If you’re thinking about buying an iMac this holiday shopping season, there is one reason why you might want to hold off on that purchase. Several people who bought an M1 iMac a few years ago have reported a major problem with the display–a problem that doesn’t appear until after the standard warranty expires.
A Macworld reader researching an M4 iMac purchase brought this Apple Support Community thread to our attention. In the thread (which has 352 “Me too” votes), several users report that the M1 iMac screen shows horizontal lines that hinder the screen’s usability. The users report that the problem appears over a year after the M1 iMac was purchased, and since the standard warranty has expired, the user must pay for the repair, which can cost $650 or more in the U.S.—about half of what a new M4 iMac will cost.
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