Dual 2.5GHz PowerMacs Shipping

[H@nk]

Look at my horrible excuse for an order status.

I'd swear there was someone at Apple watching this thread who is happily changing your order willy nilly just to jerk your chain.

LOL thats what I thought, yeah i tried calling just about anyone at apple that I could. I even had a local apple representative for the University I attend ask some people on the inside of Apple if there was any special exception they could make since my G5 had been delayed etc., but alas they seemed pretty married to the 14 day max return period.

I guess I wasn't really thinking of a return, since it was over 14 days, but a discount from Apple on the upgrade to the Production Suite. Did you try that angle? I was almost in your same situation. The guy who places the orders "forgot" to place it the week before, so for once I got lucky.

I see some of the orders have the modem removed from the stock machine.

It maybe different in other parts of the world but I would never think of deleting a modem from a computer because the services that transport high speed internet access can and do have outages. In a power outage (which unfortunatly is frequent in my area) the POTS line does not require local power and usually remains functional for most regional emergencies. As slow as it is I can still communicate with the world with a modem.

Maybe I am reading too much into it because everyone may have a modem to remove from a old machine and place into the G5. Am I wrong?

tamtam,

My office has ZERO analog phone lines, so using a modem would be impossible. Getting one installed takes an act from God for some reason at our corporation. A cable modem on the other hand was no problem. Since the machine will never be sold, I don't have to think about reseller value. Plus I had to stay within a certain budget, and removing any unnecessary items helps.

Enjoy your trip.

H@nk

 

[recursivejon]

I'd swear there was someone at Apple watching this thread who is happily changing your order willy nilly just to jerk your chain.

Hah! I wish.

Every time i refresh my order status it oscillates back and forth between 10/8 and 9/17.

 

[RJaMmin]

Those of you who have started receiving your machines, please post your average temperatures here!! I'm trying to compile a list that I will post when complete so that we can all get a feel for if our machine is "normal". Currently I only have 6 entries, I know there are more!!! I'm looking for the following information:

Die A
Die B
Memory Controller
Logicboard Backside
Drive Bay
Room Ambient approx
Specs:
RAM
Gfx Card
HDDs
CPU Load approx
OS Version

Thanks!

Here are my readings: (Hardware Monitor)
Die A 135.1° F
Die B 136.4° F
Memory Controller 151.9° F
Logicboard Backside 117.3° F / 76%
Drive Bay 86.9° F
Room Ambient approx 70° F
Specs:
RAM 2GB
Gfx Card 9600xt
HDDs 1-250GB HD
CPU Load approx ? (Don't know how to determine this)
OS Version 10.3.4 (probably 10.3.5 this weekend)

 

[Gururafiki]

They've removed the "action required" and now it says 9/17 instead of 9/3!!!!!!

Ive had too much of this; if the damn thing doesn't get shipped tomorrow i'm going to go insane.

Edit: I am seriously going insane, the date on the G5 is back to 10/8.

Same thing here, but the email they sent me says it will ship by 9/17, while the order status page says 10/14!! I hope they fix it to 9/17, because if I have to wait until 10/14 (after ordering on 6/9) I WILL loose it.

 

[aussiemac86]

All are in degrees C
Die A - 57.9
Die B - 56.1
Memory Controller - 55.6
Logicboard Backside - 41.6
Drive Bay- 21
Room Ambient approx 22
Specs:
RAM 1.5GB
Gfx Card R9600
HDDs 1 160GB
CPU Load approx at time of recording only aobut 6%
OS Version 10.3.5

 

[iriejedi]

6pm PST... and it still says 9/3

So far so good - and my shipping is now priority overnight - so much for that perk since it is a three day weekend and I shipped it to work.....

Sigh - Apple is so good and the mind f*** - here is a free upgrade to your shipping for your order that is already 3 months late... and we will ship it on a friday before a three day weeekend.....

Gotta love them to the core....

Thank god I hate windows and was blessed with patients....

Anybody else have a ship date of tommorow? Any word??

It was an ADC order. I wonder if Apple will actually ship it tommorow, marking only three months from order to shipment...

 

[thedogcow]

So far so good - and my shipping is now priority overnight - so much for that perk since it is a three day weekend and I shipped it to work.....

Sigh - Apple is so good and the mind f*** - here is a free upgrade to your shipping for your order that is already 3 months late... and we will ship it on a friday before a three day weeekend.....

Gotta love them to the core....

Thank god I hate windows and was blessed with patients....

I'm sure that will change. Wait til wee early in the morning when it changes to some default date because your date is now. How do I know this? Simple. It has happened to me twice.

