{"id":5683,"date":"2010-02-28T17:30:55","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T00:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technightowl.com\/?p=5683"},"modified":"2010-02-28T22:04:14","modified_gmt":"2010-03-01T05:04:14","slug":"newsletter-issue-535-when-is-a-story-not-a-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/blog\/2010\/02\/newsletter-issue-535-when-is-a-story-not-a-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter Issue #535: When is a Story Not a Story?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Those of you who have been following the ongoing 27-inch iMac soap opera are aware of the reports about display defects. These include screen flickering and a yellowish tinge. Early on, some newly-minted owners, including Macworld magazine, got units with cracked screens. Worse, this hot-selling model was particularly difficult to get, unless you were ready to wait two or three weeks for yours to arrive.<\/p>\n<p>Now to put my cards on the table, I ordered one of the optional versions equipped with the quad-core Intel Core i7 processor in late November. I didn&#8217;t choose Apple, because MacMall was offering a $100 rebate, but I didn&#8217;t wait any longer than Apple&#8217;s promised delivery date. It took a little over a week to arrive.<\/p>\n<p>I was certainly concerned when I picked up the unit from the local UPS Store, where we receive our business mail. No, I didn&#8217;t open the box at the store; I waited till I returned to my home office. As I drove home, I recalled a comment suggesting that Apple, in its quest to be environmentally compliant, used boxes that were just too thin, without sufficient protection, thus making the delicate contents more susceptible to damage.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Wait! There's more than meets the eye!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.technightowl.live\/newsletter\/2010\/02\/newsletter-issue-535\/#damage\"><strong>Continue Reading\u2026<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those of you who have been following the ongoing 27-inch iMac soap opera are aware of the reports about display defects. These include screen flickering and a yellowish tinge. Early on, some newly-minted owners, including Macworld magazine, got units with cracked screens. 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