If you ’re recollect about buy an iMac this holiday shopping season , there is one reason why you might want to hold off on that leverage . Several hoi polloi who buy an M1 iMac a few years ago have reported a major problem with the presentation – a problem that does n’t appear until after the standard warrantee expires .
A Macworld reader researching an M4 iMac leverage brought thisApple Support Community threadto our aid . In the thread ( which has 352 “ Me too ” votes ) , several users cover that the M1 iMac screen shows horizontal lines that hinder the screenland ’s usability . The drug user account that the job appears over a year after the M1 iMac was buy , and since the standard warranty has expired , the user must give for the reparation , which can be $ 650 or more in the U.S.—about half of what a new M4 iMac will cost .
User Jotap62 said they had a technician flavour at their problematical iMac . They determined that the job lies with a big businessman cable for the LCD , which can break out over time due to the gamey amount of emf play through it . Because of the way the LCD is construct , the repair requires the whole LCD to be substitute , which makes it quite expensive . And even if the mend is done , there is no means of knowing if the job is for good fixed .
The M1 iMac may be using a bad power cable that causes these lines to appear on the display.
A few users reported that Apple fixed the problem for free after the stock warranty conk , but it took some convincing . They gathered the information reported online ( including the Apple Community thread ) and took the issue up with an Apple Store manager , who decided to fix it . We ’ve reach Apple to see if they ’ve addressed the issuing and will update this article if we find any novel info .
The M1 iMac may be using a bad ability cable television that stimulate these blood to appear on the display .
The M4 iMac was released only a few week ago and the M3 iMac was released a twelvemonth ago , so those models have n’t been out long enough for the faulty cable system to bite out – if those simulation are still using that same cable . There ’s no way for users to know if that ’s the case .
The M1 iMac may be using a bad power cable that causes these lines to appear on the display.
Presumably , this problem would be cover under AppleCare+ , which costs $ 60/£60 per year or $ 169/£169 for three year of reportage . Though we do n’t ordinarily evoke customers buy AppleCare+ for a desktop Mac due to the lack of travel , it ’s something to reckon if you ’re corrupt an M4 iMac , at least until we find out if the job has been address .
