iMac 27 inch performance issues, Intel Atom dropped

[ImperialArmour]

wow a sober irish!!!

[dikajenny]

I feel sorry but Imac is Failed product for me.. you dont know the real price of the rig inside your mac thats why u talking bout shit.. seriously it looks smoother is not because of the rig but the OS.. just failed how apple fool their consumer with that price.. just tell me what series of your VGA, 4750, 4670?? lol, apple fanboy talking bout how good the graphics from Imac.. TRY PC u will throw your I mac because the graphic is CRAP for its price.. lol

[TheMastermuir]

@dikajenny your gay

[112194hj]

So would it be bad if you leave it on all the time?

[3liaspav]

come on .... you talk for the 3/4 of the video.What the f@!# ,this is the worst video of i have seen.If i wanted to see your face i would aks you for i photo but i want to the benchmarking.YOU SUCK!!

[likethepear]

heh, it's like the Lucky Charms guy got a degree at MIT. Just kiddin' Dave. You're hot!

[THELUNATECH]

Thanks man

[Shmeeshification]

I hope this doesn't happen to my 21.5-inch iMac 

[kiwiboy2012]

Plz Hellp and Watch my videos of the Imac I7 Review and Unboxing. Its much detailed and shorter which is less time consuming.:)

Plz Hellp and Watch my videos of the Imac I7 Review and Unboxing. Its much detailed and shorter which is less time consuming.:)

[lovelydiva06]

no offense but for the prices apple charge, there shouldn't be any problems like this or they need resolve the issues, yes, nothing is perfect and their is human error and manufacturing error but still when you pay the kind of money you pay for macs you expect to get a top notch product

[piniginis]

apple sux end of story

[biggascaddy]

In fairness to Apple , If I don't watch videos, like Youtube or Quicktime, the 27" imac doesn't overheat and start to flicker. Same as the first 27" Imac I bought and returned with this issue. So if you don't watch videos you should be fine.

Apple support was always kind and friendly, they just can't fix the problem and act surprised that I had TWO with this problem (purchased November ) Again, if you don't watch Youtube or Quicktime clips you will be fine your Imac 27 won't overheat

[cal839]

@biggascaddy So basically what your saying is if you don't run any basic applications you'll be fine.

[biggascaddy]

Its been a cold winter. Thankfully the imac 27" comes with a built in space heater at no extra charge. That sucker gets HOT. Unfortunately, if I don't have a big fan blowing on the back of it, the video gets buggy real fast and eventually freezes. If I don't use any video or watch youtube then it is no longer useful as a space heater to keep my office nice and warm.

[cesarbretschneider]

Well, so just for you to know... Apple already has a chip on the Macs that tries to avoid Hacks.

Usually called EFI this chip is an alternative to the BIOS and Mac OS checks if it's there. Although I sincerely think Apple is doing no good by avoiding Hackintoshes, in the end they're making OS X popular and moving people to Mac, I first tried OS X on a old Acer Aspire and was so happy with it I got an iBook (I don't have that much money to get a new one)

For Apple, Hackintoshes are free ads...

[rsfeller]

@cesarbretschneider

WTF are you talking about!?!?!

Apple has a chip to prevent what on mac hardware?

[filippo333]

You seem to be very against people who use Hackintoches, have you ever considered people who don't have enough money to purchase a Mac? Nevertheless its unfair that Mac users are able to run Windows and Linux on their machines but PCs cannot run OS 10 legally.

[TheMastermuir]

cause they suck

[filippo333]

Apple suck because they cannot reasonably price their products.

[TheMastermuir]

you pay for what you get. ive always had imacs and for 5 or 6 years at a time with not even the slightest in problems!!!! so ill pay 1200 to 2200 dollars for an imac.. microsoft is trash!!!!

[filippo333]

Fair enough, if you've got the money.

