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Reasons NOT to buy an iMac Right now

Stridder44 said:
Let me introduce you to a concept, I like to call it Rev. A. The new iMacs are a Rev. A item. Rev. A's are pretty much beta testers, although they might not know it. Some people think this idea is B.S. but I can't tell you how many times I've seen it proven to be true. It's always a bad idea to get the first of anything new when it comes to technology. It's even true with cars. I'm just telling you from experience, and casting the Apple "fanboy-ism" aside.

Most of the "bugs" and issues, from what I've read have been ironed out at this point with the new iMacs (except that crappy graphics card and its drivers...it's been months and people are still waiting on fixes), so if you can't hold on you should be fine with buying now (well...at least wait till october 26th when Leopard comes out). However, if it were my money, I'd wait for the Rev. B iMacs.

I'll bet you money the Rev. B iMacs have far better screens (along with all the other minor upgrades that come with each Rev.).
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Talk down at people much?
 
Digital Skunk said:
Yeah... what this guy said!

Seriously though, as has happened in many other threads on this topic or about the MacBook Pro yellowing issue, the complainers leave the rest hanging. They have moved on and realized that they were very mistaken or that they had no argument to begin with. That or they have taken off their piss colored glasses.

Once you show them proof that not every machine has their problem, they vanish like a fart in the wind. Nothing left to see hear.
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thank you, digital Skunk.

and did i mention that i do have a valuable opinion based on the fact that i go to CCS for Graphic Design and Animation/Digital media? i've spent ALOT of time with apple products, especially monitors. Everywhere you turn at that school, there is a mac of some sort.

the least that can be said is that i feel sorry for the people who have to work in the very small number of PC labs at the school, because the standard dell lcd monitors they use are DISGUSTING!!!
 
Stridder44 said:
Let me introduce you to a concept, I like to call it Rev. A. The new iMacs are a Rev. A item. Rev. A's are pretty much beta testers, although they might not know it. Some people think this idea is B.S. but I can't tell you how many times I've seen it proven to be true. It's always a bad idea to get the first of anything new when it comes to technology. It's even true with cars. I'm just telling you from experience, and casting the Apple "fanboy-ism" aside.

Most of the "bugs" and issues, from what I've read have been ironed out at this point with the new iMacs (except that crappy graphics card and its drivers...it's been months and people are still waiting on fixes), so if you can't hold on you should be fine with buying now (well...at least wait till october 26th when Leopard comes out). However, if it were my money, I'd wait for the Rev. B iMacs.
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Still... waiting for Rev. B iMacs is not a garantue that you won't get any problems later. I bought an iMac G5 rev. B two years ago but it died last month due to a logic board failure, and since replacement of the logic board would have cost over $800 I decided to buy a new one.
In fact I would have been in a lot better position if I had bought an iMac G5 rev. A, since logic board failures are covered by an extension repair program so then the logic board would have been replaced for free! But unfortunately this repair program is only for rev. A owners (although my Mac had the exact same symptons), so I was ... ****ed. Thanks Apple :mad:

I like my new iMac 20" though. Yes, it has one dead pixel but you can barely notice it, and sometimes you can indeed see a gradient of colours, but apart from that it is probably the best display I ever had. Very bright (sometimes I even have to lower the brightness because it hurts my eyes), a lot of contrast... Overall I'm very satisfied with it.
 
Whoshnot said:
I like my new iMac 20" though. Yes, it has one dead pixel but you can barely notice it, and sometimes you can indeed see a gradient of colours, but apart from that it is probably the best display I ever had. Very bright (sometimes I even have to lower the brightness because it hurts my eyes), a lot of contrast... Overall I'm very satisfied with it.
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I know what you mean about the brightness. Mine never gets set above three notches unless I'm watching EyeTV. Any more than that and it actually gets painful after a few minutes :)
 
I like my new iMac 20" though. Yes, it has one dead pixel but you can barely notice it, and sometimes you can indeed see a gradient of colours, but apart from that it is probably the best display I ever had. Very bright (sometimes I even have to lower the brightness because it hurts my eyes), a lot of contrast... Overall I'm very satisfied with it.[/QUOTE]

Is it under warranty? I had my screen replaced in my older iMac for a dead pixel. It was under warranty.
 
vultureparade said:
If you buy an iMac, you should look into the older white models first. The ones right before Apple changed over to the aluminum enclosures.

The new aluminum iMacs have had some reported freezing problems, but the two biggest concerns for me as a buyer are the glossy screen and the fact that these glossy screens aren't really up to the level of the last gen screens.

I have yet to see a new iMac without uneven back lighting/gradient problems. If you go to an Apple store and set the screen to a solid color, you should be able to see what I'm talking about. Also, the glossy screens aren't great for color sensitive work or bad/sensitive eyes.

So yeah, I'd check them out before you buy especially if you were dissatisfied in the build quality of your Macbook.
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1. I have the first version of the Alum imac that came out last october.
2. No issues with any freezing problems.
3. No issues with any gradients on the screen.
4. Glossy screen is NO issue. Remember CRTs? They were glossy, but never heard anyone bitch about them!?!?!?
5. I do color work in photoshop adjusting color in pictures etc., and in my opinion this is a 'made up' excuse.

My 5 cents on this continued fallacies about the iMac!
 
Holy thread resurrection! :eek:

It's ok though, the OP was made on my birthday. :D
 
The design of the new iMac is slightly sleeker/cooler than the old one, though I do prefer the classic white look. Also, I prefer the matte screen. We own both versions, and although the colors on the glossy screen definitely pop more than those on the matte screen, it's more soothing working on the matte screen for longer periods of time. Definitely easier on the eyes and more pleasant to look at.

In terms of speed, can't tell the difference between the 2.8 C2D and my white 2.16 GHz C2D. Both have 2 GB ram.

Although I will eventually upgrade to the "next" iMac whenever that may be (and whenever snow leopard comes out), I will only grudgingly accept the glossy screens.
 
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