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I bought my iMac with 12 months interest free financing on the Barclay card, paid it off in 11 months and never paid any interest. Now I have a card with a $3,000 limit but at something like 25% APR. Does Apple do any interest free promos for people that already have a Barclay card or is it a one time deal?
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# ¿ Jul 20, 2011 21:49 |
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# ¿ Mar 29, 2024 13:15 |
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SERIOUS posted:The manager then explains that the iMac screen is cleaned with an anti-static brush, the process could take two hours, and that no one qualified is available to do it right now. He then says he could just put the glass back on the iMac, but it'd require my approval, and therefore if I approve such a thing, if anything happened to my display as a result of static electricity or whatever, Applecare would not cover it, as I authorized a "tainted" glass display cover. Not to derail, but I had my iMac's optical drive replaced under Apple care and I noticed that if I have an all white image on the screen there are areas of it that look dirty. Is it possible they didn't do the super special cleaning process? If I bring it back to Apple are they going to hold it hostage for a week cleaning it or will they tell me tough luck? Sorry for the derail, I noticed the problem months ago but your post made me think of it.
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# ¿ Aug 3, 2011 02:20 |
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FlashBangBob posted:Look at that tiny keyboard controlling everything... you should get a 30 inch keyboard too Yeah I've always hated my tiny keyboard and I only have a single 27". Why doesn't Apple make a full size wireless anymore?
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# ¿ Nov 13, 2011 03:52 |
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petewhitley posted:We just ordered a new iMac to replace our aging Mac Mini. Currently, we watch videos streamed from our Mini via our Xbox 360 (using Connect360). I'm thinking about turning that Mac Mini into a dedicated media center, bypassing the 360 altogether. From a relatively quick Googling, it seems like that would be a more functional, and all-together nicer way to view content from our Macs. True/false? Worth the effort? If so, is there a definitive guide to doing so? I've found about 5,000 blogs about it, not sure if there's a better resource than that. Install XBMC on it? http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3011303
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# ¿ Dec 7, 2011 05:12 |
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IUG posted:I guess this counts as a Mac Hardware question. Basically, I work from home once a week, and I bring my office phone home with me to take calls. I could cut this out if I use a softphone over our VPN, which I can. I want to use a wireless headset, so I'm not tethered to my computer. Something like this? http://www.picoinstruments.com/products/btx-bluetooth-range-extender.html
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# ¿ Apr 21, 2012 04:08 |
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My iMac (27" Late '09 i7) has been acting... weird lately. It seems to be really sluggish doing random things like opening up system prefs, loading webpages, generating previews in Lightroom etc. etc. I'm seeing the pinwheel a whole lot more than I ever have before. It also feels like the hard drive is being accessed *constantly* even when it's just sitting idle. I was running Lion and decided to do a clean sweep and drop back down to Snow Leopard. I found that right off the bat something is still wrong. While it was playing the little Apple "Welcome" movie I noticed the video was stuttering (paused about 5 times during playback, audio was fine). Hard drive is still chugging away. Are there any hardware tests I can run to figure out if it needs to go in for service?
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# ¿ Jun 2, 2012 21:15 |
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Ran the AHT and it came up clean (ran both the 3 min and 45 min test). Here is one of the most boring videos ever posted on youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV706KD8W8A This is right after a boot. I let it sit for a few min until the drive accessing sound stopped. Just opening up the activity monitor made it start chugging away again. Crank up the sound you should be able to hear the drive. So looks like my drive is on it's way out?
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# ¿ Jun 2, 2012 23:08 |
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BlackMK4 posted:http://www.volitans-software.com/smart_utility.php Well... I guess that's that then. Thank you for the link.
