iMac Delivered

[arn]

MacIntouch (http://www.macintouch.com) reports one user having received their new iMac.

Also... This link (http://homepage.mac.com/jeffersonh/PhotoAlbum3.html) was submitted with pictures of the unpacking of someone's new iMac.

[Unregistered]

Wow, I kinda want one after looking at those pictures of the guy unpacking it. It just looks cool on his desk.

Then I remember it's only 1024x768 and I cool off again. If only they gave the option for a 17" LCD at 1280x1024 then I'd finally have the ideal upgrade for my Cube: close to 2x faster, Superdrive built in, and still pretty quiet. Oh well...

[eyelikeart]

damn that thing is hot!

I'd really like to get a Pro Mouse like that one....

I may have to get one this year just to have it.... :p

[Unregistered]

::jealous as all heck::

i ordered mine on the 18th... hope it comes soon...

[trinitishwar]

Look at the size of those um, right, uh, speakers?

[moby1]

I place an order with MacConnection after I saw them quoting 7-14 days. They said that 700 or so were due on the 15th and 450 of those were sold so I guess I have 2 weeks of sleepless nights...

p.s. My local Apple store expected about 25 in very soon with 200+ people already on the waiting list.

[Unregistered]

Originally posted by trinitishwar
Look at the size of those um, right, uh, speakers? lol

[Hemingray]

Originally posted by trinitishwar
Look at the size of those um, right, uh, speakers?

Next thing we know there'll be a class-action lawsuit against Apple putting phallic suggestions in their packing arrangement. :D

[fuzzhack]

Like everyone else I ordered my iMac after the keynote. Waiting for my "3-5 weeks" has been hell. So I went into my local Apple store and asked them if I could upgrade the shipping from ground to two day there, because I want it ASAP. They told me that starting today, Feb 1st, they are getting 6 macs a day. They call the first 6 people on thier list, but if all 6 people don't come in before they close, they will sell the remaining iMac's to you on the spot. So I canceled my online order, and bought it on the today. Get your iMac today. Try calling or visiting your local Apple store after 7pm and ask if everyone on the callback list has picked thier iMac's up. If not, ask them if you can buy one.

-patrick

[Unregistered]

We ordered the new iMac from the Palo Alto store on January 7. The store called about noon today (2/1), and said we could pick it up. I am setting it up now and it is wonderful and gorgeous. We were told ours was the second iMac to leave the store.

[macplus]

Heard from a friend today that a local elem. school has ordered 15 of the new ones to be distributed. I've seen plenty of iMac labs, but can't imagine what it would look like with the new model.

BTW, hope to catch a glimpse of one tomorrow at the local store!

[dantec]

I'm waiting for these... and when they come and I can see them in person, I might just buy one!

[irmongoose]

nowhere in japan either... but a friend said he saw one... enclosed in a glass case

jeez, these japanese are treating the new iMacs like some treasure




irmongoose

[davincijones]

Man, seeing these pics make the wait for my new imac almost intolerable. I currently have a Duron based pc and can't wait to ditch it for a Macintosh. This is my first mac. I went to Art School for where all we used was Macs and fell in love with 'em.

[samy85114]

i would like to live in Usa... actually i'm living in Canada so i'm expecting 1 month of waiting (probalby more) before receiving my so beautiful iMac!! ... US first, canada 2nd!...
About this computer, it's so wonderful, but i'm wondering about the speakers performance, treble must be good but what about the bass.... anyway we'll see!

Those who already have their iMac... how lucky you are! :)
If one of the G4iMac-users is reading this right now, could you tell us more about the computer performance... !

[rekras]

did anyone notice the welcome screen on that thing, is that an osX thing, or is it just for the new imac?????

[rekras]

Originally posted by samy85114
i would like to live in Usa... actually i'm living in Canada so i'm expecting 1 month of waiting (probalby more) before receiving my so beautiful iMac!! ... US first, canada 2nd!...
About this computer, it's so wonderful, but i'm wondering about the speakers performance, treble must be good but what about the bass.... anyway we'll see!

Those who already have their iMac... how lucky you are! :)
If one of the G4iMac-users is reading this right now, could you tell us more about the computer performance... !
hey, get soundsticks with an isub GREAT SOUND im listening to em right now, heha get em they're like $200, or get that new mac speaker set up that harmon kardon put out, it's like all classy looking wood speakers. http://www.harman-multimedia.com/

[techX]

Originally posted by rekras
did anyone notice the welcome screen on that thing, is that an osX thing, or is it just for the new imac?????

That is the Mac OS X startup, when it asks you to register and setup iTools

Bill

[Unregistered]

Originally posted by samy85114
Those who already have their iMac... how lucky you are! :)
If one of the G4iMac-users is reading this right now, could you tell us more about the computer performance... !

Yes, and please post pictures of the iMac on your desk! That thing looks really cool once it's out of the sterile MacWorld environment. Anyone know of other links to new iMac pictures?

[whfsdude]

what a tease, arn how dare u :p

[Unregistered]

Originally posted by samy85114
About this computer, it's so wonderful, but i'm wondering about the speakers performance, treble must be good but what about the bass.... anyway we'll see!


