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Eric Lewis
Aug 19, 2007, 02:46 PM
I just orderd the new 20inch baseline imac..im exicted...first new mac since my old eMac and my rents are switching! and my sister used her discount plus we get a nano and printer! wooo!


now this sucks

Ships by: Aug 27 - Aug 29
Delivers by: Sep 5 - Sep 11

any chance it will come sooner?



kman34
Aug 19, 2007, 02:50 PM
Yeah, I think you'll get it sooner...unless you ordered the wireless keyboard.

Eric Lewis
Aug 19, 2007, 02:55 PM
how much sooner? do u think? i need it asap

CBAviator
Aug 19, 2007, 03:11 PM
how much sooner? do u think? i need it asap

From my experience, it will likely ship on the first day indicated rather than the last. It doesn't appear that you have expedited shipping, so you'll probably have to wait through that following weekend as well as Labor Day.

Eric Lewis
Aug 19, 2007, 03:15 PM
From my experience, it will likely ship on the first day indicated rather than the last. It doesn't appear that you have expedited shipping, so you'll probably have to wait through that following weekend as well as Labor Day.

does canada have this labor day weekend too? im in london ontario canada and i orded it around an hour ago....?

flopticalcube
Aug 19, 2007, 03:16 PM
does canada have this labor day weekend too? im in london ontario canada and i orded it around an hour ago....?

Yes. Only we spell it correctly. "Labour".:D

Eric Lewis
Aug 19, 2007, 03:29 PM
Is that this weekend? or next weekend?

And my sister needs the printer for school (waterloo) and she leaves the Sept 2nd? any possibility it will come sooner?

Here was my dads purchase(in cnd)

IMAC 20/2.0/1GB/250GB/SD-USA $1249.99
Ships by: Aug 27 - Aug 29
Delivers by: Sep 5 - Sep 11


CANON PIXMA MP160 PHOTO ALL-IN-ONE-CAF FREE with Rebate $99.99
Ships by: Aug 29 - Sep 4
Delivers by: Sep 7 - Sep 14


IPOD NANO 4G RED PERSONAL-2ND GEN-USA Free with Rebate $229.99
Engraved

Ships by: Aug 21 - Aug 22
Delivers by: Aug 29 - Sep 4
Prepared for Shipment

pretty good deal for like $1450

(i was going to get wireless keyboard...but im not waiting 1-2months...so ill purchase one later)

teflon
Aug 19, 2007, 03:37 PM
Labour Day this year will be Sept.3rd (first Monday of Sept.), so the weekend would last from Sept 1-3. Unless you can get the printer before Aug.31, you'd have to wait until after the Labour Day weekend. However, I did get my printer in 3 days. I ordered it on Sunday night, and got it around noon on Wednesday. Anyways, congrats on your purchase and good luck on your shipping. Maybe your sister can pick the printer up during the Thanksgiving weekend ;).

flopticalcube
Aug 19, 2007, 03:39 PM
The printer will probably come long before the computer.

Eric Lewis
Aug 19, 2007, 03:47 PM
so i took all of my files off my pc(im geting this all ready)
around 80gigs(its 100%) full..there music/videos/photos....ok
so i put them all on the drive...

then i realize that the drive was ntsc? (i think thats right) and macs cant read ntsc? so what do i do? i already got ride of my pc? and thats all i got

flopticalcube
Aug 19, 2007, 03:48 PM
so i took all of my files off my pc(im geting this all ready)
around 80gigs(its 100%) full..there music/videos/photos....ok
so i put them all on the drive...

then i realize that the drive was ntsc? (i think thats right) and macs cant read ntsc? so what do i do? i already got ride of my pc? and thats all i got

Macs can read NTSC, not write.

Eric Lewis
Aug 19, 2007, 03:54 PM
i can just drag my itunes folder right into the music in the mac documents?
and import my photos and add them into iphoto

This is how i organized my familys photos on windows xp

There is my pictures
-then each folder inside my pictures represents like "an event" or "group" or photos such as graduation,boating summer 07, woodward dream cruise etc...

so how could i import the photos so i wouldnt loose the wonderfull groups i made? could someone explain it to me in full detail(that would be wonderfull)
people mentioned photo rolls...or dragging the folders into seperate events? im so confused..thanks for all the help

JimmyDreams
Aug 19, 2007, 08:19 PM
i can just drag my itunes folder right into the music in the mac documents?
and import my photos and add them into iphoto

This is how i organized my familys photos on windows xp

There is my pictures
-then each folder inside my pictures represents like "an event" or "group" or photos such as graduation,boating summer 07, woodward dream cruise etc...

so how could i import the photos so i wouldnt loose the wonderfull groups i made? could someone explain it to me in full detail(that would be wonderfull)
people mentioned photo rolls...or dragging the folders into seperate events? im so confused..thanks for all the help

That won't work at all. You'll need to take your new camera, travel back to the original location with the original people, and retake each pic.

