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iMac G5 Now Shipping
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criswell said:
MONDAY!!!!!!!!??????? That's horrible! Well, I'm right there deflated along with you. Please.....not another weekend without! I keep putting in OT so I can take the time off to be home when Fedex is scheduled to deliver, by the time it arrives I'll have a week off worth of comp time......oh my, just what will I do?
Thanks for the update!
Marlene
Just received this....
Oct 5, 2004* *8:05 PM Int'l shipment release * INDIANAPOLIS, IN
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Oct. 5, 2004 2:41 AM Clearance delay * INDIANAPOLIS, IN* *
Oct. 5, 2004 2:28 AM Shipment exception * INDIANAPOLIS, IN* Regulatory agency clearance delay*
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A ray of hope that it will be on the flight to Phoenix tonight
Marlene
Oct 5, 2004* *8:05 PM Int'l shipment release * INDIANAPOLIS, IN
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Oct. 5, 2004 2:41 AM Clearance delay * INDIANAPOLIS, IN* *
Oct. 5, 2004 2:28 AM Shipment exception * INDIANAPOLIS, IN* Regulatory agency clearance delay*
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A ray of hope that it will be on the flight to Phoenix tonight
Marlene
TheRat said:
Heh. I'll have to figure out how to put it into action before I can take pictures of it in action
Lot more complex than I thought I guess. but still worth the $99 deal, I hope to learn it soon. Got a lot of reading to do.
anchorage woohoo!!!
yay!
its already in anchorage!!!
I wonder how long it will be until it hits quebec!!!
here are my stats.... should I hope for a friday final door shipping?
i'm a little confused with date/time... the times where it says shanghai must be shanghai time right? and the final 2 in anchorage must be in alaska time is that it?
so if it left at 17:08 anchorage time it was at 21:08 eastern time.... hum I wonder how the work shift works for things like that... I do suppose they are planes making flights at night from anchorage to canada...? Or do you think it will have to go to the USA first??? I ordered from Apple Canada if that can help...
damn i'm going crazy!!!! i SO damn wish I'll have it by friday !!!!!
Arrived at Sort Facility/ANCHORAGE AK
10/05/2004 12:59
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Left FedEx Sort Facility/ANCHORAGE AK
10/05/2004 17:08
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Left FedEx Ramp/SHANGHAI CN
10/05/2004 21:26
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Package status/SHANGHAI CN
10/04/2004 23:30
Package in FedEx location
Left FedEx Origin Location/SHANGHAI CN
10/04/2004 14:09
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Pickup status/SHANGHAI CN
10/04/2004 14:07
Future pickup/delivery requested
yay!
its already in anchorage!!!
I wonder how long it will be until it hits quebec!!!
here are my stats.... should I hope for a friday final door shipping?
i'm a little confused with date/time... the times where it says shanghai must be shanghai time right? and the final 2 in anchorage must be in alaska time is that it?
so if it left at 17:08 anchorage time it was at 21:08 eastern time.... hum I wonder how the work shift works for things like that... I do suppose they are planes making flights at night from anchorage to canada...? Or do you think it will have to go to the USA first??? I ordered from Apple Canada if that can help...
damn i'm going crazy!!!! i SO damn wish I'll have it by friday !!!!!
Arrived at Sort Facility/ANCHORAGE AK
10/05/2004 12:59
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Left FedEx Sort Facility/ANCHORAGE AK
10/05/2004 17:08
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Left FedEx Ramp/SHANGHAI CN
10/05/2004 21:26
*
Package status/SHANGHAI CN
10/04/2004 23:30
Package in FedEx location
Left FedEx Origin Location/SHANGHAI CN
10/04/2004 14:09
*
Pickup status/SHANGHAI CN
10/04/2004 14:07
Future pickup/delivery requested
TheRat said:Bah, they do put the fce disc in the box with the imac, then? I was hoping to get one of the retail boxes so that I could show if off.
