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iMac G5 Now Shipping
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Just got my shipping notification about an hour and a half ago. Like I said previously, my original order was a 17" placed on 9/13, but I cancelled that one on 9/20 in favor of a 20" on 9/20
IMAC20/1.8G5/512/250G/SD/BT/LL w/ expedited shipping
I doubt mine will move today, since it is Sunday in China. My guesstimate ariival is Tuesday or Wednesday. Too bad it coudn't have shipped a day earlier and gotten here on Monday, which is my birthday.
Oh well. I'm lucky to have it shipping at all. I know alot of you are still waiting for machines ordered on 8/31. At this point, I think it's safe to assume that there is no reason or rhyme to the shipping method at Apple, atleast not a logical one.
Thanks for keeping me company during the wait, everyone.
IMAC20/1.8G5/512/250G/SD/BT/LL w/ expedited shipping
I doubt mine will move today, since it is Sunday in China. My guesstimate ariival is Tuesday or Wednesday. Too bad it coudn't have shipped a day earlier and gotten here on Monday, which is my birthday.
Oh well. I'm lucky to have it shipping at all. I know alot of you are still waiting for machines ordered on 8/31. At this point, I think it's safe to assume that there is no reason or rhyme to the shipping method at Apple, atleast not a logical one.
Thanks for keeping me company during the wait, everyone.
muzak joins the madness
Well, just another impatient character joins the forum... this time from Denmark. After using this forum I thought I'd might as well join in. Ordered the 20" beauty w/ bt, airport express and 250 gigs HD. Ordered 9/8 at a local store in Copenhagen. Can't wait for my first mac. Anyway, can't seem to get a reliable ship date from the store. Do they have the same checking options as you guys?
About swithing from the automatic cpu to fast, how does this work?
Thank you guys for going through hell with me
Wicked
muzak
Well, just another impatient character joins the forum... this time from Denmark. After using this forum I thought I'd might as well join in. Ordered the 20" beauty w/ bt, airport express and 250 gigs HD. Ordered 9/8 at a local store in Copenhagen. Can't wait for my first mac. Anyway, can't seem to get a reliable ship date from the store. Do they have the same checking options as you guys?
About swithing from the automatic cpu to fast, how does this work?
Thank you guys for going through hell with me
Wicked
muzak
Shipped!!!
mine shipped! I ordered a IMAC20/1.8G5/1GB/160G/SD/APX/BTWLKB/LL on 9/19. I was expecting to wait another month! I'm so HAPPY!!! Sorry for all you who have ordered earlier but they havent shipped Oh, and mine was ordered using the edu. discount.
mine shipped! I ordered a IMAC20/1.8G5/1GB/160G/SD/APX/BTWLKB/LL on 9/19. I was expecting to wait another month! I'm so HAPPY!!!
Sorry for all you who have ordered earlier but they havent shipped Oh, and mine was ordered using the edu. discount.
Chubypig said:mine shipped! I ordered a IMAC20/1.8G5/1GB/160G/SD/APX/BTWLKB/LL on 9/19. I was expecting to wait another month! I'm so HAPPY!!!
WTF??? I ordered on 8/31!! Same config except for the hard drive. This is getting frustrating big time. (no offense there chubypig just venting in general because this is the umpteenth post with a similar configuration that has shipped)
Nope, the Apple retail stores don't know jack.... I have been waiting for my machine for a month now... "Next week... probably..." is becoming uncanningly familiar. "Sold out" is also very popular
I'm almost ready to bite someones leg... volunteers ?
And worst of all, the danish Apple retailers and the icelandic retailers get their stuff from the same place...
But I did hear from a friend of mine in Denmark that the iMacs where coming in there "these days" ( as in shipment confirmed ), so things just gotta be happening real soon now...
I hope...
really..
ugh...
Back to frantically checking my e-mail every 23.5 seconds...
I'm almost ready to bite someones leg... volunteers ?
And worst of all, the danish Apple retailers and the icelandic retailers get their stuff from the same place...