Is the iSub still an option on the new G4 iMac? If you goto http://www.apple.com/speakers it talks about the Pro Speakers but only in reference to the PowerMac G4. It mentions that you can use the iSub with the Pro Speakers. I'm guessing that you can also use the iSub with the Pro Speakers on the iMac G4? If so, sweet! I like the looks of the Pro Speakers better than the SoundSticks anyway.

Can anyone confirm that the iMac G4/Pro Speakers should work with the iSub?

[mywar2000]

Please answer the post above!

"Can anyone confirm that the iMac G4/Pro Speakers should work with the iSub?"

Thanks

[islygon]

I am still waiting for mine too. Ordered it on the 11th. Anyone receiving shipping notices order near the end of the first week?

[islygon]

I hope the iSub works. I ordered and received mine already!

(It is an optional add on listed on the Apple Store web page)

[Unregistered]

Homepage.mac.com uses browser detection code that thinks that all versions of Navigator are the same, and can use layers. Netscape 6.2 can't use layers, but the code handed out to it does, so the photos won't display. It should be recoded to deliver the same code to Netscape 6.x that it delivers to IE.

[cleo]

Originally posted by mywar2000

Can anyone confirm that the iMac G4/Pro Speakers should work with the iSub?

Thanks

According to the spec page for the iSub, it should work just beautifully...

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/82/wo/u3DOj2NAZEuCOunn3B/5.3.0.3.30.10.10.13.0

I think I might order one right now... hmmm...

[RitchieDeMan]

:mad: Seeing those pictures make me soooo jealous!!!! Here in the UK nobody knows when the new iMac's will be arriving. I ordered mine with my local Apple Centre. When I called them today they still had no idea of when they would be getting their first shipment.

So... to all U lucky people sitting in front of your new computers ....BLAH!!!!!:(

[fuzzhack]

Enjoy,
here's pictures of the box, inside, and setup.

http://homepage.mac.com/pshatzer/PhotoAlbum1.html

[Unregistered]

not till mid feb at the earliest

[RitchieDeMan]

Hey..thanks for sharing those pics with us. It Looks Awsome!

[lma]

apple states that they are shipping in the order they received the requests but I am reading that people who ordered on later days than me are getting their machines. (I ordered on the 7th of January)
Do you think that since I maxed out the RAM on the order form that they are taking longer or is it that I got an educational discount or are they just lying to me???

[Unregistered]

Originally posted by lma
apple states that they are shipping in the order they received the requests but I am reading that people who ordered on later days than me are getting their machines. (I ordered on the 7th of January)
Do you think that since I maxed out the RAM on the order form that they are taking longer or is it htat Ii got an educational discount or ore they ust lying to me???

Usually Build To Order machines do take longer to ship. Does anyone know if they customize them at the factory (and thus ship straight from Taiwan) or do they customize somewhere in US and then ship? Just curious as I've never ordered a Build to Order machine from Apple yet.

Though...as people are posting these pictures of iMac G4s, I feel more and more tempted to go and buy one...

[wHo_tHe]

Netscape 6.2.1 (X) working just fine here...

[barvow]

The machines currently being shipped are customized in Taiwan and are shipped from there by way of Alaska, then on to the individual addresses.

I ordered mine on 1/7 and it's currently waiting at the local FedEx location to be delivered to me on Monday morning. I would have had it by this morning but I had it sent to my office so I would be able to sign for it.

[Unregistered]

Originally posted by lma
apple states that they are shipping in the order they received the requests but I am reading that people who ordered on later days than me are getting their machines. (I ordered on the 7th of January)
Do you think that since I maxed out the RAM on the order form that they are taking longer or is it that I got an educational discount or are they just lying to me???


No, I also ordered mine on the 7th, about an hour after the keynote ended. I ordered the stock, high end machine, no build to order options at all, and my order status still says that it has not shipped. I'm actually quite upset about that, especially since people who ordered after me, and people who are just walking in to stores are getting them. Apple told me that the order is "ready at the dock" but has not shipped for some reason which they cannot give me. I'm assuming it's the Customs thing, but if people who ordered them on the 8th are getting shipment confirmations, something is defintely wrong.

[barvow]

Originally posted by Unregistered



No, I also ordered mine on the 7th, about an hour after the keynote ended. I ordered the stock, high end machine, no build to order options at all, and my order status still says that it has not shipped. I'm actually quite upset about that, especially since people who ordered after me, and people who are just walking in to stores are getting them. Apple told me that the order is "ready at the dock" but has not shipped for some reason which they cannot give me. I'm assuming it's the Customs thing, but if people who ordered them on the 8th are getting shipment confirmations, something is defintely wrong.


I'm really surprised yours hasn't shipped at all. I didn't order until about 12 hours after the keynote address. Same configuration as yours. The planeload that mine went out on from Taiwan, which was apparently the second of two planes carrying iMacs for individual delivery, spent a whole day in Japan, then another day stuck in Alaska. The explanation for the delay in Alaska was a "regulatory agency delay" before the machines made it to customs. The first planeload didn't go through Japan, and breezed through customs in Alaska, and those iMacs were delivered on Friday or today all over the US. There shouldn't be any customs-related delay IN TAIWAN. Also, note that mine left Taiwan on 1/29, so yours should have had plenty of time to be shipped by now. I feel for you!

