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flyingscott

Feb 4, 2008, 12:19 PM

...for a MacPro system with the 8800 config?

Feb 15th for me

FastMan

Feb 4, 2008, 12:40 PM

I hear it's George,,,, though Charlie is just a day later

sketchguy

Feb 4, 2008, 12:49 PM

Mine's scheduled to ship Feb 12th and deliver by Feb 18th. Ordered on Jan 21st.

My 30" Cinema HD Flat Panel arrived on Jan 23rd.

aibo

Feb 4, 2008, 12:52 PM

Feb 13th here :)
ordered Jan 8 at 8 am... so just 9 more days to wait.

Reach

Feb 4, 2008, 12:55 PM

Mine's scheduled to ship Feb 12th and deliver by Feb 18th. Ordered on Jan 21st.

My 30" Cinema HD Flat Panel arrived on Jan 23rd.

Well, that's stupid.. hehe I ordered the 16th and have an estimate of Feb 20th..

viltsu

Feb 4, 2008, 01:02 PM

Feb 14th. Ordered Jan 8th.

irishgrizzly

Feb 4, 2008, 01:03 PM

Well, that's stupid.. hehe I ordered the 16th and have an estimate of Feb 20th..

Same here, ordered the 16th and have an estimate of Feb 20th :(

It may change nearer the date but I'm not holding my breath.

ErikAndre

Feb 4, 2008, 01:06 PM

The system just gives you a three week day when you order a macpro with 8800... that's how its programmed... just give you the exact 3 week date from the time of purchase.

I'd like to believe that when Apple gets them ready to go, they will all ship around the same week. I'm expecting a shipment within the next two weeks of my machine, even though I have a late Feb ship date.

Only time will tell.

sketchguy

Feb 4, 2008, 01:45 PM

Well, that's stupid.. hehe I ordered the 16th and have an estimate of Feb 20th..

Hey, i'm not complaining - it's doing great hooked up to my MacBook Pro when I get home at the end of the work day. :)

designer22

Feb 4, 2008, 01:57 PM

Ordered Jan 8th
Ships by: Feb 13

whistler222

Feb 4, 2008, 03:01 PM

Ordered Jan 8th
Ships by: Feb 13

happy to see this. hopefully the 8800 will be READY at feb 13.

like someone mentioned above, the system is automatically dated 3 weeks from purchase, but i don't believe it will take that long
woohoo!

ErikAndre

Feb 4, 2008, 03:08 PM

I had an awful dream the other night that I waited until April to finally get my Mac Pro... and just as Fed Ex arrived, it fell down a flight of stairs... Fed Ex didn't say anything, but left it at my DOA. I don't remember what i did, but I just remember the horror of having to wait another week to get it straightened out.

I look forward to getting it so I don't have to think about it any more and I can focus on work. Err.. there's another nightmare... the pile of work waiting and building up for me.

GarthAlgar

Feb 4, 2008, 03:19 PM

happy to see this. hopefully the 8800 will be READY at feb 13.

like someone mentioned above, the system is automatically dated 3 weeks from purchase, but i don't believe it will take that long
woohoo!

Actually, it's five weeks from the purchase mark. Since I ordered on the day of release (Jan 8th), it gave me a shipping date five weeks later--Feb. 13th. Tomorrow will be exactly four weeks since the purchase...

pfleischman

Feb 4, 2008, 03:20 PM

I ordered on the 10th and it's supposed to ship on the 15 of feb. I ordered a Compaq laptop BTO a couple of years ago and my buddy ordered his about two weeks after mine and ours both arrived the same day. These companies build them until they fill however many shipping containers they've reserved on a boat that comes over here. So just to break this down: they know they are getting the 8800's (or whatever odd option) on the 5th of feb (for example)they'll put the machines together, then once they've filled the shipment they'll update the apple site. I bet whoever has the earliest date will be when most people's will ship. I'm guessing everybody will update on the 12th or 13th.

Jebaloo

Feb 4, 2008, 03:41 PM

Michael73

Feb 4, 2008, 03:45 PM

Order Jan 31, ships by Feb 22.

