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maCCer · May 9, 2005, 02:41 AM

Does any one have got the new imac(rev b?)
Do they reslove the problems like fan noise?
thx

Ozzpot · May 9, 2005, 06:17 AM

I am getting one very soon. The middle one, 2.0ghz 17" with a gig of RAM.

What is this fan noise you speak of? I use a RevA at work, typing these words on it. I has no fan noise whatsoever. I was running UT2004 on it last week and it doesn't make a sound. Not a whisper. I wsa beginning to wonder if it even had fans.

What other problems have you heard of then?

markb8705 · May 9, 2005, 08:09 AM

mine will be here momentarily... Fedex tells me it is on the truck for delivery!! horray!!
check the sig

Ozzpot · May 9, 2005, 10:27 AM

So Lucky!

� I will be getting the 17" 2.0GHZ.
� I will be sticking with the good old Apple Bluetooth mouse (unless I get hooked on UT2004 and need something more suitable!)
� I already have those speakers! They ROCK!!!!
� I have an old 2nd Gen 10gb iPod. It is a dog of war.

Congrats on your new toy!

BJNY · May 9, 2005, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by markb8705

mine will be here momentarily... Fedex tells me it is on the truck for delivery!! horray!!
check the sig

Please let us know what brand & model number hard drive (i.e. Hitachi, Seagate).
Thanks.

johnMG · May 9, 2005, 11:25 AM

> What is this fan noise you speak of? I use a RevA at work, typing these words on it. I has
> no fan noise whatsoever.

You're very lucky. I just bought my rev. A iMac G5 yesterday (1.6 GHz, 17''). I hadn't read up on it before purchasing. It makes an obnoxious buzzing noise that changes in pitch as CPU usage varies. You don't notice it when there's ambient noise in the room, but when the room is quiet, the noise is very annoying. It sounds like a fan is not working quite right.

I called Apple yesterday about fixing it, and they are going to get back to me.

I'm thinking of just returning it, but I can see that being a big hassle too.

I'm curious to hear if the rev. B's have fan noise issues too.

Eug Wanker · May 9, 2005, 12:33 PM

Originally Posted by markb8705

mine will be here momentarily... Fedex tells me it is on the truck for delivery!! horray!!

20'' iMac 2.0 GHZ 1 GB RAM

From where did it ship?

markb8705 · May 9, 2005, 12:37 PM

It shipped from Cali and i am on it right now!
i was trying to install more RAM and the screws seem to be on there really tight so im going to try that later because i didn't wanna strip the screw.... this thing is bad a$$

Eug Wanker · May 9, 2005, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by markb8705

It shipped from Cali and i am on it right now!
i was trying to install more RAM and the screws seem to be on there really tight so im going to try that later because i didn't wanna strip the screw.... this thing is bad a$$

Glad you like it.

So you didn't get it BTO with 1 GB? The reason I ask is because I got a BTO, and I am still waiting for it to ship.

iMac 2.0 20"
512 MB
400 GB
Wireless keyboard and mouse

markb8705 · May 9, 2005, 01:27 PM

mine is standard... i ordered a wireless mouse from somewhere else and my apple wireless keyboard will be here today also and the RAM from crucial

Meritocracy · May 9, 2005, 01:32 PM

How about some XBench specs by those of you who've already had their system delivered. Feel free to provide them for both Automatic and Highest settings. I'd like to see these results to also determine if the SATA HD performance issue has been corrrected.

markb8705 · May 9, 2005, 01:36 PM

tell me how to do it and i will glady do so...

Meritocracy · May 9, 2005, 01:53 PM

Originally Posted by markb8705

tell me how to do it and i will glady do so...

XBench is a bit inconsistent, but it should at least give us an idea if Apple fixed the SATA performance over the Rev. A's that exhibited such poor results. Run it with no other applications open as this could affect the results, and if possible, run it twice. Once with the processor setting at Automatic, the other at Highest.

iREZ · May 9, 2005, 01:54 PM

make sure youre on highest settings in energy saver preference tab, download xbench (www.xbench.com), restart your computer so that nothing is running in the background, start up xbench and click begin, don't touch your computer while it's doing its thing, post the results up, and you're done.

Hoosier_1701 · May 9, 2005, 02:39 PM

I'm planning to get one of these soon, so I'm very interested in the results. Have you heard the loud fan noise other have talked about with the rev A models?

johnMG · May 9, 2005, 06:07 PM

> i was trying to install more RAM and the screws seem to be on there really tight so im going to try
> that later because i didn't wanna strip the screw...

Remember: the screws don't come out -- you just turn them counter-clockwise until they move their little internal clips into the "open" position.

How's the fan noise? Have you had a chance to use the machine for a little while in a quiet room?

