Desktop Mac 3/4 years old 500 gb

gillykins

This is the 21 1/2 inch screen one. It's on the White screen of death all the time. I've tried all the u tube fix its and sometimes they have worked. Always ends up going again. I've done a system repair and a permissions repair. Computer says the drive is working... In desparation I have left it with a local repair man who says the hard drive maybe corrupt.

How much should I be paying? Don't want to get ripped off? Or is this a case of how long is a piece of string?

Thanks everyone!

Gill:(

Mr_Toad

That's down to how honest the repair man is. If he charges fairly for his time and whatever parts he uses then you'll be fine.

Nada666

Talk to the repair man and don't be mean about paying him for his time on top of the parts. Depending on the model it is non-trivial to open iMacs and takes time. (At least you have one that has a replaceable drive.) And he has rent and bills to pay.

Also ask about a fusion drive or ssd and whether that would be worth upgrading to - cost difference will be small.

gjchester

It also depends if he has to use a genuine apple part, Apple spares are not cheap if they have to be sourced from Apple

thescouselander

What version of OSx are you running and at what point does it hang?

I don't think you should rush into assuming it's a hardware problem as there are so many software problems that can cause your issue.

shortchanged_2

thescouselander wrote: »

What version of OSx are you running and at what point does it hang?

I don't think you should rush into assuming it's a hardware problem as there are so many software problems that can cause your issue.

Hang on a minute. Apples don't have these sort of problems.

thescouselander

shortchanged wrote: »

Hang on a minute. Apples don't have these sort of problems.

I'm not sure who says that but it's never been my experience.

shortchanged_2

thescouselander wrote: »

I'm not sure who says that but it's never been my experience.

Well we're always hearing how wonderful and invincible apple products are and how they 'just work'.

Mr_Toad

shortchanged wrote: »

Well we're always hearing how wonderful and invincible apple products are and how they 'just work'.

Perhaps you should run a comparison of the number of posts about Windows based PC problems and the numbers of OS X based PC problem posts.

shortchanged_2

Mr_Toad wrote: »

Perhaps you should run a comparison of the number of posts about Windows based PC problems and the numbers of OS X based PC problem posts.

And roughly how many people use windows compared to OS X?

almillar

shortchanged - you've made your point multiple times on any Mac related thread with your one liners. If someone is asking what computer to buy, sure, give your opinion, but wading into every thread where someone has a problem with one, is just getting boring. Go to some kiddie komputer forum if you want to pick sides and throw mud.

The white flat iMacs are easier to take apart than the newer ones. I take it we're talking about a graphics chip problem?
Are we talking about a Core2Duo or what? Depending on what model it is, it mightn't be worth fixing.