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Congrats! I didn't know that Apple ships out on Saturdays. Maybe I will get my computer before Memorial Day!
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Congrats! I didn't know that Apple ships out on Saturdays. Maybe I will get my computer before Memorial Day!
My 20-inch, 2.0 GhZ, iMac along with iSight, Office for Mac, iWork, Final Cut Express HD, .Mac, Apple Care, and an extra 1 GB RAM stick from Crucial, and more that I cannot remember right now . . . arrived a few days ago and I fkn' love it/them!!!!! I am "fairly" new to the great world of Macs (my first was an iBook G4 about 6 months ago) and it is amazing!!!! I was so excited to take the iMac G5 out of the box on the day it arrived that I forgot about the 1 Gig stick of RAM that came in the day before. I was so happy with it, even without that extra 1 GB stick!! Yeah, it is faster now with a full 1.5 Gigs of RAM, but it honestly was fine with the (now) factory 512. Buy, buy, buy!!!!
BILL!
BILL!
Ordered my 20" 400gb HD 1gb RAM BT KB/M iMac on 7 May...still waiting!!!!! Argh!
Is everyone having fun with their new iMacs? Any issues?
Is everyone having fun with their new iMacs? Any issues?
SteveC said:LOVING mine.
wow...good to know, I thought it might be a bit slow with 512 (have 768 on the iBook). I'd get another 1gb stick if it wasn't so expensive here!!!
Just heard from the good chaps at Apple Centre: my iMac just arrived in the country so I should get it by the end of this week. Sweet!
What kind of issues are you running into / do you expect to run into? When you say, "in our environment," what kind of things don't work with Tiger as well as they do with Panther? Or is it mainly a stability issue at this point?deejemon said:Now I have to make Tiger work in our environment....
Anyone else getting Buzzing with their Rev B's?
Hey there,
I upgraded to a Rev B because my Rev A was pretty loud and i managed to get a good deal. Anyway, the fans are really quiet but i have the same god damn audible buzzing from the front of the iMac. It is the power supply and it is the same sound as my Rev A, really high pitched and can just be heard at viewing distance, but none the less it is really hard to concentrate while working. It is very bad when you get closer.
I hadn't heard it really till today, and i have been using it for about 5 days. I think it has gotten sequentially louder, and now is just annoying. Do i have to live with it? And is this just to be expected with a integrated Power Supply?
Hey there,
I upgraded to a Rev B because my Rev A was pretty loud and i managed to get a good deal. Anyway, the fans are really quiet but i have the same god damn audible buzzing from the front of the iMac. It is the power supply and it is the same sound as my Rev A, really high pitched and can just be heard at viewing distance, but none the less it is really hard to concentrate while working. It is very bad when you get closer.
I hadn't heard it really till today, and i have been using it for about 5 days. I think it has gotten sequentially louder, and now is just annoying. Do i have to live with it? And is this just to be expected with a integrated Power Supply?
Hmm, decided to turn it off and take out the plug. Back on it now...no buzz at all. Completely silent as it was before, seems very strange.
Apart from this lil buzz mine is absolutely perfect as are so many people who have bought Rev B's
Apart from this lil buzz mine is absolutely perfect as are so many people who have bought Rev B's
I had hoped for three things in the new iMacs. One, that Apple would upgrade the GPU. Check. Two, that Apple would fix the SATA controller. Check. Three, that Apple would remove the intergrated power supply and use a brick instead to reduce heat and make the computer more proportioned. Well, two outta three ain't bad.
Got mine yesterday after 3 weeks of waiting! Took no time to set it up and transfer files and network settings. Updated to 10.4.1. No discernible fan/power noise, graphics and CPU seem excellent! Bluetooth KB/M functioning perfectly. Widgets are all working (even the Aussie ones like AusTV and White/Yellow Pages.
But Mail stopped working...(messages remain in Outbox). Have read about this problem in other threads...does anyone know the fix?
Also...System Profile says I have 2 x 512mb sticks, and not the 1 x 1gb stick I ordered (which costs a bit more). Have contacted Apple but no response yet. Does System Profile ever lie? I guess the best thing to do is to open it up??
Other than that...all is well
But Mail stopped working...(messages remain in Outbox). Have read about this problem in other threads...does anyone know the fix?
Also...System Profile says I have 2 x 512mb sticks, and not the 1 x 1gb stick I ordered (which costs a bit more). Have contacted Apple but no response yet. Does System Profile ever lie? I guess the best thing to do is to open it up??
Other than that...all is well
imz said:
Unless you'd planned on putting another 1GB in real quick you might want to leave it that way as the iMac speeds up the system bus when you have two DIMMs of the same size in vs. one.
Trekkie said:
Well...not real quick...but soon-ish. Am still sourcing Australian distributors and looking for prices (there is a large RAM price difference here in Australia compared to eg. USA). I might get one from HK, much cheaper. Like what they say in Armageddon..."American parts, Russian parts, all made in Taiwan". Anyway Apple is now on the case and they are trying to figure out what went wrong, but who knows when I actually get my 1gb stick.
Hey guys im planning im buying one now that im in the USA but i dont know whether to wait a bit or go for it,Do u guys think any update is forthcoming?
thanks
daniel
thanks
daniel
A couple of people here (myself included) had some minor issues w/ the superdrive-- ok, I had a cd stuck in there for good.... but it wasn't a difficult fix, I just had to wait for the nearby Apple store to get the parts in stock before they actually fixed the computer. Too bad it took them 3 weeks.Naimfan said:
If my machine hadn't been BTO (ok, how does an extra 512MB stick of RAM seriously quantify as BTO?!), I would have just gotten a replacement machine right on the spot.
Naimfan said:
No probs here - my iMac's been running sweet since I picked it up 2 months ago. I'd recommend some extra RAM - you can get by with the stock 512MB, but a bit more helps (esp with Safari being so greedy
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Devil and Tzibo--
Thanks for that--I've not seen any other major gripes--in fact, this iMac version might be the most well-regarded of any of the Macs out there--no one seems to be complaining about what it does or doesn't have. The only niggle I've seen is from folks who want Apple to include a full gig of RAM. No matter--I've already got two 1 GB sticks on order.
I thought about a prior generation one briefly--but the built-in AE and Bluetooth, along with the (much improved) graphics card, faster processor (I know, not a huge difference from 1.8 to 2.0), bigger HD's, etc. sold me on the current ones. And the 20" seems like a good way to go--bigger HD, screen, better resolution.
I'm going to pick it up today--the RAM should arrive tomorrow.
I'll post some impressions--I'm changing from a 15" 1.5 GHz Powerbook.
Best,
Bob
Thanks for that--I've not seen any other major gripes--in fact, this iMac version might be the most well-regarded of any of the Macs out there--no one seems to be complaining about what it does or doesn't have. The only niggle I've seen is from folks who want Apple to include a full gig of RAM. No matter--I've already got two 1 GB sticks on order.
I thought about a prior generation one briefly--but the built-in AE and Bluetooth, along with the (much improved) graphics card, faster processor (I know, not a huge difference from 1.8 to 2.0), bigger HD's, etc. sold me on the current ones. And the 20" seems like a good way to go--bigger HD, screen, better resolution.
I'm going to pick it up today--the RAM should arrive tomorrow.
I'll post some impressions--I'm changing from a 15" 1.5 GHz Powerbook.
Best,
Bob