Following reports of problems playing Flash video on the new iMac, here’s some footage of a quick video test I conducted. (Hit the jump).
BTW: Don’t miss our comprehensive review of the humungous new 27-inch iMac.
Thanks Dane for fixing the video.
I’ve been playing video on the machine for several days now with no problems. And the kids have been playing a lot of Flash games. Again, no problems so far.
This is a 27-inch iMac with a 3.06 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo chip and 4GB of RAM.
In the above video, you can see a clip of Desperate Housewives playing on Hulu. As you’ll see, it plays fine in fullscreen — and at high resolution.
The video continues to play even as I open more Safari windows to play the same show. With four Safari windows open — and four simultaneous Flash video streams — the iMac continues to perform without hiccups or stuttering.
However, when I open a fifth Safari window, the video starts to stutter, though the sound is fine. Activity Monitor shows the CPU cranking at 120%.
I conducted the same test on a 24-inch iMac (2.66Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo with 4GB of RAM) and the video starts to stutter when I open the fourth window; so the new 27-inch machine performs slightly better.
Conclusion: no problems with Flash video on this machine — so far.
