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O-M-G!!! - the SPEEEEEEDDD!!!!!!

Amazing.....ridiculous wait...but amazing machine..... be patient (I know that's impossible guys) but it is amazing!! 😀
 
Mr MacNabbit said:
Firstly, I am very sorry to see so many of you still waiting after so long now, it HAS been a real fiasco, and I hope you get your orders resolved soon!...

Mine, just arrived a few minutes ago (UK) - 😀
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congrats. Mine has a mark on the side door but I'm not bothered. Most of the time it's whisper quiet, (mostly).. it's miles better than the 1.42 DP G4 I use at work.
I'd like to use 2 monitors with mine, Does anone in the UK have an apple DVI-VGA adapter their not using. I agree, it's been great reading all these quotes, "misery loves company". If it wasn't for you all I'd still be thinking non were in the country. Hope it won't be long before were all proud owners.
don
 
My second 23" display just arrived. Thats it. Order done. I dont have to talk to Apple anymore (touch wood). Starting to think two screens might have been a little too over the top - I didnt realise how huge these things are!
 
GeckoHD said:
My second 23" display just arrived. Thats it. Order done. I dont have to talk to Apple anymore (touch wood). Starting to think two screens might have been a little too over the top - I didnt realise how huge these things are!
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gecko, do you have issues with your 23" (forgive me if I asked this before, cause I don't remember it, and too lazy to go 180 pages back 🙂)
 
klaus said:
gecko, do you have issues with your 23" (forgive me if I asked this before, cause I don't remember it, and too lazy to go 180 pages back 🙂)
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And if you have issues, what kindof issues, how did you notice them?
 
Guess everybody has gone out shopping or something?

Labor day? What do you celebrate today? (I'm an unknowing european fellow 😉)
 
klaus said:
Guess everybody has gone out shopping or something?

Labor day? What do you celebrate today? (I'm an unknowing european fellow 😉)
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It has become one of those three day weekends for most workers to enjoy the day off. It is the traditional end of summer. The end of vacations. People return to a usual routine of school and work. Today offers a lot of store specials.

GeckoHD, hope that you will enjoy your second 23" Cinema Display. I'm that it will provide much pleasure.
 
I have been waiting FOREVER!!!

Congratulations to those of you who have recieved your computers already. I originally placed my order on May 22 for a Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5. I then upgraded to a Dual 2.5GHz computer and received conformation of my upgrade on June 10. I have spoken to so many Apple representatives (sales people and supervisors) that I feel dizzy - and really disappointed. I really enjoy Apple's products, and would never switch to the "dark side", but this is the worst customer service I've ever received! 😡 My ship date has been changed ca. 5 times (can't remember the exact number). My new ship date is "on or before 9/7". I have an ancient 9600, so I am obviously dying to get my hands on this new computer, but also because I bought lots of new software thinking (stupidly) that Apple couldn't possibly go more than two months over the original ship date. Man - was I wrong!!!

So, here's what I want to know:

• Do their ship dates mean anything?

• Do they really ship orders "in the order received," or do they ship to Apple stores, academic stores and "prefered customers" or VIP's first?

• Do the web order numbers indicate any sort of shipping order? For instance, if mine starts with 828, does that mean anything?

• Do custom outfitted computers slow down your order?

• Is there any one component that I could ask them to remove that would get my order to me?

• For having waited this long, is there anything in particular I should ask for as compensation for all of the work I've lost, delayed jobs, etc.?

I would be so grateful for any helpful comments. I am so jealous of all of you who have received your computers already! 🙂
 
Order placed!

After many months of torturous waiting while my student loan disbursed, I have FINALLY placed my order to Apple:

Dual 2.0 G5
RAM bumped up to 1 GB

20" Alu display

The G5 ships in 5-7 days, and the display in 1-3 days! Woo-hoo!

I'm finally replacing my aging 800 MHz G3 iBook, which will be used for on-campus work, etc.

I'm VERY, VERY excited!!!!! 😎
 
Erm

Detlev_73 said:
After many months of torturous waiting while my student loan disbursed, I have FINALLY placed my order to Apple:

Dual 2.0 G5
RAM bumped up to 1 GB

20" Alu display

The G5 ships in 5-7 days, and the display in 1-3 days! Woo-hoo!

I'm finally replacing my aging 800 MHz G3 iBook, which will be used for on-campus work, etc.

I'm VERY, VERY excited!!!!! 😎
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happy for you, but wrong thread - helloooo? This is for the 2.5 machines. Harumph.
 
Yipee!!!!!! It shipped!!!!!!!!!

Howdy folks!

I decided to check my order status for the 20th time today and low and behold, my G5 appeared with a FedEx tracking number! Woo-hoo!!! My order number was W854... This is great! On Friday, because my ship date was pushed from the 3rd to the 14th, I was able to get a free Airport Express for compensation. With the Priority Overnight upgrade that Apple gave me, I will probably receive it the same time had it shipped on the 3rd with normal ground shipping. If I'm not making a whole lot of sense right now, please forgive me. I'm just really excited! I'll keep y'all posted as things happen!

James III
 
wdlove said:
Today offers a lot of store specials.
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All the stores are closed here in Canada.

Labor Day is generally a day of rest and celebration of the end of summer... the last long weekend of summer.
 
JamesIII said:
Howdy folks!

