OMG YES!!! i got a tracking number for my macbook air rev. b!!!

cbflip2000 · 09:42 AM

woot looks like they are coming early!!!! i got the 1.86 ghz / 128 SSD... i got next day shipping too... will give impressions if it comes in tomorrow. what is weird is that I ordered next day shipping but it says delivery by November 3. Ill keep an eye on FedEx website and see if it will be delivered tomorrow.

Edit: it seems that the shipments are leaving from China.

mac jones · Oct 29, 2008, 09:10 AM

Fantastic!

Wonder if stores are going to get them this week.

Daveway · Oct 29, 2008, 09:16 AM

My hope is that there is a crate on it's way to Amazon. But I feel Apple will make them wait until mid-November.
BTW what twas your original quoted date?

cbflip2000 · Oct 29, 2008, 09:18 AM

Quote:

BTW what twas your original quoted date?

Nov. 5 was original ship date.

mac jones · Oct 29, 2008, 09:22 AM

Well, If others start to report then the stores will be getting them soon.

As I recall, Apple ships the online orders at the same time they begin shipping to stores. (a good arrangement)

Amazon is going to wait I would think.

AndyGarton · Oct 29, 2008, 09:22 AM

I ordered 10 mins later than you and nothing good yet for me (still says the 5th for shipping). I'm in the UK though. Fingers crossed because I'm not sure I can stand the wait until the Apple estimate of the 12th!

zer0tails · Oct 29, 2008, 09:34 AM

nice. Most important thing is to check it its moving. I know from experience previously, Apple would give me my tracking number but it didn't move.

so goodluck, i hope indeed, you get it early!!

Dudeman486 · Oct 29, 2008, 10:03 AM

woohoo! i'll be on my way to the apple store to play with them in a few days now! I wonder if they can run any 3d games at decent framerates on the underclocked gpus. even at mid to low settings, i'd say that's a pretty great achievement for a notebook thinner than my finger.

Ron21 · Oct 29, 2008, 10:16 AM

When you get it, let us know the display model. I want to know if they are using the same display as in the new Macbooks.

shigzeo · Oct 29, 2008, 10:21 AM

when she gives me permission ill be picking one of these up for bicycling around as my mbp is way too large and heavy to safely fit in my deuter with my camera...

dambro1978 · Oct 29, 2008, 10:21 AM

From what people say around with new MBs and MBPs is that they run much cooler.

That will be the great advantage for the MBA.

BTW, my MBP will be delivered in 1 hour or so to my desk..

Courtaj · Oct 29, 2008, 10:23 AM

Where's the banana flavoured notebook I've been waiting for?

juanster · Oct 29, 2008, 10:26 AM

niiiiiice how long until actual delivery?

lechuga · Oct 29, 2008, 10:36 AM

I was the one that submitted the news on AI that the Airs ship November 5th, but no luck for me on an early ship date!

Mine is CTO, maybe that's the difference..

zer0tails · Oct 29, 2008, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lechuga

I was the one that submitted the news on AI that the Airs ship November 5th, but no luck for me on an early ship date!

Mine is CTO, maybe that's the difference..

cool, how did you configure it?

iGoon · Oct 29, 2008, 10:46 AM

This is great news as I've been patiently waiting. Did you go with the Solid State drive or SATA?

cbflip2000 · Oct 29, 2008, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zer0tails

cool, how did you configure it?

mine is BTO. not much you can change when you choose the 1.86 Ghz BTO.

Quote:

This is great news as I've been patiently waiting. Did you go with the Solid State drive or SATA?

I got the 128 SSD (solid state drive)

Quote:

niiiiiice how long until actual delivery?

unsure, it says it shipped already from China. I ordered next day shipping. I should get more information by tonight / tomorrow.

polaris20 · Oct 29, 2008, 10:56 AM

rofl I love people voting negative on an article about MBA's shipping. Would you rather they not ship them at all? haha

As for the new Air, I'd love to check one out. The 9400m has been pretty impressive so far on my MBP, I imagine it makes a very nice difference on the new MBA.

zer0tails · Oct 29, 2008, 11:00 AM

correct me if i'm missing something here, but how is 1.86 ghz and 128 ssd BTO? or CTO? You don't need to custom anything, it's already an option.

My question was towards lechuga by the way.

