Like me, I'm sure they were surprised by all the useless complaining.
Because if someone doesn't post positive comments, it's automatically complaining right ?
I'm surprised by all the apologizing myself, the complaining I was expecting.
Like me, I'm sure they were surprised by all the useless complaining.
that's complete rubbish. Any power computer user (as loosely defined as that may be) knows one of THE most important aspects when buying a desktop is repairability and upgradability, because parts age and fail and have to be replaced. To a lot of people it's a joy too, and hobby to get some more ram, a better hd, an ssd later on, and tweak their computer a bit to extend it's age, or simply for the fun of it.
There are countless users, even novice ones who have added drives, memory, or did other minor tweaks and modifications, and even repairs to their macs. To claim that people complaining about repairability ( eg to throw some more ram in you have to cross your heart and play strip poker for a few hours with the imac so you can pretty much take everything out and go at the very backside of the mobo to get to it) are those who 'd have never done any repairs to it is simply bonkers.
Oh darn its not end user serviceable. Neither is your car, or your tv. Who flipp'n cares!
Since I work for a school district, we self service our machines. That being said, I am going to be pushing the administration to switch to PCs in the near future. This basically forces us into an extended warranty, which we can't afford on a mass scale.
Bye Apple!
Cars are user serviceable.
Be sure to let Apple know know the specifics (how many are switching over, the reason you are switching, etc.). Otherwise, nothing will change. Also, please post in a year and let everyone know how it went after the switch.
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I'm not sure what car / car year you drive but mine's not user serviceable. I can't even change the oil anymore .
I sure hope you can throw a spare on when you get a flat.
Be sure to let Apple know know the specifics (how many are switching over, the reason you are switching, etc.). Otherwise, nothing will change. Also, please post in a year and let everyone know how it went after the switch.
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I'm not sure what car / car year you drive but mine's not user serviceable. I can't even change the oil anymore .
As if.
Apple is killing off everything that has any ability to work on it so they can make more money repairing it for $$$$$$$$$$$$$prices and force you to live life on iTunes and pay them more money.
Apple is now the IBM of "1984"
The Samsung ads are funny because they are true.
Be sure to let Apple know know the specifics (how many are switching over, the reason you are switching, etc.). Otherwise, nothing will change. Also, please post in a year and let everyone know how it went after the switch.
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I'm not sure what car / car year you drive but mine's not user serviceable. I can't even change the oil anymore .
I sure hope you can throw a spare on when you get a flat. Because it sounds like you can't replace the HDD on these new iMacs when it inevitable fails.
Seriously? Please read the rest of the discussion after that post. It explains why this isn't just replacing the hard drive with an off the shelf product, because Apple makes it impossible to just replace the hard drive with an off the shelf model due to the use of propriety cables, hard drive firmware and temperature sensors. Apple considers the hard drive to be non user serviceable. Point G says what will happen if you try to upgrade non-user serviceable parts.
I refer you to posts 390, 403, 406 and 413
Was that really necessary!? I was simply pointing out that this is the first Apple product that I've even seen that was assembled in the USA.
And besides, it is known, at least here in the US, that products made here a usually higher quality than those made overseas.
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1993, Apple Colour Classic... Upgradeable RAM via an easily removed logic board, and had a PDS slot.
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1997, Apple PowerMac 5500... Upgradeable RAM via a similar slot mounted logic board. Also had a PCI slot.
Note as well in the pic above, Apple's first LCD all-in-one - the TAM - which had a removable back cover, giving access to upgrade the RAM, HDD, CommII and PCI slots...
Just because it's an all in one design does NOT mean it needs to lack upgradeability...
Because it's ridiculously thin, is why there is no upgradeability... I don't care about the lost optical drive... but not giving user upgradeable RAM or HDD options on a desktop machine is an insult to any Mac user with a modicum of knowledge...
Yep. Definitely a laptop on a stick.
Nope. According to the user in that thread all he had to do was remove the fan.
Man, how many more times is this going to be brought up?
If you think this is the first desktop Mac with a 5400rpm drive, think again.
This is nothing new.
Oh darn its not end user serviceable. Neither is your car, or your tv. Who flipp'n cares!
I still don't see the point in the stupid new iMac. Big deal, it's thinner....because everyone NEEDED a thinner DESKTOP machine?!
Then. Don't. Buy. It.
How the hell you managed to compare a TV's serviceability to a computer is beyond me.
Most users don't service their computers any more than they service their TVs.
And they DO service their TVs: they plug in assorted storage and networking devices, change audio processing, etc. My "AIO" TV was promptly upgraded by attaching a BluRay player, Wii, TV, VCR (!), and someday will have superior speakers attached. Funny, I (and you) didn't whine & moan about an inability to replace the built-in radio receiver, SD card slot, stereo, etc. - we plugged improvements in via standard ports of sufficient bandwidth instead.
Likewise AIO computers: there are 7 upgrade ports, plus WiFi, for improved storage & features. Making the innards user-serviceable would add significant size, complexity, and -blamed user-responsible screwups.
The only warranted quibble is the non-upgradable overpriced RAM options on the 21" - which, again, most users wouldn't be doing themselves anyway.