 

[fongyboy]

Well.. guess what.. I live in Vancouver (Canada).. and I ordered my machine in June. I went to the apple store 30km away from my house, and much to my surprise, they have a duel 2.5ghz sitting there. I quickly put a hold on it. Now.. i'm going to decide whether I should wait another 5 days (until Sept.7 my ship date) or buy this one right away. The one I ordered has 500gb of HDD, 1gb of ram and the bluetooth package. The harddrive and ram isn't a problem for me.. but I really want the built-in bluetooth module.

By the way, the manager at the apple store I went to today is an extremely good friend of mine and he told me that they don't order any of the machines.. instead.. they just come in by chance. That's a great way of treating your loyal customers who order in June eh?! Send your apple stores with the machines while delaying those who have ordered months ago. In my opinion, I do not think that my machine will leave the factory on Sept. 7th. It is kinda like a number game... they just keep on delaying their machines 10days at a time.. and... sooner or later... hmm... it's more like "later or even later"... they will arrive. I don't look forward to any dates now.. the last time i visited the order status page was around 2 or 3 weeks ago.

Jeff

 

[Kosh66]

By the way, the manager at the apple store I went to today is an extremely good friend of mine and he told me that they don't order any of the machines.. instead.. they just come in by chance. That's a great way of treating your loyal customers who order in June eh?! Send your apple stores with the machines while delaying those who have ordered months ago. In my opinion, I do not think that my machine will leave the factory on Sept. 7th. It is kinda like a number game... they just keep on delaying their machines 10days at a time.. and... sooner or later... hmm... it's more like "later or even later"... they will arrive. I don't look forward to any dates now.. the last time i visited the order status page was around 2 or 3 weeks ago.

Jeff

I couldn't agree with you more. I think it's stupid that they send the DP2.5's to their Apple Retail stores so that any joe smoe can pick it up whereas those of us who ordered on June 9 get delayed.

Thank goodness mine finally shipped.

 

[Kenny Pollock]

So far so good - and my shipping is now priority overnight - so much for that perk since it is a three day weekend and I shipped it to work.....

Sigh - Apple is so good and the mind f*** - here is a free upgrade to your shipping for your order that is already 3 months late... and we will ship it on a friday before a three day weeekend.....

Same situation here, shipping tomorrow (9/3) and an ADC order. Upgraded shipping today, was very surprised and happy. Does it mean I'll get it Saturday? I know here only Sunday they don't ship (thats with U.S. mail, not sure about the service Apple uses for shipping) Also, I live in S FL, wondering if the huge hurricane will affect my G5's shipping

 

[groinsniper]

Got my Dual 2.5 today

Just in time for the hurricane! Got it unboxed, fired up to migrate data and now back in the box and wrapped in plastic until Frances passes. Noticed it's quieter than my lonley 1.8Ghz which I thought was almost silent already.
My CDW rep told me they got 120 or so but had over 200 back orders so there's still a big shortage. Ordered mine 8/8/04 so about 3 weeks wait.

 

[jimsowden]

this thread is out of hand.

 

[FugiMax]

09/03 shipdate, ADC order...shipping just changed to priority overnite. Hasn't shipped yet though.

 

[thedogcow]

09/03 shipdate, ADC order...shipping just changed to priority overnite. Hasn't shipped yet though.

Mine changed as well. But this is not shipping quite yet. Apple hasn't charged me.

 

[JamesIII]

Priority Overnight? and Sep 17 Apple email mistake...

Howdy folks!

I just checked my order and I'm still scheduled to ship tomorrow (Sep 3) but my shipping has changed to priority overnight. I hope this is a good sign. Also, I spoke with a really nice lady at Apple thismorning who told me that the "Sep 17th email" that Apple sent to me a couple of days ago, was a mistake. She received a memo today that said the email that went out shouldn't have. According to her, my Sep 3 date was correct. I guess I'll find out tomorrow. Hope this gives y'all hope.

James III

 

[thedogcow]

Overnite

I also don't understand why they would ship this overnite if they are, in fact, shipping these boxen by tomorrow. Tomorrow is Friday, Monday is Labor Day. I don't think FedEx ships on Saturday. These computers probably won't arrive til Tuesday therefore making the overnite shipping futile.

 

[FugiMax]

If they ship from the US, it is in fact possible to pay FedEX more to deliver them on Saturdays (it's an option with priority overnite). Also, I believe if they get to their destination distribution center (aka, right before they go on the truck to you), you can pick them up on Saturday if it's not scheduled for Saturday delivery.

