AgentGray Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 So, I've fallen in love with the new iMac's (27" of course). Can any of you guys talk me out of picking one up? Is there a refresh looming? Is there known issues? It's a nicely powerful computer for the price, isn't it? How much cheaper could I build the equivalent system? I Like OSX but I also have a decent gaming habit, so parellels or bootcamp with windows will be required. Any reasons why I wouldn't want to run that on this? Basically...asking for reasons I might not want to pick one up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sikh Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 The great thing is bootcamp is included with mac os x. I love it. Just installed win7 on my friends macbook pro 15 aluminum body and this thing tore windows 7 up. I was suprised but we sat there recording it, it said expanding files, and took 5 minutes to expand all the files for windows, the whole installation took 15 minutes. Ive never seen 7 install that fast on an average computer. But regardless, gaming looks good since he has the 9600gt. Now, I would say Bootcamp+win7. The drivers on the Mac OS X disc you get will work fine. Everything on his mac works, the only drivers he needed was nvidia but thats fine its expected. According to MacRumors Buying Guide. There isnt going to be an iMac upgrade anytime soon. I used the buyer guide to get a touch and iphone and it was perfectly exact or close to apples schedule and i was happy with it. So i say get a 27" iMac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.Markus Posted January 7, 2010 Share Posted January 7, 2010 In a year it will be the last years model? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MulletRobZ Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 Why talk you out of it? I used a previous generation iMac (the 20" aluminum one) at college and it's freakin' sick. Vibrant displays and killer performance, but the glossy display may be bothersome in some cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 So, I've fallen in love with the new iMac's (27" of course).Can any of you guys talk me out of picking one up? Is there a refresh looming? Is there known issues? It's a nicely powerful computer for the price, isn't it? How much cheaper could I build the equivalent system? I Like OSX but I also have a decent gaming habit, so parellels or bootcamp with windows will be required. Any reasons why I wouldn't want to run that on this? Basically...asking for reasons I might not want to pick one up. I've fallen in love with them since day 1, bought one and all I can say is : it's fabulous! There's no refresh coming for about the next 6 months. There were issues about it being DOA (dead on arrival) because the glass of the display was cracked, but it didn't happen to me and I'm pretty sure they changed something since these news showing up in mid-November. If it happens, Apple will cover it and it won't cost you anything at all except more time until you can get an iMac that works. I believe it happened to just a few people, but on the Internet, there's this world of mass media exaggeration that we have to think about... I was wondering if I could have built a cheaper PC with parts bought on one of my favorites suppliers, NCIX. I chose pretty much the same parts and it was basically the same price than the iMac. I've got to say that I had a special rebate because my dad works at Canada Post, and their rebates are sometimes a little better than student rebates. If you're a student, you can save about 100-200 bucks, which is still good. Soon after, I saw a PC in sale at Future Shop or Best Buy (can't remember) with a similar configuration (obviously not as good, but still, that surprised me...) and it was like 70% the price of my iMac... I can't believe they can sell this, while my best supplier was more expensive and the cost to actually build the PC wasn't even included. I never understood what's wrong with computers bought in stores, but I never trusted them much, and so far friends who bought them in stores can say I'm right about this. basically, I still need to shed some light on this point... 1 inconvenient to running Boot Camp : you need to restart the computer, because Windows is not emulated. It's native. So if you play often between OS X and Windows, you'll lose a lot of time. 1 inconvenient to running Parallels : Well even if the latest version of Parallels can play games (I've played Runaway on it) fine, I wouldn't suggest things that require severe 3D drawing. I never really tried, but would recommend Boot Camp over Parallels. Parallels though is simply perfect to run things like Office 2010, AutoCAD, etc. The emulation in Parallels on these new iMacs is really impressive compared to my last one. It's pretty smooth, fast, I have Aero enabled and everything. I didn't know Windows could be so fast on an emulator before I tried it... By the way I have Windows 7 x64 on it and it runs great, but it shows that Apple still doesn't support it. For instance, my graphics drivers are very wrong, I get a few artifacts sometimes. Also, the optical-out output for the sound simply doesn't work. It's the built-in speakers of the iMac that produce sound when I'm in Boot Camp. Parallels got this right though. Also, it all depends on if you like the OS X environment and everything. When I tried it, I knew right away that I loved it. If you hate it but you want yo buy a new iMac because they're cool, you will either fully or partially regret it, but you will regret it in some way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
instant.human Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 they have just recently been updated, so you can savely buy one without having a last-gen-machine next week, id say. and yea, you should actually buy one. these machines are great. i personally only have a macbook pro since it suits my needs perfectly but a good friend of mine has one of those 27" imacs and dude ... impressive machine! and bootcamp works, like everybody in this thread said before, like a champ. so go ahead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziper Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 I run one with Win7 x64 and I have had a plethora of driver problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Helix Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 I run one with Win7 x64 and I have had a plethora of driver problems problems? such as? my 24" has 7 x64 and zero driver problems, in fact this is the best machine I have ever had any verion of Windows running