Mine is coming 2-day air from Asia (since 1-day isn't available according to Apple)

pfleischman

Feb 4, 2008, 03:47 PM

As far as I can tell, for the UK anyway, really it's just a matter of waiting for a shipment of 8800's to arrive on Irish shores and make its way to he assembly factory. hopefully a week after that, about everyone UK-wise will have their order satisfied.
They assemble them in the UK??? I thought they were all build from start to finish in china?

drag0nreb0rn

Feb 4, 2008, 03:56 PM

Order Date: Jan 8, 2008 at 08:06 AM PST
Ships by: Feb 13

When I bought it, my Cart said 3-6 weeks. And the final confirmation says ships by Feb 13..

I have never bought an apple product that didn't ship atleast slightly ahead of schedule.

I am crossing my fingers that it ships by Friday. I have 6GB of Ram and a BLu-Ray Burner waiting on my desk for installation. Totally Phsyched!

peejack

Feb 4, 2008, 04:26 PM

They assemble them in the UK??? I thought they were all build from start to finish in china?

No BTO for UK customers and maybe europe are assembled in Ireland, standard models come from China.

Jebaloo

Feb 4, 2008, 04:40 PM

No BTO for UK customers and maybe europe are assembled in Ireland, standard models come from China.

Ay, so with a bit of Irish luck, we'll have ours before our pals across the pond. ;)

p.s just kdiding, I wouldn't wish any more of a wait on anyone. This is agony.

peejack

Feb 4, 2008, 04:44 PM

Ay, so with a bit of Irish luck, we'll have ours before our pals across the pond. ;)

p.s just kdiding, I wouldn't wish any more of a wait on anyone. This is agony.

Not necessarily the 8800GT card will still have to be shipped from china/usa so they will have a head start in that dept. ;)

pfleischman

Feb 4, 2008, 04:45 PM

Ay, so with a bit of Irish luck, we'll have ours before our pals across the pond. ;)

p.s just kdiding, I wouldn't wish any more of a wait on anyone. This is agony.

I agree. I'm so done with my old compaq laptop

ErikAndre

Feb 4, 2008, 04:49 PM

I agree. I'm so done with my old compaq laptop

Phew, an upgrade from an old compaq laptop to a macpro... buckle your seatbelt. :D

pfleischman

Feb 4, 2008, 04:56 PM

Phew, an upgrade from an old compaq laptop to a macpro... buckle your seatbelt. :D

I'm not knocking it yet...espcially with the ammount of time apple's taking to get my MP here. I've only used a mac with CS3 otherwise i'm pretty much a newbie.

whistler222

Feb 4, 2008, 05:06 PM

Phew, an upgrade from an old compaq laptop to a macpro... buckle your seatbelt. :D

i hope so.. i'm coming from a compaq laptop too.. 4 years old.

altho i do have a 1 yr old macbook, and that's what made me switch..
hope it's faster when working in lightroom.. no more 3 seconds wait for each preview. ;)

Jebaloo

Feb 4, 2008, 05:36 PM

Not necessarily the 8800GT card will still have to be shipped from china/usa so they will have a head start in that dept. ;)

Nvidia manufacture their cards in the US? Sounds expensive.

peejack

Feb 4, 2008, 05:39 PM

Nvidia manufacture their cards in the US? Sounds expensive.

Not with the dollars value at the mo ;) :)

Jonny427

Feb 4, 2008, 06:33 PM

Ordered Jan 11, Ships Feb 15

Peace

Feb 4, 2008, 06:35 PM

Ordered Jan 18th

Ship March 15th

..

...
:mad:

whistler222

Feb 4, 2008, 06:38 PM

Ordered Jan 18th

Ship March 15th

:mad:

WHAT?
i ordered yesterday and it says ship march 3rd.. what the??
hope you get it before they refresh the Mac Pro.
:D

peejack

Feb 4, 2008, 06:38 PM

Ordered Jan 18th

Ship March 15th

..

