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How Happy Are You With Your iMac?

pawelthegreat said:
I have the 2011 27" stock iMac and I loved it.

However, once installed Lion, just many problems.

The one above and also freezes with my external hard drive where I have to unplug it to get it working again.

With that said, with SL it was just amazing.
SO I can't wait til a few 10.7.X releases come in the next few months when Lion really comes out roaring!
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I have a 2011 27" iMac that originally came preinstalled with Snow Leopard. The thing runs great after I upgraded it to Lion. No freezes at all. I also have two external hard drives plugged in it all the time. There has to be something else going on with your computer as I don't think the issue is with Lion.

To be obvious here but have you checked to make sure that all your thrid party software is Lion compatible? I would suggest checking the console app to see if you have had any crashes. Growl was crashing on me and I simply had to update it to the Lion compatible version.
 
Taz Mangus said:
I have a 2011 27" iMac that originally came preinstalled with Snow Leopard. The thing runs great after I upgraded it to Lion. No freezes at all. I also have two external hard drives plugged in it all the time. There has to be something else going on with your computer as I don't think the issue is with Lion.

To be obvious here but have you checked to make sure that all your third party software is Lion compatible? I would suggest checking the console app to see if you have had any crashes. Growl was crashing on me and I simply had to update it to the Lion compatible version.
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Hey thanks for that kind response

Great to hear its working fine on yours.
All the programs I use are Apple software or VLC or Firefox. Finder is what crashes on me mostly.
The console is mostly jargon for me. I wish I understood it.
Maybe an issue is when for example I watch a movie from my HD and then it starts doing TM backup on another partition on the same HD.
Maybe I shouldnt have done it that way.

Let me reiterate that the video playback after wake from sleep is a very real problem which is why I have set my computer to never sleep but display off.

To be optimistic, I am thoroughly looking forward to 10.7.1!
 
Hi,

I've also bought an iMac two weeks ago (mid-2011, 27', i5, 3.1 ghz and 4gb Ram) and I'm very happy with my purchase.

It has been a pleasure to work with this big screen since the first day even if I considered it too big at the beginning. After 1 week, you get used with this screen and you feel very confortable with it. The size is important...without another meaning of course lol!

Concerning the graphical power, it's simply amazing. In my case, I felt the power of this graphic card, installing a lot of games in my Bootcamp partition. For games like FIFA 11, PES 11 or Flight Simulator X, I can setup full graphics and I don't have any lag. Simply awesome. Now I can really enjoy the game without thinking about the settings or trying to optimize it.

So in conclusion, I'm very pleased to use this computer everyday and I strongly recommend it!

Thanks for reading :).
 
I bought my 2011 iMac base model at bb because of the financing offer and have been very satisfied ,I do plan on upgrading to 8 gb of ram soon. My nay complaint is not an iMac issue but the lion issue with the computer freezing watching videos after waking from sleep. I bought a mac book in 06 after using windows my whole life and once you go Mac you do not go back!!!!
 
atticus570 said:
I bought my 2011 iMac base model at bb because of the financing offer and have been very satisfied ,I do plan on upgrading to 8 gb of ram soon. My nay complaint is not an iMac issue but the lion issue with the computer freezing watching videos after waking from sleep. I bought a mac book in 06 after using windows my whole life and once you go Mac you do not go back!!!!
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One of the reasons I am waiting to install Lion. I have it, but have no reason to upgrade really.
 
Started my iMac journey in Jan 2005 with a 17" 1.8 GHz PPC iMac. Lots of problems with the motherboard causing video problems on that computer after about the first year. This was the infamous leaky capacitor problem. Thanks to Apple Care they replaced that computer with a new one in Mar 2007.

Since then I've bought a 24" 2.16 GHz iMac (Mar 2007), a 27" i7 iMac (Dec 2009), a 27" 3.06 iMac (Mar 2010) and a base model white Macbook (Jan 2008). Been extremely happy with my switch over to the mac world. Can you tell? :)

I've always updated to the latest OS as soon as it was available and have never had a problem. Lion was installed on all 4 of my computers 5 minutes after it came out and the all run great. Missing Rosetta was a minor problem and I miss the Adobe pdf reader from within Safari...neither really a big issue.

Enjoy the switch and welcome the the community of mac users.
 
Thoroughly enjoying my 27' imac thus far, though I haven't really done anything processor intensive with it yet. However, I am divided on whether upgrading to Lion was a wise move; the resume function is annoying (why can't they make it a once-off function from preferences, rather than a box I have to uncheck every time I shut down?), and my system actually seems to take a little longer to boot and shut down. :mad:
 
This is the very first mac I've owned and have had it almost 3 months now. I went almost all out with the 27" 3.4Ghz i7 (see sig) and it's been an absolute dream to use so far. There's been no sign of dead pixels, yellow tint or backlight irregularities and it's almost silent.

Only problem I've had so far is the email I got from Apple saying that I could have a bad Seagate HDD, however, the HDD has been near silent since I bought the iMac and hasn't skipped a beat yet. I'm tempted not to get it replaced for fear of something happening to my screen during replacement :p
 
pawelthegreat said:
Hey thanks for that kind response

Great to hear its working fine on yours.
All the programs I use are Apple software or VLC or Firefox. Finder is what crashes on me mostly.
The console is mostly jargon for me. I wish I understood it.
Maybe an issue is when for example I watch a movie from my HD and then it starts doing TM backup on another partition on the same HD.
Maybe I shouldnt have done it that way.

Let me reiterate that the video playback after wake from sleep is a very real problem which is why I have set my computer to never sleep but display off.

To be optimistic, I am thoroughly looking forward to 10.7.1!
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Please don't get me wrong. I only point out that I am not having any issues only as a reference for to the fact that I really don't think Lion is the source of the problem. You may have a hardware problem. If I were having crashes after upgrading my computer, the first thing I would be doing is getting on the phone with Apple and see what they can do to resolve it.
 
