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iMac Delivered

😡 Seeing those pictures make me soooo jealous!!!! Here in the UK nobody knows when the new iMac's will be arriving. I ordered mine with my local Apple Centre. When I called them today they still had no idea of when they would be getting their first shipment.

So... to all U lucky people sitting in front of your new computers ....BLAH!!!!!🙁
 
apple states that they are shipping in the order they received the requests but I am reading that people who ordered on later days than me are getting their machines. (I ordered on the 7th of January)
Do you think that since I maxed out the RAM on the order form that they are taking longer or is it that I got an educational discount or are they just lying to me???
 
Originally posted by lma
apple states that they are shipping in the order they received the requests but I am reading that people who ordered on later days than me are getting their machines. (I ordered on the 7th of January)
Do you think that since I maxed out the RAM on the order form that they are taking longer or is it htat Ii got an educational discount or ore they ust lying to me???
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Usually Build To Order machines do take longer to ship. Does anyone know if they customize them at the factory (and thus ship straight from Taiwan) or do they customize somewhere in US and then ship? Just curious as I've never ordered a Build to Order machine from Apple yet.

Though...as people are posting these pictures of iMac G4s, I feel more and more tempted to go and buy one...
 
The machines currently being shipped are customized in Taiwan and are shipped from there by way of Alaska, then on to the individual addresses.

I ordered mine on 1/7 and it's currently waiting at the local FedEx location to be delivered to me on Monday morning. I would have had it by this morning but I had it sent to my office so I would be able to sign for it.
 
Originally posted by lma
apple states that they are shipping in the order they received the requests but I am reading that people who ordered on later days than me are getting their machines. (I ordered on the 7th of January)
Do you think that since I maxed out the RAM on the order form that they are taking longer or is it that I got an educational discount or are they just lying to me???
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No, I also ordered mine on the 7th, about an hour after the keynote ended. I ordered the stock, high end machine, no build to order options at all, and my order status still says that it has not shipped. I'm actually quite upset about that, especially since people who ordered after me, and people who are just walking in to stores are getting them. Apple told me that the order is "ready at the dock" but has not shipped for some reason which they cannot give me. I'm assuming it's the Customs thing, but if people who ordered them on the 8th are getting shipment confirmations, something is defintely wrong.
 
Originally posted by Unregistered



No, I also ordered mine on the 7th, about an hour after the keynote ended. I ordered the stock, high end machine, no build to order options at all, and my order status still says that it has not shipped. I'm actually quite upset about that, especially since people who ordered after me, and people who are just walking in to stores are getting them. Apple told me that the order is "ready at the dock" but has not shipped for some reason which they cannot give me. I'm assuming it's the Customs thing, but if people who ordered them on the 8th are getting shipment confirmations, something is defintely wrong.
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I'm really surprised yours hasn't shipped at all. I didn't order until about 12 hours after the keynote address. Same configuration as yours. The planeload that mine went out on from Taiwan, which was apparently the second of two planes carrying iMacs for individual delivery, spent a whole day in Japan, then another day stuck in Alaska. The explanation for the delay in Alaska was a "regulatory agency delay" before the machines made it to customs. The first planeload didn't go through Japan, and breezed through customs in Alaska, and those iMacs were delivered on Friday or today all over the US. There shouldn't be any customs-related delay IN TAIWAN. Also, note that mine left Taiwan on 1/29, so yours should have had plenty of time to be shipped by now. I feel for you!
 
Wireless Keyboard and mouse????

Does anyone know if you can get a third party wireless keyboard and mouse for the new iMAC?

If not, I hope someone makes one soon.......

Would look sooooo cool without the wires!
 
Perhaps,
(I like that word since my parents used it alot, just like saying 'low and beold')
It is really not the just the day we placed our orders but also the region of the country in which we live.

Or perhaps (thats twice now) when they cancelled out the orders and replaced them with the renamed orders there was not enough detail placed on the true order that they were placed.

Or we might find, low an behold, that the reason they renamed the macs was because they have a shipping order for each of the possible configurations with the base high end model shipping from one list, the base high end model with the airport card from a second list, the high end model with 768 of RAM without Airport card shipping from a third list etc...
 
Re: Wireless Keyboard and mouse????

Originally posted by MisterX
Does anyone know if you can get a third party wireless keyboard and mouse for the new iMAC?

If not, I hope someone makes one soon.......