[MisterX]

Does anyone know if you can get a third party wireless keyboard and mouse for the new iMAC?

If not, I hope someone makes one soon.......

Would look sooooo cool without the wires!

[lma]

Perhaps,
(I like that word since my parents used it alot, just like saying 'low and beold')
It is really not the just the day we placed our orders but also the region of the country in which we live.

Or perhaps (thats twice now) when they cancelled out the orders and replaced them with the renamed orders there was not enough detail placed on the true order that they were placed.

Or we might find, low an behold, that the reason they renamed the macs was because they have a shipping order for each of the possible configurations with the base high end model shipping from one list, the base high end model with the airport card from a second list, the high end model with 768 of RAM without Airport card shipping from a third list etc...

[samy85114]

Originally posted by MisterX
Does anyone know if you can get a third party wireless keyboard and mouse for the new iMAC?

If not, I hope someone makes one soon.......

Would look sooooo cool without the wires!

Actually, Macally have their own wireless keyboard ( USB ), so compatible with the iMac. I'm pretty sure it,s Macally. Anyway, just take a look... macally.com!

[Unregistered]

I also ordered mine on Jan 7 at 1:59pm - Standard Config + airport card....

On 1/31, Apple sent me this message -

"We are very excited about the new iMac and the extraordinary response from our customers! We have started shipping the new iMacs to customers in the order they were received, and your iMac will be shipping within the next 7 business days."

Apple definitely does not ship in the order that they were received. They have to be batch building and shipping from what they have built.

Disappointing to say the least - but very typical of Apple.

[samy85114]

I was right Here's the address : http://www.macally.com/spec/usb/input_device/iwebkey.html

$80,00 US

It looks great!

[Unregistered]

After reading about people who ordered their iMac after I did receiving shipping confirmations from Apple that their iMac shipped, I called Apple to ask why mine still says that it hasn't shipped.

They told me that there is a delay in shipping and that no iMacs have shipped yet. (This is Sunday, Feb 3rd at 11:00 am!). After mentioning that people are posting pictures all over the web of their iMac that they just received, I was told that it probably wasn't true.

The thing that gets me is that they can't tell me anything at all except that it hasn't shipped, but it is ready to go and will go out withing the next 7 business days.

So, my question is:

Can someone who ordrered their computer from the Apple store on the 8th post here when they receive theirs so that I have some sort of ammo the next time I call Apple?

[lma]

Mac in Touch web site
http://www.macintouch.com/
does state on their front page that someone has received their mac or it is listed as "shipped".

I ordered just minutes to hours after the release (800Mhz, no Airport, 768 RAM) and my order status is "not shipped"

[Mac Attack]

Originally posted by Unregistered


Is the iSub still an option on the new G4 iMac? If you goto http://www.apple.com/speakers it talks about the Pro Speakers but only in reference to the PowerMac G4. It mentions that you can use the iSub with the Pro Speakers. I'm guessing that you can also use the iSub with the Pro Speakers on the iMac G4? If so, sweet! I like the looks of the Pro Speakers better than the SoundSticks anyway.

Can anyone confirm that the iMac G4/Pro Speakers should work with the iSub?

I can confirm that the iSub should work with any Mac with built-in USB running OS X 10.1 or later (10.1 introduced some changes in the way USB audio is handled).

I've had an iSub connected to my G4 Cube for over a month now, and the sound combined with the Cube speakers is fantastic....I'm sure it'll sound just as great with the new iMac.

[Unregistered]

Originally posted by Mac Attack


I can confirm that the iSub should work with any Mac with built-in USB running OS X 10.1 or later (10.1 introduced some changes in the way USB audio is handled).

I've had an iSub connected to my G4 Cube for over a month now, and the sound combined with the Cube speakers is fantastic....I'm sure it'll sound just as great with the new iMac.

Whoa baby! I never even had the idea to try that out. I just hooked up my iSub to my Cube and it works great!

[lma]

oh---yeah

soundsticks with iSub on a cube makes a great system

what about the Griffin Amplifier???
do any of you have any experience with that???
It looks intriguing for a 99$ peice of hardware.

http://www.griffintechnology.com/audio/

[Unregistered]

I work at an Apple Retail Store and can confirm that the iSub does work with the new iMac and Pro speakers. We were curious one night and since it was slow, decided to try it out... played the Matrix and some iTunes and it worked beatifully... but still not as good as the SoundSticks.

[Mac Attack]

Originally posted by Unregistered
I work at an Apple Retail Store and can confirm that the iSub does work with the new iMac and Pro speakers. We were curious one night and since it was slow, decided to try it out... played the Matrix and some iTunes and it worked beatifully... but still not as good as the SoundSticks.

From what I've heard/observed, the Cube and Pro speakers are not as good as the Soundsticks' "stick" speakers...however, the iSub produces slightly better bass than the Soundsticks' subwoofer (they are NOT the same thing, despite their very similar appearances).

Anyone out there have the Soundsticks AND an iSub? Care to chime in with your thoughts? (sorry, I guess this is a bit off topic)

[Unregistered]

For what it's worth, my iMac arrived Friday morning, being one of the first batch shipped out on the 29th. Sat in Alaska for a day, then came the next morning. Ordered immediately after the keynote, standard configuration. It's a gas, totally cool. (sorry!)

