Dual 2.5GHz PowerMacs Shipping

[klaus]

If it were that simple.. I cannot really cancel my order with my current distributer.

Hmm, can't they make an exception? You've waited long enough to be in the position in which you want to cancel an order, and get one at an other place?

It's not a fun thing to do, I know, but maybe it's an option.. dunno

 

[wdlove]

If it were that simple.. I cannot really cancel my order with my current distributer.

You would be smart not to cancel your order. AppleCare will cover your 23" Display since it on the same order with your G5. IMHO that is very important.

 

[Jackpot]

6 Months???

I have been following this thread for quite a while. I ordered a Dual 2.5 with 23" monitor from MacMall in mid July, I talked to my rep today and he said don't ecpect to see it this year. That will be a total of 6 moths of waiting. Did any of you order form Mac mall and if so, did you recieve your machine yet.

Thanks
Dan

 

[mk_in_mke]

Hey guys, at least Apple is not charging while we wait

I was looking at some articles on the Web when I hit the B&H site and this is what they say for the dualie 2.5 G5:

" Availability: Accepting Orders 😀
Note! This item is currently not in stock. We are accepting orders and it will be shipped when in stock. Orders will be filled in the order they are received. Your card will be charged upon placing the order." 😱

Wheeeeew!!! It would have killed me to place a 10K order, pay for it and not enjoy using the 2.5 G5! Does not make me feel like I want to be in Business with B&H

Hopefully the light is at the end of the tunnel... Take care...

Michel

Still waiting for my order placed 8/14/04
- Dualie 2.5
- 6800
- 30"
- 2x250 Gb
- 2 Go RAM
- BT + Airport Xtreme cart
- Motion
- Applecare
- other bells and whistles

 

[grebo]

My prediction still stands

Only 1,096 more posts until we reach 6800 posts!

At which point, I hope we ALL have all our outstanding orders!

 

[andym172]

For the UK guys:

How long after shipping notification did you guys receive your computers?

I got notification on the 9th and have been checking TNT's website ever since. This morning I got the colly wobbles when TNT's site stated that my order appeared to have been delivered to somebody in Germany!
Rang Apple who said there's nothing to worry about, but informed me that I may have to wait until the 20th for delivery 🙁

Ordered: 2.5 G5, 6800 card and a few other things along with a 23" display.
Order is currently in The Netherlands.

 

[grebo]

Seven days of waiting makes one 'weak'

For the UK guys:

How long after shipping notification did you guys receive your computers?

I got notification on the 9th and have been checking TNT's website ever since. This morning I got the colly wobbles when TNT's site stated that my order appeared to have been delivered to somebody in Germany!
Rang Apple who said there's nothing to worry about, but informed me that I may have to wait until the 20th for delivery 🙁

Ordered: 2.5 G5, 6800 card and a few other things along with a 23" display.
Order is currently in The Netherlands.

Hi, it took me one calendar week from email to delivery. Two others who received notification the same day took only six days.

I too had a tracking number that was signed for by somebody in Los Angeles back in June of this year -- however once you get your consignment number, the tracking will go very quickly, and you'll get it within two days of TNT taking it over from the other company.

It took FIVE days before TNT registered any activity on my shipment. It was very frustrating. And forget about that link that Apple provides (using a Bridge Point URL). It STILL shows no activity on my order, and I've had the box for a couple weeks now.

 

[andym172]

Ah! That's quite reassuring to know - thanks! 🙂

Hope mine doesn't suffer the same problems as yours 🙂() - hope yours is sorted asap! 🙂

 

[amph]

Another Dualie with 6800 SHIPPED!!

Finally, just as this Powerbook G4 is giving me warnings about a too full hard drive - I check my Order Status at the Apple Store and viola - my dualie has shipped! Ordered July 27th via my friendly Apple Rep, was delayed twice or was it three times - I forget after so much waiting and tension. I'm doing hundreds of photos daily and my G4 667mghrz just wasn't keeping up. I have faith that my new dualie is going to scream thru those pics.