But I did hear from a friend of mine in Denmark that the iMacs where coming in there "these days" ( as in shipment confirmed ), so things just gotta be happening real soon now...
I hope...
really..
ugh...
Back to frantically checking my e-mail every 23.5 seconds...
Trekkie said:
No offense taken. I have been wtching this thread and the others about the new iMac since it was announced, and finally my parents gave me the ok to order on the 19th. I feel really bad for all those who ordered first thing on 8/31 and who's still haven't shipped. I hope yours ships soon
For those who's iMac shipped on Thursday......
Are you still stuck in the PH? The last movement my computer made was leaving the PH but that was Thursday afternoon and I haven't seen any updates since. It just says "Left FedEx Sort Facility , SUBIC BAY FREEPORT PH" and has been that way for almost 48hours now.
Are you still stuck in the PH? The last movement my computer made was leaving the PH but that was Thursday afternoon and I haven't seen any updates since. It just says "Left FedEx Sort Facility , SUBIC BAY FREEPORT PH" and has been that way for almost 48hours now.
Stuck in Subic
Mine too!
AndiePandie said:Are you still stuck in the PH? The last movement my computer made was leaving the PH but that was Thursday afternoon and I haven't seen any updates since. It just says "Left FedEx Sort Facility , SUBIC BAY FREEPORT PH" and has been that way for almost 48hours now.
Mine too!
FedEx tracking can be kind of weird. Sometimes, it seems to update in bursts. I've had times where the tracking made it look like it was in some other part of the country, then I got the item as expected, and the tracking still was out to lunch!
When I ordered my RAM from Ramjet (great bunch; they changed my order to the lower Apple Hot Deals price when I asked), this is what it looked like.
Sep 22, 2004
4:10 PM Delivered HOUSTON, TX
7:01 AM On FedEx vehicle for delivery HOUSTON, TX
12:22 AM In transit INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Sep 21, 2004
8:51 AM At local FedEx facility HOUSTON, TX Package not due for delivery
5:02 AM At dest sort facility HOUSTON, TX
4:19 AM In transit INDIANAPOLIS, IN Departed location
Sep 20, 2004
10:22 PM In transit INDIANAPOLIS, IN
8:10 PM Left origin URBANA, IL
5:35 PM Picked up URBANA, IL 12:31 PM Package data transmitted to FedEx; package not in FedEx possession
Tell me that doesn't look like it left Indy, got to Houston, went back to Indy, because it "wasn't due," and then got delivered! I hate the way UPS sits on packages because they have 3 to 5 days, but their tracking is better than FedEx's, which gets kind of weird.
Another example is my iMac. I checked the tracking a few times last night, probably as late as 10 or 11 PM CT which would be 11 AM to Noon in Shanghai on the 25th, and all it said was that they didn't have the package, just the info for it. Just now when I checked it (8 AM CT = 9 PM Shanghai), it says it was picked up and left Shanghai about half an hour after they got the package data on the 24th.
I'd say don't freak out. It's the weekend, find something else to occupy your mind, and check it once in a while. You may not find any changes until Monday, and it might show there was movement all weekend. I *think* that's what happened to me when this iBook was shipped to me from Taiwan in '01. It left there on a Wednesday, and I got it on Monday. It sat in Anchorage for about 24 hours for some reason and then another 24 in Indy over the weekend.
When I ordered my RAM from Ramjet (great bunch; they changed my order to the lower Apple Hot Deals price when I asked), this is what it looked like.
Sep 22, 2004
4:10 PM Delivered HOUSTON, TX
7:01 AM On FedEx vehicle for delivery HOUSTON, TX
12:22 AM In transit INDIANAPOLIS, IN
Sep 21, 2004
8:51 AM At local FedEx facility HOUSTON, TX Package not due for delivery
5:02 AM At dest sort facility HOUSTON, TX
4:19 AM In transit INDIANAPOLIS, IN Departed location
Sep 20, 2004
10:22 PM In transit INDIANAPOLIS, IN
8:10 PM Left origin URBANA, IL
5:35 PM Picked up URBANA, IL 12:31 PM Package data transmitted to FedEx; package not in FedEx possession
Tell me that doesn't look like it left Indy, got to Houston, went back to Indy, because it "wasn't due," and then got delivered! I hate the way UPS sits on packages because they have 3 to 5 days, but their tracking is better than FedEx's, which gets kind of weird.
