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2011 Thunderbolt iMac w/ SSD Shipment Tracker

ok just took the plunge today! Went with 21.5" i7 w/ 1TB HDD and ssd. I wanted a 27" but just couldn't justify it considering my average needs. Should be here by next Tuesday. I've been reading your posts and thank you all for convincing me it was time for a new imac! Been a Mac user/enthusiast since 1988. First time poster :)
 
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jrlepage said:
I wouldn't let a few people's bad experiences with hard drives cause you to cancel your order. I read that thread you linked, and it looked like it was mainly one person with a streak of bad luck with standard HDDs anyway, not SSDs. With any product, there will be people who have problems. Those people will want support and come to forums like these to voice complaints. All the satisfied users out there will be too busy enjoying their new machines to post about it on the forums (and would have little reason to anyway)...

Just be honest with yourself for your reasons for canceling. If it's impatience over the delay, that's understandable. Plenty of people have opted to DIY an SSD upgrade or wait on thunderbolt enclosures with the hopes they are bootable. But personally, while the wait is painful, I'm thoroughly excited to be getting exactly what I wanted - a fully decked out iMac with SSD completely backed by Apple support. If I have any hardware problems, I have 100% confidence that I can exchange for an identical, but problem-free machine. Apple has always been awesome about customer service (in my experience) and I think all the people who have been upgraded to overnight shipping is a testament to that.

I mean, think about it. For many of us (excluding the non-US peeps who have been jerked around a bit more), we knew we were looking at a 4-6 week wait before we clicked "buy" and Apple gave us free overnight shipping for no reason other than to satisfy our impatience. That's pretty awesome IMO.

I just know that I'll ultimately be thrilled with my purchase, even though it'll more than likely be a SATA-II drive and more than likely have SL as opposed to Lion... I'm not building up any unrealistic expectations. I'll be excited just to get what I ordered. :)
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I still have every intention of buying an iMac. The HDD problem is not really what bugs me, although my order is SDD+HDD so there is a small worry.

My main worry is the target display mode, which I think is a very valid point. I wasn't going to DIY anything except the memory. The refurbed i7 w/ssd for $1999 seems like a great deal to me. I would still have the warranty and still have an Apple backed SSD.

There is also no guarantee that Thunderbolt will be widely supported yet and I don't really want to make this large of a purchase with the hope that they will create TB devices.

So I am canceling my order and I will wait until Lion comes out. I also want to see if there are any widespread problems that need ironed out by a firmware patch.

I wish all you guys luck. I will be a little jealous for a few months, but I'd rather have my mind at ease for the moment.
 
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My 27" with SSD just changed status to prepared for shipment. Let the fun begin :)
 
My est shipping date went up to 30th June a week ago. It has now come down to 28th (originally 24th).

Crazeh!
 
Holy gadgolies! Please don't be mucking around with us!

Guilty of running and checking my status...

Aaaarrrrgggg!
 
abrmecom said:
My 27" with SSD just changed status to prepared for shipment. Let the fun begin :)
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Mine too ... just got JuneCloud Confirmation & had to check the web :eek:

Ooops ... I think I've just wet myself ;)

Anyone else? I ordered on May 4.
 

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Could this mean ....

there is some connection to the WWDC and, once his Jobsness as delivered "the future" the iMacs will be released from captivity?

Someone did say that it might have something to do with Lion - is that starting to be more of a possibility?

Oh well ... only a couple of hours to wait :D
 
So if I didn't cancel, it'd be shipping today.

I guess this is almost a good thing, since it'd be showing up while I'm in San Francisco.

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From what I hear on the floor, the issue with the 27-inch iMacs is they were trying to figure out how to safely ship them with the puppies they plan to include. I don't know what kind of puppy ships with the iMac, but I'm hoping for some sort of spaniel.
 
mrfoof82 said:
So if I didn't cancel, it'd be shipping today.

I guess this is almost a good thing, since it'd be showing up while I'm in San Francisco.

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From what I hear on the floor, the issue with the 27-inch iMacs is they were trying to figure out how to safely ship them with the puppies they plan to include. I don't know what kind of puppy ships with the iMac, but I'm hoping for some sort of spaniel.
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Well it hasn't shipped yet MrFoof ... sadly only prepared ... but am I prepared for another puppy?

Lucky you out there at WWDC ... bet the atmosphere is intense! :eek:
 
It's only intense if you're one of those people who gets too excited over things.

Right now I'm camped out in line with a bunch of people who are discussing toasters. I'm mostly waiting for sessions a bit later in the week to get some guidance on ekeing out performance of a game I've been working on, mostly to get the iPhone 4 closer to the 8-10 hours of non-stop play before the battery gives up the ghost, and keeping performance solid on the original iPhone/iPod Touch.
 
mrfoof82 said:
It's only intense if you're one of those people who gets too excited over things.

Right now I'm camped out in line with a bunch of people who are discussing toasters. I'm mostly waiting for sessions a bit later in the week to get some guidance on ekeing out performance of a game I've been working on, mostly to get the iPhone 4 closer to the 8-10 hours of non-stop play before the battery gives up the ghost, and keeping performance solid on the original iPhone/iPod Touch.
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Aha! You're zen-like focus ... not distracted by the dizzy fanboyz'n'girlz ...:p

Would that be an iToaster? One that you can turn on via iCloud ... and there was I thinking you had signed an NDA :D

I, on the other hand, just want my dawg gawn iMac ... so hurry up Saint Steve
 
I'm the exact opposite of what Engadget is going around doing right now. Which is speculating about nonsense like Blu-Ray drives and other garbage.
 
mrfoof82 said:
I'm the exact opposite of what Engadget is going around doing right now. Which is speculating about nonsense like Blu-Ray drives and other garbage.
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Well Engadget can't boast about their live stream of the Keynote ... it's just gone from 'live' to 'dead'

:rolleyes:

they have to revert to good old fashioned gossip :eek:
 
People Liveblogging seriously disrupted the keynote last year. Do people not forget Steve standing up there like a parent, asking the kids to put down their forks?

I'm guessing someone at Apple told Engadget to shut it down if they planned on setting foot inside Moscone. My phone will be completely off during the keynote, or in Airplane mode. You can't have that many radio devices in that small a space, even across multiple technologies or carriers. It really doesn't work, and if you try to make it work, your battery commits seppuku as your device cranks up its power to attempt to keep working.
 
mrfoof82 said:
People Liveblogging seriously disrupted the keynote last year. Do people not forget Steve standing up there like a parent, asking the kids to put down their forks?

I'm guessing someone at Apple told Engadget to shut it down if they planned on setting foot inside Moscone. My phone will be completely off during the keynote, or in Airplane mode. You can't have that many radio devices in that small a space, even across multiple technologies or carriers. It really doesn't work.
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Ha! Good job ... although I have to admit that it would be nice if Apple had run a live stream of this keynote for us other interested people in the world.

Especially as it's about iCloud - good opportunity to show off video being streamed in the iCloud don't you think? :rolleyes:
 
Apple didn't announce they'd stream the 2010 keynote until very shortly before. Good chance they'll do the same thing.
 
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