[dikajenny]

@TheMastermuir pay for what you get? sry dude the fact is Imac which cost $2200 = $500 PC.. they fooled you with the price.. seriously LOL, I have my computer I built it around $2900, and I run it i with dual OS (Snow leopard, and win7 ultimate 64bit).. and I can tell you mine maybe 10times faster than your Imac

[TheMastermuir]

@dikajenny your gay!! can you hear yourself over the saliva sucking through your braces faggot?

[dikajenny]

@TheMastermuir oh god, I fuck your mom last night.. she moaned like a horse

[suckcari]

If i get this i hope i dont have a problem

[MrDAPAMAN]

my ipod and iphone dont charge on the imac wat in da hell is dis new imac got man any one have that problem n how to fix it

[ungureanudoru]

Less talk and more benchmarks ....

[moneymaker831]

Actually I think it has to do with Flash player itself not apple's hardware. Flash never really worked well with windows either I remember trying to install flash on windows and got all sorts of issues with it, i think flash player needs to be overhauled.

[Alejo77H]

I was Wondering about the imacs 27 problems and I have an extrage dream, so 21 inches imac don't have problems right now, the problems its about the 27 inches imac, and I was thinking, that people that order Dual Core procesor come with ATI Radeon HD 4670, An I think that this GPU, can't with the 27 imac resolution, the people that have de quad core have ATI Radeon HD 4850, so if you r gonna buy an imac i recomend you buy it with the ATI Radeon HD 4850 gpu... =) Sorry bad english =/

[lakshmere]

@Alejo77H ATI 4670 and 4850 they are both more than capable gfx cards, you can drive up to 4 monitors with them with a decent matrox triplehead2go. that said, the ATI 44xx 48xx are outdated already, at least in the pc world.

[Rageman1112]

Why did they support the Atom in the first place?

[jackies35]

Wow! I just heard on the news that Apple is having problems filling orders before Christmas. Also, they are having a lot of issues (cracked glass, system issies, etc..)

[handelsme]

Dude, it's not that simple. I sent my comp back and they gave me a new one with the exact same issues... Do I really need to send it back a 3rd time? I need to use a fucking computer.

[boris989]

Yada yada yada...

[samknappster9]

i am worry 27 inch  macs got any problems now? please contact me asap!

[Everflamen]

Nope. The new update has fixed all of those problems.

[2882890]

I've always heard great things in regards Apple products, they're complete, quick, clever, agile, secure, everything you'd need. But hearing about condensation issues and incomplete installs is not good. They have had a fewrecent cock-ups in regards crappy batteries, fragile screens and now these things. I hope they're not going down a choppy path.

[OManlong]

It cost money to put a chip in plus they have to make program to ID the Machine.

[MrRubiez]

@OManlong, it costs them money when people buy hackintosh hardware/clones instead of a Mac too.

[GandolfDaGray]

County cork FTW

[egg357]

are you on twitter so we can follow you?

[egg357]

i want the quad i7 but will have to wait until they work these glitches out

[TedFnBuckle]

i get the same problem with xp win7 and vista. its the gernaral flash player is bugged . If you find a flash player 9 to download works perfect dosnt happen on any comps i have

[bf1964bf]

hi dave what part of ireland u frmim frmaskeaton

co limerick

[MalcolmsonStudios]

If You Live In The Uk look on Argos online. I found a brand new Mac Mini for £399 thats £100 less than the Apple Model (Though its not the latest...) The 21 Inch iMac is only £799 Thats the same as a Plastic Macbook!

[motorbikeguy989]

my youtube looks really small if anyone nos howto get rid of it can u tell me

[bf1964bf]

i think its the settings in your controll pannell

and goto screen resolution

thts fr win xp

[tajee4471]

The high end models are not out yet. These are the low/med with the issues

[jackies35]

Great Vid! I am planning on buying my iMac from Amazon soon...

Do you think these issues will still be around in the new models in the next 5 weeks.

Amazon is out of stock of iMac 27 issue computers. I wonder if Apple slow down the shipments to fix the machines first.

