27" iMac

Ear · January 12, 2015, 04:00:32 PM

iMac vs 20mm Anti-Tank :evil:

http://youtu.be/gPhSxDwhTIA

Joe · January 12, 2015, 04:11:53 PM

More than once I have wanted to do that with this particular POS.

mc hristel · January 12, 2015, 08:05:51 PM

Considering it was an anti tank round, that iMac held up well. Especially the aluminum case.

Designia(o_O) · January 13, 2015, 09:24:00 AM

LOL, it really did.

Farabomb · January 13, 2015, 09:41:12 AM

Too bad we can't afford for apple to make our tanks.

That and they would need replacement every 3 years.

David · January 13, 2015, 10:13:46 AM

not sure if I would be putting in some 60 year old ammo in that beast...

it does have a bit of a kick on it.

Joe · January 13, 2015, 11:35:42 AM

FedEx just dropped off the new iMac.

David · January 13, 2015, 12:13:09 PM

Christmas time is here again!!

HO HO HO!!

frailer · January 13, 2015, 09:13:23 PM

The 27" iMac was not one of their icon beasts. Sorry Joe, it's just that we have 2 here (actually 5, including head office) which have required hospitalisation with transplant surgery. All of 'em.
Hopefully this is the 'new improved ' one.

Joe · January 13, 2015, 09:25:30 PM

Quote from: frailer on January 13, 2015, 09:13:23 PMThe 27" iMac was not one of their icon beasts. Sorry Joe, it's just that we have 2 here (actually 5, including head office) which have required hospitalisation with transplant surgery. All of 'em.
Hopefully this is the 'new improved ' one.

Well it certainly cannot be as bad as the piece of crap they are replacing. At least I hope not. I think the 2011 model was plagued with heat issues that Apple would never officially acknowledge other than to repair the ones under Applecare. No way they made money on mine after they replaced 2 hard drives, 2 logic boards, 2 video cards, 2 displays, and one other board that I don't know what was. And then eventually sent me a new $1800 iMac. Which is probably still cheaper to pay out those kinds of dollars for defective Macs with Applecare than to admit there is a problem and have to recall ALL of them. I fee for the suckers that bought that model and didn't get Applecare.

We have several of the 2012 models at work and haven't had one thing go wrong with them. I shouldn't have said that. Probably just jinxed myself.

Anyway hopefully they have learned a few things along the way with these 27" iMacs. I really think the next time I have to fork out money for a new one will either be a Mac mini if I am still in prepress/alive or a Mac Pro if I hit the lottery.

frailer · January 14, 2015, 01:36:02 AM

Yeah, they were pretty much lemons. Your logic is right, I reckon; public perception rules. A fair bet that they did everything, including multiple major components being replaced, to avoid bad press.
We have a Mac Mini, (and I just know this is a mistake mentioning it), that has been chugging along crunching Black Magic files out of XMF since... 2006. :smiley:
And yeah, imagine being a 1 year warranty buyer... ouch!

Possum · January 14, 2015, 11:16:30 AM

If the Mac Minis keep going the way they have, you probably won't have to worry about that. The announcement of the "new, improved" models started a run on the 2012 quad core refurbs.

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