Nice pics, could you post some of FCE in action?
Yes, it's just the disc and the books. No retail box. Sorry.
mine shipped too
Yoshmaster - my iMac G5 also shipped and has the same info/dates as yours. Right now it's in Anchorage, AK says "departed location". I was hoping to have it this week but things aren't looking good... I'm on call for work next week too
-Rainman1976
PC person for many many years
Currently on iMac G4 17" 800mhz
Soon to be owner of iMac G5 20" 1.8Ghz / 1GB RAM / 250GB HD
Yoshmaster - my iMac G5 also shipped and has the same info/dates as yours. Right now it's in Anchorage, AK says "departed location". I was hoping to have it this week but things aren't looking good... I'm on call for work next week too
-Rainman1976
PC person for many many years
Currently on iMac G4 17" 800mhz
Soon to be owner of iMac G5 20" 1.8Ghz / 1GB RAM / 250GB HD
humm
why do you say things arent looking good? where do you live?
i may be too optimistic but from what I have seen, if there isnt any delays at the border it mostly took 1-2days from anchorage to the home of people as far as south regions of USA... quebec is like a 5h flight from alaska...
anyway rainman we'll life this together whatever happens!
at worse we'll have to wait for monday but hey... we've waited so long now! anyway happy to see we are sharing planes
ciao plane-buddy!
rainman1976 said:Yoshmaster - my iMac G5 also shipped and has the same info/dates as yours. Right now it's in Anchorage, AK says "departed location". I was hoping to have it this week but things aren't looking good... I'm on call for work next week too
why do you say things arent looking good? where do you live?
i may be too optimistic but from what I have seen, if there isnt any delays at the border it mostly took 1-2days from anchorage to the home of people as far as south regions of USA... quebec is like a 5h flight from alaska...
anyway rainman we'll life this together whatever happens!
at worse we'll have to wait for monday but hey... we've waited so long now! anyway happy to see we are sharing planes
ciao plane-buddy!
marlenedegrood said:
Marlene,
I started out without transferring and just bought the firewire from apple yesterday and should get it tomorrow. The cable ships much faster than the iMac
. To get bookmarks and address and that kind of stuff over I signed up for the free .mac trail and trasnferred it that way. The only other thing I wanted to move over is my music. We will see how that goes tomorrow night I guess once I get the cable.Now just waiting on the RAM, apple did debit my card for that today too, so hopefully it will ship tomorrow.
I just can't seem to get enough of this.
Kevin
ebeth said:
Now I'm not really one to talk since I am typing on my new iMac right now, (i am really not gloating, i know your pain) but that is a tough one to give sympathy for, missing out on your iMac arrival to be in France for a month, not a bad trade off.
Just kidding though, hopefully yours was released with Marlene's today and will be there tomorrow.
BTO 17" iMac G5 ordered on Day One now arrived in Manchester UK!
Just got THE PHONE CALL. The call everyone hopes for, but never thinks will come...
TNT's van driver called - my iMac G5 has arrived in Manchester! Unfortunately, I can't get out of work to receive it, but I've arranged to pick it up from the local depot tonight. Expect the usual "opening box porn" soon after.
Three quick questions for those lucky enough to have received theirs:
1. I've ordered the bluetooth+keyb+mouse wireless option. Do you still get the wired keyboard and mouse as a backup as well?
2. Are the speakers loud enough in a small/medium sized room?
3. My old Mac is the only iMac G3 without firewire, so I can't use the convenient setup assistant transfer thingy. Aside from manually transferring via ethernet, what other options are there?
marvbloke said:It's now 5th Oct and there's still no sign of my iMac.
Just got THE PHONE CALL. The call everyone hopes for, but never thinks will come...
TNT's van driver called - my iMac G5 has arrived in Manchester! Unfortunately, I can't get out of work to receive it, but I've arranged to pick it up from the local depot tonight. Expect the usual "opening box porn" soon after.
