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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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My "Dreaded" e-mail arrived at 1:19pm PST, but they did change my Order Status that morning around 11am. I have check the Order Status every hour, and it still says 8/20. But there has been no activity on my credit card.

This is like waiting for the baby to be delivered!
 
Converted2Truth said:
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.
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Thanks for the offer, but I'll probably be keeping FrankenMac around for a while as a backup or file server. Next year I plan on giving it to my mother to replace her Umax C600 (running OS 9.1).

I've upgraded FrankenMac as much as possible: G4/500 processor, ATI Radeon 7000 PCI Card, ATA/133 PCI Card, 80GB HD, 100GB HD, DVD-ROM, Firewire PCI Card (onboard PCI is flaky), and 768MB RAM.

Having a 2.5GHz G5 is going to be so sweet!! Come on, Apple! Send me my new computer!!!
 
Kneecap said:
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:
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Apple Europe sent me 2 emails telling me that my order was on schedule for 20/8, I don't know if anyone in the US got the same email, in fact I've not heard of anyone in europe getting the same email. So I don't know whether it was a select group or just a blanket email. But, I've not had any activity either so those emails may mean nothing.
 
I really hope they make the current delayed shipping dates.....this whole experience is driving me nuts~!!!!!!!!!!! :eek:

Ordered mine from Apple UK on 06/30 with delivery on 08/13. Called Apple rep. on 08/13 and was told that my G5 was ready to ship from Cork to Holland. Called 08/16 and was told that shipping had slipped to 09/03 : No reason :mad: If the 08/20 orders go through then there is a chance I'll get mine shipped by 09/03. Otherwise it gonna be another delay..............and I am prepared to wait as long as the next person but Apple really needs to start giving good reasons for the delays and managing their customers expectations a lot better............sorry for the rant.....feel a little better now.
 
slughead said:
20/8 ?! there aren't that many months in a year ! :eek:
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Its european style (actually most of the world except america i believe) to list day then month.

it actually makes the most chronological sense as well - day, then month, then year. but then again, metric makes a hell of a lot more sense too...
 
FunkyChicken said:
Anyone in Canada received a 2.5DP yet?

Sleepless in Canada... :(
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My order status still says 'on or before 8/20/2004' and I've received no emails from Apple.

As far as I know, no Canadians have received any orders yet. And like I said in my previous post, I phoned Apple yesterday and got the same old broken record message. I'm starting to think I should phone the Canadian MacWarehouse to see if they were smart enough to put an order in real early, but I doubt they've received any G5 DP 2.5's.

The day I see that order status change or receive a shipping notice from Apple, I'll be in shock!!
 
DWKlink said:
Its european style (actual the rest of the world except america i believe) to list day then month.
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Actually YYYY-MM-DD would make the most sense, that way if you named a bunch of files that way, they'd be in order by date.

Yes, I knew about the european date thing, I guess they don't have jokes in europe ? :D
 
Kosh66 said:
I'm starting to think I should phone the Canadian MacWarehouse to see if they were smart enough to put an order in real early, but I doubt they've received any G5 DP 2.5's.
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Duff-Man says....people think Apple is bad - CDW.ca (MacWarehouse.ca) has had on their website "ships in 4-6 days" since the things were announced in June...oh yeah!
 
MagicPixel said:
Apple Europe sent me 2 emails telling me that my order was on schedule for 20/8, I don't know if anyone in the US got the same email, in fact I've not heard of anyone in europe getting the same email. So I don't know whether it was a select group or just a blanket email. But, I've not had any activity either so those emails may mean nothing.
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I got those 2 emails too
 
uelef said:
Try the following with your display: Open iTunes and now move the iTunes window to the left and to the right. Watch the white and grey/blue stripes in the title window... On the left side of my display the white and grey/blue stripes are a bit less clearly visible than in the middle or on the right side. Can you confirm that? Nevertheless I can really recommend the new CinemaDisplays.

Ulf
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Yes uelef, I can confirm that. But it's really hard to notice, and I think it also has a little bit to do whith the viewing angle. Or if not, it only occures the first 5 percent on the left! and so NOT noticable.. You really have to look for it.. I moved around the itunes window 10 times and really gaze to see what you meant..

It's a cool display..
 
FunkyChicken said:
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.
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Dude, that's not funny. ;)
 
Ge4-ce said:
Yes uelef, I can confirm that. But it's really hard to notice, and I think it also has a little bit to do whith the viewing angle. Or if not, it only occures the first 5 percent on the left! and so NOT noticable.. You really have to look for it.. I moved around the itunes window 10 times and really gaze to see what you meant..

It's a cool display..
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I think it's the video card drivers that just came out.
 
Duff-Man said:
Duff-Man says....
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I thought we lost you Duff-Man - I thought you might have finally gone insane waiting for your G5. I haven't seen a post from you in a while.
 
MacMall update

Just got off the phone with MacMall. The latest update is that they say they have a shipment of 51 in transit from Apple which will arrive on Monday, the 23rd. This is fairly good news if you ordered early. He could not give me specifics of when the next shipment would arrive or how many it would be. All he could say is that it should be within a week to a week and a half. Ugh! He also mentioned that they now have about 400 on backorder. I ordered on 7/22 when there were about 200 so it looks like I'll be waiting a bit longer.
 
More reports from local Apple Stores?

Anybody have more information on the availability of 2.5 G5s showing up in local Apple Stores? I've read a bunch from San Francisco, Dallas, Virginia, etc. Any reports from the Oregon or Washington stores?
 
CDW/MacWarehouse

I've been watching the thread with interest and I've just got some info that may be useful to others.

My order went into cdw/macwarehouse 6/11 through our corporate account, just got word that they had 300 on back order and just started receiving them yesterday and 15 have shipped. These are only the stock models. My CTO is "hopefully next week" - we'll see.

-- limeybast

12" 1GHz shinybook
Dual 2.5, 4G (8x512), BT, 9800XT. 2x20" cinema display (rec'd already)
 
Got off the phone with apple just little while ago, I had the woman I got check with her supervisor or someone to see if there were any supply issues with the 6800's, and she said there were not.

She also told me that about 50% of the G5 2.5 Orders are set to ship out tomorrow.

I hope the 6800's ship tomorrow.

Edit: woa... 3000th Post...

And there was much rejoicing.
 
If I have the 3000th post.. I succeeded in my quest for the 3000th post!

If this post is not number 3000.. Then I failed an go get drunk or something..

Please note that I anxiously wait to post this one. I have it had it open all day in a seperate window to click "submit Reply" instantly..

Yeah I know.. Let's just call it bored.. I am bored because my bloody G5 won't arrive until september probably..

Maybe if I do get the 3000th post, I get a special call from Apple!

Edit: Well I obviously missed it by 1 post.. l have been measured and be found insufficiant
 
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