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Posted By: J242 (24.17.17.91)
Date: Saturday, 3 May 2008, at 10:26 p.m.

In Response To: So far (Zach)

: 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.
Yeah, I hear ya. I upgraded to my current iMac from a G4 1.5ghz mini so pretty much anything I might have bought would be screaming fast in comparison.
: -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.
Man, I have yet to hear a sound from mine except when it's first reading/mounting a disc or ejecting one. I love how quiet it is...
: 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)
Eh, set it to DL the updates before taking off for the day, come back and it's done. Pretty simple, never found that to be a problem personally. My FCS2 suite has regular updates and those I have to manage and research a bit before installing but standard updates? No biggy. I think this particular gripe is rather petty.
: -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.
Damn, only with Apple will you get complaints about the screes being "TOO" bright. lol Just adjust your energy saver settings bro. :)
: -No sleep light. Good for people who stay over in out guest room though. I
: will miss the sleep light.
??? I don't get what you mean on this one. 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.
Well, that's the entire point of the BT keyboard, it's meant to e ridiculously small from what I've come to understand. I keep as much of my gear wired as possible but that's just my choice in dealing w/ the cables and whatnot.
: 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.
Honestly, of those are your only main gripes I'd say it's a pretty good review. ;) I've got some beef with mine as well like only apparently supporting NTSC drives over USB and not FW and whatnot but that's a whole different issue.
: 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.
Dude, Apple charges you through the teeth for RAM and HD upgrades in comparison to 3rd party groups. Like I said before, it cost me $80 to upgrade to 4 gigs of RAM through a private group whereas Apple would've charged me $300 at the time. HUGE difference. If they are finally changing and not reaming their consumers, that's GREAT! But I don't really think that's the case and would love to be proven wrong on that.

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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: : Yeah, I hear ya. I upgraded to my current iMac from a G4 1.5ghz mini so : pretty much anything I might have bought would be screaming fast in : comparison. : Man, I have yet to hear a sound from mine except when it's first : reading/mounting a disc or ejecting one. I love how quiet it is... : Eh, set it to DL the updates before taking off for the day, come back and : it's done. Pretty simple, never found that to be a problem personally. My : FCS2 suite has regular updates and those I have to manage and research a : bit before installing but standard updates? No biggy. I think this : particular gripe is rather petty. : Damn, only with Apple will you get complaints about the screes being : "TOO" bright. lol Just adjust your energy saver settings bro. :) : ??? I don't get what you mean on this one. Sleep light? : Well, that's the entire point of the BT keyboard, it's meant to e : ridiculously small from what I've come to understand. I keep as much of my : gear wired as possible but that's just my choice in dealing w/ the cables : and whatnot. : Honestly, of those are your only main gripes I'd say it's a pretty good : review. ;) I've got some beef with mine as well like only apparently : supporting NTSC drives over USB and not FW and whatnot but that's a whole : different issue. : Dude, Apple charges you through the teeth for RAM and HD upgrades in : comparison to 3rd party groups. Like I said before, it cost me $80 to : upgrade to 4 gigs of RAM through a private group whereas Apple would've : charged me $300 at the time. HUGE difference. If they are finally changing : and not reaming their consumers, that's GREAT! But I don't really think : that's the case and would love to be proven wrong on that.
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