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# ¿ Jun 3, 2012 00:34 |
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Binary Badger posted:The 721 reallocated sectors means the data in those sectors was successfully moved to the spare sector area and should be fine.. I hit "Rescan Drives" and it went to 729. The "Test" button does this :
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# ¿ Jun 3, 2012 01:51 |
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movax posted:OK, stop posting and start copying poo poo off that disk, important stuff first. Your porn can wait. Moved everything off this morning. Sounds like that was a good idea! Looks like I'm off to the fruit stand. Glad I extended my AppleCare.
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# ¿ Jun 3, 2012 01:59 |
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Digital_Jesus posted:Then this changed from the last time I thought about returning something. The guys at the fruit stand specifically told me 14 Days Full Refund on non-opened laptops, opened product was exchange or a 10%-15% restock fee. http://store.apple.com/us/help/returns_refund Looks like a return within 14 days will get you a full refund.
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# ¿ Jun 13, 2012 13:16 |
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hamza posted:I also remember a restocking fee on opened items. From the returns page linked above, Yeah, if you return it without the original packaging, or after 30 days.
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# ¿ Jun 13, 2012 13:32 |
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Qaz Kwaz posted:It's not that--it's for a separate site entirely, zoosk.com, which I've never been to, let alone heard of. Considering this is the only purchase I've made with this card in the past 6 months AND I physically told the CC info to the CS rep, what other explanation could there be? What phone number did you call? It would be funny if someone bought an 800 number that was 1 digit off, and they have just been waiting for someone to fat finger the Apple number. But seriously, you think Apple is selling your credit card number? Or maybe your phone line is tapped...
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# ¿ Jun 13, 2012 15:13 |
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Bob Morales posted:I replaced the busted rear end WD Green 2TB drive in that 27" iMac a few minutes ago. The girl who uses it says "This is the slowest computer I've ever had" Now she is going to be complaining about storage space.
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# ¿ Jun 15, 2012 17:07 |
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binarysmurf posted:Hi people, I don't know the specs on the 2012 iMacs that have not been announced yet. Also, don't sign your posts.
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# ¿ Aug 19, 2012 15:05 |
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Bimmi posted:Question for iMac owners: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2300580?start=0&tstart=0 My Late 2009 27" has the same problem. I should probably get the screen replaced before my Apple Care runs out. I had the DVD drive replaced about 9 months after I bought it and as soon as I got it home and booted it up I noticed the dark spots on the screen. As you can see by the 56 pages worth of posts on Apple's site, it is a very common problem.
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# ¿ Aug 28, 2012 00:10 |
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Choadmaster posted:3 unsuccessful hardware repairs and they give you a new computer. One would assume your weird nobody's-heard-of-it-before splotch probably won't rear it's head again on a completely different piece of hardware. This is a common problem and if you are to believe the people complaining in that thread, it will happen again even after the LCD is replaced. Legdiian fucked around with this message at 01:19 on Aug 28, 2012 |
# ¿ Aug 28, 2012 00:59 |
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Butt Savage posted:Does the dust in the screen issue occur with the external displays as well, or is it limited to the iMacs because the fans might be blowing poo poo where it isn't supposed to go? From what I understand, the issues aren't really dust/dirt (although it looks like it). The problem seems to be heat related. That being said I don't think the external displays suffer the same issues because they don't have a computer cooking them.
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# ¿ Aug 29, 2012 18:05 |
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I really wanted a new iMac.
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# ¿ Sep 12, 2012 20:10 |
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Mu Zeta posted:I don't understand why they don't just make all the ports USB3. Are they saving money? I was under the impression that a yellow USB port indicates a "sleep and charge" port. Meaning that it still provides power when then computer is sleeping (or off if you change a setting in the BIOS). Is it possible that all 3 ports are USB and only one is sleep and charge? Edit : No it looks like there is a mix of 2.0 and 3.0 on most of the Lenovo's... Legdiian fucked around with this message at 14:02 on Sep 19, 2012 |
# ¿ Sep 19, 2012 13:57 |
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kuskus posted:I think this is going to be one of those questions where I ask it, I find no solution, and then I abandon the hardware completely after exerting all kinds of energy trying to fix it. You can control the fans in Windows.
