Core i7 iMacs showing up DOA -- including ours

[meegbear]

Apple's new Core i7-based iMac might be a performance monster, but it looks like the whole family's having some problems getting out of the gate: in addition to the previously-noted performance issues with the Core 2 Duo models, a quick glance across Apple's support forums and on other Mac boards around the web reveals that some machines are showing up DOA and / or with cracked screens. We're a little more familiar with the DOA issue, since the new i7 we just bought doesn't boot at all, but the cracked screen issue seems to be equally common and mostly affecting the bottom left corner, from what we can tell. Now, our review Core 2 Duo 27-inch iMac is perfectly fine, and Chris Ziegler's new Core i7 machine doesn't have any problems either, so these obviously aren't universal issues, but if you're about to stick one of these under the tree for someone it might be wise to do some surreptitious testing first.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/core-i7-imacs-showing-up-doa-including-ours/

[no limit]

1. That's impossible, macs never break

or so I've been told by apple's marketing team.

Also, what the hell you need a quad core processor for on a mac? I guess if you are doing massive graphic design work but other than that I don't know of any applications on mac that would benefit from such performance (though I admit, I dont really keep up with mac software).

[Initech]

2. Also iMacs don't use i7 processors.

They use the newer i5 and a newer variation on the Core 2.

[FBaggins]

4. Actually, that's not true. The i7-based iMacs are out.

http://www.apple.com/imac/performance.html

[Initech]

10. Is it the newer LGA-1156 model?

[FBaggins]

11. I think it's both the 1156 and 1366 n/t

n/t

[Initech]

12. That could be why they're showing up DOA.

Put the wrong-socketed CPU in the wrong motherboard = oops!

[FBaggins]

5. Delete

Sorry... dupe

[Cronus Protagonist]

3. I notice people carrying them around a lot

Probably on their way to the MAC repair shop.

[onehandle]

6. This is only a story because it's about a Mac. There's a reason for that.

Because it's unusual.


No Dell has ever shown up DOA. It just doesn't happen. LOL!

[meegbear]

7. But the link originated from HuffingtonPost.com, one of the biggest Apple fluffing sites ...

for them to post ANYTHING remotely non-good about Apple is shocking.

[onehandle]

8. HuffPo is all about sensationalism and little about journalism.

If Macs had boobs, they would fluff them even more.

Again, it's an unusual situation, therefore sensational.

[no limit]

9. You're absolutely right. If apple didn't market their crap as flawless this wouldn't be a story

but yet they market these overpriced computers as flawless. So when something like this happens, clearly proving their product isn't flawless, yes, it becomes a story.