BTW, what's "BTO" mean?

markb8705 · May 9, 2005, 06:11 PM

yeah i figured that out.... fan noise isn't loud to me... i dont know how it compares to the older models

guywithFX · May 9, 2005, 08:24 PM

BTO means "Built To Order" which is customized from apple.

markb8705 · May 10, 2005, 08:02 AM

when i get home i will run Xbench and post the results...

trip · May 10, 2005, 09:03 AM

Can someone who owns the new imac with 9600 card check the system profiler under graphics/displays and see if core image says supported. Please and thanks,

I'm pretty sure (98% sure) it is all good, but the apple website only mentions 9600XT as supported.... my understanding is that the imac does not have XT.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301347

nunki · May 10, 2005, 09:39 AM

It does indeed say "Core Image: Supported." This is on a new 20-inch.

Cory Bauer · May 10, 2005, 09:41 AM

I got my new 20" iMac yesterday - picked it up at an Apple Store, completely stock. It's fantastic! Very quiet! I can tell you that, looking at the little animation file on Apple's website of the back coming off, the heatsink and fan layout has changed slightly. It's an amazing machine - I am extremely happy with it. I'll throw 2GB of RAM in it next month when I recoup from the purchase. As far as supporting core image, I'm not in front of it now but if the ripple effect when adding dashboard widgets is a sign that it's using core image, then yes it does.

trip · May 10, 2005, 11:06 AM

Originally Posted by nunki

It does indeed say "Core Image: Supported." This is on a new 20-inch.

Thanks man,

akghetto · May 10, 2005, 11:48 AM

Originally Posted by Eug Wanker

Glad you like it.

So you didn't get it BTO with 1 GB? The reason I ask is because I got a BTO, and I am still waiting for it to ship.

iMac 2.0 20"
512 MB
400 GB
Wireless keyboard and mouse

I ordered this same config except an upgrade to 1GB RAM last Friday... it's still "Processing Order" and I'm about ready to die! If it doesn't ship by Thursday (for delivery Friday), I don't know if I'll be able to make it another weekend.....

ARGH!!!!!!

Eug Wanker · May 10, 2005, 12:43 PM

Has anyone tried booting the new iMac off a 10.3.9 drive yet? I don't think it will work, but FWIW that does work with the new dual 2.7 Power Macs.

--

So today was supposed to be my ship day, but so far I've heard nothing. You've got a half day more to make good on your promise Apple.

discotronic · May 10, 2005, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by Eug Wanker

FWIW that does work with the new dual 2.7 Power Macs.

Do you know if Panther can be clean installed on the 2.7? Does it have to be installed onto a drive on another machine?

Eug Wanker · May 10, 2005, 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by discotronic

Do you know if Panther can be clean installed on the 2.7? Does it have to be installed onto a drive on another machine?

I don't think it can be clean installed on the 2.7, but somebody reported at www.hardmac.com that a boot from an external Firewire hard drive with 10.3.9 does work fine.

P.S. Somebody at Ars just reported that it works on the new iMac too, except that the fans cycle up and down.

markb8705 · May 10, 2005, 02:08 PM

i ran Xbench and when set to the highest i got a score of 192 and auto 177

Meritocracy · May 10, 2005, 04:06 PM

Thanks Mark, however, as iREZ stated in his post, if you could kindly post the results and provide a link so that we could see the individual breakdown that would be better. Without that, there's no way for us to compare the SATA performance of these to the previous models.

Thain Esh Kelch · May 10, 2005, 04:25 PM

20" arriwed today, here in Denmark.. Stock machine.

Its AWESOME! HD files runs fullscreen without a hitch.. That was the most taxing I could throw at it..

(Downloading ET right now, UT2K4 after that)

One thing I noted, it says in systemprofiler that it is a 2.0 Ghz G5 (3.0) - What up with that 3.0??

Edit: Oh and it runs very quiet!

johnMG · May 10, 2005, 09:29 PM

> Edit: Oh and it runs very quiet!

Re. noisy fan: I ended up returning my 1.6 GHz rev. A. At first Apple said they'd try sending me a new midplane board. Then they said it turns out that they don't send 'em out anymore, and that I could take it to a shop and have it replaced under warranty -- but they weren't really sure that would even fix the problem. I seemed like it would be a pain down the road, so I returned it.

nJm · May 10, 2005, 11:22 PM

My parents returned their first 1.6 17" too due to noisy fans. The replacement computer is a bit quieter, but it makes a different kind of noise. They decided to put up with it. I can't stand it as I'm used to the silent iBook.

I'm thinking about getting a new iMac for myself though, finding 16mb VRAM per monitor simply isn't enough with the iBook.

iREZ · May 10, 2005, 11:48 PM

not too shabby a score for highest settings.

akghetto · May 11, 2005, 12:12 AM

Originally Posted by Thain Esh Kelch

20" arriwed today, here in Denmark.. Stock machine.

Its AWESOME! HD files runs fullscreen without a hitch.. That was the most taxing I could throw at it..

(Downloading ET right now, UT2K4 after that)

One thing I noted, it says in systemprofiler that it is a 2.0 Ghz G5 (3.0) - What up with that 3.0??

Edit: Oh and it runs very quiet!

was it the 720 or the 1080 trailers?