on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TruckWEB Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 I run one with Win7 x64 and I have had a plethora of driver problems I have Win7 x64 installed on my Macbook without any driver problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasethebase Reporter Posted January 8, 2010 Reporter Share Posted January 8, 2010 It's a very nice computer for the price, but it depends if you don't mind glossy screens. I won't be getting a glossy screen again after my last monitor, major dust magnet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudy Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 My 27" is the best computer I've had so far, I love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted January 8, 2010 Share Posted January 8, 2010 My 27" is the best computer I've had so far, I love it Same sentiment here. :yes: I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentGray Posted January 9, 2010 Author Share Posted January 9, 2010 thanks for the input.... have a side proejct in the works i'm waiting to see how it turns out and see if I can't finance the whole thing with that... But quick question, Know there are threads for help, but can anyone explain how parallels works? can it load the boot camped partition? or am I going to need 2 different versions of windows installed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL_ Veteran Posted January 9, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 9, 2010 But quick question, Know there are threads for help, but can anyone explain how parallels works? can it load the boot camped partition? or am I going to need 2 different versions of windows installed? You can load the Boot Camp partition fine. I stopped doing that because I was running out of disk space and preferred to have a flexible file that I could easily change the size of instead of a partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadaaron Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I've been wanting a 27" iMac its just the price thats stopping me :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted January 9, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted January 9, 2010 I've just bought a new iMac, and I'm not a typical jumping screaming, blinded Mac fanboy. I've done all that, been using Macs for a couple of years now. I enjoy using Windows, and I use a Windows laptop for some intense gaming too, so my thoughts on the machine are impartial: It's brilliant. Lovely screen, amazing build, fantastic mouse and keyboard, and it's such a delight to use - even when you've only just switched it on. I've been sat here for like 10 minutes wondering if it needs configuring at all - but it doesn't. I just unboxed it, plonked it on my desk, watched an annoying intro whilst hammering the Esc key in the hope that it'd end... Yanno, what you get with every Mac. Input some details, and then... That was it. It's so nice to use. :] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motoko. Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I've just bought a new iMac, and I'm not a typical jumping screaming, blinded Mac fanboy. I've done all that, been using Macs for a couple of years now. I enjoy using Windows, and I use a Windows laptop for some intense gaming too, so my thoughts on the machine are impartial:It's brilliant. Lovely screen, amazing build, fantastic mouse and keyboard, and it's such a delight to use - even when you've only just switched it on. I've been sat here for like 10 minutes wondering if it needs configuring at all - but it doesn't. I just unboxed it, plonked it on my desk, watched an annoying intro whilst hammering the Esc key in the hope that it'd end... Yanno, what you get with every Mac. Input some details, and then... That was it. It's so nice to use. :] Is yours equipped with a Lynnfield 860? I'm curious if SMT makes any performance difference on the 27" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian M. Veteran Posted January 9, 2010 Veteran Share Posted January 9, 2010 I'm so tempted to pick a quad core 27" up - but I really don't think I could justify it when my current 24" one is still alive. GAH why do Apple always do this to us :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motoko. Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 I'm so tempted to pick a quad core 27" up - but I really don't think I could justify it when my current 24" one is still alive.GAH why do Apple always do this to us :p At least your current one has good resale value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted January 9, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted January 9, 2010 I can't answer your question sadly, I purchased the entry level C2D model. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam14160 Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Just get it. . .you will be happy. I bought a 24" back in July, now I wish I had waited. Albeit, what the hell it just the way things work; if you wait then wait again you lose, so go buy the 27". The same happen back in 87 when I bought my first Mac a 9" black and white 8MHz Mac Plus, about eight months later they came out with the 9" Color 16 MHz Mac SE. . .och. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motoko. Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I can't answer your question sadly, I purchased the entry level C2D model. :p ahh shucks! Does the C2D model take care of all your needs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadaaron Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I can't answer your question sadly, I purchased the entry level C2D model. :p To be honest I don't understand why a quad core is even needed, dual has been fine for me!!! I really want one of the 27" iMacs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 ahh shucks! Does the C2D model take care of all your needs? I can't attest to the desktop version of the C2D, but I know my laptop version (in my MacBook Pro) is a little sluggish at times. The Lynnfield 750 iMac that I got is just a dream though. Seems like I'm never waiting for anything. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jamesyfx Subscriber² Posted January 11, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted January 11, 2010 I've had no problems with this processor so far. I can't tell much difference between waking from Sleep mode and rebooting, to be honest. xD I'm fairly sure the extra horsepower in the quad core would only be useful for video editing, not much else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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