Warning: This image was created on a cultish, left wing, commie macintosh computer.
Posted on 11/05/2009 6:18:44 AM PST by Sudetenland
The brand new 27" iMac is suffering from major problems with video graphics while Windows 7 operating on the same machines is working fine.
According to Apple bulletin boards, users started to notice that their Macs' pretty screens were running movies in browsers that were choppier than the North Sea in winter.
With no help from Apple, Mac Fans have been trying to piece together what could be causing such a kerfuffle. Initially the thought was that it was probably some cheap Chinese component which was failing or overheating.
However when Windows 7 appeared on the scene and users started installing it using Boot Camp, they discovered, much to their horror, that the Microsoft product was driving their iMacs better.
The conclusion can only be that it is a driver problem within Snow Leopard which is not controlling the big iMacs' graphics hardware properly.
But one user thought his 27" iMac was having major performance issues and not just with Flash. iPhoto slideshow transitions are choppy, Pandora streaming music skips and cracks up, game performance is slow, iMovie videos are crap (audio and video lags) - it's a real mess.
He said he had sat with Apple Care for hours, cleaned up libraries, zapped the PRAM, reinstalled the OS; but it's still not fixed. He thinks they are just defective.
MAybe they should call it “Snow Job(s)”.................
I was not aware that Windows could run on a Mac. Is this something recent or has it always been this way?
Macs suck.
The Mac world is like a cult. It doesn’t matter how awful they actually perform, those that are committed are extremely difficult if not impossible to see the light and truth - namely that Macs don’t actually work, they break down left and right, they are useless for the real world of business (oh wait, Macs are for artistes....).
Since Mac went with intel-based processors, I think.
I just bought the iMac27 last week, and it does suck. This is my first Mac, so I’m really disappointed.
Intel based Macs can run all Windows OS’s.
My own has XP.
I think it's been that way since Apple switched to Intel processors.
This would be great for a Mac vs. PC parody.
"Hi.....I'm........ Mac" "AndI'mAPC"
Give it a break. Your handle is “ConservativeDude”. Is that the most intelligent contribution you can bring to the table “dude”? Macs suck? That’s it “dude”?
HMMMM HMMMM...You say so. More ignorance spoken as truth. There are problems with the new iMacs as there were with the aluminum iMacs released in 2006. A driver fixed it in the past and it will fix it with these.
So why are Macs useless for business? I want to hear this one....
Apple has been including a cut down boot loader app called "Boot Camp" that allows you to partition your Mac to allow Linux or Windows to be installed on the new partition.
I'm currently typing this on the Snow Leopard side of my MacBook Pro. Last night, I had it on the Win 7 side playing with some of the power settings.
We recently have been planning on setting up a 30 seat, 27" iMac lab... This info is very good to know BEFORE I place the order with Apple.
I'll still probably order them though. For the screen alone they are almost worth it...
I have Windows 7 running on my ThinkPad and it rocks. I bought the ThinkPad after returning not one but two MacBook Pros. One had a big dent in the aluminum case and the other had a piece of dust or lint wedged in between the layers of glass on the screen. I think Apple’s quality control has gone way down in recent years. The ThinkPad had better specs anyway. Mac snobs can try and trash Windows 7, but the fact is that it is a great OS. Microsoft treats its customers with respect. They put out a free RC back in the summer so customers could try out Windows 7 at no cost. Apple treats is customers with contempt. They are secretive, closed, and want to control every aspect of what you do with your computer.
It. Just. Works?.....
Well, they're useless for my business... CAD/CAM and electronics. I need integrated schematic capture and PCB layout with SPICE, as well as FEA analysis of 3D modeling.
Now, if you load Windows on a Mac, then you can run these kinds of tools. If you stick with OS X, you can't. Which means you pay a lot of money for a platform that you may not need. A $400 Dell laptop with a second $200, 19" flat panel display is all I need for these kinds of apps, which means I can get up and running for a lot less than Mac hardware. And I don't have to pay for OS X.
Macs have their place, but they are limited from some areas of business. Hardware and mechanical engineering being two such areas.
If past trends continue, Macs will be some of, if not the, best Windows computers you can buy.
Warning: This image was created on a cultish, left wing, commie macintosh computer.
“Hi.....I’m........ Mac”
“AndI’mAPC”
“You know what you need Mac?”
“Wwwwwwhaaaaatt?”
“Windows 7! It will give you some pep! You can play some of those videos that run like watching grass grow, or some of those games you have always wanted to play”
“Thhhaaaatttsss nniiiccceeeee”
Odd since my firm has been running mostly on Macs (10 of them - upgraded as needed) for 6 years now. They have been completely trouble free and easy to maintain -- and virus resistant too, which is the main reason why I switched in the first place. All the counter measures you have to take on PCs cost me a bundle each month. I let my PC security service go when I bought my Macs. My employees are banned from using the Internet with Windows (which is used via VM Fusion when Mac s/w doesn't exist).
I might also mention Rush is a huge fan too... which is actually how I came to consider them. Is Rush the leader of the Mac cult or a follower?
The Mac world is like a cult. It doesn’t matter how awful they actually perform, those that are committed are extremely difficult if not impossible to see the light and truth - namely that Macs don’t actually work, they break down left and right, they are useless for the real world of business (oh wait, Macs are for artistes....).
LIBERALS suck.
The LIBERAL world is like a cult. It doesn’t matter how awful they actually perform, those that are committed are extremely difficult if not impossible to see the light and truth - namely that LIBERALISM doesn’t actually work, they break down left and right, they are useless for the real world of business (oh wait, LIBERALS are for diversity, multiculturalism, social justice, environmentalism, etc....). -------------------------------------------------
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