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27-inch iMacs reported to have Flash playback issues

by Casey Johnston Oct 30th 2009 at 11:00AM

If you were contemplating buying one of those shiny new 27-inch iMacs, maybe don't pull the trigger just yet: according to Engadget, many proud new owners of the computer have become annoyed new owners, reporting pronounced problems in particular with Flash playback.

The problem doesn't appear to be a few isolated cases, as two separate threads (here and here) have popped up in the Apple support forums, nor is it a pandemic, as Engadget reports their iMacs are fine. The suggested causes have ranged from a corrupted Snow Leopard build, to a bug that spins down the hard drive, to the nebulous "bad permissions." In the meantime, though, those big beautiful 27-inch screens are playing video like a 128K trying to run Crysis.

A user on the first thread reported that Apple phone support said the problem was with the graphics card, and that it should be fixable in a software update, though another customer who opened a ticket was instructed to exchange the computer itself. Is Apple going to have to smack down another of its chip partners? We shall see.

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ADaMac

I have a new 27" that flickers and will warp the screen. I have a picture of it here: http://adamac.org/27-imac-screen-flashing
I hope Apple fixes this quick!

December 07 2009 at 5:48 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Hendricus

Hi everyone,

I have an iMac 2008 with 10.6.1 and even I experiance lagging with Flash. I dunno if this is the same experiance as the user of the new iMac 2009?

In Firefox Flash movies have trouble loading most of the times, or are very slow. With Safari is sluggish also.

Maybe it is my system, and this is not related to the lagging that the new iMac 2009 users notice?

If this is the same lag on different systems, then it is most probable that this "bug" is software related. I guess SL 10.6.1.

krg,

Hendricus

November 03 2009 at 5:35 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Shaun

Why do I read this quite literally the morning after I bought one... Damn the luck... Hope they get a fix soon.

October 31 2009 at 12:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ofih

Thank god for Click2Flash

October 31 2009 at 10:18 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
TS Low

Not just 27". My last gen iMac is having the same 720p playback problems since the latest Snow Leopard update.

October 31 2009 at 9:49 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mattias

I got this problem with my Macbook Pro. Overheats every time I watch a Flash video. Especially HD video.

October 31 2009 at 6:27 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
EnergyBlue

Firefox uses 120%cpu when using facebook apps , on mbp pro 13

October 30 2009 at 8:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
nick

I have the new 27" and have no problems at all playing anything flash. Must be some bad OS files or something on some of them.

October 30 2009 at 7:30 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tmoney

This is so not a hardware problem. I'll agree that Flash seems to be particularly bad on OS X, but it sucks on any OS. People need to quit panicking and wait for Adobe/Apple to work it out in software.

October 30 2009 at 6:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
TineeFusion

It's not just the 27-inchers. My 21.5 inch also suffers. Hulu ain't working.

October 30 2009 at 6:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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