tomorrow! I can't believe it.

[iKimm]

It's here! It's here! Woot Woot!!!! :):apple:

[rworne]

HandBrake 64 bit was averaging 160+ fps on my machine (specs below). My 2006 Mac Pro did only about 60 fps! 15 minutes for a two hour DVD. Amazing.

I didn't feel the back of the case, but then again why would I need to? As lo g as it doesn't get so hot it malfunctions I suppose I don't really care. Fans did hit about 2000 rpm, though, during the encode.

I got the same FPS, 160+. Absolutely incredible to get the encoding speed that high. It makes me want to see what the new 12-core MacPro will do.

My older 2007 Core 2 Extreme iMac seemed to handle the hot temperatures really well, and I never had thermal issues with it.

For kicks, I also booted up with the 64-bit kernel and have not seen any compatibility issues. Quite a nice machine. The only thing I find annoying is the lack of jumbo frames.

[ChristianJapan]

HandBrake 64 bit was averaging 160+ fps on my machine (specs below). My 2006 Mac Pro did only about 60 fps! 15 minutes for a two hour DVD. Amazing.

That what I would expected but don't get. Just ripped for test a DVD and got 60 fps ... actually on my LINUX box I get somewhere around 90-100 fps (with CLI interface though)

I read somewhere that the DVD in the iMac is not the best so I wonder if you use an external DVD or copy the files first on the HDD before ripping.

What setup within Handbrake you use ?

Thanks in advance

[rworne]

That what I would expected but don't get. Just ripped for test a DVD and got 60 fps ... actually on my LINUX box I get somewhere around 90-100 fps (with CLI interface though)

I read somewhere that the DVD in the iMac is not the best so I wonder if you use an external DVD or copy the files first on the HDD before ripping.

What setup within Handbrake you use ?

Thanks in advance

Some DVD players limit the "rip speed" to a rather low rate. This is what is likely limiting your speed. To test the encoding capability, you would need to rip from an ISO image.

[upthespurs]

Mine arrived today and I had a few issues. Mainly because I restored from time machine. Took over 1 hour to do the restore and everything looked correct but when I plugged in my iPhone 4 it wasn't recognized by iTunes. I tried 2 other iPhones and my iPad with the same result, I even reinstalled iTunes with no luck. I just spent all night doing a fresh install of snow leopard and moving files from the TM backup and all is working great kicks my old 20" iMac 2009 out the water and I can't wait to give it a real. Test sometime soon.

[juicedropsdeuce]

I agree with the above -- people without problems won't bother posting.

Uhhh, how about the guy posting RIGHT AFTER YOU? :rolleyes:

There are plenty. Everyone who reads these threads then tests for the problem. Thing is, most don't have anything good to say. :rolleyes:

[jetjaguar]

just picked mine up and love it .. i was iffy on getting an all in one but seems to be good ..

are you guys doing fresh installs ?

[iKimm]

I am extremely happy... no yellow... no noise... no dead pixels....

Just A LOT of fun and excitement happening here. I hope everyone else gets a great iMac!!! :)

[frega]

mine just arrived from china. no dead pixels (*pending found something) / no yellow tint / no buzzing brightness toggle / no grumbling HDD (wdc).

only thing i dont like is the wireless keyboard and mouse....not used to it coming from the wired.

[xraydoc]

Some DVD players limit the "rip speed" to a rather low rate. This is what is likely limiting your speed. To test the encoding capability, you would need to rip from an ISO image.

Correct. I use RipIt to copy the disc contents to the hard drive. Takes about 12 min. for a typical movie.

But even the two-stage process (rip to HD, then encode) still completes in half the time my 2006 2.66GHz Mac Pro could do it in.

While I don't expect the hyperthreading of the i7 processor to do much in low-intensity apps, it was quite impressive to see all 8 virtual cores hitting 95% each during the encode. I think I'll try writing the output file to the SSD instead of the mechanical HD to see if there's any noticeable improvement in encode times.

[Macfr3d]

Just how noisy would you say is the i7 when surfing the web and checking emails? The 21,5" that I have is so quiet it sounds like it doesn't even have a fan.

[dalvin200]

finally bit the bullet and ordered the i7 with 8gb ram and ssd + 1tb option..

est delivery is 18-19th august!!

can't wait now :D

[bolen]

finally bit the bullet and ordered the i7 with 8gb ram and ssd + 1tb option..

est delivery is 18-19th august!!

can't wait now :D

Nice, congrats! :)

My i7 w/ 8GB will hopefully be delivered to me tomorrow... if still feels like forever!