Would look sooooo cool without the wires!
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Actually, Macally have their own wireless keyboard ( USB ), so compatible with the iMac. I'm pretty sure it,s Macally. Anyway, just take a look... macally.com!
 
Imac Ordered on 1/7 and still not shipped!

I also ordered mine on Jan 7 at 1:59pm - Standard Config + airport card....

On 1/31, Apple sent me this message -

"We are very excited about the new iMac and the extraordinary response from our customers! We have started shipping the new iMacs to customers in the order they were received, and your iMac will be shipping within the next 7 business days."

Apple definitely does not ship in the order that they were received. They have to be batch building and shipping from what they have built.

Disappointing to say the least - but very typical of Apple.
 
Now I'm REALLY upset

After reading about people who ordered their iMac after I did receiving shipping confirmations from Apple that their iMac shipped, I called Apple to ask why mine still says that it hasn't shipped.

They told me that there is a delay in shipping and that no iMacs have shipped yet. (This is Sunday, Feb 3rd at 11:00 am!). After mentioning that people are posting pictures all over the web of their iMac that they just received, I was told that it probably wasn't true.

The thing that gets me is that they can't tell me anything at all except that it hasn't shipped, but it is ready to go and will go out withing the next 7 business days.

So, my question is:

Can someone who ordrered their computer from the Apple store on the 8th post here when they receive theirs so that I have some sort of ammo the next time I call Apple?
 
to ship or not to ship that is the question

Mac in Touch web site
http://www.macintouch.com/
does state on their front page that someone has received their mac or it is listed as "shipped".

I ordered just minutes to hours after the release (800Mhz, no Airport, 768 RAM) and my order status is "not shipped"
 
Re: iSub?

Originally posted by Unregistered


Is the iSub still an option on the new G4 iMac? If you goto http://www.apple.com/speakers it talks about the Pro Speakers but only in reference to the PowerMac G4. It mentions that you can use the iSub with the Pro Speakers. I'm guessing that you can also use the iSub with the Pro Speakers on the iMac G4? If so, sweet! I like the looks of the Pro Speakers better than the SoundSticks anyway.

Can anyone confirm that the iMac G4/Pro Speakers should work with the iSub?
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I can confirm that the iSub should work with any Mac with built-in USB running OS X 10.1 or later (10.1 introduced some changes in the way USB audio is handled).

I've had an iSub connected to my G4 Cube for over a month now, and the sound combined with the Cube speakers is fantastic....I'm sure it'll sound just as great with the new iMac.
 
Re: Re: iSub?

Originally posted by Mac Attack


I can confirm that the iSub should work with any Mac with built-in USB running OS X 10.1 or later (10.1 introduced some changes in the way USB audio is handled).

I've had an iSub connected to my G4 Cube for over a month now, and the sound combined with the Cube speakers is fantastic....I'm sure it'll sound just as great with the new iMac.
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Whoa baby! I never even had the idea to try that out. I just hooked up my iSub to my Cube and it works great!
 
I work at an Apple Retail Store and can confirm that the iSub does work with the new iMac and Pro speakers. We were curious one night and since it was slow, decided to try it out... played the Matrix and some iTunes and it worked beatifully... but still not as good as the SoundSticks.
 
iSub and Cube/Pro speakers

Originally posted by Unregistered
I work at an Apple Retail Store and can confirm that the iSub does work with the new iMac and Pro speakers. We were curious one night and since it was slow, decided to try it out... played the Matrix and some iTunes and it worked beatifully... but still not as good as the SoundSticks.
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From what I've heard/observed, the Cube and Pro speakers are not as good as the Soundsticks' "stick" speakers...however, the iSub produces slightly better bass than the Soundsticks' subwoofer (they are NOT the same thing, despite their very similar appearances).

Anyone out there have the Soundsticks AND an iSub? Care to chime in with your thoughts? (sorry, I guess this is a bit off topic)
 
iMac delivered FedEx Friday Morning

For what it's worth, my iMac arrived Friday morning, being one of the first batch shipped out on the 29th. Sat in Alaska for a day, then came the next morning. Ordered immediately after the keynote, standard configuration. It's a gas, totally cool. (sorry!)
 
Re: Cool pictures Fuzzhack!

Originally posted by RitchieDeMan
Hey..thanks for sharing those pics with us. It Looks Awsome!
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I didn't look at them- I want the experience to be like deflowering a virgin when I get mine😀
 
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