[Abominog]

Originally posted by RitchieDeMan
Hey..thanks for sharing those pics with us. It Looks Awsome!

I didn't look at them- I want the experience to be like deflowering a virgin when I get mine:D

[RitchieDeMan]

Originally posted by Abominog


I didn't look at them- I want the experience to be like deflowering a virgin when I get mine:D :)

Well I suppose thats one way of looking at it! At least the iMac is white (virginal):D

[irmongoose]

looks like all the secondary apple markets would be getting the new iMacs in mid Feb... Japan, UK, Australia...




irmongoose

[cleo]

i ordered mine on the 18th. at this rate, it looks like it might arrive in time for my grandchildren to use it... :rolleyes:

[barvow]

FedEx delivered mine this morning. Mine was on the plane that got held up by the FDA in Alaska for a day before it got to customs. Anyway, I suppose anyone else that had iMacs on that plane will get them today, as well. (Ordered on 1/7)

[Unregistered]

Last Tuesday. January 29, and the following day, I posted a few messages detailing my misadventures trying to get Apple to make good on shipping the 800 Mhz iMac I ordered at 2 p.m. EST on January 7. Although I've talked to supervisors at Apple nearly daily since the 30th, I've gotten no real information other than this morning: "Your Mac is packed and labeled and just waiting for Fedex pick-up, which should happen in 24-48 hours. There was some sort of difficulty, but we don't know what it was." Status is unchanged on OrderStatus, however.

Anyway, Apple did not meet its pledge that it would ship my iMac within 2-4 weeks. I really felt lousy this past weekend looking at pictures of folks' packing materials and new iMacs, knowing that they had ordered their Macs well after I did. Apple is unfair, but what else is new?

--Rich

[mischief]

American slang, see also:

"Life is what happens while you are doing other things."

"You can't always get what you want....but if you try, sometimes.......you get what you need."

Basically: Do something else with your time. Yer thinking too much about "what if it doesn't get here?" and not enough about the rest of your life. Whatever you're ignoring while dealing with being frustrated with Apple probably needs your input. I garentee the iMac will be at your doorstep the minute you stop fussing over it.

[crawdad62]

Please answer the post above!

"Can anyone confirm that the iMac G4/Pro Speakers should work with the iSub?"

Thanks



I went to CompUSA yesterday and they had a G4 iMac set up (the only one they had) and it had the iSub hooked up to it. Sounds great! Actually that's what I noticed about it first, the incredible audio. That is until I saw the iSub and it still sounded great but atleast it explained it.

[TechLarry]

I got the SAME message from them on Friday... I ordered mine on the 10th.

TL

Originally posted by Unregistered
I also ordered mine on Jan 7 at 1:59pm - Standard Config + airport card....

On 1/31, Apple sent me this message -

"We are very excited about the new iMac and the extraordinary response from our customers! We have started shipping the new iMacs to customers in the order they were received, and your iMac will be shipping within the next 7 business days."

Apple definitely does not ship in the order that they were received. They have to be batch building and shipping from what they have built.

Disappointing to say the least - but very typical of Apple.

[Unregistered]

Held up by the FDA? What, the screen may break off and choke small children?

Sheesh...

TL

Originally posted by barvow
FedEx delivered mine this morning. Mine was on the plane that got held up by the FDA in Alaska for a day before it got to customs. Anyway, I suppose anyone else that had iMacs on that plane will get them today, as well. (Ordered on 1/7)

[barvow]

Originally posted by Unregistered
Held up by the FDA? What, the screen may break off and choke small children?

Sheesh...

TL




I am quoting someone else who contacted FedEx and that was their explanation. Personally, I don't think the holdup had anything whatsoever to do with the computers. Remember that the plane came from Japan and obviously had to have other things besides computers on it. So the FDA holdup before customs could have been for some other reason entirely. The first plane carrying iMacs that left Taiwan did not stop in Japan, and spent a very short time in Alaska. The computers from that flight arrived last Friday.

[cornelius]

They found out that the screens were made out of crack,not glass.

[lma]

All LASER products are regulated by the FDA

the FDA has the right and the responsibility to inspect LASER conatining products such as the superdrive

[barvow]

Originally posted by lma
All LASER products are regulated by the FDA

the FDA has the right and the responsibility to inspect LASER conatining products such as the superdrive


That may be, but the Superdrive is not an unknown product, and the first plane through there with iMacs on it didn't spend much time at all in Alaska. I would have expected a "hold" on the first machines, not a later group. Also, by the point that the production models were coming out of Taiwan, there were already iMacs in the Apple Stores and in some other resellers.

[lma]

I am sure the FDA randomly inspects lots and it is likely that some of the iMacs are being held as a routine.

This still does not explain why my iMac has not been listed as shipped when I was a very early orderer though

[barvow]

Originally posted by lma
I am sure the FDA randomly inspects lots and it is likely that some of the iMacs are being held as a routine.

This still does not explain why my iMac has not been listed as shipped when I was a very early orderer though


I have to say that my good feelings about having already received my iMac are lessened by situations like yours, and you are obviously not alone in this. I can't figure any explanation at all for shipments to happen out of order or not at all.