Another example is my iMac. I checked the tracking a few times last night, probably as late as 10 or 11 PM CT which would be 11 AM to Noon in Shanghai on the 25th, and all it said was that they didn't have the package, just the info for it. Just now when I checked it (8 AM CT = 9 PM Shanghai), it says it was picked up and left Shanghai about half an hour after they got the package data on the 24th.
I'd say don't freak out. It's the weekend, find something else to occupy your mind, and check it once in a while. You may not find any changes until Monday, and it might show there was movement all weekend. I *think* that's what happened to me when this iBook was shipped to me from Taiwan in '01. It left there on a Wednesday, and I got it on Monday. It sat in Anchorage for about 24 hours for some reason and then another 24 in Indy over the weekend.
To all those wondering, they do send notifications on Saturdays. At long last, I got mine this morning at 5:20.
This iMac is my first NEW mac since my first, a Performa 637CD, which I bought in January 1995. It was my only computer until about 2000. Since then I've been using 5 or 6 year old Macs. My Power Mac G3 B&W just recently bought the farm after being overclocked from 300 to 400 MHz for about 3 years. I can't believe I'm going to have a fast computer again! This is my euphoria talking so I'm gonna go outsitde and yell or something and get it all out.
This iMac is my first NEW mac since my first, a Performa 637CD, which I bought in January 1995. It was my only computer until about 2000. Since then I've been using 5 or 6 year old Macs. My Power Mac G3 B&W just recently bought the farm after being overclocked from 300 to 400 MHz for about 3 years. I can't believe I'm going to have a fast computer again! This is my euphoria talking so I'm gonna go outsitde and yell or something and get it all out.
something to build up the anticipation . . .
For new Mac users waiting for their iMacs there is a site you can go to for a LONG list of OS X software - everything from free-ware to shareware to commercial, including Apple's apps.
Good way to spend hours getting ideas and writing down sites and will make the wait a little easier. Or more difficult.
http://osx.hyperjeff.net/Apps/
My 20" BT 250GB is still at FedEx in Chine so it's back to the list for me.
For new Mac users waiting for their iMacs there is a site you can go to for a LONG list of OS X software - everything from free-ware to shareware to commercial, including Apple's apps.
Good way to spend hours getting ideas and writing down sites and will make the wait a little easier. Or more difficult.
http://osx.hyperjeff.net/Apps/
My 20" BT 250GB is still at FedEx in Chine so it's back to the list for me.
Ordered 12:12 p.m. on 9/1,
20" 1.8/512MB/250GB/SD/BT/WL KBD/MSL
I finally got a shipment notification a little while ago!
20" 1.8/512MB/250GB/SD/BT/WL KBD/MSL
I finally got a shipment notification a little while ago!
*sigh* waiting on my imac is hard. I already named it. 'navi' because it reminds me of the computer lain has... that runs copeland os and looks like a 20th century anniversary macintosh. the anime. serial experiments lain.
yeah. imac in the family named 'navi'
as to shipping and tracking. well, i have no faith in apples shipping. i would not be surprised if it got to the last possible day and then finally they built my machine and let is sail across the sea for another week. bah!
getting some stuff sent by ups from the us to australia. lots of fun seeing the places my packages go.... Sep 25, 2004
3:25 A.M.
HONOLULU, HI, US
DEPARTURE SCAN
12:18 A.M.
HONOLULU, HI, US
ARRIVAL SCAN
Sep 24, 2004
9:42 P.M.
ONTARIO, CA, US
DEPARTURE SCAN
4:12 A.M.
ONTARIO, CA, US
ARRIVAL SCAN
3:23 A.M.
LOUISVILLE, KY, US
DEPARTURE SCAN
12:42 A.M.
LOUISVILLE, KY, US
ARRIVAL SCAN
Sep 23, 2004
10:43 P.M.