Lyrrad · Oct 29, 2008, 11:07 AM

Would I usually get a MBA in my hands faster if I bought it from an Apple Store (Manhattan) or ordered it online today? About how much slower do online stores like MacMall get it in stock? I'm trying to determine if I should pay more to get it a few days sooner from Apple, but I might not do so if it's only a matter of a couple of days delay from a reseller.

worldburger · Oct 29, 2008, 11:13 AM

I'll be curious to hear if the MagSafe connector is still on the left side or not. On the upgraded MBP and MB, all the ports are now on one side (left) of the computer.

I ask because I was very interested in the new 24" monitor and was wondering if the MagSafe cable will be long enough to reach around to the left if the DisplayPort and USB are still on the right.

Any thoughts?

cbflip2000 · Oct 29, 2008, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by worldburger

I'll be curious to hear if the MagSafe connector is still on the left side or not. On the upgraded MBP and MB, all the ports are now on one side (left) of the computer.

I ask because I was very interested in the new 24" monitor and was wondering if the MagSafe cable will be long enough to reach around to the left if the DisplayPort and USB are still on the right.

Any thoughts?

still on left side

http://www.apple.com/macbookair/

a6rnh · Oct 29, 2008, 11:19 AM

really looking forward to the mini version of the MBA, to be announced in January....why do you think they've changed the manufacturing process to allow scaleable versions of the laptops? same look, same materials, different sizes.....

kornyboy · Oct 29, 2008, 11:30 AM

Wirelessly posted (iPhone: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/525.18.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.1 Mobile/5F136 Safari/525.20)

I can't wait to hear some real world performance results for the new MBA.

tuinte · Oct 29, 2008, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by a6rnh

really looking forward to the mini version of the MBA, to be announced in January....why do you think they've changed the manufacturing process to allow scaleable versions of the laptops? same look, same materials, different sizes.....

This is looney tunes speak. The Air is the mini laptop, the iPhone is the Mac tablet.

-
Michael

Oct 29, 2008, 09:03 AM	#1
cbflip2000 macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2008	OMG YES!!! i got a tracking number for my macbook air rev. b!!! woot looks like they are coming early!!!! i got the 1.86 ghz / 128 SSD... i got next day shipping too... will give impressions if it comes in tomorrow. what is weird is that I ordered next day shipping but it says delivery by November 3. Ill keep an eye on FedEx website and see if it will be delivered tomorrow. Edit: it seems that the shipments are leaving from China. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by cbflip2000 : Oct 29, 2008 at 09:42 AM.

Oct 29, 2008, 09:16 AM	#3
Daveway macrumors 68040 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: New Orleans / Lafayette, La	My hope is that there is a crate on it's way to Amazon. But I feel Apple will make them wait until mid-November. BTW what twas your original quoted date? __________________ Spare me my life. MBP 2.2 glossy, Alu Macbook 2.4, iMac G5, iPhone3GS 32gb white, iPodz

Oct 29, 2008, 09:34 AM	#7
zer0tails macrumors 65816 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Toronto, Canada	nice. Most important thing is to check it its moving. I know from experience previously, Apple would give me my tracking number but it didn't move. so goodluck, i hope indeed, you get it early!! __________________ Battlestation: 8 core Mac Pro + 30" Apple Cinema Display Red Team: 15" Unibody Macbook Pro, 2.93 GHz

Oct 29, 2008, 10:03 AM	#8
Dudeman486 macrumors member Join Date: Aug 2008	woohoo! i'll be on my way to the apple store to play with them in a few days now! I wonder if they can run any 3d games at decent framerates on the underclocked gpus. even at mid to low settings, i'd say that's a pretty great achievement for a notebook thinner than my finger. __________________ White MB 2.16 c2d; Ipod Video 30gb; Ipod Mini 4gb; Ipod Shuffle 1gb

Oct 29, 2008, 10:21 AM	#10
shigzeo macrumors 6502a Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: South Korea	wife check when she gives me permission ill be picking one of these up for bicycling around as my mbp is way too large and heavy to safely fit in my deuter with my camera... __________________ TouchMyApps All Things iPhone for Those Who Like to Touch Cycles Marinoni - Fango CX - Centaur Grouppo

Oct 29, 2008, 09:10 AM	#2
mac jones macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2006	Fantastic! Wonder if stores are going to get them this week.