[Theochineh]

i got mine 3 weeks ago and it hasn't crashed once

it's awesome you should definitely get one

[TalesOfWar]

Adobe have been assholes to Apple of the past few years. They just don't seem to give a crap about Apple users any more as much as they do Windows. Look at CS4, it's pretty much all 64bit on Windows but not on Macs and there were rediculous bugs with things like Photoshop not working properly along side Exposé. I love Adobe, but they're really pissing me off lately with their lack of support for Apple users, and Flash in general. It's a MESS!

[christschool]

Let me also say that my new base model of imac 21.5 is faster than my G5 2.5 quad with 8gigs of Ram.  Amazing. I wonder how fast the 27" high end imac is? Seems to me that they will really have to up the ante with Mac Pro to offset the performance of the iMac. Yes I realize a Mac Pro is more versatile.

[christschool]

The same problem with flash you describe is also in my brand new 21.5 base model. I've tracked it to a problem with the Airport Base. If you turn off airport and turn it back on, flash works perfectly for awhile. But, after my install of Windows 7, I have no problems using Flash through Windows so it is an Apple OS issue, not a hardware issue.

[a2what]

I ordered my Imac 27 Inch 2.8 GHZ, 4850/512 mb, and 8GB Ram on October 20th. Apple says the ship date is November. If there is an issue with the new Imac's its with the Core 2 Duo's since the Quad Cores have not yet shipped. I got my new Apple remote and can't do anything with it until my Imac gets here.

[jackies35]

Wow! I just try to order the 27 in with 4670/256 mb. That model might have the issue. However, Amazon is sold out and won't get anymore in until mid Nov.

I hope they fix the issue and clean up this with all their first production...

[xxAO2012xx]

Thats why the imacs are cheaper.. They did that on purpose. just look at the prices.

I could find a good HP 27 inch with one tb and a 2.5 ghz intel core quad processor for $1200. so Im just sticking pc.

[johnmonk66]

Oh I agree. If you want power you go pc, if you want stability you go windows 7. I only went macbook pro for itunes and because I am a wannabe writer, and hollywood uses mac for everything so I gotta look lie I fit in, lol

The macbook air is not as thin as my Sony x505, and no mac compares to my OQO model 02.

Even my acer netbook with ten hour battery is in some ways better than macs

[Onebloodygrenade]

Image pp's still use a mac...designers etc...

[jackies35]

Acer netbook battery is hot! you are right... That thing keeps going, and going, and going.. hahahah

[calebwheeler]

the hp you're talking about is not an all in one. it's not really comparable. hp's all in ones don't even go up to 27in, they max out at 25, and they are priced around the same as the imacs. people should buy whatever they are comfortable using, but the price argument has become pretty baseless.

[tuckerjeffrey]

HasAPPLE PUBLICLY admitted that there is a issue with the new 27" units? Is it affecting every unit they release? I am wanting to buy one, but I am not a GAMBLER, so what is the definitive word, should one buy or Hold on to your Money, who wants to buy a problem? If apple knows this exists, why would they continue to sell them if this is the True.

[donhaschi]

my brand new imac 27 inch runs just fine, it is a beautyfull machine & i'm very happy with it, just luck ?

[carlheanerd]

(sasrcasm) That'll teach Apple not to run 1080p on a 9400M!!

Ok in all seriousness its probably just a firmware issue or some defective GPU's. It'll be rectified, don't have a cow people...

[johnmonk66]

I do not believe it is only flash, when I went to the mac store I just stood and watched the video screensaver movies they were all playing. I was going to buy an imac, until I noticed EVERY imac was running really slow, choppy video. I could not believe it, but I didn't see the same choppiness on the macbook pro, that is why I picked the pro.

Yeah, very surprised the imacs were so bad.

[pantsbuddy2]

Great i juss bought 1 thnx ( well it was my fault watchin this:( )

[michaelmckeever9]

Let's hope the flash issue is resolved soon. even the 24' imacs have this issue.

