Comments on: Why would you buy a new iMac? http://www.hardcoreware.net/why-would-you-buy-a-new-imac/ The No. 1 PC & Video Game Hardware Review Site in the world! Wed, 01 Feb 2012 23:56:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Byron Allen Black http://www.hardcoreware.net/why-would-you-buy-a-new-imac/comment-page-1/#comment-11834 Byron Allen Black Tue, 13 Dec 2011 23:11:11 +0000 http://www.hardcoreware.net/why-would-you-buy-a-new-imac/#comment-11834 I had to butt in here, as a member in good standing of the "Anything but Apple" FB group. About four years ago I purchased an iMac 24, based in part on fond memories of learning to work on a computer in 1986 on a Mac 512. The iMac was extremely expensive and the experience has been dismal. From the outset the gorgeous acrylic-encased keyboard was next to impossible to use. Sticky, stiff keys that you had to hammer. So out she went and a $30 Logitech keyboard replaces it. The DVD drive has never worked properly - can't tell if the problem is mechanical, software nightmare or a combo. Discs occasionally tease the user, refusing to eject properly. Two weeks after the one-year warranty ran out the HDD failed - imagine what a new one cost. Time and again there have been software annoyances: .jpegs that refused to open (fine on a PC though), finicky video playback ('Why don't you go out in the yard and hunt for a codec? Know what that is?') and numerous other annoyances. A lack of USB ports fits in with the glamourous design (and Apple's notoriously arrogant attitude to users). The latest annoyance is the 3.5mm audio out jack (the only way to take analog audio out of the computer). It does not mate with plugs properly, so you have to jam them in and press them against the back of the computer to get contact. The whole thing smells of cheap components inside, lack of backup (no manual) and a careless attitude to users. Nice to watch YouTube videos on the unit, though. Except for the cheesy chinee speakers of course. Never again. ABA. I had to butt in here, as a member in good standing of the “Anything but Apple” FB group. About four years ago I purchased an iMac 24, based in part on fond memories of learning to work on a computer in 1986 on a Mac 512. The iMac was extremely expensive and the experience has been dismal. From the outset the gorgeous acrylic-encased keyboard was next to impossible to use. Sticky, stiff keys that you had to hammer. So out she went and a $30 Logitech keyboard replaces it. The DVD drive has never worked properly – can’t tell if the problem is mechanical, software nightmare or a combo. Discs occasionally tease the user, refusing to eject properly. Two weeks after the one-year warranty ran out the HDD failed – imagine what a new one cost. Time and again there have been software annoyances: .jpegs that refused to open (fine on a PC though), finicky video playback (‘Why don’t you go out in the yard and hunt for a codec? Know what that is?’) and numerous other annoyances. A lack of USB ports fits in with the glamourous design (and Apple’s notoriously arrogant attitude to users). The latest annoyance is the 3.5mm audio out jack (the only way to take analog audio out of the computer). It does not mate with plugs properly, so you have to jam them in and press them against the back of the computer to get contact. The whole thing smells of cheap components inside, lack of backup (no manual) and a careless attitude to users. Nice to watch YouTube videos on the unit, though. Except for the cheesy chinee speakers of course. Never again. ABA.

]]> By: Carl Nelson http://www.hardcoreware.net/why-would-you-buy-a-new-imac/comment-page-1/#comment-940 Carl Nelson Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:32:17 +0000 http://www.hardcoreware.net/why-would-you-buy-a-new-imac/#comment-940 Transmeta? Huh? anti-Apple? Are you even referring to the correct article? Transmeta? Huh? anti-Apple? Are you even referring to the correct article?

]]> By: seamer http://www.hardcoreware.net/why-would-you-buy-a-new-imac/comment-page-1/#comment-939 seamer Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:14:16 +0000 http://www.hardcoreware.net/why-would-you-buy-a-new-imac/#comment-939 Hm, yes. Poorly structured, under researched and purely anti-Apple sentiment. Its pretty much possible to replace "Apple" with Transmeta and the argument would both sound the same and wrong. You know, how a 1ghz transmeta is somehow not as fast as a 1ghz Pentium. Hm, yes. Poorly structured, under researched and purely anti-Apple sentiment. Its pretty much possible to replace “Apple” with Transmeta and the argument would both sound the same and wrong. You know, how a 1ghz transmeta is somehow not as fast as a 1ghz Pentium.

]]> By: Carl Nelson http://www.hardcoreware.net/why-would-you-buy-a-new-imac/comment-page-1/#comment-938 Carl Nelson Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:53:28 +0000 http://www.hardcoreware.net/why-would-you-buy-a-new-imac/#comment-938 Poorly structured diatribe huh? Poorly structured diatribe huh?

