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I've been following this thread for awhile. And I too am in a similar position, ETA 7/30 bumped to 8/20. I haven't heard anything and Friday looms large. If Apple bumps back again, they have to give a discount...or an ipod...or something...right? I mean, they couldn't postpone for people who ordered it back in June, esp. when there are G5s in store....right?

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STATS REPORT 8-18: afternoon edition

Not much happening on the spreadsheet, but lots happening elsewhere.

Wednesday 8-18 passed with only ONE order outside the USA getting shipped, and 3 orders (1Holland 2UK) actually SLIPPING.

3 USA Forum members have cancelled their orders and driven down to local Apple retail stores to pick up shiny new stock 2.5's while others remain wringing their wrists in frustration ready to riot if Apple stores actually RE-STOCK before they can receive their own "pre-order" (what IS a pre-order anyway?).

There are 2 stores in Denver, one had a handful come in today that were already spoken for. The "floor guy" there told me Apple is sending out a trickle to as many stores as possible, then shipping to the "pre-order" people, then sending out a second larger shipment to the Apple retail stores again.

The main good news I can pull from this is.....there are a lot of machines going out. Probably not hundreds, but a "mass simultaneous shipment" to multiple destinations in the USA has kicked into gear since Monday and machines are arriving. Just reading this forum I've learned that 10 US Apple retail stores have received machines in the last 48 hours. The second shipment will be much larger, and the third will probably actually generate a "now shipping" tag on the Dual 2.5 machines on the Apple site.

THE BIG QUESTION NOW in the next 24-36 hours is..... if Apple stores are getting initial handfuls.....are the "pre-orders" (all of us) next before the stores restock? Or will they restock before our orders are taken care of?

Even though I predicted a slip in shipping dates last week, I'm hoping with all the machines now moving, that there are indeed enough chips to fill a massive second wave of machines that need to go out.

The next 36 hours should be anything but boring............
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Let's just hope apple doesn't pull another July 29th tommorrow!

'Oh yeah, umm... we like JUST found out that we can't ship the computers like we said. No really, we didn't know until like 5 minutes ago. The good news is that we will probably... err... maybe ship your computer in like 20 days.'
 
brykken said:
Let's just hope apple doesn't pull another July 29th tommorrow!

'Oh yeah, umm... we like JUST found out that we can't ship the computers like we said. No really, we didn't know until like 5 minutes ago. The good news is that we will probably... err... maybe ship your computer in like 20 days.'
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I think I'd cry.
 
Man I can't believe Apple Retail Stores are selling G5 2.5's to anyone who walks in and we're stuck waiting for over 2 months for our orders. I called Apple today and all they say is the stupid same stuff and of cours e the woman had the gall to say that if an Apple Retail Store orders before me they're order gets filled first (no matter if it's for 1 G5 or 1000). So Apple could ship thousands of G5 2.5's to their Apple Stores and leave us all out in the lurch. Nice. I'm tempted to look up an old old aquaintance in Boston in the US and see if he can purchase me one. This has got to be really stupid. Just think of all the extra cost of having those online orders cancelled for Apple Retail sales. Looks to me like Apple is trying to justify their retail stores.
 
Not really an air conditioner....

jhwolf01 said:
Well I now have her and must say, so far so good. The coolness is amazing it is cooler than my Air Conditioner. I will upodate more once I really get it up and going.
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Feel the warm breeze out the back. It's anything but cool. I think its more like a space heater. :rolleyes:
 
brykken said:
Let's just hope apple doesn't pull another July 29th tommorrow!

'Oh yeah, umm... we like JUST found out that we can't ship the computers like we said. No really, we didn't know until like 5 minutes ago. The good news is that we will probably... err... maybe ship your computer in like 20 days.'
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Frankly, after my call to Apple Sales Support today I have little confidence in Apple meeting the 8/20/2004 date.

Apple should really considering replacing their sales staff with a voice recording... they say the same thing over and over and over... like a broken record, and offer no more info than the Online Order Status page. You could always phone a retail store to order by phone.
 
Kosh66 said:
Frankly, after my call to Apple Sales Support today I have little confidence in Apple meeting the 8/20/2004 date.

Apple should really considering replacing their sales staff with a voice recording... they say the same thing over and over and over... like a broken record, and offer no more info than the Online Order Status page. You could always phone a retail store to order by phone.
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Kosh66, I share your pain ... i also called today ... only to hear the same bulls**t once again... lame. :(
 
Here's my baby!

Well - I promised pictures and a quick review so here it goes. The pics can be found here - http://homepage.mac.com/tjpigot/G5arrival/PhotoAlbum32.html

As for the review- I've not had much time with my G5 because I work stupid hours but here is how its gone so far.

Arrived Monday the 16th as expected (oredered June 11th from online apple store). As you can see from the pics, the box was in good shape and all pieces were intact. I installed an airport extreme card right away which was a little trickier than I expected. It goes into a metal guide which is a really tight fit before being seated. Took a few minutes to get the darn thing in there but it seated nicely and I connected the cable.

