The New And Not Improved Intel Imac, iMac a piece of junk? Options

[drewott]

Recently (february), I purchased a new intel iMac w/ 2 gigs of ram. Exciting right? ... well not exactly. After three days of flawless processing the iMac started acting up. I will not go into details (space is limited), but lets just say when I tried to return it apple allowed me to do so and apologized for any inconvenience.

The reason I feel this is post-worthy is I spoke to a friend who is now a part a class action law suit against mac for the first gen. G-4's which were riddled with problems.

Does apple have a reputation for rushing things to market? Is this just another example of that?

Has anybody else experienced intel iMac problems?

I am certainly willing to give apple the benefit of the doubt, but after spending 2G's on a computer that was clearly a piece of $#!t, I can't help but feel slighted.

[lepetitmartien]

My 7100 was an unoficial mk2: rock solid. A friend had a mk1: always something itchy…
My G3 BW was a mk1 he was as cool and buggy (USB/FW) as the mk2 and the first G4, but it was a great computer.
My G5 is a mk1, I even bought second hand, it rocks… the Mk2 of the same was Buggy (note the big B)

first iMac G5 (about a month production) had something wrong, mk2 were cools

search a rule…
(and I'm only talking about versions, not production runs with parts lots)

Think always you have until the end of the year of warranty to upgrade applecare if you feel insecure. The only time I had to see an applecare center was for something I broke myself… (cd trail on the G3) I know it unfortunately not the case for everyone (a friend had a faulty imac G5, now it's repaired on Apple account and it rocks).