[islygon]

I know a lot of people are waiting for their new iMac (I am as well). But lets all try to be patient.... Remember, we all ordered the worlds greatest computer, it is a new model, and they received 150,000 orders in the first three weeks.

I ordered mine on the 11th, and I do check status about twice a day. I can't wait to get it, but if it takes them another week or so to get it to me, I think I will live. Sure, they may be doing batches of "like" machines, so some people may get theirs out of order, but I am sure we will all have our machines soon. If people are receiving them, the list is growing shorter.

[edgecurve]

The user islygon is right. Patience is a virtue. I ordered mine on the 13th and have not received it. To keep myself busy I read the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings series.

Once I get my Mac I doubt I will read anything. Hope everyone gets theirs soon!

Scott

[islygon]

Thanks for the agreement.

If people are still following this thread, please keep us updated on order/receiving status!

I may try to be patient, but I can't wait for my machine!!!

Eric (Slygon) Lamb

[MontanaMacster]

I pre-ordered on Jan 8. Today Feb 5 I recieved a shipping notice and the fed ex tracking number to follow it. So far it has left TW but has not arrived in AK. Only two more days untill pure enjoyment.

[Unregistered]

Those who said that it is alot more cool in person are so correct...
I am very impressed with it so far.

Another speechless iMac owner..

[macuser]

I AM IN LOVE WITH MY CURRENT IMAC GRAPHITE.....BUT.....MY LOVE HAS STRAYED.....MY MISSTRESS IS IN THE MAIL. HER HIPS ARE LIKE SOME DAME FROM THE 1700'S. SHE IS JUST BETTER FOR ME, FOR MY LIFE.....WELL UNTIL THE G5 COMES HOPPIN OF THE LOCAL SCHOOL BUS.-MACUSER

[Unregistered]

If you worked for the FDA and a plane full of the new iMacs came through your location, wouldn't you be tempted to hold it up and open a few boxes?

Hell, I might even have to take one home overnight.

[Quark]

I ordered mine on 1-7 in the evening (about 10p.m. Central Time).

It shipped on 2-5 and it arrived today (2-7) at 11:28 a.m.

From my experience with the iPod, AirPort2, and now the new iMac; all of them were "delayed" by customs in Alaska.

But I still have a hard time to believe that I got it in 2 days!!!

Unbelievable!

I haven't openned the box yet and no I'm not crazy for waiting... I'm at work and haven't had a chance to mess with it.

I hope that it doesn't have the Logo defect...:(

:) :D :p

[dihakz]

Are you kidding? Mine left Taiwan (finally) four days ago, and it (as far as I can tell) is STILL in Alaska, while Customs Agents sit there and play with it, I guess!

Man, the gods must be smiling on you!

DiHaKz

[islygon]

At least yours has shipped and is in Alaska... Mine still has not shipped!

I keep hoping....

Anybody else receive a shipping notice that ordered on the 9th or after? (I have seen a few posts from the 8th.) I am trying to keep track as I ordered mine on the 11th.

Slygon

[tomgreever]

I put my name on a *relatively* local Apple retail store (not Apple-
Apple store, just a dealer) waiting list... and having it shipping out of state. There's 30 people on the list so far and they're suppossed to get 46 in by February 25th... I'm #31, and I placed my order today.

I think some stores (including store.apple.com) having longer waiting lists than others.

[zed]

any idea on how many apple has sold thus far, the 150,000 in the first 3 weeks was a couple of weeks ago........

[flashgoirl]

someone was asking if anyone who ordered later than the 8th had recieved shipping confirmation. i ordered mine late on the night of the 9th and the web store showed the order as being placed the 10th....just when i thought i couldn't take the wait anymore.....it shipped on tuesday. woo hoo.

be patient folks - they'll ship - they'll ship!

*flashgoirl*:)

[networkman]

i have a client whose imac is stuck in anchorage ak, enroute to california and the mail tracking service claims that there is an official reason for the delay...perhaps security due to 9-11

it is frustrating since he ordered the machine the day after it was announced at mwsf

i did finally see one at an apple store in person the the machine is better than expected and almost gave me that same feel as when i first saw the all in one imac in 1998...but nothing will match that machine's impact except for the the original mac or apple IIe

[mongo1]

Originally posted by islygon
At least yours has shipped and is in Alaska... Mine still has not shipped!

I keep hoping....

Anybody else receive a shipping notice that ordered on the 9th or after? (I have seen a few posts from the 8th.) I am trying to keep track as I ordered mine on the 11th.

Slygon

My "official" order date from the Apple Store is also the 11th. I contacted them earlier this week to ask about the progress. The guy I got ahold of must of been relatively senior, just because he had a lot of insight into what is going on. He mentioned that mine is in the "que" to be shipped no latter than Feb 28th... And since mine is being produced in TW, that it'll take about 3 days to get to me. Expect it no latter than March 3rd he said...

If anybody has gotten theirs and ordered late in the first week, like Jan 10th or 11th, please let us all know.

Thanks in advance...

Mongo Mike

[dihakz]

I ordered on Jan. 11... and, it just arrived today (February 8)!! Exactly 4 weeks later -- they were estimating 2 - 4 weeks, and they just made it. Typical of Apple to deliver on the tail end of their estimate.

