Check your orders folks. I ordered a BTO fully loaded 21.5" iMac on Friday and it switched to "Preparing for shipment" just today. Hopefully it will ship tomorrow. Yipee!
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BTO iMac preparing for shipment!
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Yep... mine is in prepping for shipment now as well! Only the base models had an immediate ship date.
My BTO 21" has dispatched as well! I'm in the UK so it's not just the ones in America. Proper excited now!
Damn, what time did you order?
I ordered (Maxed out 21.5") at about 9:35AM GMT, mine still says "Processing Items Dispatched: 7- 10 business days Delivers 13 Dec, 2012 - 18 Dec, 2012".
What time did they go live in the UK?
Perhaps it's processing because I got it on the Higher Education discount. Or maybe it's because I chose the wired mouse and wired keyboard.
Also...this has possibly been the longest 2 days of my entire life! Seriously! I feel like it's been 2 weeks since I sat there clicking the highest spec thing I've ever ordered! (I've always played around clicking the most expensive options, never thought I'd actually order one one day)
I LOVE THIS FORUM!!! You guys are on top of it, man!!!
I ordered a maxed out 21.5" on Friday @530 CST (The U.S.) and it too is now showing "Preparing for Shipment".
I ordered a maxed out 21.5" on Friday @530 CST (The U.S.) and it too is now showing "Preparing for Shipment".
I ordered my 21.5" iMac on Friday at around 10:00am in the UK. Like Siderz I also was eligible for the higher education discount. Ordered both the Magic Trackpad and the Magic Mouse too.
My order still says Dispatched: 7-10 business days. Hoping it will change tomorrow since it'll be Monday.
Needless to say, cannot wait for my new computer! Been hanging on with a 2006 base model MacBook for the past months!
Wish everyone a speedy and hassle-free delivery!
My order still says Dispatched: 7-10 business days. Hoping it will change tomorrow since it'll be Monday.
Needless to say, cannot wait for my new computer! Been hanging on with a 2006 base model MacBook for the past months!
Wish everyone a speedy and hassle-free delivery!
Hopefully by them Preparing to Ship today, they will actually ship tomorrow evening. I was if ours were assembled in the US (rumor currently going around and from the teardown clip), thats why they are moving so quick? Then again, maybe Apple was proactive and made various configurations of the 21.5" ahead of the launch.........hence....I said MAYBE
Should have said 21.5" in the title. I was about to be REALLY excited thinking the 27" was shipping early
I'm assuming we were just too late then to get the slight earlier delivery
Or otherwise, it's because we're not getting the default mouse options. (I'm getting a wired mouse and wired keyboard)
Or otherwise (Maybe the most likely) its because they need to process our HE discount.
...I pretty much just repeated what I said in my original post, lol.
Ha!
Interesting thing though, I just went to check the status of my 27" BTO and they have added a line above the delivery dates that says "Available to ship: 2-3 weeks"
I didnt see that there before.
I ordered a 21.5" 2.9GHz with Fusion Drive and 16 GB of RAM at around 8:30 am EST on launch day. I just checked and it's also preparing for shipment.
Since early Sunday morning like 2am here in u.s. mine changed to prep to ship. I got a 21.5 2.9 ghz with fusion 16 gb, magic trackpad and wired keyboard (already have wireless keyboard and mouse) I am getting student discount and ordered it at 1:57am Friday morning as soon as it went live in case this info helps anyone with there own expectations
Anytime before the 17th would be amazing in my opinion. Maybe after such a long wait in November they are paying us back with a shortened wait in dec
Anytime before the 17th would be amazing in my opinion. Maybe after such a long wait in November they are paying us back with a shortened wait in dec