I decided to check my order status for the 20th time today and low and behold, my G5 appeared with a FedEx tracking number! Woo-hoo!!! My order number was W854... This is great! On Friday, because my ship date was pushed from the 3rd to the 14th, I was able to get a free Airport Express for compensation. With the Priority Overnight upgrade that Apple gave me, I will probably receive it the same time had it shipped on the 3rd with normal ground shipping. If I'm not making a whole lot of sense right now, please forgive me. I'm just really excited! I'll keep y'all posted as things happen!

James III
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Please tell me you didn't order one with a 6800
 
recursivejon said:
Please tell me you didn't order one with a 6800
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To quote Mr. James III,

My order was an EDU order placed at the online Apple store. I placed the order on June 19th with a July 31st ship date. Once the Nvidia card was announced, I upgraded my video card; this pushed my ship date to Aug 31st. Got the first email saying that there were delays and that it would ship by Sep 3rd. Then a second email pushing it to Sep 17th. And then finally an email saying that it would ship by the 14th. This is when I called for compensation in the form of an Airport Express. By the way, the first three digits of my web order are: 854. Does anyone know if mine will ship before the 14th? Thanks!

James III
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Dear Apple Customer,

The following products shipped on 09/06/2004. Transit time will
depend upon whether you have chosen standard or premium freight
options. If your order is shipping standard freight, it should arrive
within 10 days of shipment.

Product # Product Description Qty Ext Price
__________ ________________________________________ ____ ________________

_________________________________________________________________________
Z0AC 2.5DPG5 CTO 1 3,438.00
With the following configuration:

Processor 065-4803 2.5GHz PowerPC G5
Memory 065-5114 2GB MB DDR400 (PC3200)-4x512
Hard Drive 065-4982 250GB Serial ATA-7200rpm
Optical Drive 065-4928 8x Super Drive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
Graphic Support 065-4893 ATI Rad9800 XT w/256MB DDR
Gigabit Ethernet PCI 065-5080 None
Fibre Chl PCI 065-4491 None
Modem 065-4650 None
BlueTooth 065-4142 None
Airport 065-1899 None
Keyboard Language 065-4923 Apple Keyboard & Mouse
Mac OS Language 065-4897 Mac OS X
Server Mac OS Language 065-4494 None
Custom SW I 065-4683 None
Custom SW II 065-4681 None
Country Kit 065-4894 Country Kit
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Guess this did turn out to be a good weekend. : )
 
G5 Shipped...well close

I believe Fed-Ex is closed today so I will get the beast on Wednesday (unless they pick it up tonight but I doubt it.) Ordered on 6/29 through Apple EDU.

Dear Apple Customer,

The following products shipped on 09/06/2004. Transit time will
depend upon whether you have chosen standard or premium freight
options. If your order is shipping standard freight, it should arrive
within 10 days of shipment.


Z0AC 2.5DPG5 CTO 1
With the following configuration:

Processor 065-4803 2.5GHz PowerPC G5
Memory 065-4933 512 MB DDR400 (PC3200-2X256
Hard Drive 065-4982 250GB Serial ATA-7200rpm
Optical Drive 065-4928 8x Super Drive (DVD-R/CD-RW)
Graphic Support 065-4892 ATI Rad9600 XT x/128MB DDR
Gigabit Ethernet PCI 065-5080 None
Fibre Chl PCI 065-4491 None
Modem 065-4650 None
BlueTooth 065-4142 None
Airport 065-1899 None
Keyboard Language 065-4923 Apple Keyboard & Mouse
Mac OS Language 065-4897 Mac OS X
Server Mac OS Language 065-4494 None
Custom SW I 065-4683 None
Custom SW II 065-4681 None
Country Kit 065-4894 Country Kit
 
Kosh66 said:
All the stores are closed here in Canada.

Labor Day is generally a day of rest and celebration of the end of summer... the last long weekend of summer.
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Duff-Man says...I don't know what part of Canada you are in, but here in BC today is one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Almost every store is open and doing brisk business with all those last minute back-to-school sales...oh yeah!
 
Quick question: does Apple no longer include the nice little white stickers with their computers? I always can find uses for those things, but my PM didn't come with them this time around. Or is it only for the "consumer" machines? I just realized this while I was looking at some other Apple stuff.
 
numark said:
Quick question: does Apple no longer include the nice little white stickers with their computers? I always can find uses for those things, but my PM didn't come with them this time around. Or is it only for the "consumer" machines? I just realized this while I was looking at some other Apple stuff.
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Duff-Man says...I got a couple with my new Dual 2.5 - they were in the package with all the documentation...oh yeah!
 
Duff-Man said:
Duff-Man says...I got a couple with my new Dual 2.5 - they were in the package with all the documentation...oh yeah!
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Thanks, Duff-Man. I guess in my huge hurry to rip open the box and see my new toy, I completely forgot to look inside the packet with all the relatively-boring books 😉
 
shipped!

oldtimey here,

my order has shipped! os8, looks like we had similar configs, i ordered stock cept no modem as well. i did order on 7/14, Education order. dates been bumped 3 times. i didnt get a chance to call and see if theyd give me some free stuff, but who cares? ive got a g5 on the way! hope everyone who ordered before me gets theirs soon. i, however, should be seeing it by the end of the week...

rich
 
It arrived...

Hi guys,

Well the wait is over for me. After ordering in the 23/8 I got my shiny new G5 yesterday morning. Like others have posted here, it's well worth the wait, it's an awesome machine. Ridiculously fast, suprisingly quiet and well worth the money. 🙂

Will be keeping an eye on the heat issues some have mentioned, will post if there are any anomalies. Have used one app which puts the processors at at around 70 - 80 c while using Safari but two other apps which put the temp much lower. Can anyone recommend a more reliable app to gauge the internal temp??
 
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