Three quick questions for those lucky enough to have received theirs:
1. I've ordered the bluetooth+keyb+mouse wireless option. Do you still get the wired keyboard and mouse as a backup as well?
2. Are the speakers loud enough in a small/medium sized room?
3. My old Mac is the only iMac G3 without firewire, so I can't use the convenient setup assistant transfer thingy. Aside from manually transferring via ethernet, what other options are there?
it's in Indianapolis!
Well, I thought i wasn't going to receive my iMac G5 until Monday however Fedex seems to be moving it along at a decent pace. 48 hours ago their webpage said it was in Shanghai, since then it's hit Anchorage AK, and at 3:47AM this morning it's in Indianapolis, IN for a "clearance delay" regarding the regulatory agency. This seems to be pretty normal based on the shipping path of everyone else that's already received their iMac.
If this comes Friday I'm taking the day off! Gotta call Fedex today to get a new ETA since it still says 10/20/04 on their webpage.
So - I'm going to have to migrate all my stuff off my iMac G4. I plan on using 100MB ethernet. Is there an application built into the OS for x-ferring to a new computer? If so, whats the program and what settings/items does it x-fer? I can move all my files off manually via ftp but if there's some nice app to handle the move I'd give it a try.
-Rainman1976
Well, I thought i wasn't going to receive my iMac G5 until Monday however Fedex seems to be moving it along at a decent pace. 48 hours ago their webpage said it was in Shanghai, since then it's hit Anchorage AK, and at 3:47AM this morning it's in Indianapolis, IN for a "clearance delay" regarding the regulatory agency. This seems to be pretty normal based on the shipping path of everyone else that's already received their iMac.
If this comes Friday I'm taking the day off! Gotta call Fedex today to get a new ETA since it still says 10/20/04 on their webpage.
So - I'm going to have to migrate all my stuff off my iMac G4. I plan on using 100MB ethernet. Is there an application built into the OS for x-ferring to a new computer? If so, whats the program and what settings/items does it x-fer? I can move all my files off manually via ftp but if there's some nice app to handle the move I'd give it a try.
-Rainman1976
The new iMac G5's setup assistant includes a clever transfer thingy. But it only works with a 6pin-6pin firewire cable.rainman1976 said:
marlenedegrood said:
Well, thankfully they were wrong. It's finally in New York, but it won't be delivered until tomorrow. I'm okay, though. I'll enjoy this one more day of feeling like a 10 year old on Christmas Eve.
I did...
I ordered mine from Macmall on 9/13 and the status changed to shipped Monday so I am hopeful it will be here by Friday. I'm kicking myself for not paying the extra to overnight it.
Maybe it depends on how you had it configured?
katnola said:
I ordered mine from Macmall on 9/13 and the status changed to shipped Monday so I am hopeful it will be here by Friday. I'm kicking myself for not paying the extra to overnight it.
Maybe it depends on how you had it configured?
Anacondan said:I ordered mine from Macmall on 9/13 and the status changed to shipped Monday so I am hopeful it will be here by Friday. I'm kicking myself for not paying the extra to overnight it.
Maybe it depends on how you had it configured?
Stop kicking yourself. Paying for expedited shipping doesn't get it to you any faster. Apple is shipping all iMacs the same way right now.
Oops, my bad, I just noticed you didn't order direct from Apple.
ebeth said:
I believe that there's a fedex plane that arrives in Phoenix after 4pm, our macs should be on that plane so we should see tomorrow!
Marlene
criswell said:
Christmas is coming a day early in NYC! I just checked again and my iMac is on the FedEx truck for delivery this morning. I'm staying home and waiting. Work seems so unimportant right now.....
gatorron said:
I've had no problems with my entire 2.4GHz phone system and my airport express network that I know of. I've got the KGA-T2000 or whatever it is, 2 line multihandset system. I have five handsets.
marlenedegrood said:
Actually, the plane came in this am and delivery looks like today!
Marlene