I'm so excited, I'm shaking! It is simply beautiful...

[islygon]

Glad some people who ordered late in the first week are starting to receive them. The guy I talked to today was hoping that mine would ship next week, but told me to plan on 10 days at the most.... If people are getting theirs, mine may just make it next week.

I posted this already on another thread, but there has been a slow down on production, no idea why, another poster mentioned a possible shortage of LCD's.

Keep the news comming!!!

[lma]

She is a fast machine
I've kept her motor clean
she is the best Damn computer I've ever seen
Mac, you shook me all night long....

ordered within the first few hours on the 7th of January
just came today. Two days in Tiawan one day in Ankorage
Here this morning

It is like being a virgin.
All you can think about is the first time... until it comes
then all you think about is what will be my next trick

bring it on Apple

[cleo]

I ordered on the 18th... called Apple yesterday just to check, since Friday marked 3 weeks... the customer service rep pulled up my record and said there was no reason to think it would be any longer than the predicted 3-5 weeks.

[tomgreever]

The retail store I ordered from (Illinois, on Feb 8) called today and are shipping my new iMac today. It is scheduled to arrive (in Tennessee) via UPS on Wednesday!! I can't wait!

[islygon]

I have been reading and posting a lot to this thread, and sure enough, Mine shipped today too!!!!

I can't wait! I am guessing mine will arrive on Thursday, according to FedEx, it is at the airport in Taiwan, but missed to pickup time. So it won't head to Alaska until tomorrow. I can wait that long, it is on its way!!!!

[Unregistered]

I'm getting very depressed.

Since I'm a college teaching type I ordered mine through the college Apple store. The order went in on the 10th and to my knowledge it has not shipped yet.

I try not to pester the manager more than once a week to check on it, but I still think I'm driving him nuts.

Has anyone ordering "academic" recieved their baby yet?

[DakotaGuy]

I am just going to wait till late fall or early winter to get one. First off I have to get my new iBook paid for first and then when I do buy a new iMac, they will be in stock at my Apple dealer and I will be able to walk out with it the day of purchase. There is NO WAY I could last as long as you guys could with something on order...do you know how painful ordering something is and then having to wait and wait for it?? I CAN'T DO IT!hehe By then the machine should have a few upgrades as well so that is why I am just going to get by with what I have for the next 9-12 mos. Hey I bet you guys are going to love your new iMacs...anyone posting on here with one?

[Unregistered]

Originally posted by Unregistered
I'm getting very depressed.

Since I'm a college teaching type I ordered mine through the college Apple store. The order went in on the 10th and to my knowledge it has not shipped yet.

I try not to pester the manager more than once a week to check on it, but I still think I'm driving him nuts.

Has anyone ordering "academic" recieved their baby yet?

Now I am really depressed. Mine isn't going to ship for ANOTHER 2 weeks.

Anyone hear if the new G4s are shipping yet?

[lma]

yes I ordered mine on 1/7/02 from apple acedemic store and received shipment on 2/8/02

[flashgoirl]

i'm in love! this little machine is so cool - i'm doing the most amazing things - it really helps you to get excited about digitial video, music, pictures if you've found yourself burned out lately on all the toys.

So here's a couple of places that you can see pics....


Here's a review of the desk I use with the iMac

http://www.insomedia.com/portabledesktop


Pics of the iMac on my iTools page:
http://homepage.mac.com/flashgoirl/PhotoAlbum3.html


*flashgoirl*

[moby1]

THAT'S an awesome desk you got there!

I'm still waiting for my iMac...thanks for reminding me of what I'm waiting for.

[cleo]

me toooooooooooo (waiting, that is).

for those of you who have received your machines, when did you order? i ordered mine on the 18th... latest i've heard of anyone who's received theirs was ordered on the 11th... anyone who oredered later than that got yours already?

[chmorley]

Very nice!

CJM

[mongo1]

Originally posted by cleo
me toooooooooooo (waiting, that is).

for those of you who have received your machines, when did you order? i ordered mine on the 18th... latest i've heard of anyone who's received theirs was ordered on the 11th... anyone who oredered later than that got yours already?

As I've mentioned previously, I ordered mine on Jan 11th. It was received by FedEx in TW on Feb 11th and actually left the country on Feb 13th (FedEx said it had something to do with a national holiday). From TW the package went to Anchorage, where it stayed another 3 days waiting on customs. Anchorage to Memphis, Memphis to Phoenix, and now, the package is less than 20 miles away on the ramp at Phoenix Sky Harbor... Called FedEx to see if I could pick it up tomorrow, given all the delays. I must of gotten a hold of "Mr Bureaucrat" because all he could do was recite the FedEx policy that supposedly doesn't allow me to pick up the package from the FedEx facility (3 times). To top it off, according to "Mr Bureaucrat" my package will not be delivered until Tuesday... So much for paying extra to get overnight shipping...

At least my iMac is in the same time zone...

Mongo Mike

[IndyGopher]

Originally posted by Unregistered


Now I am really depressed. Mine isn't going to ship for ANOTHER 2 weeks.

