New iMac 27" i7
 

decided to buy my first mac so i went to the apple store in scottsdale and got the iMac 27" i7. took it home, got it all set up and ran it for an hour and everything was working great. left the room to watch the ball game and when i came back it was in sleep mode. no matter what i do i can't wake it up. the hard drive is running but black screen.

anyone else have this problem? i bought a mac to avoid stuff like this. not a good first impression.

You push the power button and a Mac comes out of sleep mode.

Not really that difficult.

I just move my mouse around a little.

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wow that was amazing :)

If that doesn't work, you can scream at it. :-)

Press the spacebar.

It's probably in mourning, give it a few days.

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One of ours had a similar issue this earlier, and this was my response as well.

Waking up from from sleep mode been an issue on Macs for ages. It can be touchy. A quick click of the power button is most reliable.

That made me sniffle. :(

it's snubbing you, because it finds itself too important to be left alone so long. Arrogant piece of shit.

how much did it set you back

Download Caffeine for your Imac.
http://www.lightheadsw.com/caffeine/

I thought Mac's came preloaded with every piece of software you could ever possibly need.

problem solved yet??

it was just under $2,800. nice machines, this one must have been a lemon.

i was on the phone with the apple tech for literally 5 mins when he said return it for replacement.

got the new one set up and so far so good. my Dell takes forever to render HD videos so i'm hoping this will speed things up.

just starting to get use to the huge monitor. at first i felt like i was at the theater in the front row.

You could have bought 2 i7 PC's for that price... each with 27" monitors

you bought a mac because you wanted faster rendering?
lol, all you needed to do was upgrade to a machine that is properly configured for rendering.

its not a mac vs dell issue
its a new computer (thus newer/faster hardware) vs older computer (thus last generation)

for $2800 you could build a way faster computer than that mac, which you pay for the name on and they have 70% profit margin on (yes, apple tries to maintain a 70% profit margin on all their products)

you didn't take it back for a replacement, u just realised you had to push the power button to take it out of sleep. :1orglaugh

qft, I could put together a SWEET rendering machine off of just ordering parts from Newegg for half that price and still all the same power.

27" huge monitor???

wow, this machine really pisses you guys off.

Yes but you see, he wanted a Good machine that actually works right the first time.

Congrats on your iMac27" purchases. We have several of them here.

What you want to do first is go to your energy saver settings and configure it the way you want.

You can put your machine to sleep by pressing the power button behind the unit quickly. You can also wake your machine up the same way.

You can also wake your machine up by pressing any key or clicking your mouse as long as they are paired properly to your computer.

cool, thanks for the sleep tips. i'm not sure what happened to the first one but it wouldn't wake up no matter what we did. it would boot up but had a black screen.

Then why did tech support tell him to return it?

yup, the first one worked for about an hour. the tech had me try to boot in safe mode and when it wouldn't he said to return it.

Absolutely terrible time to buy an iMac

http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#iMac

:(

Take it back and ask for a refund, imho.

pictures please !!

the same 27" i7 imac I got back in dec 2009

http://borkedcoder.com/images/gfy/imac.jpg

awesome machine - mine is going back with monitor burning problems (top left it is just dirty for some reason, top right it has clear burn problems with a shell type structure)

is that chica in your avatar?

First, get the cock outta your throat.

yes, that's chica

Say what you want about Mac, but my Macbook Pro with i7 8GB RAM is the first machine I have that I am still excited about 7 months after purchase. Great stuff! There is only one thing that bothers me. When I restart it, sometimes it takes "forever". At most i waited 5 minutes from I pressed On until I was logged in and ready to use it. Not good. But then again, how often do you restart a Mac...

I use 2, 30" cinemas, so I don't really think of a 27" as a huge monitor :2 cents:

that's how I felt about my corvette after 7 years and my caddy after 1 year , a computer is just a tool for work to me... the way you guys are is like raving about a fucking blender or something, a waffle maker :2 cents:

just buy a mac and be done with it - being bitter is not good for your health :winkwink:

Never bought any apple products...

Bradley,

you sound utterly miserable all the time.

it's just hard to see people getting ripped off without saying anything... apple i7 is the same as pc i7, it's all made by intel, you pay $1k more just because you got it from apple, I really don't get this... and what's with this "apple just works bullshit?", obviously if you buy some garbage dell for $500 and compare it to 2800$ apple machine then ya, but if you build your own with quality parts it will outlast your apple.... i build a number of pc's over last 10 years and had ZERO (maybe few blown power supplies and hard drives) issues running 24/7......... I have a feeling if apple makes iShit idiots will still go buy it

i've been a PC guy since 1990 so i figured i'd give it a try to see what the deal is. there's only one way to find out. money isn't the issue for me, i just want a reliable machine. i will gladly pay for less headaches. i have more money than time, so...

wow, that is one ugly monitor with that huge bar on the bottom... looks hideous

not a programer, and not bitter at all. very happy with the boxes I have, as a matter of fact if it weren't for content production I would get a $400 netbook and be done with it... only use pc's for work and email. could get by on a pad pretty sure if it wasn't for work

I'm fine thanks... and macless :thumbsup I get a kick out of you mac guys... endless amusment for me... like blabbing about a fucking toaster all the time :1orglaugh

I had to do some work on a mac for a few weeks... didn't really see any advantage that would cause me to spend 12k-14k and spend 60 hours working out a new system... but I did get this: http://www.keurig.com/brewers/platinum-brewing-system guess I need to blab about it everyday, how wonderfull it is and shit?

i'm the same way, but when you buy quality parts for pc they will outlast and outperform apple, that's the bottom line...

A coffee machine is just a coffee machine.
My $25 machine is just as good as your $179 machine.

A computer is also just a computer.
An i7 with Microsoft is the same as an i7 with MacOS.
A 27" monitor you buy separately is the same as the 27" monitor that is forced on you.

There is no difference in the hardware.
The only difference is in the operating system, and I've never, ever, had any issues running Windows.

The problem is the user, and MacOS just restricts and limits you more than Windows, thus you have less of a chance of doing things to slow it down, over time.

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

everything breaks/burns up sooner or later

interesting thoughts... and the closed API of a mac doesn't hurt as welll as no legacy aspect