...
:mad:

WHAT!?????

Like a user said above anyway, all this dates are just estimates pulled out of the air, when they are ready to ship they will all go at once.

Peace

Feb 4, 2008, 06:41 PM

Yup..

tourneur

Feb 4, 2008, 07:22 PM

Ordered: Jan 22
Ship date: Feb 12

ErikAndre

Feb 4, 2008, 07:24 PM

WHAT?
i ordered yesterday and it says ship march 3rd.. what the??
hope you get it before they refresh the Mac Pro.
:D

That's only because when you ordered yours the system was set to 3-5 weeks... then Apple changed it to 2-3 weeks. Remember, when you buy your Mac Pro, the website automatically gives you the latest date. So if it says 2-3 weeks, the system will just throw at you the exact 3 week date. The system is just doing that to follow its own programming. So back when you ordered your Mac Pro, the dates were still 3-5 weeks, so it gave you the 5 week date. It just did what it was supposed to.

I'm nearly certain Apple will be shipping everyone's mac by the end of next week.

Jebaloo

Feb 4, 2008, 08:13 PM

Not with the dollars value at the mo ;) :)

I meant for NVIDIA. Much cheaper for them to manufacture abroad surely? China etc.

drag0nreb0rn

Feb 4, 2008, 10:46 PM

Ordered: Jan 22
Ship date: Feb 12

I would love to know how you order your box 14 days after I do and have a 2/12 ship date. The only change I made to the system was vid card. Oh well.

Banacek

Feb 4, 2008, 10:52 PM

I would love to know how you order your box 14 days after I do and have a 2/12 ship date. The only change I made to the system was vid card. Oh well.

I know, that's a week after my order and my ship date is Feb 22nd.

ErikAndre

Feb 4, 2008, 10:56 PM

The ship dates are arbitrary. Read my post above.

Banacek

Feb 4, 2008, 11:17 PM

The ship dates are arbitrary. Read my post above.

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Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

Honestly though, you got to stop posting your theories as facts. You have yet to present anything concrete to prove that Apple is going to ship a day sooner than the ship date. Just because you say it frequently doesn't mean it's true. No offense. I hope to God they do ship early. But that's just wishful thinking.

eyecool

Feb 4, 2008, 11:57 PM

Yup..
$350 for the card!?!?

Now I'm pissed at myself for not going with the ATI, getting the MP now and adding the Nvidia later...

I'm a 'Ships Feb 13' too. Guess I better get around to ordering the ram!

matthews

Feb 5, 2008, 12:00 AM

Mine ships by the 20th
Delivered by the 26th

I wish there was a way to speed up that shipping haha

matthews

Feb 5, 2008, 12:02 AM

Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

Honestly though, you got to stop posting your theories as facts. You have yet to present anything concrete to prove that Apple is going to ship a day sooner than the ship date. Just because you say it frequently doesn't mean it's true. No offense. I hope to God they do ship early. But that's just wishful thinking.

I also agree with that. All you do is post your theories as if they are 100% truth. May I remind you of the 10.5.2 debacle and your tons of threads about the so-called ship date.

Meh.

Kingsly

Feb 5, 2008, 12:06 AM

Not soon enough... although it is giving me plenty of time to save for a display. :o

macuserx86

Feb 5, 2008, 12:09 AM

Ordered Jan 8th, ship date Feb 13th, arrive date Feb 19th! Only 14 days left as of this post! :D

matthews

Feb 5, 2008, 12:31 AM

Kingsly how did you get such a low price?

Employer discount?

Banacek

Feb 5, 2008, 12:39 AM

Kingsly how did you get such a low price?

Employer discount?

Apple Developer Connection, I'm assuming. Same discount I received.

Mr.PS

Feb 5, 2008, 01:10 AM

Is there any realistic chance that these video cards will ship the 12th-13th?

Kingsly

Feb 5, 2008, 01:44 AM

Kingsly how did you get such a low price?

Employer discount?