Anyone hear if the new G4s are shipping yet?
They started shipping the day they were announced.. CompUSA here in Indianapolis has had them for almost two weeks, and they still haven't got any iMacs (other than the display machine) Of course, if you add the GeForce 4Ti then it will still be another month or two. (My bet is more like 2 months to 10 weeks)

[phantommaul]

pal the link is broken could you check it please i really want to see the pictures

[edgecurve]

Good things come to those who wait. I posted earlier that I was waiting for my iMac...well it arrived. I even filmed its "birth":

My movie: The Unpacking (http://www.edgecurve.com/imac/unpacking.shtml)

Yippee!

[Phaedrus]

Mine left Taiwan today (ordered one week after Macworld on the 14th). We'll see how that regulatory bottleneck in Alaska affects things.

Good luck in getting yours.

[whfsdude]

Today macmall shipped 60 imacs all this week they should get 200 more and by the middle of march 6,000

[Unregistered]

After being told about another 2 week wait to ship I have had the college computer store manager cancel my iMac order and order a G4 tower for me. It will ship in 2 days!

I hope that you all enjoy your new babies, I just couldn't stay in labor so long!

Enjoy them!

[IndyGopher]

Originally posted by Unregistered
After being told about another 2 week wait to ship I have had the college computer store manager cancel my iMac order and order a G4 tower for me. It will ship in 2 days!

I hope that you all enjoy your new babies, I just couldn't stay in labor so long!

Enjoy them!
First let me say that this is not an attack on you, or anyone else that has cancelled their iMac order and gone with a tower... (One of my customers did the same last week.. he'll have his tower tomorrow) But I am curious.. what do you do with your computers that make towers and iMacs interchangable? For me, the only thing that really made the iMac unacceptable as my main computer (I will still pick one up, I am sure, in a revision or so) is the fixed-size screen. I am very curious if you feel like you changed your mind about what you wanted from the computer, or if you feel like you "settled" for a machine that wasn't what you really wanted.

[Unregistered]

This is the depressed academic. My Husband and I had been saving for a new computer and were hoping for some price cuts on the G4 line at the Expo. The cuts didn't come, but feature for feature the iMac was a great deal.

Then a few weeks later the price cuts came on the G4. When it appeared that the iMac was immediately on the way we decided to stay with what we had ordered.

But with the date getting pushed back and pushed back and some pressing matters that are sort of waiting for the new computer we decided to change the order. We'll get it sooner and get some money refunded.

I think that Hubby wanted the G4 but got a bit swept into hype and settled for the iMac. I think he's happier-and he'll be primary user.

Thanks for asking, and for the polite tone of your question. Its nice to see manners on discussion lists!

[islygon]

Sorry to see that you gave up on the iMac and went for a tower, but I don't expect that you will be disapointed in your purchase!

I am finally using my new iMac, and like everyone else, I LOVE IT!!!!

It was hard waiting for Apple, and then the FedEx delays, but it is here!

Like many on here, I ordered on the 11th of January,

Shipped on the 11th of February,

Arrived today, the 18th of February.....

Worth the wait!!!! (It was tough though!!)

[Sir Realistic]

for those of you who need to know (I know what it was like)
I ordered my computer on 1/13...
It shipped on 2/17
I got it today 2/19 (Taiwan > Anchorage > Memphis > El Paso)
Just over 5 weeks wait (definitely worth it, though it seemed like 5 months)
The only thing I got custom was the 512 MB single chip (empty user slot)...
I'm in love...

Laters
Tony

[Phaedrus]

I ordered on the 14th and received it this morning. It came from Taiwan via Alaska in two days flat--looks like the regulatory bottleneck has loosened. I was so excited. Opened it up at work, plugged it in, and DaWWWW--dead pixel glaring at me with its one bad eye. Oh well, I waited on the thing five weeks and put it to work immediately. I can't spare the time to wait on another one. I'm hoping maybe when I get less busy in a couple of months I can take it to my local apple store (here in Columbus) and they'll warranty the screen. Does anybody have any experience dealing with apple on this sort of thing? I know a dead pixel here and there is considered part of the natural aging process of an LCD, but not right out of the box, huh?

[ian559]

Well I ordered my new imac on jan 13th. I was a windows user whose computer had just died....... I bought a imac 700 snow that same day with the intention of giving it to my 9 year old son when my flat screem imac came in. Well when apple lowered the prices on the g4 towers we decided not to wait. We are now the proud owners of a new g4 tower, 1 gig ram, and a 17 inch apple display. Am I sorry? Hell no!!!!! This thing rocks. As a lifelong wintel user and builder I am happy as happy can be. All my customers come to my house for repairs/new systems and get real mad when the see the apple display on my desk in the family room. I guess when word gets around I will start losing customers. Oh well I just did it for fun anyway.......

[RitchieDeMan]

Snap! ...... I got a dead pixel too. Right out of the box! I was told that 1 dead pixel is nothing and that it is not classed as a manufacturing fault unless there are 10 or more dead pixels.

I can't really notice it that much, but is it likely that more may go?

