I have not ever bought an apple product and was seeking genuine user opinions on here for their products. So far nobody is particular on this thread has given good reviews for such a company, it is the same thing across this entire iMac forum. The majority of people don't have faith in buying the new Apple iMac why is that?
Another thing to point out is I have only ever had problems with display tech and have never had what I could call an excellent display even thought I was buying the most expensive products. If everybody expected as much as I did then there would be a whole lot more better produced electorinc goods. Ever since most production of goods has moved to China has the overall standard dropped.
I have looked over the design of the new iMac with great scrutiny and I think the design of the cooling system is much more simple and refined than past models. The new exhaust cooling blowing hot cpu/gpu air directly out of the case has major benefits as apposed to slowly letting it rise via convection out of the top slot gap.
This is a place where people gather to bitch. It is utterly unrepresentative of Apple customers as a whole. You will find some genuine customer opinions here, but they tend to be very skewed. You can find similar places on the internet for any product or company with a significant presence in the market. The opinions are valid, but try to keep in mind that you're mostly hearing only one side of the story.
If you look for places that attempt to do unbiased measurements of product quality, Apple usually scores very well compared to the much of the computer industry. Apple also usually scores very well on customer service. But they sell millions of phones, tablets, computers etc. There will certainly be some customers who get defective ones; some of them will take to the internet with their complaints.
As for the quality of products made in China, it seems to me that the Chinese firms can make stuff with as much quality as we're willing to pay for. If you want cheap junk, you can find a firm in China that will make it at very low cost. If you want high quality and rigorous testing, you can find a firm to do that as well. Apple has apparently invested a lot of time and money helping its vendors get the equipment and training they need to make good stuff. Apple has ALWAYS made phones, iPod, iPads, etc. in China, and all their computers have come from China for many years. (In the early days Apple made stuff in the USA, but that ended before the first iPods.) They've managed to maintain a reputation for high quality for the vast majority of their products.
I don't think any of the recent iMacs have been "convection cooled". They all have fans that run at varying speeds depending on the sensor temperatures and the heat output of the system at the moment. The last couple of generations of iMacs do run "hot" (they can be very warm to the touch) but I've seen scant evidence that the heat causes any harm. The iMacs are also very, very quiet much of the time. Apple has LOTS of wiggle room to make the fans faster and noisier to keep the system cooler. They can do this after a system ships by updating the firmware. If Apple was getting lots of warranty problems caused by overheating, we'd see a lot more firmware updates to speed up the fans -- but these are NOT common.
If you're worried about significant quality problems with the new iMacs, here are my suggestions:
1. Pay less attention to sensation-driven internet sites. They aren't good sources of high-quality information.
2. Don't buy a new iMac for at least a few weeks after they ship. You'll be able to read in-depth reviews of functionality, good descriptions of the internal components and how they perform, realistic descriptions of how easy it is to open up the system and service it, etc.
3. If there's an Apple retail store near you, go look at the new iMacs when they are available. Ask questions. These are probably the same people who would help you after you buy a Mac. If there's no Apple store, try one of the resellers. You can look at the goods, but the people generally won't know as much or be as useful.
4. Buy AppleCare with your new iMac if there is any way you can afford it. You get warranty out to 3 years from the date of purchase, and you also get access to tech support for the system, Mac OS, and the bundled applications. As someone who has used Apple support from time to time, I'll say it has always been VERY good. Far better than anything I've gotten from HP, Dell, internet providers, phone companies, airlines, etc. This could be very valuable to you since you are new to the Macintosh world. Even if it's something as simple as getting help making the iMac work on your home network, you'll probably get a call back from Apple support within minutes, the person will speak English (assuming you're in the USA), and they'll know what they are talking about.
