I recently picked up a 27″ iMac and I have to say this thing is just epic. Seeing as I’ve owned my 24″ since mid 2007, I decided to make this upgrade worthwhile and got the top-of-the-line 2.8GHz Quad Core i7. Ohhh baby!
The Display
This thing is big and looks astounding, especially with the 2560×1440 resolution. Did I mention it’s stupidly bright? The LCD is pretty much the primary reason I held off buying the 27″ for a while due to all the reports on the LCD flickering, yellow tinge and other problems. Upon initial inspection, my LCD has 100% perfect pixels and doesn’t exhibit the yellow tinge. However, the bottom right hand corner does suffer from some back light bleed. But to be honest, it is only really noticeable on black and hardly worth returning for.
Another thing I have also noticed, although very minor is that the LCD does exhibit signs of the screen door effect
The Magic Mouse
At first I was skeptical using the magic mouse as there was quite a bit of mixed feedback. But I must say, after a few hours of putting it through its pace, I quite enjoy using it. The only question I asked myself was, what am I supposed to middle click with? Well, after a few minutes of searching Google the answer became apparent in the form of MagicPrefs which allows you to add, customise and configure multiple gestures for the mouse. Problem solved.
The Keyboard
I’m not entirely a huge fan of the wireless, numeric pad-less keyboard, but seeing as it is wireless I’ve decided to keep it. The keys are nice, just like the initial release of the newer Apple keyboards. One thing that takes getting used to is using the function key to forward delete and page down. Apart from that, I have no real gripes.
The Performance
The Quad Core iMac flies. Everything is very snappy. Whilst I don’t do any video editing, applications such as Photoshop and Illustrator open blazingly fast and are super responsive. I usually have a lot of applications running at once and experience no performance loss or system slowdowns.
If you’re in the market for a new Mac, definitely have a look and play with the 27″ iMac.
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