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Posted By: Zach (70.177.5.89)
Date: Saturday, 3 May 2008, at 5:00 a.m.

In Response To: Re: The BTO options look pretty sweet. (J242)

I am pretty flippin' impressed. I haven't had much time to fiddle with it yet but what I have noticed is:
Good:
-it's fast. Real fast. No real benchmarks yet, but I was ripping a DVD to ApplTV format while doing a bunch of other shit and I was hitting as high as 80 fps. Average was more like 45, and I saw it as low as 24, but like I said, I was doing other shit.
-it's quiet. I was afraid with the 3.0 GHz (which is rumored to have a 55W TDP) and the high end video card, that the fans would go full blast all the time. I haven't heard them yet (even doing video conversions). As far as I can see, theres a small circular vent in the middle of the back that draws in air and there's a narrow exhaust across the top of the back that heat trickles out of. When the room is dead quiet, you can hear it a little, but it's quieter than my MBP.
-Pretty seamless transfer of data, applications, etc from my old-ass PMG4
Bad (I'm gonna list a lot, but they are mostly minor),
-For a brand new machine, it sure had a lot of software updates. 11 of them. Not even the latest iTunes. I thought that was odd. I figured it had to be running a special build of 10.5.2 and that everything else would be pretty much up to date (save maybe anything in the last week or 2)
-It's a bit too bright. The brightness setting at it's lowest is still a bit brighter than I'd like it. I'm looking into some 3rd party solutions now. Overall, not a big deal, but couple that with:
-It doesn't remember the brightness setting on restart. My MacBook does this too, but it's only sometimes. And hardly at all anymore. I think I did a PMU reset to fix it. Maybe I can do the same here.
-No sleep light. Good for people who stay over in out guest room though. I will miss the sleep light.
-The new BT keyboard. It's ridiculously small. In front of that 24" screen, it looks stupid. And there's no number pad or virtual number pad (at least not a numbered one). Fortunately, I still have my old Apple BT keyboard and it works fine. Although that doesn't have the brightness controls. I think I can assign them though.
That's pretty much it so far. I'll be dicking around with it all day. I'll probably at least run XBench on it. for benchmarks.
: I picked up my last rev iMac w/ 4 gigs of RAM and the 1/2 terabyte HD from a
: local business to business seller and only paid $80 for the RAM and $50
: for the HD upgrade, if anyone is interested and has a valid business
: license, let me know and I'll hook you up w/ my distributor. All in all,
: Apple quote for the same unit came in at around $2g and I ended up paying
: about $1.5g so the savings from the iMac, FCS2 suite, Applecare, Trackball
: and an assortment of other peripherals, software, etc ended up saving me a
: good $2g's so if you have a business license, I'll hook you up with my
: contact.
I upgraded the HD through Apple. I didn't thinkt he 750 GB price was too unreasonable. But while Apple have started lowering their RAM upgrade prices again, they're still a RIP. I got 4 GB coming from OWC pretty soon.

Messages In This Thread

Finally, new iMacs
Zach (72.214.247.148) -- Monday, 28 April 2008, at 9:11 a.m.
- The BTO options look pretty sweet.
  Spiff (24.143.160.2) -- Friday, 2 May 2008, at 1:40 p.m.
  - Re: The BTO options look pretty sweet.
    Zach (72.214.247.148) -- Friday, 2 May 2008, at 2:12 p.m.
  - Re: The BTO options look pretty sweet.
    J242 (24.17.17.91) -- Friday, 2 May 2008, at 11:44 p.m.
    - So far
      Zach (70.177.5.89) -- Saturday, 3 May 2008, at 5:00 a.m.
      - Re: So far
        J242 (24.17.17.91) -- Saturday, 3 May 2008, at 10:26 p.m.
        
        Re: So far
        Zach (70.177.5.89) -- Sunday, 4 May 2008, at 6:18 a.m.
        
        Re: So far
        J242 (24.17.17.91) -- Sunday, 4 May 2008, at 11:06 a.m.
        
        Re: So far
        Zach (70.177.5.89) -- Sunday, 4 May 2008, at 12:06 p.m.
        
        Re: So far
        Lord Crosis (209.112.185.71) -- Sunday, 4 May 2008, at 1:15 p.m.
        
        Re: So far
        Zach (70.177.5.89) -- Sunday, 4 May 2008, at 2:17 p.m.

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Message: : I am pretty flippin' impressed. I haven't had much time to fiddle with it yet : but what I have noticed is: Good: -it's fast. Real fast. No real : benchmarks yet, but I was ripping a DVD to ApplTV format while doing a : bunch of other shit and I was hitting as high as 80 fps. Average was more : like 45, and I saw it as low as 24, but like I said, I was doing other : shit. : -it's quiet. I was afraid with the 3.0 GHz (which is rumored to have a 55W : TDP) and the high end video card, that the fans would go full blast all : the time. I haven't heard them yet (even doing video conversions). As far : as I can see, theres a small circular vent in the middle of the back that : draws in air and there's a narrow exhaust across the top of the back that : heat trickles out of. When the room is dead quiet, you can hear it a : little, but it's quieter than my MBP. : -Pretty seamless transfer of data, applications, etc from my old-ass PMG4 : Bad (I'm gonna list a lot, but they are mostly minor), : -For a brand new machine, it sure had a lot of software updates. 11 of them. : Not even the latest iTunes. I thought that was odd. I figured it had to be : running a special build of 10.5.2 and that everything else would be pretty : much up to date (save maybe anything in the last week or 2) : -It's a bit too bright. The brightness setting at it's lowest is still a bit : brighter than I'd like it. I'm looking into some 3rd party solutions now. : Overall, not a big deal, but couple that with: -It doesn't remember the : brightness setting on restart. My MacBook does this too, but it's only : sometimes. And hardly at all anymore. I think I did a PMU reset to fix it. : Maybe I can do the same here. : -No sleep light. Good for people who stay over in out guest room though. I : will miss the sleep light. : -The new BT keyboard. It's ridiculously small. In front of that 24" : screen, it looks stupid. And there's no number pad or virtual number pad : (at least not a numbered one). Fortunately, I still have my old Apple BT : keyboard and it works fine. Although that doesn't have the brightness : controls. I think I can assign them though. : That's pretty much it so far. I'll be dicking around with it all day. I'll : probably at least run XBench on it. for benchmarks. : I upgraded the HD through Apple. I didn't thinkt he 750 GB price was too : unreasonable. But while Apple have started lowering their RAM upgrade : prices again, they're still a RIP. I got 4 GB coming from OWC pretty soon.
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