27″ iMac’s still broken. Wait time increases to 3 weeks. Unicorns and angels everywhere wheep…

When I first spied upon with my very own eyes, the visual beauty that is the new 27″ iMac’s, I was pretty bummed I wouldn’t be clicking “order” anytime soon. It appears however my inability to actually afford the whole grail of all-in-one’s isn’t without it’s benefits — namely not paying upwards of two grand and countless returns/refurbs getting a bumb model.

The ever persistent yellow display problem is still running strong. Tech support at Apple is clueless, Steve Jobs is clueless, and God himself is also probably folding his arms and giving up at this point. Whatever the reason is behind the 27″ iMac’s jaundiced display, let’s hope someone can wrap their heads around it and quick as the newly updated wait times for said machines are now inching up to and past 3 weeks.

Other reports trickling around this digital jungle claim that the issue does not reside in the LED’s as some have speculated with several tinkerers dissecting their machines and actually measuring the color temperature on the various LED’s.

If you already have or are getting ready to go through a bum 27″ iMac, share your frustrations with us. We’re like a woman…we listen…we just don’t have a pretty face to look at…

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Microsoft returns “serviced” Xbox 360 with a heavily modded case…

In our day and age, no one ever wants to recycle, use someone else’s old stuff, or even take a refurb. Sure doing so reduces on various planet sucking resources but that’s not what anyone cares about. God forbid their *insert product here* have a hairline scratch that somehow takes away from the overall enjoyment. Out of nowhere rant aside, Gizmodo reader Nic H sent in pictures claiming to be a new repair method being explored by Microsoft.

Obviously his model is a refurb as they don’t come from the store all nice and new looking quite like that. Maybe Microsoft was merely trying to save on excess plastic by strategically removing pieces here and there no? Whatever the case, getting a RRoD, waiting eons, then receiving your console in a condition such as is pictured above and below would surprise anyone I’m sure. To give credit where it’s due, Microsoft did ship the unit with nice, plush green foam did they not….?

I’m all about cool Xbox mods. Someone really needs to come up with a beat to hell mod that looks like it was beat through all kinds of hell. Just without the — you know — actual beating to the point of claiming the internal components’ lives. Anyone up to the challenge?