It has dual G5 2.5, 6800, 250 hd, airport exteme, 2 gig installed Ram, bluetooth and keyboard. I've ordered 2 more gigs of RAM direct from Kingston.com ( Value RAM for $300 with rebate)

I'm not too far from Apple's warehouse in Sacramento so it should be here on Wednesday. Just took my new 23in display out of it's box and put it on my desk - waiting patiently. ( It's been here since July 28th and has been unused since my first generation Powerbook G4 couldn't run it.

😀 😀

 

[tamtam]

Updated Spreadsheets

Well here they are. You know the routine... read them and give me you comments

Congrats on everyone who has gotten or will get theirs soon.

June orders still make up the largest number with open orders to date. very very sad.

 

[theROZ]

6800 HMMM

ok, so I have had the 6800 for a few days now...and first...it is very fast... using maya with some dynamics it really is much faster then on my maya dynamics pc....BUT!!!!! this puppy whines up the fans ALOT....at first it didnt bug me but now I am wondering if it is normal...so ..is it normal??? I have a 2.0 at work..at it never fans up like this...but is it the 6800 or the mac>>???? any ideas???

Thanks for any comment...

 

[CeeGee]

I am not sure what the deal is but according to scores over at XBench my $600 6800 is getting it's butt handed to it by the ATi cards. I thought the 6800 was a superior card? Hence the reason it costs so much. I am hoping it is the drivers and better ones are on the way. It is really disappointing that this card is giving inferior results to the ATi's. Especially when I had to wait 3 months to get it! Anyone else seeing similar results?

How about you Roz?

 

[theROZ]

yo 6800

well, I feel that it is fast but..I am alarmed by the fan usage...it goes on alot...still dont know if it is the 6800 or the mac...but using Temp monitor...I have seen a high of 171F that seems hot to me...is this normal???

 

[Robin Hood]

Almost here

Well, it's been almost 90 days, but my G5 with 6800 is scheduled to arrive tomorrow (10/12), and my 30" display on Wednesday (10/13). I feel badly knowing that some of you have been waiting even longer than I, so I hope the long ordeal is almost over for you as well. I can't wait to fire up FCP and Photoshop on my new G5. I'm looking forward to the speed increase over my PB G4 Titanium.

Although I've only had a few posts, I've been following this forum ever since it began. Thanks to everyone who has shared his/her joy, frustration, and experiences, both good and bad. Each day I've looked forward to hearing your thoughts. Hearing your thoughts and experiences has helped enormously through what has been at times an extremely frustrating experience. Thanks especially to tamtam and solo act for your work on the spreadsheet. Thanks also to those, like klaus and others, who have been very encouraging to people during the long wait. I am looking forward to the day when everyone on this forum has received their G5, and the long wait is nothing but a bad memory.

 

[Lord_Bremen]

My G5 (dual 2.5 6800, 1 gb ram) finally shipped today.

30'' is still scheduled to ship friday (was pushed back again), but comp shipped 11 days early!

Will suck having the comp sit around cause my current display is adc though 🙁

 

[grebo]

well, I feel that it is fast but..I am alarmed by the fan usage...it goes on alot...still dont know if it is the 6800 or the mac...but using Temp monitor...I have seen a high of 171F that seems hot to me...is this normal???

I DO hope your machine is not afflicted like mine is. If you ever come back to your computer and it's asleep and you haven't set any Power Saving settings -- or if you just have it shut down on you for (seemingly) no reason at all -- check the System Logs (either via the Utilities > Console.app > 'Consoles' icon > select System Logs, or About This Mac > More Info > Logs > System Logs)

Scan the logs for the words 'Thermal Runaway' and alert Apple if you find it that they've issued another lemon 😱

If not, then learn to love the unpredictable revving, and knowledge that you could fry an egg inside your computer if you so desired. 😛

Good luck to you.

 

[JacobJensen]

Pushed again... 6th date moving!!! :-(

I am still waiting for my dp 2,5. Only mods is bluetooth, airport and no modem... Ordered on 12th og July...
Now the deliverydate is pushed 4 times and is now 12th of october!

If this one holds.... then I'll buy one round for all MR members in denmark!!!

