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How many iMac owners haven't had problems past a year?

A good friend of mine has been experiencing heat issues with is 27 inch iMac top end for a while now...
I think he is on his 2nd machine....and still the problem is occurring.

A lot of my pals have backed off with iMacs this time for the exact same reason

:apple:
 
MatLane said:
A good friend of mine has been experiencing heat issues with is 27 inch iMac top end for a while now...
I think he is on his 2nd machine....and still the problem is occurring.
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The iMac appears to depend on convection cooling, and the mesh at the bottom sucks in dust. A gentle hoovering along the bottom from time to time keeps mine cool ;)

Touch wood: no probs with the machine so far (late 2009 model) . . . .
 
It's not an iMac, so maybe off topic, but my 2007 Macbook still has the original battery and it's in great condition. After 50 months of daily use and 989 charge cycles it has 90 % of its original capacity left. I will celebrate when it reaches a thousand cycles. :)

In the meantime, a friend of mine has been through two original Apple batteries and two non-standard batteries, plus one charger of each kind, now running his 2006 original Macbook on its fifth battery. I think I've been lucky.
 
Purchased in December 2010. At 5 months my HD failed, 100 mile round trip to drop off at the Apple store and the again to pickup, plus 6 days to repair. December 24, the logic board and power supply failed, repeat the drive and wait, repaired again. Yesterday, logic board failed. I have AppleCare, I called in and they sent me back for yet another repair. I explained to the Apple Store manager that as student in a PhD program, I cannot afford for my computer to keep failing. He told me to wait and disappeared, 30 minutes later I had a brand spanking new current model 27" IMac I7, which was an upgrade from what I had, he even threw in a new AppleCare policy. Needless to say I walked out both very happy and extremely impressed with Apple and their customer service, or maybe I just found a very caring Apple manager.
 
I think anyone having issues jus had a bad machine out the gate because I've owned 10 Macs in the past 7 years and not one of them EVER had any issues and they were refurbished models directly from Apple.
 
I agree, my IMac was a lemon, and unique at that, I have owned multiple Apple products over the past 8 years, and this was a first. Having said that Apple took care of it no questions asked. I'm a happy customer!
 
My 2009 24" iMac has been great - no problems so far. The 2006 iMac that it replaced had the logic board battery die. I replaced it myself and the computer has been running fine since as the family Mac.
 
27" iMac, 26 months, no problems ever
24" iMac, 30 months, no problems ever
24" iMac, 42 months, no problems ever

7 Macs in house, none with any problems the past year, but none are really old.

We had two older iMacs, a 17" G5 which failed (power supply capacitors) after 6 1/2 years, and a 20" C2D iMac which had the display fail after 2 1/2 years (covered under Applecare), was given away and recently had a hard drive failure (5 years). A 12" iBook was used for over 4 years before selling it and had no repairs. A 4 year old MacBook is still being used by my daughter and had no repairs beyond water damage death which I had repaired outside of Apple's system (they wanted more then the cost of a new computer for repair, I had it done for about $350).

I can't say if this is particularly good or bad. I've got a Dell Optiplex GX60 desktop that is 9 years old and has never been repaired, and my last decommissioned Windows box, a Dell Dimension 8200 ran 24/7 for over 6 years and never had any repairs.
 
trims said:
The iMac appears to depend on convection cooling, and the mesh at the bottom sucks in dust. A gentle hoovering along the bottom from time to time keeps mine cool ;)

Touch wood: no probs with the machine so far (late 2009 model) . . . .
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Thanks for that Trims. i'll pass it on to my bud
He still is having some slight issues

ML
 
I had a Powerbook G4 that was rock-solid right up until it just didn't want to work anymore--5+ years later.

I'd like to say the same about my 5300cs and Powerbook G3, but they had the hinge and power adaptor issues that were common with the models.
 
onthecouchagain said:
I guess I was wondering whether I should buy Applecare.

:T
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With one repair out of 5 iMacs purchased, I'd say "no" (and they do make a profit on it so on average the answer is always "no" on extended warranties). However a repair in years 2 or 3 will inevitably cost more than Applecare and you may prefer a known outlay rather than an improbable larger expense.

There is an old saying about insurance -- only buy insurance for things you can't afford the loss.
 
My 2007 model year iMac (purchased March 2008) is still in pristine condition, and has never gone in for anything ever. The only work done to it is when I upgraded the RAM last year.
 
had the 1 tb hard drive fail on my early 2010 27" Imac
other than that it has been fine
 
My 2009 iMac i7 is currently on its third logic board. As luck would have it the third logic board died a week ago as no USB ports work and no audio works (internal speakers or audio out). Apple is replacing the computer with a new one. Apple has been great about fixing it and all repairs have been covered by AppleCare. I was really excited when I got the machine but now, with all the problems it has had it has dulled the pride of ownership for me.
 
No problems until late in the second year.

Had to get the LCD replaced due to blotching.

Apple Care took care of it.

Other than that she is still working magnificently.
 
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