It's almost four months since the Mac Pro was refreshed and that Apple decided to offer a 5870 upgrade option for 2009 Mac Pro users on its website. However, tests by barefeats have shown that it works on the entire lineup of Mac Pros (2006-2009). However, it seems that Apple is sleeping on the idea of making this card available to us. I love Apple as a company but to have to wait four months for a graphics card which has already been on the market since 2009 is ridiculous to say the least. Please fill out this poll to put pressure on Apple to make the 5870's status on the Apple Store go from "Currently Unavailable" to "Ships Within 24hrs"
UPDATE (08/11 @ 8:30 PM) : It seems that users were able to purchase the 5870 from Macpartsonline who has it in limited quantity and nearly 100$ over retail price. However, when one consumer received the card, the wrong installation guide was supplied (4870 instead of 5870) and only one 6-pin power connector was supplied. What can we take from this? Well maybe the slowdown has been due to the mispackaging of the product. All Apple Stores still have the 5870 listed as "Currently Unavailable".
Update 06/11 : As posted on another macrumors thread, it seems that you can now purchase the 5870. However, Apple does not provide information on shipping info of the product. So I guess this has now turned to a bitter-sweet situation but things seem to be moving in the right direction.
UPDATE (08/11 @ 6:52 PM): On the phone with Apple's corporate office in California trying to see when these things will actually ship.... Apparently Apple has no record of the order I placed on the Apple Store!!!
UPDATE: IT SEEMS THAT FOR MANY USERS DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE DID PLACE AN ORDER ON THE APPLE STORE ... IT IS STILL PROCESSING AND THAT IS WHY APPLE HAS NOT RECEIVED IT. AFTER THE FRUSTRATION OF MY FIRST CALL WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT APPLE DOESN'T KNOW WHEN OR IF THEY WILL SHIP THE 5870, I CALLED THE CANADIAN APPLE STORE AND SPOKE TO A SENIOR APPLE ADVISOR. HE WAS VERY NICE AND SAID THAT THE WAITING TIME HAS DEFINITELY BEEN RIDICULOUS AND THAT SINCE HE HAS A BOARD MEETING TODAY HE WOULD BRING UP THE ISSUE WITH THE 5870 AND CALL ME TO KEEP ME POSTED.... SO WE SHALL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
MAJOR UPDATE (11/11 @ 2:00PM): JUST RECEIVED ORDER CONFIRMATION FROM APPLE.... ORDER WILL SHIP DEC. 22 AND RECEIVED DEC. 28 WITH EXPEDITED SHIPPING. I ORDERED MINE ON THE SECOND DAY IT BECAME AVAILABLE SO THEY SHOULD START SHIPPING AS OF DEC. 21 AS MANY OTHERS HAVE SAID BITTERSWEET MOMENT BUT AT LEAST THEY WILL SHIP
UPDATE (NOV 12): THE 5870 NOW SHIPS WITHIN 24 HOURS. IT'S ABOUT F***N TIME!!!
LINK:http://store.apple.com/ca/product/MC743ZM/A?fnode=MTY1NDA5OQ&mco=MTg2OTU0NTI
UPDATE (08/11 @ 8:30 PM) : It seems that users were able to purchase the 5870 from Macpartsonline who has it in limited quantity and nearly 100$ over retail price. However, when one consumer received the card, the wrong installation guide was supplied (4870 instead of 5870) and only one 6-pin power connector was supplied. What can we take from this? Well maybe the slowdown has been due to the mispackaging of the product. All Apple Stores still have the 5870 listed as "Currently Unavailable".
Update 06/11 : As posted on another macrumors thread, it seems that you can now purchase the 5870. However, Apple does not provide information on shipping info of the product. So I guess this has now turned to a bitter-sweet situation but things seem to be moving in the right direction.
UPDATE (08/11 @ 6:52 PM): On the phone with Apple's corporate office in California trying to see when these things will actually ship.... Apparently Apple has no record of the order I placed on the Apple Store!!!
UPDATE: IT SEEMS THAT FOR MANY USERS DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE DID PLACE AN ORDER ON THE APPLE STORE ... IT IS STILL PROCESSING AND THAT IS WHY APPLE HAS NOT RECEIVED IT. AFTER THE FRUSTRATION OF MY FIRST CALL WHERE I WAS TOLD THAT APPLE DOESN'T KNOW WHEN OR IF THEY WILL SHIP THE 5870, I CALLED THE CANADIAN APPLE STORE AND SPOKE TO A SENIOR APPLE ADVISOR. HE WAS VERY NICE AND SAID THAT THE WAITING TIME HAS DEFINITELY BEEN RIDICULOUS AND THAT SINCE HE HAS A BOARD MEETING TODAY HE WOULD BRING UP THE ISSUE WITH THE 5870 AND CALL ME TO KEEP ME POSTED.... SO WE SHALL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
MAJOR UPDATE (11/11 @ 2:00PM): JUST RECEIVED ORDER CONFIRMATION FROM APPLE.... ORDER WILL SHIP DEC. 22 AND RECEIVED DEC. 28 WITH EXPEDITED SHIPPING. I ORDERED MINE ON THE SECOND DAY IT BECAME AVAILABLE SO THEY SHOULD START SHIPPING AS OF DEC. 21 AS MANY OTHERS HAVE SAID
BITTERSWEET MOMENT BUT AT LEAST THEY WILL SHIP UPDATE (NOV 12): THE 5870 NOW SHIPS WITHIN 24 HOURS. IT'S ABOUT F***N TIME!!!
LINK:http://store.apple.com/ca/product/MC743ZM/A?fnode=MTY1NDA5OQ&mco=MTg2OTU0NTI
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, the demand for the 5870 is big so I don't get why it's taking so long for them to put it on the market 