Apple Rant #2 - New 27" iMac and Applecare

Started by Joe, October 18, 2012, 07:05:14 PM

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DigiCorn

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October 22, 2012, 12:07:41 PM
I use AMD in all the machines I build because I'm a cheap bastard. They work... and while technically they clock faster than Intel at a fraction of the price, the Intel is a much more solid and stable chip.
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Joe

#31
October 22, 2012, 12:15:46 PM
My 27" iMac must have fixed itself over the weekend because I can't make it do the screen flashing thing again. Guess I'll wait until the next round before I drive it half way across the state to do the AARC.
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Farabomb

#32
October 22, 2012, 12:39:14 PM
I've used AMD chips as well and for a while they were out pacing Intel in throughput. Last I looked Intel surpassed them. My last 3 have been Intel mainly becasue the price difference really wasn't that much.

In the Jobs era of apple they said they'd never use a intel chip becasue motorola was faster. The whole RISC/CISC thing and whatnot. Apple will go with whatever works and provides the best margins. They went from innovators to a marketing company that sells hardware.
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Skryber

#33
October 22, 2012, 12:56:59 PM
Intel blew AMD out of the water when they came out with the quad core and then i series. During that time, AMD fell behind when they got more involved with the graphic cards but they're catching up now. I always used AMD until that point.
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Skryber

#34
October 22, 2012, 01:03:52 PM
Waiting for the hexadeca core processor....

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#35
October 22, 2012, 01:08:27 PM
I have AMD's in all of my PCs. They have fallen behind on the Intel i series but they run decent for less money. It would just surprise me if Apple jumped off the Intel bandwagon. But hey, I've been wrong before. Many times.
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mwc

#36
October 23, 2012, 07:36:04 AM Last Edit: October 23, 2012, 08:59:56 AM by david
FYI-

Apple has determined that certain Seagate 1TB hard drives used in 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMac systems may fail. These systems were sold between October 2009 and July 2011.

Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP) will replace affected hard drives free of charge.

Goto this link to see if you machine qualifies : http://www.apple.com/support/imac-harddrive/?cid=CDM-US-DM-P0013590-192397&cp=em-P0013590-192397&sr=em

David

#38
October 23, 2012, 09:00:24 AM
Quote from: mwc on October 23, 2012, 07:36:04 AMFYI-

Apple has determined that certain Seagate 1TB hard drives used in 21.5-inch and 27-inch iMac systems may fail. These systems were sold between October 2009 and July 2011.

Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP) will replace affected hard drives free of charge.

Goto this link to see if you machine qualifies : http://www.apple.com/support/imac-harddrive/?cid=CDM-US-DM-P0013590-192397&cp=em-P0013590-192397&sr=em




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#39
October 24, 2012, 10:33:19 AM
Quote from: Possum on October 23, 2012, 08:04:59 AMHere's the linky on the chips: appleinsider.com/articles/12/10/03/apple-wants-to-move-macs-away-from-intel-chips---report

When I saw the date on that link I thought it was from 2003. Damn european date structure!

Ear

#40
October 24, 2012, 10:34:15 AM
Quote from: Grimace on October 24, 2012, 10:33:19 AMDamn european date structure!

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