[Phaedrus]

By last night (end of first day out of the box) a second pixel showed itself untrue. It's quite noticable, but choosing the right desktop pattern to disguise it helps. According to Apple's online support pages, dead pixels are an invevitable consequence of keeping LCD's affordable. If they harvested only LCD's with perfect pixels, prices would double, blah, blah, blah. I'm sure this is true, it's just a tough pill to swallow when you've just forked over 2k after waiting over a month. Anyway, the support pages go on to say that if you think that your LCD contains an inordinate concentration of dead pixels (it does not specify a number) then you should take it to an Apple service center for evaluation. I don't plan on doing this--not with only two dead pixels (not contiguous ones, either). It's just a reminder to me that nothing's perfect. That when great designs are instantiated, they become sucseptible to mechanical laws and failure probabilities. In the future, however, I probably will never purchase another LCD without seeing it turned on first, and inspecting it for the little buggers. So much for the Apple store (online) ever getting my business again on a monitor purchase.

OK, I want to get some perspective here. I'm not bitter about this purchase. There's nothing functionally debilitating about a couple of dead pixels. I put the new imac to work a soon as I got it out of the box and it's performing like a LITTLE CHAMP. I teach two classes in "solo performance" at a small liberal arts university here in Ohio. I've already edited and burned four DVD's of my students' performances (55 in all) on the new imac, which I'll use tomorrow when I meet with them individually to help them improve their performance skills. The imac is sitting on my desk next to my cinema display. The cinema display is powered by a QS 733 which is behind me and to my right (thanks to Dr. Bott's 10' ADC extension cable). The imac is sort of like the QS's little digital buddy. I was able to do all my other work on the QS last night while the imac churned away on two hours of digital video, compressing and burning DVD's for me.

[cleo]

Woo-hoo! Mine finally left Taiwan this morning. I have my fingers crossed it will get here Friday (what better excuse to skip class?) but I think Saturday is a safer bet.

Anyway, now I'm all skeched out about this dead pixel issue. Are they horribly noticeable? Like, if you're typing a document, does it look like an extra period sitting there?

This is my first Mac, so I've kind of got my hopes set high!

[islygon]

Dead pixels are a possibilty, but they are fairly rare. I have had them on laptop screens (non apple). My iMac does not have one, and I am happy about that!

Funny thing was, my iMac DV 400 CRT had a dead pixel for about 3 months??? Weird. I did not notice it much while working.

Those of you that have them, search the web, there are ways to POSSIBLY get them to come back to life. I have heard of one, rub the screen softly with a cloth (like the one that came with the iMac!) around the dead pixel. I am not exactly sure what this does, but several people who bought PowerBooks G4's when they came out did this, and it fixed their screen. Their may be other things to try as well.

[dcharris]

BEHOLD - the Grail cometh - yea, even unto Canada: the snowball has landed!

Doing first day display model duty at the local comp. store, the great and powerful OZ - I mean IMAC - elicited more than mere oohs, ahhs, and slap my thigh "dang, if that ain't the cutest darn pogo stick I ever seen" superlatives. This is gospel, dear brethren: did not one of the bowers and scrapers before our ICON - I mean IMAC - offer not praise - but MONEY?!!! How much you might ask? To the salesman, this cuejumper asked that very question. "Why, you can take it away (in 2 weeks, or maybe 6 months) for $2,899" (800 mhz price in our depressed currency). But no, said he, I want it now - will you take $8,000? (Great! only $10/mhz!)

What is happening? Our igod has forsaken us! This snowcone has melted our brains.

Please - go install some software and talk amongst yourselves.

[moby1]

I've had them on a couple of G3 PowerBooks - none on the G4 PowerBooks yet.

Have you tried the ol' "massaging the pixel trick"? It actually works most of the time;

Gently (very gently) 'massage' the area around the pixel with the tip of your index finger (no fingernail!). I don't know why but this has worked for me before - although the dead pixel usu. comes back after a while.

A couple dead pixels are within specs for all manufacturers; Sony won't replace a screen unless it has 5 (!). Even so, if the massage didn't work, I'd call the reseller or call Apple and ask for an exchange.

[daytona63]

I'm typing this on my brand-new 800MHz G4 iMac with Superdrive! :D I placed my order on 24 January, it shipped on 20 February and I received it today, 21 February! I have no idea how it goy here this fast, but I'm not going to argue - I just had it shipped via FedEx ground, nothing special. I ordered it from the Apple Education Store with no extras like RAM (although I did put in an extra 256 MB myself). This thing is freakin' awesome! So long 3.5 years of using a PC (I've been a Mac guy since 1985, when I was four years old, but at college I've had to have a PC - long story)!! Good luck everyone else!

[samy85114]

How lucky you are!

For myself, however, it's quite different, iM waiting for it... I ordered mine last week so i'm expecting his arrival here at home by ... mid-march... or maybe by the end of march. But i guess you're living in USA. Well, actually i'm living in canada... and Apple will serve you before serving us.

There's something I just want to talk about.... 144pin Ram... the one in the new iMac.. that one is much more expensive than the 166pin (the most common one ) Does anyone knows why Apple put that kind of memory??? This just pissing me off... anyway ..

Have a nice evening!

[fuzzy7slippers]

I ordered my new iMac from macmall on january 9th. I received word today that it will not ship to me until sometime between March 4th and the 8th. I do not know how much more of this i can take!

[dualburn001]

hey i dont know about you guys but i got really pissed of at the 24x cd read of the super drive so im holding out until the middle class imac comes out and then im stickin 1gb of ram and im gonna fly.....wish me luck on my hold out




dualburn001