Problem is it shouldn’t require AppleCare+ when you pay a premium and the manufacturer messed it up with shoddy parts! All in the name of thinness!
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You'll also get to keep that monitor when you upgrade. Well, probably. Standards change.
Is this a brand new stance? I've never had issues with them providing even out of warranty service (sometimes given to me for free!) for a reasonable cost. This was as recent as late last year. Has something changed since then?
I wonder if anyone knows if it is just affecting the base model with a single fan, or both versions?
Tim: uh… um… hey look over there we got new M4 iMacs coming this month! We think you’re going to love them!
It probably will.Doesn't mean it will happen to every owner.I have the M3 iMac as well.
Thats a thought for sure. Related to single fan models, yet haven't read of anything like this before.
There is no M2 iMac, it was skipped.They went from M1 straight to M3.
The previous 27" iMacs ran a lot hotter than the dual fan 24" iMacs. I went through a couple of them and that heat vent in the back was way inadequate when using them to play some games. Used Mac Fan Control to monitor temps back then.24" is the problem. Would have been fine on 27"
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I’m still miffed over my 2011 iMac graphics card dying - had no idea there was a replacement program or receive any notification about it. Ironically I learned of it stumbling upon this website a few years later.
And please folks don’t redirect me to the 10,000+ post thread on it - the countless “solutions” are confusing.
And please folks don’t redirect me to the 10,000+ post thread on it - the countless “solutions” are confusing.
and good chances it will work for them for years without issue. The report has no numbers and it is probably a small batch with a hardware issue. Because this is the internet people freak out and think every iMac is going to go bust at any moment.
I don't know the source of the current display problems, but Apple has often pushed design boundaries in ways that can lead to issues like this.
I owned a MacBook Pro from the "peak Steve Jobs" era that had the dreaded white spot issue. Apple had to replace the display, for free - twice.
Sad that it’s necessary to spend $200+ to protect your investment of sub-$150-worth of components.
If you live in Australia this will be covered under consumer law. Apple will have to fix it, regardless of whether you have AppleCare or not.
It’s not just Apple. This is a great example of why we need better consumer protection laws in the form of long mandatory minimum warranties. A computer should last 5 years minimum and the warranty should reflect that. Make companies directly responsible for quality and durability beyond the initial purchase and they’ll be forced to increase quality or eat the costs of repairs rather than externalizing them onto consumers. A one year warranty is basically just for show.
Yeah, Apple's doing us a favor by making products that'll go faulty as a reminder... Temu and AliExpress could use that line...we don't sell junk, we sell products with a upgrade reminder.
I had 2 systems with the Butterfly keyboards and none of 'em failed #HumbleBrag
Every for-profit company has the same conflict of interest. Doing what is best for shareholders rarely aligns with what is best for consumers, workers, or the environment.
Even a cheap PC should last longer than that. My last computer was a US$500 Dell laptop from 2015 that still works just as well as it did new. My only issues were incompatibility with Windows 11 and a worn out battery (consumable component, not worth replacing at this point).
Deliberate or not, they still made choices about the design and components that are now failing long before any reasonable expectation of longevity, and they should be made responsible for repairing it.
20 years ago both G5 units cooked themselves in my PowerMac, well outside of warranty. Apple replaced them for free, I’m sure they will handle this issue fairly. (They did ramp the fans up though, what a noise)
And this is why, after 9 years with a 5K iMac, I'm switching it up and going mac mini as soon as they're announced. My iMac minus being an old Intel has been an amazing machine, but the screen burn in issue is here for sure. Having an all in one that's not a laptop just isn't as smart as having the screen separate. I'm going to use a 4K monitor with the mini until this summer and see if new apple displays are announced.
My oldest computer still running is a 2007 iMac, running Ubuntu 24, the latest version, Apple abandoned that like 10 years ago.
No wait I have a silver G4 still running a custom application 24/7
No wait I have a silver G4 still running a custom application 24/7
Everytime I post on here about the severe drop off on quality control for these premium devices, an army of people show up and say things like “a few bad machines is hardly absolute trash quality control” or “Apple can do two things at once” or “statistically they’re better than Dell”… Apple is cutting corners like never before and charging a hefty premium. The facade is cracking. They are over-extended.