[xxAO2012xx]

I've been doing my research too on these new imacs and macbooks.

I feel like Im just better off with a pc.. I don't get viruses and don't use torrents.

[johnmonk66]

I have had 5 macs, but always go back to pc. My ibook, 900 mhz, 648 mb ram can't run youtube, but my 733 mhz, 256 mb ram toughbook runs it fine. There is something wrong with macs, even my brand new macbook pro, 2 gig ram, ran out of memory when I was surfing the web and checking email at the same time. I mean, come on, can't handle email and internet?

[gmaster45612374]

What browser firefox can be a pig sometimes.

[johnmonk66]

I use the Safari that came with the mac. But this is the first Mac that burns dvd's to ipod without freezing, so that is a big step forward. So many times with my last macbook pro it would convert a movie for two hours and freeze at the last minute.

When the price of ram comes down I will update it

[xxAO2012xx]

that is awkward. So many fanboys always think that Macs don't have any lag.

That sucks man.

you could find RAM from other sites other than apple.

[johnmonk66]

some day for fun you should visit an apple store and ask the salesman why the video sucked so bad, lol, the guy just looked at me for a minute and said nothing. He had no answer, so I just said "just go get me a macbook pro". I think he was shocked I still bought something that day

[arnolddisco]

Dave, Intel Macs have a TPM(Trusted Platform Module) chip inside. But people have already got around that so theres no much Apple can do.

[mrbit10]

while they use security binaries, they do not use TPM, see Amit Singh's book "OS X internals"

[arnolddisco]

Sorry, i was thinking of the developer transtion kit

[antonioanmarme]

only one point: i think that the screen behind of him is NOT a 27" iMac. If you look it you can the the "aluminium" arround the glass, and on the new iMac the screen goes until the border. Am i right?

[kristoffers4]

You're right but he didn't claim it was a 27". He even said that it wasn't a 27". Watch the beginning of the video again and you'll see.

[antonioanmarme]

You´re right, excuse me

[TheSmartdude11]

well thts awesome bc i jst got the 27' imac :(

[rpgromaster58]

im so glad i subbed to u

luv the videos and tnx for the info on the dell mini 9 patch

looks like im gonna have to tick that of my christmas list :P

[fattonywal08]

First rate vid Dave as usual...and one Irish paddy to another...póg mo thón lol

[pgsxx88]

all good on the 21.5 front. Clean install of snow leopard sorted the boot time and no other issues :D

[johangustav]

Sounds like my MacBook Pro

[legostarwarsguy115]

i want one so BAD :):(

[RavingPlatypus]

i can safely tell you that there are no issues on the 27" quad core i7

[andrestheguat]

@RavingPlatypus thats good news, im planning on getting one. ive heard they also really heat up, do you think i should buy a cooling fan for it as well?

[TheForgotenMusic]

no hackintosh = good (evan though i was going to make one) lol PS i do have a mac

I LOVE 

[THunique]

We have the new iMacs in ITB, and they slow down so much when running adobe software, that we all actually have waste half an hour of our lab time just to get illustrator and flash cs4 to open, it's insane. My laptop works faster than that. And it's not all due to server problems either, macs just love to crash !

[chessdude67]

I'm waiting for the new 64" imac. I don't want to be able to see the wall in back of my computer! I'm also trying to sit closer to this little 24" till I get my 64". I might need glasses?

Dave, looking better! Good video, Bro!

[MilesWS1234]

I hear there bringing out one with and IMAX screen (52 feet) haha

[thefatman500]

Great vid as always Dave.

[thesavage042]

so funny, because i just ordered a dell mini 10v and am going to install Snow Leopard on it...i guess im going to have to stay on 10.6.1 .. which is fine with me.

[TechSmack]

i hear that the macbook pro's are going to get mobile core i7 processors !

[thesavage042]

i have the 27 inch imac..i did have some flash performance issues..i uninstalled the flash plugin..then reinstalled it, and i havent had any problems since then.

[TechSmack]

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