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Re: Apple Updates iMac

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Post by dubfan »

falcolas wrote: post #100
numbsafari wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This will sound pedantic, but... It isn't hard to replace them. You pull out your iPhone, use the Apple Store App to schedule an appointment, drop off your iMac at the store, go have lunch at Sbarro and then pick it up and go home. If you are buying an iMac, you are buying a sealed solution. If you are the kind of user who wants to replace HDD or upgrade components, the iMac is not the computer you should buy. Bad bu…

I'm in Bozeman, MT. Where do I stop by to drop it off again? Not everyone lives in a major city.

As nknighthb replied, there is an Apple affiliated service location in Bozeman. Be glad you don't live in Butte, though, or you'd be looking at a drive to Helena.

Re: Apple Updates iMac

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Post by mmagin »

alayne wrote: post #59
antidaily wrote: post #53

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I swapped my HD for an SSD. Took 10 minutes with right tools (suction cups, etc) from OWC. There's a hundred YouTube instructional vids to help you along the way.

The new screens are glued.

Maybe I've been reading too much iFixit propaganda, but isn't this just going to cause the production of more "e-waste"? Or are we counting on third-world child labor to eventually take broken iMacs apart and fix them up for sale in non-first-world markets?

Re: Apple Updates iMac

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Post by mmagin »

gr2020 wrote: post #50
mej10 wrote: post #43

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I agree. I was glad to find that it is easy to upgrade the RAM, it would be awesome if the hard drive was just as easy. I ended up going the external thunderbolt SSD upgrade route, since I didn't really feel comfortable pulling apart my expensive new computer. It works great, but has obvious down sides.

What obvious downsides are you referring to? In the past it was performance, but that's not an issue with thunderbolt...

As someone with a 3 year old Mac Mini desktop because I was cheap -- External drives really clutter up a desk.

Of course, now even Mac Pro customers don't get the space to add more storage internally.

Re: Apple Updates iMac

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Post by Gravityloss »

dennis_vartan wrote: post #116
bpaluzzi wrote: post #106

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Just one anecdote -- I went through 5 of these before giving up and going down to the 24" model. Horrible image burn-in -- literally 5 minutes of screen appearance would leave a residual image sharp enough to read text off of for 30+ minutes. (These were bought through 3 different Amazon sellers [well, Amazon and 2 different marketplace sellers], so the likelihood of a bad batch was reduced.)

Ah, wow, that sounds lousy. Sorry it didn't work out for you. Didn't see this with either of two of mine. Buying Dell (as opposed to a no-name brand) should ensure a higher-quality LCD panel[1], but apparently YMMV... [1] http://www.dell.com/learn/us/en/04/campaigns/dell-premium-pa...

Newer batches of Dell monitors at our workplace have a brown tint that one can't get rid of. The new REV A00 is noticeably different to old A04 or so. Quick googling revealed that warranty won't cover that, as Dell's calibration policy is quite loose. Tough luck. Otherwise they're great.

Re: Apple Updates iMac

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Post by alxp »

vvhn wrote: post #32
ChikkaChiChi wrote: post #12

Is Apple getting gunshy about iterative releases? Back in Steve's day this would have been tacked on to at least the launch of something like the new Mac Pro.

That's quite a selective "Back in Steve's day" memory. A lot of spec bumps like this one for Macs and Macbooks happened exactly through press releases like these.

A lot of the old announcements were due to "we finally squeezed a few more MHz out of the G4/G5, thank god." variety.

Re: Apple Updates iMac

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Post by parasubvert »

potatolicious wrote: post #95
numbsafari wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This will sound pedantic, but... It isn't hard to replace them. You pull out your iPhone, use the Apple Store App to schedule an appointment, drop off your iMac at the store, go have lunch at Sbarro and then pick it up and go home. If you are buying an iMac, you are buying a sealed solution. If you are the kind of user who wants to replace HDD or upgrade components, the iMac is not the computer you should buy. Bad bu…

> "It isn't hard to replace them. You pull out your iPhone, use the Apple Store App to schedule an appointment, drop off your iMac at the store, go have lunch at Sbarro and then pick it up and go home." This sounds pretty annoying. Around here that means lugging your giant 27" iMac down the stairs of your walkup, down the stairs of the subway, up the stairs of the subway, and over to the Apple Store. Then doing it al…

Apple support does mail-order instead of store appointments. They'll send you the empty box too. just call UPS.

Re: Apple Updates iMac

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Post by politekc »

rickdale wrote: post #14

I own and love my 27inch iMac. It exemplifies the quote from Apple's senior vice president: “iMac continues to be the example that proves how beautiful, fast and fun a desktop computer can be,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. " But as someone that doesn't like to mess with hardware too often, I am very disappointed at how difficult it is to change a simple hard drive on thi…

One thing that's pretty important to remember here is that it's incredibly easy to boot from any of the peripheral busses on modern computers, especially OS X.

If home or professional replacement of a HDD was necessary but unavailable, Thunderbolt could be a viable alternative (and USB 3.0 an inexpensive one). 10gbps would definitely cover your fastest SSD on SATA 6.0gbps and there wouldn't be a need for heat guns, etc. Not exactly SATA but damn close.

Re: Apple Updates iMac

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Post by baddox »

Samuel_Michon wrote: post #98
Touche wrote: post #87

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You're right, we should never question a business's decisions because they have more data than us and cannot possibly be wrong

Given that the iMac is the best selling consumer desktop computer ever, I think it’s safe to assume Apple has put some thought into the matter.

Also given that Apple is very profitable.

Re: Apple Updates iMac

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Post by baddox »

falcolas wrote: post #100
numbsafari wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This will sound pedantic, but... It isn't hard to replace them. You pull out your iPhone, use the Apple Store App to schedule an appointment, drop off your iMac at the store, go have lunch at Sbarro and then pick it up and go home. If you are buying an iMac, you are buying a sealed solution. If you are the kind of user who wants to replace HDD or upgrade components, the iMac is not the computer you should buy. Bad bu…

I'm in Bozeman, MT. Where do I stop by to drop it off again? Not everyone lives in a major city.

Not everyone lives in a country that Apple even has a presence in. Or, to exaggerate even more, not everyone can even afford enough food to stay alive. How does that affect the argument?
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