Comments on: New 27″ iMacs wake up on the wrong side of the CPU

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Apple updates iMac line with new models | Internet News — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:02:56 +0000

[...] New 27″ iMacs wake up on the wrong side of the CPU [...]

By: zuse84

zuse84 — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:20:03 +0000

Good GOD! Regardless of the flash issue, clearly the model mac has issues that need to be worked out. With regard to flash, it you guys need to quit bitching, you cant really expect it to me multi-platform and work perfectly on multiple browsers. PS: Apple sucks

By: ron

ron — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:25:37 +0000

I just returned my first ever 27 imac which couldn’t even run 3 quick time clips simultaneously without serious overheating. My old dinosaur HP with Windows XP could do it effortlessly.

Right out of the box my second 27″ imac started flickering heavily/ around every 20 – 30 seconds. Oh Noooooo
I restarted the computer and now am researching the problem on the internet. So far , since restarting, no flickering problem.
I am hoping it was a one time fluke, I only had safari opened and no videos at the time of the flickering problem

By: viddy

viddy — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:44:58 +0000

I’ve had bigger problems than flash, I’m already on IMAC 27″ number 3. The first was returned because of a dead pixel, the so called Mac Genius at the Apple store tried to migrate my info from one system to another, and corrupted the hard drive….1 week old. Computer #2 starts up like the optical drive is about to blow up……going back to get #3 next week. Called Apple Head office to complain, they’re sending me a 1TB time capsule for free next week…….I have a feeling Mac #4 isn’t too far away.

Not impressed.

By: Joe Anonymous

Joe Anonymous — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:24:30 +0000

Why is that method any better? In many ways, it’s worse. Let’s say that you’re running the same application on a Core 2 Duo and a Core 2 Quad and the application uses 100% of a single core, but none of the other cores. The way Apple does it, the rating is 100% regardless of whether it’s a duo or a quad. Your way, the rating changes, depending on which system it is on.

Regardless, whether it’s right or wrong, that’s the way Apple is doing is, so people whining about how 105% isn’t possible are clearly clueless.

By: Eric O.

Eric O. — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:18:35 +0000

I don’t know a whole lot about Macs, but showing 200% for a fully-utilized dual-core CPU seems a little odd. On other systems I’ve used, they still only go up to 100%, no matter how many cores you have, and for a dual-core CPU, if only one core is being used, it would show 50% usage; if one core of a quad-core CPU is being used, it would show 25%.