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I got an APC Back-UPS 1500 for a PC last year. When I sold it, the G5 inheritted it. Although it is the bland off-white colour, it still looks very cool positioned vertically alongside the G5.

A question about the power supply of the G5. I read the technical doc regarding power consumption. It says idle is 120W, Max is 406W and a fully loaded G5 with all slots filled is 604W. This sounds exciting to hear about the power supply that they put in those machines. I do assemble PCs and you have to choose on the power supply that corresponds to your requirement. In this case, I'm thinking how much watts can the G5 take and how much really did they put in there? Obviously there has to be more than 600W. But I've never heard of a 700W power supply, too.
 
Still no change to my "on or before 8/20" G5. I've got a bad feeling about this... I think the order will probably slip.

I am so ready to kick my B&W G3/400 to the curb!!
 
kgforce said:
Still no change to my "on or before 8/20" G5. I've got a bad feeling about this... I think the order will probably slip.

I am so ready to kick my B&W G3/400 to the curb!!
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Dude, I'll take that G3 off your hands... i'll pay for shipping too... heck, i'll even buy it from you... assuming it works.
 
My G5 came this afternoon! The TNT guy handed my this tiny little box, which was my iSight, but there was no G5... I asked "Is there a larger box for me in that truck of yours?" He went to have a look and came back with a huge box which was my G5! I've been trying out stuff and it's running sooooooo fast! :D Couldn't be happier! (well except if it shipped with a better mouse of course, I'm using my microsoft mouse and the white ones gone in the drawer).

PowerMac G5 Dual 2.5Ghz; 1.5GB; 250GB; ATI 9800XT; iSight :)
Shipped: 15/08/04
Arrived: 19/08/04
 
45 "on or before" Aug20----whats the news?

11:40am USA mountain time. Still have yet to hear from 45 Aug 20 orders. Only 6 have stepped into the forum with progress reports.

--E
 
Forest said:
No news yet, its getting close to that Christmas day feeling when your 7.
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I know... this is really starting to get exciting. That is until I hear back from my reseller that the shipment isnt coming in tomorrow.
 
haunebu said:
Still no news in Finland... :(
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According to my spreadsheet you're not an 8-20 deliver order. You had notice that you would be shipping 8-14--what happened?? --E
 
ADC, ordered 6-25, I'm on all the lists...still nuthin'. 250 GB HD, BT. No emails ever, still holding at 8-20 (slipped from 7-30).
 
According to who is on my spreadsheet, there are still....

44 orders with "on or before" Aug 20 that have yet to speak up with what is (or isn't) happening with their order. Thanks to the seven that have...appreciate it.

It shouldn't be this quiet in the US right now unless the 51 Aug20 orders (on my spreadsheet) are going to slip.

Afternoon edition coming up in the next couple hours.

--E

Here's the current spreadsheet as of right now.
 
I wrote my reseller to ask if we're still on for tomorrow and he still hasn't gotten back to me. its been over an hour. thats got me nervous. if he had good news i think he would have gotten back to me by now... :rolleyes:
 
Still waiting...

solo-act said:
Still have yet to hear from 45 Aug 20 orders. [/B] Only 6 have stepped into the forum with progress reports.--E
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Finally lost my patience and called Apple about a half hour ago. Was told the partyline: that my order is still on schedule to ship tomorrow (he did add quickly: "subject to change"...), but all indications are that it will ship tomorrow. I told him that 3 weeks ago I received my delay e-mail the day before my order was supposed to ship, and wondered whether that's going to happen again. The guy I spoke with, Dave, was somewhat sympathetic given that I've been waiting since June, but offered no explanations for the delay, nor any shipping guarantees.

Anyone in Canada received a 2.5DP yet?

Sleepless in Canada... :(
 
FunkyChicken said:
Is is even possible, however unlikely, that all the "on or before Aug. 20" orders WILL ship tomorrow? :confused:
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This much silence this late in the game is VERY bad. I predicted a slip on the 8-20 orders over a week ago based on the accumulated shipping activity I had at the time, and so far today the continued lack of activity is building a case for another slip in shipping dates.

It is possible that whatever plants they're being built at, the supervisors are getting their "ducks in a row" counting the # of machines with specific add ons that are built and ready alongside stock machines, and correlating that info with pre-orders.....After all the data is in, they could send out a mass email all at once to everyone who is about to get a machine shipped. Thats the mass email we've all been waiting for and here in the middle of the day on 8-19 it has yet to happen.

However, people have been stepping into the forum with isolated reports of individual emails.

At this point, with each hour that passes, we're getting closer & closer to a mass email that will be bringing very good, or very bad news.

I'm going to eat lunch (& watch the minutes tick my on the clock).

-- E
 
If mine doesn't ship tomorrow then I won't be so much annoyed that I have to keep waiting, but, because they've sent 2 reassuring emails informing me that my order was on schedule in the past week.
 
My hope is that we get a whole slew of confirmations before the 3,000th post. It would be nice if #3,000 was someone excited about their new G5, not someone complaining the date has slipped again.
 
MagicPixel said:
If mine doesn't ship tomorrow then I won't be so much annoyed that I have to keep waiting, but, because they've sent 2 reassuring emails informing me that my order was on schedule in the past week.
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Apple sent you e-mails? Or are you talking about a reseller.

I haven't gotten any activity since the last e-mail delaying the ship date to 8/20. No credit card activity at all either. So depressing. :mad:

The Apple store is right across the street from my office in San Francisco. I have been so patient. But if I would have put my name on their list 2 weeks ago, I would have a machine. I know that they will be sending bad news. I am trying to be optimistic, but even solo's enthusiasm is waning :)

I keep watching the pot waiting for the water to boil!
 
"Delay of Shipment" e-mails

Well 3 weeks ago, I received the dreaded "delay" e-mail from Apple around 4:30est the day before my order was supposed to ship.

So if our shipping dates are indeed going to slip again, can we expect the dreaded e-mails to come around the same time today?

I'm hoping to pass the rest of the day without seeing another "delay of shipment" e-mail from Apple...
 
I RECEIVED MY 6800!

Woops, this is the PC version.

Doom3 never looked so good.

Damn it I wish they'd ship it 1 day early..
 
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capndesign said:
My hope is that we get a whole slew of confirmations before the 3,000th post. It would be nice if #3,000 was someone excited about their new G5, not someone complaining the date has slipped again.
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Just got off the phone with Apple. Accordingly, Apple is watching this thread with interest, as the person who gets the 3000th post gets their 2.5DP first.
 
FunkyChicken said:
Well 3 weeks ago, I received the dreaded "delay" e-mail from Apple around 4:30est the day before my order was supposed to ship.

So if our shipping dates are indeed going to slip again, can we expect the dreaded e-mails to come around the same time today?

I'm hoping to pass the rest of the day without seeing another "delay of shipment" e-mail from Apple...
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Yep, that's why today is even more important than tomorrow: if something goes wrong, we'll know today.

I can't afford to wait another 3 weeks.
 
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