Then it'll be 92 days of waiting!!! THIS IS SO NOT ACCEPTABLE!!!!
If they want to do business in the future... they have to do better!! 😡 😱

Now my date is set to 15th of October.. 😡
This company has a serious problem!!!

Lot of you guys write that it's noisy... More than a Dell dual Xeon PC??

 

[klaus]

I have been following this thread for quite a while. I ordered a Dual 2.5 with 23" monitor from MacMall in mid July, I talked to my rep today and he said don't ecpect to see it this year. That will be a total of 6 moths of waiting. Did any of you order form Mac mall and if so, did you recieve your machine yet.

Thanks
Dan

I don't know, but it seems to me this rep doesn't know what he's talking about. The situation can't be THAT bad, that people who ordered in mid july don't receive theirs until 2005, I think he said that ironicly, because he has no clue when they'll have some new machines in.

ps : I'm expecting my machine to arrive at the dealer today, waiting for a phonecall from him, but am not able to pick it up today, will have to wait till tommorow evening

 

[Ge4-ce]

ps : I'm expecting my machine to arrive at the dealer today, waiting for a phonecall from him, but am not able to pick it up today, will have to wait till tommorow evening

If you want to... I can pick it up for you .... 😉

 

[klaus]

If you want to... I can pick it up for you .... 😉

Hehe, sure thing, if you pay the bill 😛

 

[klaus]

My G5 finally has arrived at my dealer

Well, it says what it says, after 4 months, my g5 has reached the dealer.

Now, i'll have to wait another 24 hours to go pick it up, since I have soccer practice this evening, and won't be able to set it up anyway, so'll wait until tomorrow.

my nephews dual 2.0 BTO has arrived today as well, he placed an order 3 weeks ago.

Guess my family's mac percentage has gone up by 200% 😀

 

[CeeGee]

Well, it says what it says, after 4 months, my g5 has reached the dealer.

Now, i'll have to wait another 24 hours to go pick it up, since I have soccer practice this evening, and won't be able to set it up anyway, so'll wait until tomorrow.

my nephews dual 2.0 BTO has arrived today as well, he placed an order 3 weeks ago.

Guess my family's mac percentage has gone up by 200% 😀

Good deal!

I hope it works perfectly.

 

[pegassus]

It's Here....... 🙂

I ordered a G5 DP 2.5 on Sep 20 and it arrived already. Not bad at all...

It's a monster and so quiet on the other hand.
Still waiting for my 6800 but who really cares for it 🙂

 

[wdlove]

I was looking at some articles on the Web when I hit the B&H site and this is what they say for the dualie 2.5 G5:

" Availability: Accepting Orders 😀
Note! This item is currently not in stock. We are accepting orders and it will be shipped when in stock. Orders will be filled in the order they are received. Your card will be charged upon placing the order." 😱

Wheeeeew!!! It would have killed me to place a 10K order, pay for it and not enjoy using the 2.5 G5! Does not make me feel like I want to be in Business with B&H

Hopefully the light is at the end of the tunnel... Take care...

Michel

Still waiting for my order placed 8/14/04
- Dualie 2.5
- 6800
- 30"
- 2x250 Gb
- 2 Go RAM
- BT + Airport Xtreme cart
- Motion
- Applecare
- other bells and whistles

I'm surprised that MacMall hasn't been getting some 2.5's already. It doesn't seem right to charge at the time of order, especially if your wait could be months. Normal business practice is to charge at time of prepration of shipping your order. Maybe it is just worded wrong. 😱

That is quit an awesome machine that you are ordering. Haven't seen too many yet that have ordered the 30" Display. There should probably be a separate thread for those with the 30" display.

 

[tamtam]

Congrats

Well, it says what it says, after 4 months, my g5 has reached the dealer.

Now, i'll have to wait another 24 hours to go pick it up, since I have soccer practice this evening, and won't be able to set it up anyway, so'll wait until tomorrow.

my nephews dual 2.0 BTO has arrived today as well, he placed an order 3 weeks ago.

Guess my family's mac percentage has gone up by 200% 😀

Klaus, congrats on the good news. I guess you will have to pass the baton as the poster boy of apples D2.5 G5 shipping fiasco. Who is next in line for the dubious honor?