]]> By: seamer http://www.hardcoreware.net/why-would-you-buy-a-new-imac/comment-page-1/#comment-937 seamer Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:42:12 +0000 http://www.hardcoreware.net/why-would-you-buy-a-new-imac/#comment-937 When you want to discuss power, use some real examples. Talk about how you'd use "the mini" in a real scenario, and the difference using "DIY" would be. Discuss the gains of Form Factor against spending 3 hours at Frys. With this poorly structured diatribe against a product you dont know, you've fallen into the quagmire of paper specifications rather than actual results. Thought about working for Toms Hardware? When you want to discuss power, use some real examples. Talk about how you’d use “the mini” in a real scenario, and the difference using “DIY” would be. Discuss the gains of Form Factor against spending 3 hours at Frys. With this poorly structured diatribe against a product you dont know, you’ve fallen into the quagmire of paper specifications rather than actual results. Thought about working for Toms Hardware?

]]> By: Why would you buy a new iMac? Corrections. » HCW Tech Blog http://www.hardcoreware.net/why-would-you-buy-a-new-imac/comment-page-1/#comment-936 Why would you buy a new iMac? Corrections. » HCW Tech Blog Wed, 15 Aug 2007 17:17:02 +0000 http://www.hardcoreware.net/why-would-you-buy-a-new-imac/#comment-936 [...] don’t want to shy away from my mistakes in my previous article. I relied on a poor source which informed me of notebook drives in the new iMac, which I hope you [...] [...] don’t want to shy away from my mistakes in my previous article. I relied on a poor source which informed me of notebook drives in the new iMac, which I hope you [...]

]]> By: Carl Nelson http://www.hardcoreware.net/why-would-you-buy-a-new-imac/comment-page-1/#comment-935 Carl Nelson Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:33:56 +0000 http://www.hardcoreware.net/why-would-you-buy-a-new-imac/#comment-935 Geo never mentioned "his own DIY solution". He suggested that buying one Apple product is better than buying another, because it saves a lot of money, and has similar performance. He may have been off a bit regarding the performance, but his case is still perfectly valid. Unless you consider buying a MONITOR as "DIY"... (sorry for the caps, but they're not random) Geo never mentioned “his own DIY solution”. He suggested that buying one Apple product is better than buying another, because it saves a lot of money, and has similar performance. He may have been off a bit regarding the performance, but his case is still perfectly valid.

Unless you consider buying a MONITOR as “DIY”… (sorry for the caps, but they’re not random)

]]> By: RevSJC http://www.hardcoreware.net/why-would-you-buy-a-new-imac/comment-page-1/#comment-933 RevSJC Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:48:24 +0000 http://www.hardcoreware.net/why-would-you-buy-a-new-imac/#comment-933 i love unexplained one line sentences with random capitals. They give others very little to work from i love unexplained one line sentences with random capitals. They give others very little to work from

]]> By: Carl Nelson http://www.hardcoreware.net/why-would-you-buy-a-new-imac/comment-page-1/#comment-932 Carl Nelson Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:45:41 +0000 http://www.hardcoreware.net/why-would-you-buy-a-new-imac/#comment-932 I love how people CAN'T READ I love how people CAN’T READ

]]> By: RevSJC http://www.hardcoreware.net/why-would-you-buy-a-new-imac/comment-page-1/#comment-931 RevSJC Wed, 15 Aug 2007 04:03:40 +0000 http://www.hardcoreware.net/why-would-you-buy-a-new-imac/#comment-931 I love how people justify why macs are a ridiculous investment when compared to their own DIY solution. Brilliant. What these gumby's don't seem to understand is that when you buy a mac you don't need to go through all the 'joys' of making sure the GPU fits with the Motherboard, and that it will be current for the next game you buy and not obselete, and your drivers won't spaz the OS, or that you may have an OS revision in under 5 years. Geo if you want to us your DirectX 10 support from the GPU and you are foolish enough to use Vista go right ahead...or boot camp the mac and use xp or windows...im sure it'll work much better than your DIY solution. It'll definitely work better than the notebook you suggest...that actually uses notebook drives...not 3.5's as you see below http://www.apple.com/imac/specs.html A hoy hoy I love how people justify why macs are a ridiculous investment when compared to their own DIY solution. Brilliant. What these gumby’s don’t seem to understand is that when you buy a mac you don’t need to go through all the ‘joys’ of making sure the GPU fits with the Motherboard, and that it will be current for the next game you buy and not obselete, and your drivers won’t spaz the OS, or that you may have an OS revision in under 5 years.

Geo if you want to us your DirectX 10 support from the GPU and you are foolish enough to use Vista go right ahead…or boot camp the mac and use xp or windows…im sure it’ll work much better than your DIY solution.

It’ll definitely work better than the notebook you suggest…that actually uses notebook drives…not 3.5’s as you see below

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

A hoy hoy

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