ADC, but I also got an additional $100 off because I work as a contractor for Apple. :D

ErikAndre

Feb 5, 2008, 07:31 AM

Honestly though, you got to stop posting your theories as facts. You have yet to present anything concrete to prove that Apple is going to ship a day sooner than the ship date.
I also agree with that. All you do is post your theories as if they are 100% truth.

Listen, I just want my Mac like everyone else, but there is a fact to base that the ship dates are just 3 week calculations from the time of purchase and are arbitrary. Look at these purchase/ship dates from two users in this very thread:

When the Apple Store was programmed to 3-5 weeks:
Ordered Jan 18th
Ship March 15th
:mad:

When the Apple Store was programmed to 2-3 weeks:
WHAT?
i ordered yesterday and it says ship march 3rd.. what the??
hope you get it before they refresh the Mac Pro.
:D

And I ordered not too long ago and have a mid/late February delivery date.

I just can't honestly believe that the Mac Pro i ordered just a few days ago will arrive a month sooner than the individual who oredered Jan 18th. If I were Apple, I would program my order site the same way. Just plug in the 2-3 week estimation and have the system calculate the exact 3 week date from the date of purchase. Just hand them a safe date. Its only obvious (not a theory) that the Apple site is currently just giving a 3 week lead time from the date of purchase. If you order today (before 4pm), it'll give you a ship date of Feb 26th (3 weeks from today). That is a fact. 100%.

My theory is simply this: Apple will not ship all over the place on these shipping dates, especially giving me a system before the guy who ordered one in mid january. It's just not fair. Sure, they'd be honoring their ship date, but I'd like to believe Apple has values here. Yes, still a theory, but my guess (call it crazy) is that Apple is going to ship these once they're ready and ship them all at once (or around a week time frame) and beat these crazy ship dates. I'm not saying its fact, just a really good guess there, man. I'm just trying to help simmer the frustration of folks who think they have to wait till mid march for ordering mid January when I ordered my machine just the other day and getting it in the same month of February.

chameleon

Feb 5, 2008, 09:20 AM

Ordered: Jan 8th
Ship date: Feb 13th
Arrive date: Feb 19th

I've now waited 4 weeks, and it's getting tiresome. I've aged 7 months in dog years since placing the order!

I really hope that we beat the ship date, not slip past it...

ErikAndre

Feb 5, 2008, 09:43 AM

HitchHykr

Feb 5, 2008, 10:40 AM

When the Apple Store was programmed to 3-5 weeks:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Peace
Ordered Jan 18th
Ship March 15th

When the Apple Store was programmed to 2-3 weeks:
Quote:
Originally Posted by whistler222
WHAT?
i ordered yesterday and it says ship march 3rd.. what the??
hope you get it before they refresh the Mac Pro.

But the data that you are posting doesn't even match your theory!
The first one is 8 weeks for shipment, the second one is 4 weeks. Peace must have ordered just the 8800GT card.

ErikAndre

Feb 5, 2008, 10:48 AM

But the data that you are posting doesn't even match your theory!
The first one is 8 weeks for shipment, the second one is 4 weeks. Peace must have ordered just the 8800GT card.

http://www.truewalk.com/vault/oops.gif

I didn't double check the dates on the first one, it was early when i posted, but I do know of several folks here on the forums who have ship dates sooner than those who ordered earlier. I just figured that was another case. :rolleyes:

Leafminer

Feb 5, 2008, 03:13 PM

Ordered Jan 10
Ship date Feb 15
Delivery by Feb 21

I only hope that Leopard updates are released by then, as I am reading a whole heck of a lot of problems with Photoshop CS3. Being a convert from an old Windows XP P4 machine, I am hoping my first Mac experience is absolutely flawless! :)

Mr.PS

Feb 5, 2008, 03:23 PM

I only hope that Leopard updates are released by then, as I am reading a whole heck of a lot of problems with Photoshop CS3. Being a convert from an old Windows XP P4 machine, I am hoping my first Mac experience is absolutely flawless! :)

Amen, I hope so to. I am reordering with the 8800GT and 8 cores, after I get refunded for this one.