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# ¿ Sep 22, 2012 06:11 |
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CombatMedic posted:I'm about to make "the switch" from PCs to a rMBP this week.
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# ¿ Oct 1, 2012 17:13 |
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Cameron posted:Is this old news? My iPhone 4 shocks me when I plug it in. It's just a slight tingling sensation, and it's only on the bottom right and left corners or the phone. Weird! Mine is always in a case so I have never been shocked, but yeah I guess it's a thing. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4013128?start=0&tstart=0
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# ¿ Oct 17, 2012 15:24 |
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Housh posted:gently caress! Anyone else just get the email that your iMac's seagate hdd is being recalled? I got my email a day or so ago, but about 6 months too late. Already replaced under Apple Care (Late 2009 27").
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# ¿ Oct 25, 2012 00:29 |
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kuskus posted:Local AASP Onyx refuses to perform the drive recall swap since my iMac's "modified", but did offer a free helping of condescension. I had forgotten what non-Apple tech support was like. Out of curiosity, what is modified? SSD in place of the Super Drive or something?
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# ¿ Oct 25, 2012 03:07 |
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Stick100 posted:Well Amazon told me to pound sand does anyone know what is wrong or how I go about fixing it? It's just slightly out of the one year and I didn't buy applecare. Sometimes a real image will display in the bottom 1/3 of the screen and when I plug in an external monitor it works fine so the video card is still working. Did amazon break the connection between the video card and the screen or is the screen now bad? Was there insurance on the shipment?
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# ¿ Nov 2, 2012 01:14 |
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Daric posted:Does anyone here use a Mac Mini for a media center? I have a giant desktop I built a few years ago. It was my only computer until i got a Macbook Pro in June. Now I just use to as a media center for the house. I'm thinking about switching it out with the Mac Mini because it'll take up way less room and be compatible with my Pro. I have a Mac Mini which I use as a media center for the last couple years and I love it. It's running SABnzbd+/Sick Beard behind the scenes and XBMC as the front end. Setup properly, it's just as easy to use as an Apple TV and much more powerful.
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# ¿ Nov 6, 2012 16:12 |
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So I currently have a Late 2009 iMac. I have an opportunity to pick up a 2008 Mac Pro and 30 Cinema HD display for what I think is a steal. Overall, I've been happy with my iMac, but it is starting to struggle with editing the latest video files I have been throwing at it from my new GoPro - 1080p60 . Is this Mac Pro an obvious upgrade or more of a sidegrade? Is upgrading the Mac Pro feasible? Edit - I forgot to mention the Mac Pro is the 3GHz and has two of the 7300GT video cards. I assume that is only to drive extra displays and has no performance benefit? VVVVV Well that was strange timing! Legdiian fucked around with this message at 00:17 on Dec 12, 2012 |
# ¿ Dec 12, 2012 00:01 |
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decypher posted:On the surface, they're probably pretty comparable. The memory in the iMac is slightly faster, I think, for one plus to it. Hmmm I think the Mac Pro in that test is an 8 core system and I think the one I'm looking at is a 4 core. If that's the case maybe I shouldn't even bother.
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# ¿ Dec 12, 2012 00:25 |
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Electric Bugaloo posted:Probably not. Given that your iMac is from 2009, I imagine that it's probably got a Core 2 Duo in it. Why don't you save the money you were gonna spend on the old Mac Pro, sell the old iMac, and put all of the money toward one of the new models? Heck, even the quad-core 2011s scream compared to the '09. Either one should have no trouble making mincemeat of your editing jobs. Is there anything I can do to squeeze some life out of that 2008? I could get it for $500 INCLUDING the display. I dunno that just seems super cheap to me. Even if I had to put in an SSD or something.
