Apple reimburse buyers of defective 27-inch iMacs 15 percent
They are about $ 300 per unit. However, only customers were several problems with this sum. Apple confirmed in an interview that the problem is known.
Several of Apple’s customers have received a refund of 15 percent of the purchase price, because their 27-inch iMac has been affected by screen problems. The reports Gizmodo.
Besides display problems such as flickering or distorted images, which should resolve a supply of Apple Patch, some buyers also broken display panels were reported. Apple has not yet been referred to the problems of official position. A refund of about $ 300 (if we start from U.S. customers who bought the device for $ 2,000) works now as an admission of guilt.
According to Gizmodo the so customers were compensated, however, incorrect in several respects iMacs. Therefore must remain open whether the refund is a general measure of Apple in the case of faulty products delivered or whether they will apply only aggravated cases.
At the same time confirmed an article in the Wall Street Journal that Apple has acknowledged the problem, at least. The newspaper quoted a spokesman for the production of the 27-inch iMac is on running, “While we have resolved the problem with flickering images, and yellow colored screens.
As part of the Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona is an adaptation of his new Acer Aspire one netbooks 532 announced based on the “Pine Trail-trailer combination. The variant “532g” will be additionally equipped with the “Ion 2″ from Nvidia, which acts as a discrete graphics.
Since the integrated graphics of the presented at the end of last year, “Pine Trail-trailer combination in the form of the GMA 3150 compared to the former did not become really potent, is the” Ion 2 “will be offered an alternative. Internally, the new graphics chip will probably be called the GT218, which also includes compatibility for Optimus technology is also used to be guaranteed with GT218 graphics chip from the GeForce G210. This technique also allows the automatic switching between netbook integrated and discrete graphics solution without the intervention of the user. Thus, the balancing act between good performance and long battery life is to be done. The battery life is estimated for the 10-inch netbook promptly with ten hours. In addition to the new Atom N450 and the Ion 2, the other facilities will meet the bulk of the points of netbooks.
With the official product presentation is expected in March, the upcoming CeBIT as the largest trade fair is expected to offer more than for most. About the price is not yet known, it is expected despite additional graphics, but not so far away from the “Pine Trail” notebooks available.
Update 23:34 Clock:
The first video of colleagues from Notebook Italia has found its way into the net. This shows the playback of full HD material on the 10-inch display and the CPU utilization.
