Get some sense? Assuming the table surface is a flat plane if the table was off level it wouldn’t create or diminish uneven mounting in the iMac.
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Some M1 iMac Models Shipping With Crooked Mountings
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Just got one today. Off by at least 1/8 of an inch. I would say it’s not fixed.
And an eight of an inch would be noticeable. Yikes... I just saw one on display at a store, and didn't look at it enough to see if it was off. (Wouldn't it be sick if the display models are right, and the sold models are off?) I've got an LG 27" monitor on a VESA arm, and was always futzing with it because it *looked crooked*. I had to put a level on it to save my sanity. If my iMac, OOB was 'crooked', it would drive me silently mad.
Remember folks, this is the company that sells a $1000 monitor mount. Being off by any visible amount is pathetic for anyone in 2021, but for a company with the gall to peddle that shìt? It's a disgrace.
But what do you expect from a company that crippled its laptops for what, FIVE YEARS with POS keyboards that should never have seen the light of day? And that continued (and may continue) to sell defective computers that routed the display connector through a hinge, inevitably dooming it to breakage.
But what do you expect from a company that crippled its laptops for what, FIVE YEARS with POS keyboards that should never have seen the light of day? And that continued (and may continue) to sell defective computers that routed the display connector through a hinge, inevitably dooming it to breakage.
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WEEEEEEEELLLLL...
So, is this a Titanic analogy? Is that where you are going? That the cheap stuff can be 'slapped together', and the expensive stuff is meticulously engineered to be 'perfect', and eye watering expensive? (Steerage doesn't get a lifeboat, but first class does)
Well...
You didn't mention the wheels for the Mac Pro. The ones without the brake. Or, maybe WITH the break.
One has to wonder... A crooked iMac? One without the Apple logo? steve must be freaking out... (Maybe?)
Yeah, the keyboard left a really bad taste in my mouth. I had to pay just below list price for the replacement MacBook Pro I'm typing this on, between lagging episodes, because Apple limited their 'offer' to two years. Do I feel bitter? Sure, but it was 'a business decision', and not personal. But I like the MacBook Pro, I like macOS. I don't like being shafted, but life isn't fair sometimes. *shrug*
Am I likely to invest in another MacBook Pro, or iMac? Good question... I don't know the answer to that.
Ha, no; I don't even know where that idea came from. Oddly enough I've written a screed that WAS a Titanic analogy, but not at all related to this one.
But if there was a captain of Apple's Titanic, it was Jony Ive. A pompous hack who worked hard to bring the ship down, always arguing for a thinner hull and hiding critical information from passengers and crew.
He was an anorexic Rasputin, whispering in steve's ear that 'thin was elegant, thin was godly, thin was zen, thin was epic'. Thin *everything*! Thin phones, thin iPods, thin Air Pods, thin notebooks, and disastrous thin keyboards. Thin, thin, thin, thin... One look at Ive would likely bring a laugh to anyone. He's not 'thin', not like the anorexic keyboard idea he sold to steve...
But in the end, Ive wasn't the pilot of the ship. Steve had to feel that his input was vital. Steve, the one that took weeks to design special screws for the Next workstation's innards. Steve that forced the Apple I to have all of the chips orientated in the same direction (but, in truth, I am a horrific perfectionist at times too).
I would think that steve though he found his kindred, a member of his 'tribe', a spirit animal that saw things and spoke things the way he though he saw them. If the butterfly keyboard had worked, it would have been revolutionary, but when Apple went all in with that, they were boxed in. But anyway, back to the mounting. Has Ifixit addressed this? I'd assume they did a tear down already, hmm?
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Was able to order one from apple yesterday and pick up today in store. Screen is not noticeably crooked. Checked with a ruler and if not level then it is very very close. Definitely not like the first one I got.
Had to check multiple colors to find one that was available in store for pickup. Originally had blue and now I have green. Oh well.
RISC-V. Primarily for servers and non-Windows computers outside the US.
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Because I did read about this I decided to get a ruler and check, about 1 mm difference. I didn't even notice so I see no point for me to return it. But if someone is bothered by it it should be ok to return it I guess. But for this minor difference I will not bother. Maybe the desk it's on is not evenly leveled (or how to say that in English), maybe my chair is slightly tilted as well.
I read about this issue also, so obviously had to check when mine arrived it might be slightly off but it’s that minor you can’t even tell with normal use, I am quite OCD about these sort of things and I quickly got over it
I just purchased 2 Studio Displays yesterday for my Mac Studio - got them out, set them up, and they BOTH appeared to be on an angle (one opposing the other). I was about to take them back when I realised our crappy desk is bowed in the middle - so thank god it's the furniture, not the hardware 
I just purchased 2 Studio Displays yesterday for my Mac Studio - got them out, set them up, and they BOTH appeared to be on an angle (one opposing the other). I was about to take them back when I realised our crappy desk is bowed in the middle - so thank god it's the furniture, not the hardware
Funny...
I have a chair that sits a little off. It's an expensive chair (got in clearance) and thought that's why I got such a deal on it. I finally started moving it around. So, backstory here, the guy that did the tile took over a month to do one room. We thought it was his 'high attention to detail'. He had aluminum girder looking things across the floor, he 'looked impressive'. Turns out that many of the tiles aren't at the same level. Seriously. Was he using all that equipment to make sure that some of them were lower than others? The tile in question is uniformly lower than the others immediately around it, so I don't think it was a mistake, but WTH!!! And all this time I was blaming the chair. I just can't believe this. Paid top dollar for the tile guy too. 'Best in the area'. Sure... Wanted to put more tile down but rethinking that idea. What was he spending all that time doing? (Running up the meter?)