JAMAICA, NY, US
DEPARTURE SCAN
9:50 P.M.
JAMAICA, NY, US
ARRIVAL SCAN
9:15 P.M.
MASPETH, NY, US
DEPARTURE SCAN
7:46 P.M.
US
BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED
7:08 P.M.
MASPETH, NY, US
ORIGIN SCAN
yeah. imac in the family named 'navi'
as to shipping and tracking. well, i have no faith in apples shipping. i would not be surprised if it got to the last possible day and then finally they built my machine and let is sail across the sea for another week. bah!
getting some stuff sent by ups from the us to australia. lots of fun seeing the places my packages go.... Sep 25, 2004
3:25 A.M.
HONOLULU, HI, US
DEPARTURE SCAN
12:18 A.M.
HONOLULU, HI, US
ARRIVAL SCAN
Sep 24, 2004
9:42 P.M.
ONTARIO, CA, US
DEPARTURE SCAN
4:12 A.M.
ONTARIO, CA, US
ARRIVAL SCAN
3:23 A.M.
LOUISVILLE, KY, US
DEPARTURE SCAN
12:42 A.M.
LOUISVILLE, KY, US
ARRIVAL SCAN
Sep 23, 2004
10:43 P.M.
JAMAICA, NY, US
DEPARTURE SCAN
9:50 P.M.
JAMAICA, NY, US
ARRIVAL SCAN
9:15 P.M.
MASPETH, NY, US
DEPARTURE SCAN
7:46 P.M.
US
BILLING INFORMATION RECEIVED
7:08 P.M.
MASPETH, NY, US
ORIGIN SCAN
Mine shipped today too.
Ordered the 20" with 250 GB Hard Drive, Airport Card and Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse option with an education discount on Sept 17th.
I better get around to ordering my 2GB of memory. I didn't expect it to ship anywhere near this early.
Ordered the 20" with 250 GB Hard Drive, Airport Card and Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse option with an education discount on Sept 17th.
I better get around to ordering my 2GB of memory. I didn't expect it to ship anywhere near this early.
I ordered mine last weekend and got the shipment notification yesterday. They estimated delivery on Oct. 11, but now says Oct. 13. It just says "Package in FedEx location." Any idea when I can really expect it?
same here, anyone out there know what's going on? how long does it usually take for the imacs to reach the u.s.? i'm calling fedex......AndiePandie said:Are you still stuck in the PH? The last movement my computer made was leaving the PH but that was Thursday afternoon and I haven't seen any updates since. It just says "Left FedEx Sort Facility , SUBIC BAY FREEPORT PH" and has been that way for almost 48hours now.
Shipping
I'm not sure if there are differences in how mainland china works compared to Taiwan, but when my 12" powerbook shipped on a Friday it was delivered on Monday. All at standard shipping rates.
The difference though was that the PB was shipped at about 3 AM CST on that Friday compared to around 6 PM CST for the iMac. So who knows when it will get here, I guess my point is that FedEx did work weekends for that one.
I'm not sure if there are differences in how mainland china works compared to Taiwan, but when my 12" powerbook shipped on a Friday it was delivered on Monday. All at standard shipping rates.
The difference though was that the PB was shipped at about 3 AM CST on that Friday compared to around 6 PM CST for the iMac. So who knows when it will get here, I guess my point is that FedEx did work weekends for that one.
November??!!??
I went in to a large store in Southampton (UK) today and asked abut shipping times for the new iMac. They said November!!!!
Apparently all the ones produced at preset are being sent to the USA so UK supplies are supposedy going to be low to say the least. I don't know if he was right or not, but thats over a month away... seems like a long time to me. And by that time people will probably be thinking about the second revision.
Hmmmmmmm.
I went in to a large store in Southampton (UK) today and asked abut shipping times for the new iMac. They said November!!!!
Apparently all the ones produced at preset are being sent to the USA so UK supplies are supposedy going to be low to say the least. I don't know if he was right or not, but thats over a month away... seems like a long time to me. And by that time people will probably be thinking about the second revision.
Hmmmmmmm.