I booted it up and initiated the file transfer. My G4 has 2 hard drives and for whatever reason, my boot drive is on the slave drive. I'm not sure why but the transfer program only picked up the master drive which had my OS9 partition so I transferred that stuff but needed to move the osX programs over seperately.

Upon restarting the machine, I needed to associate with my network and for whatever reason, the aiprort monitor did not register a signal despite having a clear one. Turning my airport card on and off fixed that. I then proceeded to download updates. After the first batch of updates the system needed to restart. Upon restarting my system unfortunately froze but booted up fine after a restart. Finished downloading updates and has not frozen since.

I don't have any specific performance numbers but I will say that everything works so much faster on this thing. Subjectively I would say that things work 2-3X faster compared with my dual 533.

Games have been running well (Diablo 2, Dungeon Siege, Halo, and Warcraft III but I've not spent any significant time with them.

Anyway - that's about it - enjoy the pics and here's to hoping that all of your G5's ship tomorrow!

TJ
 
MacMall Shipping

DWKlink said:
I just had a long conversation with my rep at ClubMac. He said there is NO WAY that any units have shipped from ClubMac/MacMall yet. He said he is very confident that they will recieve an order of a little over 200 of them on friday. But until then, they have not seen one 2.5 there. He said he's worked there for 3 years and knows the company backwards and forwards.

I'm not sure what information you have received Roger, but after conveying the information that Keith told me, my rep said that what you were told is impossible.
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Mine did in fact arrive this afternoon and I have been transferring everything from my Powerbook. Unfortunately I forgot to turn off the menu display for the battery and Airport. Now I have to locate the pref that is keeping hem there on the G5.

It was not an empty box nor a dual 2.0... :)

Only 1 problem so far - the superdrive would not open. It was misaligned and pressing the front of the drive case down from the inside solved the problem.

The extended hardware test found no problems.

Here is a pic of the box with the Apple label, MacMall labels, packing list, etc.
http://www.centralpets.com/g5_box.jpg

I hope that clears up questions from the non-believers...

-Roger
 
Can anyone else smell free stuff?

I hope thats free stuff I smell... either that or devastating disappointment.

Yay for alliteration.
And free stuff... yay for free stuff.

*twitch*
 
slughead said:
Has anyone on our list(s) gotten their DP2.5 with the 6800 yet?
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Nope! :mad: Hopefully tomorrow and friday will be fruitful for those in our boat, :rolleyes: .

Maybe Apple will even ship my 30" at the same time. I don't even have a DVI compatible monitor! Are DVI-VGA adapters cheap?
 
I too canceled my order today and went to the Apple store in MN and picked one up. They had two and I put my name on there list long ago as a back up. No built in bluetooth but my dongle is working fine from the usb hub. Its fast! I will get picks up soon. I will be modifying my blutooth keybord to "fit" under the alum. 23" display, I think some of you might like it. Thanks for all the fun and nail bitting the last TWO MONTHS!

Good Luck.
Nachodog
 
Pics Pics Pics!!!

Well she is up and running and I wanted to share with everyone. I also wanted to say thast Sci-Valguy is very right it is definently a space heater in the back, but it is cool as ice in the front and middle. Well now that I have her, I have no excuses and must get to work. Take care.

Check the pics out!!!
http://homepage.mac.com/jhwolf/PhotoAlbum8.html
 
Finally got mine; :) had ordered one on the Apple website, but the waiting was killing me; so i called up my local apple store today and they had 6 in stock; somehow, i was able to get my hands on one with the 23" display; they are installing an airport extreme card, and i will pick it up on Friday. More feedback to follow then.

PB 1.25 g, 15", 5400 HD, 1.5 g RAM
G5 2.5 g, 160 HD, 512 RAM (have ordered 2 G from crucial), airport ext
 
Bought at Apple store today :)

I bought a STOCK 2.5 today from the Dallas Apple store. I had asked to be put on a waiting list a few weeks ago. I guess I was at the top because they only received 3 and I got one of them. They called me around lunch and I was there shortly there after. I haven't had time to play with all the goodies yet, but I'm sending a pic of the radiator and my final set up with 23" monitor. I did add the 74GB Raptor drive for my boot drive. I plan to buy more RAM as soon as I recover from the $5,000 I just spent this week.
 

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waiting for the 6800

Hello All,

Been watching this thread since it's inception and it's been entertaining to say the least. This is my first post here at Macrumors.

I ordered 7/9 over the phone.

I ordered a 2.5 dp, 1Gb ram, 250Gb HD, BT, 6800 Ultra along with a 30 incher.

I have a hold on my CC for the G5 - this makes me hopeful, but who knows.

I could use it for work, but it's such advanced technology, and given Apple's past, I wasn't hoping for the orginal 7/29 shipping. It now sits at 8/31, but I am not holding my breath. The pics I have seen on this thread are neato. Can't wait to unveil mine.

For all those considering canceling their orders, please don't - unless you can get one at a retail location. Just remember that we are looking at a matter of days...

I hope you all get your dream machines soon.

later
 
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