^^I think. 80% sure.

 

[j79]

Include me in the "Priority Overnight" shipping upgrade.

I'm starting to get excited about tomorrow!!

*crosses fingers*

 

[bacondeluxe]

Actually, I think I saw 2 of them, that ordered through a reseller in australia. About that 'one more week' thing, that's exactly the same as here. The problem is, the resellers can't help it either, they don't get a lot of info from Apple about delivery dates, so they can only hope it's next week.

that said, the 6800 are not exptected until late october, even in the states, so I can only assume they are going to be another week or 2 delayed if they have to go to Australia

grrr!! Will it be delayed until late october even if it was order late August? That would be over a two month wait ahhh! Sigh. So frustrating!!! I love apple to bits but this 2.5 fiasco is a nightmare!

I just hope my 2.5 and 23" display will be worth the wait! (i'm sure it will).

 

[macossie]

WOOOOW, congrats dude, that makes me extremely happy!!

Why? Because you are the first person from the benelux who got his machine from a reseller!!! Can I ask you what reseller it was, and how much they got in?

the reseller was mac Support (Uitgeest)
they had 2 G5 BTO diliverd (both are already with there owners)
i saw the other lucky one pick his G5 up wile i was waiting on my extra Ram being instaled

 

[paulinlondon]

UK deliveries

Just had a call from my Reseller. My mac has come in to them and has already been shipped out. Should be with me first thing tomorrow.

Is this the first UK reseller order???

Congrats... very envious you should have it by now!!!!!!!!!

but curious who the reseller is... if would be so kind

 

[gulliver]

It's here! Yipppieeee!

Ordered my G5 Dual 2.5GHz on July 30, arrived yesterday(Sept. 2). Very fast, very quiet compared to my old G4 QS! Seti@Home only takes 2 hours 15 minutes, XBench: 221.
The best is the migration manager though. Best innovation by Apple since original announcement of MacOS X!

 

[klaus]

Ordered my G5 Dual 2.5GHz on July 30, arrived yesterday(Sept. 2). Very fast, very quiet compared to my old G4 QS! Seti@Home only takes 2 hours 15 minutes, XBench: 221.
The best is the migration manager though. Best innovation by Apple since original announcement of MacOS X!

Congrats gulliver, although some folks may be sad about your 'month' wait, enjoy your new machine! I know I will (when it comes)

 

[jimmy2gig]

It's on the way...

Sounds like most of you guys aren't having much fun getting your new G5. I think I should consider myself lucky. I ordered my 2.5 Ghz G5 on the 23/8 and it is on it's way by TNT Express, supposedly they deliver withing Europe in 3 working days but according to the tracking info it's sitting in Holland after laeving the factory in Ireland on the 30/8. It was supposed to arrive yesterday so I'll just have to be patient.

Good luck to the rest of you!

 

[mactarkus]

The Big Day

Here's my tracking information so far. It seems an "unreadable barcode" caused MacDaddy to wait in Atlanta for 16 hours yesterday before it moved on. At least it traveled through the night and is now "On FedEx vehicle for delivery." Time to find my digital camera to get that all-important photo of the FedEx guy and my G5. I'll just have to live without the 6800 a little longer, but I'm so glad Apple offered to ship the G5 out first. Now I can do some benchmarking and see the before and after. Maybe my 6800 will arrive at the same time as Doom III for the Mac??

Detailed Results
Tracking number XXXXXXX
Ship date Aug 30, 2004
Estimated delivery date
Sep 3, 2004

Reference number XXXXX
Delivered to Delivery location NICEVILLE
Service type Ground-Domestic
Weight 58.00 lbs.

Date/Time Status Location
Sep 3, 2004
3:56 am On FedEx vehicle for delivery* PENSACOLA, FL*

Sep 2, 2004
10:43 pm Departed FedEx sort facility* ATLANTA, GA

6:33 am Scanned at FedEx sort facility* ATLANTA, GA*

6:29 am Barcode label unreadable and replaced* ATLANTA, GA*

Sep 1, 2004
11:13 pm Arrived at FedEx sort facility* ATLANTA, GA*

Aug 31, 2004
7:22 am Departed FedEx sort facility* RIALTO, CA*

Aug 30, 2004
5:41 pm Scanned at FedEx sort facility* RIALTO, CA*
*
12:00 am Customer-Loaded Trailer Picked Up* ANAHEIM, CA*

Aug 29, 2004
8:04 pm Package information transmitted to FedEx*ANAHEIM, CA*