Quad Core iMac

[PaulMark]

Does anyone know of a store in the Joburg area with the 27" Quad Core iMac in stock? I know there's a global shortage of them at the moment but I'm hoping there's one hiding out there somewhere!

 

[phiber]

Try digicape.

 

[xumwun]

Hackintosh maybe ?

 

[PaulMark]

Try digicape.

They were my first port of call. They've promised end of March.

 

[wolfsburg]

good luck with this dude ... i waited a month for mine to come .... i picked mine up last weekend and trust me ITS WELL WORTH THE WAIT !!!!

 

[kingrob]

Hackintosh maybe ?

Been running Mac OSX on a Hackintosh Quad Core Intel PC four months ago and it runs really well. BUT.....we all know why Intel shifted to the iCore CPUs. The Quad Cores all have a fundamental flaw.

I wouldn't waste money on a quad core config. It has already been canned by Intel.

 

[Fred123]

Try :

http://www.macnificent.co.za/buy/apple-imac/view-all-products.html?Treeid=77

 

[Synaesthesia]

Been running Mac OSX on a Hackintosh Quad Core Intel PC four months ago and it runs really well. BUT.....we all know why Intel shifted to the iCore CPUs. The Quad Cores all have a fundamental flaw.

I wouldn't waste money on a quad core config. It has already been canned by Intel.

What flaw is that?

 

[Shardie]

www.megagraphix.co.za (Cresta)

 

[assagai]

Anyone know where to get the i7 model? Seems only the base (i5) units are available.

 

[PaulMark]

Anyone know where to get the i7 model? Seems only the base (i5) units are available.

You have to special order it unfortunately. I ordered mine through Digicape and after 5 weeks of waiting its finally here. Picking it up this afternoon

 

[assagai]

You have to special order it unfortunately. I ordered mine through Digicape and after 5 weeks of waiting its finally here. Picking it up this afternoon

Nice! If you don't mind me asking, what's the price on the i7?

 

[PaulMark]

Nice! If you don't mind me asking, what's the price on the i7?

It was R25,650, so R2,650 more than the i5. In the US of course its a $200 difference but I have now resigned myself to being ripped off by Core.

 

[assagai]

It was R25,650, so R2,650 more than the i5. In the US of course its a $200 difference but I have now resigned myself to being ripped off by Core.

sad but true, still - i'd rather go for the i7. You happy so far?

 

[PaulMark]

sad but true, still - i'd rather go for the i7. You happy so far?

Extremely happy. The display is magnificent, it makes my 23" Cinema Display look very ordinary in comparison. The computer runs as quietly as a mouse with fan noise only audible when the CPU is pushed hard with some handbrake encodes. The encoding was super fast too. Highly recommended!

 

[Fred123]

http://www.macnificent.co.za/buy/apple-imac/view-all-products.html?Treeid=67

 

[assagai]

http://www.macnificent.co.za/buy/apple-imac/view-all-products.html?Treeid=67

no i7 model there either, i'll just do a custom order with digicape.