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# ¿ Dec 12, 2012 00:37 |
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Binary Badger posted:Well, the 8-core Mac Pro has 4 drive bays with SATA II for you to RAID up, or you could get a nice RAID card and an array and beef up your throughput that way. So It's definitely a 4 core system. Shows up as a MacPro1,1. Looks like it was upgraded to 6 GB of ram. Here is a dumb question about upgrading the video card. If I'm only going to have one display, is there a benefit to purchasing the two cards? I'm guessing maybe one of them can do graphics calculations while the other one displays them? I only ask because it looks like you can buy single cards on eBay.
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# ¿ Dec 12, 2012 00:53 |
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Binary Badger posted:I'd have to agree, especially if you get the new 27-inch iMac with the top graphic option, the 680MX Kepler-class chip; it'll have 2 GB of VRAM so you could hook up a 30-inch display in addition to the built-in one. I would love that iMac, but with the CPU/Graphics upgrade I'm looking at $2400 with a 7200rpm drive. Maybe I'm not using the configure page correctly, but I can't figure out how to specify a second hard drive. It seems like you have 3 choices. A 7200 rpm drive, the Fusion drive or a giant 768GB flash drive for a whopping $1300 dollars! Am I missing something? Thanks for the input guys I appreciate it.
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# ¿ Dec 12, 2012 01:21 |
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If I did a $300 CPU upgrade to my $500 Mac Pro, wouldn't I be looking at something like this? http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/1394471 That seems like tremendous bang for the buck. This video makes it seem fairly painless. I'm just trying to find a way to keep my iMac for my girlfriend and not have to shell out ~$2000 on another system. I'm having a hard time finding another Mac (even refurbished/used) that can get me those numbers for that cost ($800). Should I not be so focused on these benchmark numbers?
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# ¿ Dec 12, 2012 02:45 |
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Sorry I was mistakenly calling it a 2008 because it was sold until 2008 (January 7th I guess ) So yeah I'm just asking for a headache. I purchased my 2009 iMac with 0% financing with the Bar Clay Card. After I paid it off, I never used it so I received a notice about a year later that they were closing the account. Has anyone had any experience with the Bar Clay card in regards to multiple 0% purchases? I'm guessing I can just reapply and get approved again? Am I correct in my understanding that the new iMacs only allow a single drive? I'm guessing the fusion drive is the way to go? There is no way I can pay $1300 for a pure flash drive.
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# ¿ Dec 12, 2012 03:41 |
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japtor posted:The current $799 Mac mini benches faster than that. Granted you'd be stuck with the integrated GPU but considering how old/crappy those 7300s are it might not be a big deal, main thing* with Mac minis is to stick in a SSD and bump the RAM 8-16GB. Hmm that is an interesting suggestion. Can I use my late 2009 iMac as a display? I assume upgrading the memory and SSD after purchase is the way to go?
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# ¿ Dec 12, 2012 05:35 |
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Is it true the memory in the 21" iMac is not user replaceable and the 27" is?
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# ¿ Dec 14, 2012 19:48 |
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Bob Morales posted:The 21" memory is replaceable, you just have to get the case off. Thanks, I know not many people have received their 27" yet, but it's sounding like it has a way to upgrade the ram without removing the screen?
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# ¿ Dec 14, 2012 20:09 |
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ShadeofBlue posted:That picture is from the 2009 iMac teardown...
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# ¿ Dec 14, 2012 21:19 |
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keevo posted:Nah, just a lot of money and too many laptops. Does she have so much money that she doesn't care that you're flipping it for profit? Not that I'm the morality police or anything but that's a lovely thing to do. I gave a co-worker a smokin' deal on a 50" plasma a few years back and he flipped it on me. It's not nice.
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# ¿ Jan 4, 2013 20:21 |
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# ¿ Mar 29, 2024 13:15 |
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Any success stories on getting a new 27 iMac? I just pulled the trigger on one and this is going to be the longest 3 to 4 weeks of my life I assume the timeframe on the website is pretty accurate?
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# ¿ Jan 16, 2013 19:34 |