Time consuming, but it's the only way. ;)

(the above is an attempt at humor, for those non-funny individuals):D

JimmyD
:apple::apple::apple::apple:

ozziegn
Aug 19, 2007, 09:28 PM
congrats on the purchase. you won't regret it. (and this is coming from a diehard Windows user. lol )

aliquis-
Aug 19, 2007, 09:36 PM
It's kind of disturbing that Apple products cost 35-40% more here in Sweden and then students in USA get a free iPod and printer aswell and we get nothing... Not to mention an iPod Nano probably cost a lot more over here aswell :(

Eric Lewis
Aug 24, 2007, 10:41 AM
Im waiting and waiting till my 20'' iMac to ship with standard options!

Ordered 19th

Shipping 27-29th
Delievers by 29th-Sept 2

I cant sleep at night..im so exicted

any one else feel like its taking forever..and its like x-mas eve

lets dicuss how exicted we are!

FJ218700
Aug 24, 2007, 10:45 AM
congrats,

post some pics for sure and convince me to get one.

pigoz
Aug 24, 2007, 12:12 PM
I'm a switcher, and I can't wait too: ordered it the 18th with edu discount :)

evilgEEk
Aug 24, 2007, 12:22 PM
I absolutely HATE waiting for Apple products to ship! I ordered my first 15" TiBook through a reseller in town, and that took forever! Especially since that was the first time I had ever dropped 3 grand in one go!

My next purchase was a 12" iBook with free iPod via the education discount. The worst part about waiting for that to arrive was that it was in my town all weekend long, but they didn't deliver on saturdays, so I didn't get it until Monday. That was sooo aggravating!

Now I don't bother buying online anymore because I can't stand waiting for things to ship. I drove 16 hours round trip to my closest Apple Store to buy my PowerMac G5. It was fun though. My wife was five months pregnant at the time so it was our last little road trip prior to becoming parents. :)

And congrats on the iMac! It's going to be awesome! :D

JimmyDreams
Aug 24, 2007, 12:29 PM
My next purchase was a 12" iBook with free iPod via the education discount. The worst part about waiting for that to arrive was that it was in my town all weekend long, but they didn't deliver on saturdays, so I didn't get it until Monday. That was sooo aggravating!



Did you ever think about calling the FedEx sorting facility and asking if you could come and pick it up? Even though they sometimes don't deliver on Saturday, there ARE people there and usually that's an option.

JimmyD
:apple::apple::apple::apple:

CRIIM44
Aug 24, 2007, 02:56 PM
ordered my 24 incher yesterday the 23rd


Ships: 30-4th
deliver:4-7th

Eric Lewis
Aug 24, 2007, 04:11 PM
ok..if it doesnt ship on the 27th! or get"prepared to ship" on the 26th...i will be so angry and prob kill myself(not actually)

theman
Aug 24, 2007, 04:12 PM
i used to get that excited about computer products, but after a few arrivals of my new product, it just seemed hollow and shallow. I was left with an empty feeling inside, because I had invested so much time and emotion into the excitement of it, and it turned out to be just a computer... it never seemed to be as good as i had hyped it up to be. afterall, it really is just a computer. maybe i should go see my therapist now... :rolleyes:

mrmjd
Aug 24, 2007, 04:38 PM
Im waiting and waiting till my 20'' iMac to ship with standard options!

Ordered 19th

Shipping 27-29th
Delievers by 29th-Sept 2

I cant sleep at night..im so exicted

any one else feel like its taking forever..and its like x-mas eve

lets dicuss how exicted we are!

Lucky bastard :), I ordered my 24 a week ago and it's not even gonna start to get shipped til next wednesday!! :)

PieMac
Aug 24, 2007, 05:40 PM
I ordered my 24" 2.8 iMac on the 8/18 and I have the same ship dates:

Ships by:

Aug 27 - Aug 29

Delivers by:

Aug 29 - Sep 5

Really keeping my fingers crossed that it ships sooner than later! :D

Lifegrdtwr
Aug 24, 2007, 08:01 PM
I just checked on my order for a 24" and it said it was being prepared for shipping.
By the way did anybody order their Mac with the TimeTravel software?
I did so I got mine last week!:D:D:D

evilgEEk
Aug 29, 2007, 11:00 AM
Did you ever think about calling the FedEx sorting facility and asking if you could come and pick it up? Even though they sometimes don't deliver on Saturday, there ARE people there and usually that's an option.

JimmyD
:apple::apple::apple::apple:

Of course I thought about that!

You think I was just sitting at home twiddling my thumbs?? I tried everything short of breaking in to the sorting facility and getting it myself!

:D