Comments on: iMac 24″ Quick Review

By: John - Chelmsford Wedding Photographer

John - Chelmsford Wedding Photographer — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:32:35 +0000

My 24″ imac is now approaching its first birthday and like you I’ve been more than happy with it. I did encounter the white screen of death a month or so which freaked me a little – but it looked like the RAM had come loose (it sits vertically so may not have been locked in place properly in the first place? No problems since (touch wood). Looking forward to the new macbook pros when they eventually come out to replace my old mbpro which is seriously on its last legs.

By: Matt Light

Matt Light — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:15:11 +0000

I love my 24″ iMac. I was surprised at how much extra desktop there is to work with compared to the 17″ iMac. Unfortunately, I now have productivity problems when I am on my 13″ Macbook. It’s sort of like moving from a corporate office to a closet.

There are a couple issues I have with my 24″ iMac that you may want to watch out for:
- Image persistence. At the end of a long working day I often end up with one of my applications deciding to keep a slight presence on the screen. Sometimes it is Safari’s title bar and toolbars, while either times it is jEdit’s BufferList. It’s a bit odd because I am normally switching back and forth, and neither application is on screen more than a few minutes at a time. Fortunately, the ghost-like image goes away overnight.
- Display sleep issues. When my iMac display goes to sleep (but not the computer itself), the computer goes a bit on the fritz. Every few seconds, I hear a light ticking and the lights in my bedroom flicker. I am fairly confident this is a power supply unit issue, but I don’t really want to send in my iMac for repair at this time. Instead, sleep display got shut off.

My 24″ iMac is about a year old, so Apple probably (hopefully) fixed the display issue. And the other issue is more likely a rare failure that I am “lucky” enough to have encountered.

Enjoy your beautiful iMac.

By: Toby

Toby — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:04:59 +0000

Wow, one of my forum posts have now been immortalized in that screenshot. I didn’t expect to see that!

On another note, is that iMac using the LED backlight like the MacBooks are or the older style lighting? I forget what the oldet style is called though…

By: admin

admin — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:48:57 +0000

I remember moving from the old tube style iMacs to the iLamp and I had the same problem. My eyes struggled to let all the light in and I ended up having pretty bad headaches for a while.

I usually turn up the brightness when watching video (You Tube, etc) or photo editing.

By: William Hook

William Hook — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:19:42 +0000

I actually quite like the epicly bright screen. However, it does take a while to get used to. I think it took me about two weeks to get used to the full brightness, after turning it up a notch or two every day.

However, the downside is that if you ever move to another screen which is not as bright, the other one will look useless.