Got a Macbook air at the end of 2010 and an iMac after this year's refresh (see sig for specs) and I love them both. Wish I'd made the switch sooner. I spend so little time on "housekeeping" tasks compared to windows that my productivity has increased and I have a little more free-time. So more time to play with my Macs!!
 
Very happy.

Bought a 2011 21.5 iMac 2 weeks after release from the Apple Store and never had any issue with it. Still running SL, because Seagate hasn't managed how to get my GoFlex Home NAS working with Lion.

No yellow tint, or dust behind the glass.
 
Just got my iMac last week and love it. got the 27" i7 with the 2GB VRAM that I ordered from the online shop. Originally had some issues with installing RAM i bought off of Newegg but returned that set and got a pair of 4GB from MacRamDirect.com. It is truly an amazing machine. I use it for my photography/videography and everything is snappy.

Very happy with my purchase
 
I have been a PC guy for most of my life. A couple of years ago (2008), I bought my wife a 20" iMac with the idea that it would be easier for her since she mostly just does email and was always frustrated with her PC. Well, after playing with her iMac for awhile, I bought myself an aluminum unibody Macbook to play with, but still kept the PC as my primary desktop. This year, just after the "new" quad core iMac was introduced, I finally gave up the PC for good and bought an entry-level 27" i5 iMac (1TB, 4GB memory). Because I have so much PC software, I also installed Windows 7 using Bootcamp. My iMac has Snow Leopard (I got my system about 2 weeks before Lion. I have no immediate plans to "upgrade" to Lion because I really don't like it, having played with it at the Apple store. Also, it won't run my Quicken for Mac and I like Front Row and don't want to give that up. I've also heard people having lots of streaming video issues with Lion.). When I bought my iMac, could not decide whether to get the Track Pad or the Magic Mouse, so I bought both. Now that I have had my 27" iMac for about 2 months, here is my opinion of it so far:

The good: Basically, I love this computer. It is definitely fast enough for anything I need, and it boots much faster than my Previous Dell PC (Pentium 4 running XP). Even Windows 7 boots very fast! I have had no issues with the display or anything else so far. Luckily, my system did not have the hard drive that had been recalled.

The Bad: My only complaints are not with the computer itself, but with the peripherals. First, I like the "look" of the keyboard, but personally, I prefer a "real" keyboard as I just can't get used to these tiny little keys. I really think I'll eventually try to find an older Mac Keyboard that has "real" keys that have (for me) a better tactile feel. Maybe I'll eventually get used to it, but so far I have not. Second, I like the Track Pad, but the magic Mouse sucks. I can't hold it comfortably without constantly causing unintended mouse scrolling and other unintended actions anytime a finger accidentally brushes against the top. It's a good concept, but in practice it can be very frustrating to use (at least it is for me). I have turned off the Magic Mouse and placed it in a drawer. I'm now using the wired Mighty Mouse that came with my Macbook (which has its own issues when that tiny ball gets dirty and stops working well).
 
I have had my iMac (and first ever Mac) for 2 weeks now, and I have to say I could not be happier. I love the speed, the feel of OS X, the trackpad for casual use etc. And the screen is just amazing. Luckily I have no yellow tint, no dust, no backlight flutter etc. It sure did take me a while to save the money for it, but I am glad I bought it. I also love the fact that it is so quiet!

All in all - best buy ever ;)
 
It would have been tough for me not to be pleased with my my 27" since I was moving up from an eight-year-old G4.

I love it. I just added memory today to bring me to 12 GB of RAM, and my jaw dropped when Photoshop CS5 opened in all of 2 seconds. (I'm sure most of you are used to that kind of performance, but keep in mind my old machine had 1 GB of RAM).

Love the screen. It looks good to me from top to bottom, so I declined to perform the yellow-tint test ... I did not want to become aware of a slight variation that I otherwise couldn't perceive and then obsess over it like it were the telltale heart.

I love the screen size, too. I wondered if I was buying too much real estate, but I opted for 27" because of the arguments that it was a better use of the extra $ than a slightly better processor. I think I made the right choice.

I'm loving Lion, esp. with the Magic Trackpad. I ordered both the mouse and trackpad because I'd never liked laptop trackpads, but I rarely use the mouse. I expect I'll switch to it when I have to tackle some things in Photoshop, though. It's tough to go back to earlier versions of OS X at work ... you never realize how annoying scroll bars are until you don't use them for a while.

Only problem I have is an inconsistent, slight muffled sound coming from the speakers. Apple Support suggested it might be the fan, but I'm fairly certain it's not. I just have to find the time to take it to the Apple Store to check it out.
 
I've had my 24 inch iMac for 5 years now and I am extremely happy with it. I could never go back to windoze.
 
Very happy. I would not go back to another windoze computer. I just feel sorry for myself for not changing to an imac after all these years. I just didn't realise how stupid i was, steve has it right the imac is truly the ultimate desktop computer.
 
I have an upgrade (SSD + RAM) 21" base i5 model and it's an absolute dream to run. And with the upgrade of adding an SSD, all I can say is... WOW!

Very pleased with the iMac.
 
Finishing week three with my new 21.5" base model iMac - I couldn't be happier with it. Screen is perfect, it's very quiet, and it runs rings around my old G5 Power Mac that I used from 2003 to, well, three weeks ago.

In short, me very happy.

I ordered 16 gigs of RAM and it should arrive tomorrow - can't wait...
 
The only thing that disappoints me about my iMac (see sig for specs) is the graphics card. I like to play games but at 2560x1440 it isn't particularly efficient at it.

Otherwise she's a beaut.

- Vodouman
 
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