http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Dec 21st 2009 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/o rly?]]>Dec 21st 2009 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/You REALLY need to change your avatar. You will get banned soon...]]>Dec 21st 2009 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/
Maybe my avatar with draw the editors attention to his.]]>Dec 21st 2009 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Dec 21st 2009 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Lol, I didn't notice that..]]>Dec 21st 2009 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/
A fix for what? There was never anything wrong with those Apple computers. They just work.]]>Dec 22nd 2009 1:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Dec 22nd 2009 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Dec 21st 2009 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Dec 21st 2009 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Dec 21st 2009 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/
"address issues that may cause image corruption or display flickering."
doesn't say:
"address issue that may cause total blank or black display" ]]>Dec 21st 2009 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/And if your screen completely fails this update certainly won't fix it anyway.]]>Dec 21st 2009 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Dec 21st 2009 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/dual link DVI display issues :(

$99 for a cable. Thanks Apple!~]]>Dec 21st 2009 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Dec 21st 2009 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Maybe because they can't be bought with the same hardware configurations. The display is part of the hardware and it is possible they use different drivers. Maybe only the 27" driver is corrupted/buggy.]]>Dec 21st 2009 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Dec 21st 2009 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/
and a new graphics board, and a new screen, and a new ...]]>Dec 21st 2009 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Sometimes i just think they underclock the graphics card to make it produce less heat... covering up de inefficient design/flaws which made it so hard to lead heat away from important computerparts like the GPU. a Thin computer with a i7 and a GPU like that needs more breathing air or needs to get underclocked. I bet you that that's their "solution"

can anyone do a before-and after GPU benchmark?]]>Dec 28th 2009 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Dec 21st 2009 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/..shit sherlock..]]>Dec 21st 2009 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Dec 21st 2009 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/
Thats for the people who couldn't understand this:
"Updates the graphics firmware on ATI Radeon HD 4670 and 4850 graphics cards to address issues that may cause image corruption or display flickering."

For people who cant understand either of the explanations, when you click on link it goes to a page that reads "MAKE'S SCREEN NICE"]]>Dec 21st 2009 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Dec 21st 2009 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Dec 21st 2009 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/
Yes, they did that already. You can connect other sources to the monitor. ]]>Dec 21st 2009 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Dec 21st 2009 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Dec 21st 2009 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/
Really? Is that what you think?

*sigh*. Mini DisplayPort is a 100% ratified VESA STANDARD. Just like DisplayPort, just like HDMI, just like DVI, just like VGA. That means all you need is an adapter and any device will work through it. Just like a VGA-DVI adapter. Or an HDMI-DVI adapter.

It's really not that hard to understand.]]>Dec 21st 2009 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/"...Grand dreams of connecting an Xbox 360 (something Gaming Editor Ben Kuchera was dying to do) or a Blu-ray player are not entirely dashed—it could be possible one day if a Blu-ray player or console maker decides to put DisplayPort out on one of their devices—but it's currently impossible for the time being. No number of adapters will help; it has to be DisplayPort-out or bust."

Generally, the guys at Ars know what they're talking about.]]>Dec 21st 2009 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/
And because apparently you're too lazy to use the search engine here, I found Engadget's article on it for you:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/15/blu-ray-comes-to-the-imac-via-an-apogee-hdmi-to-mini-displayp/]]>Dec 21st 2009 6:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Dec 21st 2009 7:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/
You're ignoring the fact that Ars said it COULD NOT BE DONE. Don't make me quote it back to you. Maybe you'll think twice about using Ars as the ultimate source of information next time.]]>Dec 21st 2009 7:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/I never said Ars was the end all be all of information, but it is a good source. Now quit being a dick.]]>Dec 21st 2009 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/
Jesus christ. Your selective reading skills are not helping you here. Allow me to finish that quote:

"No number of adapters will help; it has to be DisplayPort-out or bust."

Your hair-splitting about whether a signal converter can be called an adapter is worthless because it says right there, very clearly, that it HAS to be DisplayPort. HAS TO BE.

I don't think it can possibly be made any clearer that this particular definitive statement from Ars is WRONG. And as for you, the fact that you're till defending Ars at this point is ridiculous. They were wrong. Fucking accept it. And next time do more research first.

"Generally, the guys at Ars know what they're talking about."

How is that a valid argument? They're obviously wrong this time, so it really doesn't matter if they're "generally" right, does it? Seriously. Stop sucking Ars' nutsack please.]]>Dec 22nd 2009 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Dec 21st 2009 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Now, they patch it, and they're all in here with some other whininess... pathetic.]]>Dec 21st 2009 6:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Dec 21st 2009 6:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/
Yes, because Apple claimed that Macs have a 100% operability rate with zero manufacturing defects.

Oh wait, no they didn't. Anything else you'd like to claim that Apple said?]]>Dec 21st 2009 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/You almost had me at "I thought"]]>Dec 21st 2009 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/
"Apple claimed that Macs have a 100% operability rate with zero manufacturing defects"

That's not what I said, what I said Apple claims is that "Macs just work out of the box."

Care to put any more words in my mouth?]]>Dec 21st 2009 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Dec 21st 2009 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/
And your intent was to say that ALL Macs work out of the box? I.E. a 100% operability rate? Or are you smart enough to know that there's always a small percentage that won't work due to manufacturing errors?

I have my doubts. ]]>Dec 21st 2009 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Dec 21st 2009 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/
If one (or a small sampling) computer leaves the factory with a problem, you don't put out an update for all computers, you just fix the one.

Software does not indiscriminately decide to work on some computers, but not on others. So since this is not an anomaly as shown by the fact they are updating all computers, this does, in fact, affect 100% of all 27" iMacs.]]>Dec 21st 2009 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/
Except for the fact that it's only a tiny percentage of the 27" iMacs that are actually presenting this problem. Take note that this is a firmware upgrade to the VIDEO CARDS in the iMacs. Are you going to try to tell me that there is no possibility that some of those video cards had a problem that the rest of them didn't?

The fact that the majority of 27" iMacs aren't having any problems would seem to disagree with you on this.]]>Dec 21st 2009 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/
"Except for the fact that it's only a tiny percentage of the 27" iMacs that are actually presenting this problem. "

Except that, that's wrong.

You're right, it is a firmware update. But you don't think Apple pushed this firmware update as soon as it was available? You think they began using it in the factory a month ago and just dicked around getting it out to people? This update JUST became available, maybe JUST made Macs already contain it, but all of those shipped already, all of those in peoples hands, are faulty until updated.]]>Dec 21st 2009 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/
You are sure about that? You have data to back up your assertion that only a small portion of people have this problem? Or are you going by the typical Apple excuse that accompanies their bug fixes of "This is to fix a problem a small number may encounter"? Or are you going by anecdotal evidence that you and or friends don't have this problem, so it is not really a problem at all?

While we can say that all 27" iMac computers, if they contain the same firmware version, have this bug, the inverse cannot be said.]]>Dec 21st 2009 7:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/21/27-inch-imac-gets-a-firmware-update-to-assuage-your-display-issu/Dec 21st 2009 7:31PM