Oct 29, 2008, 09:22 AM	#5
mac jones macrumors 6502a Join Date: Apr 2006	Well, If others start to report then the stores will be getting them soon. As I recall, Apple ships the online orders at the same time they begin shipping to stores. (a good arrangement) Amazon is going to wait I would think.

Oct 29, 2008, 09:22 AM	#6
AndyGarton macrumors newbie Join Date: Sep 2007	I ordered 10 mins later than you and nothing good yet for me (still says the 5th for shipping). I'm in the UK though. Fingers crossed because I'm not sure I can stand the wait until the Apple estimate of the 12th!

Oct 29, 2008, 10:16 AM	#9
Ron21 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Sep 2007	When you get it, let us know the display model. I want to know if they are using the same display as in the new Macbooks.

Oct 29, 2008, 10:21 AM	#11
dambro1978 macrumors regular Join Date: May 2005	From what people say around with new MBs and MBPs is that they run much cooler. That will be the great advantage for the MBA. BTW, my MBP will be delivered in 1 hour or so to my desk..

Oct 29, 2008, 10:23 AM	#12
Courtaj macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Edinburgh, U.K.	Where's the banana flavoured notebook I've been waiting for? __________________ These are the sort of windows faces look in at.

Oct 29, 2008, 10:26 AM	#13
juanster macrumors 68020 Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: toronto	niiiiiice how long until actual delivery? __________________ Macbook.C2D.Video iPod.iPhone.Canon Rebel XT Flickr MRoogle

Oct 29, 2008, 10:36 AM	#14
lechuga macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2008	I was the one that submitted the news on AI that the Airs ship November 5th, but no luck for me on an early ship date! Mine is CTO, maybe that's the difference..

Oct 29, 2008, 10:46 AM	#16
iGoon macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New York City	This is great news as I've been patiently waiting. Did you go with the Solid State drive or SATA?

Oct 29, 2008, 10:56 AM	#18
polaris20 macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jul 2008	rofl I love people voting negative on an article about MBA's shipping. Would you rather they not ship them at all? haha As for the new Air, I'd love to check one out. The 9400m has been pretty impressive so far on my MBP, I imagine it makes a very nice difference on the new MBA. __________________ 2.4Ghz 15" MBP Unibody \| 2.53Ghz 13" MBP Athlon X2 Ubuntu 9.04 \| HP XW4600, C2D Win7 x64 VMWare ESXi 4.0, running several OSes

Oct 29, 2008, 11:00 AM	#19
zer0tails macrumors 65816 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Toronto, Canada	correct me if i'm missing something here, but how is 1.86 ghz and 128 ssd BTO? or CTO? You don't need to custom anything, it's already an option. My question was towards lechuga by the way. __________________ Battlestation: 8 core Mac Pro + 30" Apple Cinema Display Red Team: 15" Unibody Macbook Pro, 2.93 GHz

Oct 29, 2008, 11:07 AM	#20
Lyrrad macrumors member Join Date: Aug 2008	Would I usually get a MBA in my hands faster if I bought it from an Apple Store (Manhattan) or ordered it online today? About how much slower do online stores like MacMall get it in stock? I'm trying to determine if I should pay more to get it a few days sooner from Apple, but I might not do so if it's only a matter of a couple of days delay from a reseller.

Oct 29, 2008, 11:13 AM	#21
worldburger macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2008	Where is the MagSafe connector (think about the MagSafe cord for the new 24" monitor) I'll be curious to hear if the MagSafe connector is still on the left side or not. On the upgraded MBP and MB, all the ports are now on one side (left) of the computer. I ask because I was very interested in the new 24" monitor and was wondering if the MagSafe cable will be long enough to reach around to the left if the DisplayPort and USB are still on the right. Any thoughts?

Oct 29, 2008, 11:19 AM	#23
a6rnh macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: yorkshire sausage	Can't wait for the netbook really looking forward to the mini version of the MBA, to be announced in January....why do you think they've changed the manufacturing process to allow scaleable versions of the laptops? same look, same materials, different sizes..... __________________ goodnight zippy

Oct 29, 2008, 11:30 AM	#24
kornyboy macrumors 6502a Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Knoxville, TN (USA)	Wirelessly posted (iPhone: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU iPhone OS 2_1 like Mac OS X; en-us) AppleWebKit/525.18.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.1 Mobile/5F136 Safari/525.20) I can't wait to hear some real world performance results for the new MBA. __________________ Stuff

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode