It seems recently Apple has completely tossed their ethics for quality assurance in the Shanghai ditch when it comes to 1st-round desktop or laptop computer products. Once again the latest iMacs have been plagued with cracks, strange noises, flickering, and a new issue known as jaundiced screens, which is a yellow discoloration seen mostly on the bottom but has also been appearing in other areas on different consumer’s monitors.

Mark Wilson over at Gizmodo seems to be fired up about it. God bless him for pursing this fight. He’s absolutely right. If you drop $2,000 on a computer, it better damn well be running smoothly on arrival.

I had just received a 27″ i5 quad-core iMac on Christmas Eve and had no idea this jaundice malfunction even existed. Around the time I ordered from online Apple store, I figured that because of the 2 week delay, Apple was fixing kinks in the first run of quad-core iMacs. Then I ran the screen test over at MacRumors.com, and sure enough, there was that annoying yellow tinge creeping its way up on the lower 1/3rd of my screen like a zombie crawling out of a shallow grave.

Whatever happened to Macs that just worked on arrival? I’d hate to think that Apple knew about this and thought no one would notice or say anything. Well, this acrimonious user is definitely not going to stand on the sidelines, and neither should you. It’s time for everyone to speak up and tell Apple enough is enough. We’re not going to just accept all these malfunctions on computers for which we pay thousands of dollars. If you’ve received a defective iMac recently, which will likely be the majority of new Mac owners, please check out the latest article by Mark Wilson over at Gizmodo. He plans on pursing this with weekly updates to let us know when the problem is finally fixed. And as for you, Apple, time to grow a pair and let everyone know that you have a manufacturing issue and plan a repair program for all those affected.

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