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iMac G5 Now Shipping

That would be nice...

wdlove said:
If the warehouse allows pickups, then I think that I would drive the 15 miles. Would be nice to have the weekend to enjoy the new Mac. ;)
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Unfortunately Macmall will not give out the tracking number, which is required by UPS for me to make a pickup. :(

In the meantime I guess there is nothing more to do but continue running wind sprints to the front door and continue rehearsing my acceptance speech in preparation for Monday morning. :)
 
IT's IN!

WOOT!

i'm typing from my new 20" imac!! I love this computer it is lighting fast, socred a 155 in xbench with 256ram and a 171 in the cpu test.

Who says this computer can't play games on the stock 256ram i played Call of Duty on full settings and it ran at 31fps, and unreal 2004 maxed out and at 1680x1050 res and it rans great too.

It's a great computer!
 
IBSNOWEDIN said:
WOOT!

i'm typing from my new 20" imac!!

<<snip>>

It's a great computer!
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Hey, congrats IBSNOWEDIN! - it's nice to see someone here has one. I ordered mine the other day, 3-4 week est ship date.

Oh, and now I know where your username comes from - that WAS quite the snowstorm we got last year, eh?
 
IBSNOWEDIN said:
WOOT!

i'm typing from my new 20" imac!! I love this computer it is lighting fast, socred a 155 in xbench with 256ram and a 171 in the cpu test.

Who says this computer can't play games on the stock 256ram i played Call of Duty on full settings and it ran at 31fps, and unreal 2004 maxed out and at 1680x1050 res and it rans great too.

It's a great computer!
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so jealous. *grumble, grumble, grumble* damn apple... :(
 
melchior said:
so jealous. *grumble, grumble, grumble* damn apple... :(
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i canceled my order with apple that i ordered on 8/31 and got a different order from CDW and it came in 2 weeks after it was ordered.

Just put 1gb(2x512) of ram in it and their is a noticeable difference from the 256mb.

oh yea the 20" is HUGE!! i hope you guys get your imacs soon.
 
Smart!

IBSNOWEDIN said:
i canceled my order with apple that i ordered on 8/31 and got a different order from CDW and it came in 2 weeks after it was ordered.
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Smart idea! You and I both had ordered a stock 20" through the Apple Canada online store as Education customers on Aug. 31. We both got the delayed one more month notice at the end of September. Unfortunately, I'm still sitting here with no iMac and a OOB ship date of November 1 while you have a computer. Did you still get the education discount through CDW or did you pay the full price?
 
guy_davis said:
Smart idea! You and I both had ordered a stock 20" through the Apple Canada online store as Education customers on Aug. 31. We both got the delayed one more month notice at the end of September. Unfortunately, I'm still sitting here with no iMac and a OOB ship date of November 1 while you have a computer. Did you still get the education discount through CDW or did you pay the full price?
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paid full price.
 
well tomorrow (11 oct) is my OOB ship date, i hope i don't get a DELAYED email, as i have been waiting a month already. i form the UK anyone else with the same OOB date ?
 
Anacondan said:
Unfortunately Macmall will not give out the tracking number, which is required by UPS for me to make a pickup. :(

In the meantime I guess there is nothing more to do but continue running wind sprints to the front door and continue rehearsing my acceptance speech in preparation for Monday morning. :)
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For your sake I hope that UPS will deliver on the Columbus Holiday. It would be a shame to waste your speech. ;)
 
wdlove said:
Congratulations on your decision to purchase an iMac. I'm sure that you will enjoy the purchase. Welcome to MacRumors. What kind of printer did you purchase?
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I had a small problem with the computer not realizing it had a superdrive (or any optical drive at all), took it to the genius bar, he said that he thought it was a lose cable, but, since he wasnt sure, he just gave me a new one. I was a bit suprised, not what I was expecting, but iMac 2 is up and running and performing great. The printer I got with it was just the 99 HP deskjet, with the 99 mail in rebate is free to me. a good deal, i thought. Thanks a million for the welcome.
 
numbertwo said:
I just spoke with my reseller who received 2 of 31 orders today. :eek: They're standard config models, but hopefully the're the proverbial stone in the dam.

Please, oh please, let me receive mine on Friday!! I have a whole long weekend to play!

Anyone else in Vancouver receive their BTO models?
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I am in Vancouver and I ordered mine in from a reseller as well they got their first shipment last week which included 5 BTO and 5 standard configurations. They are expecting more this week. They have told me mine should be in their next shipment
 
nursers said:
So Melchior, you going to ring Apple again tomorrow?
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they say i should have a shipping notification by the 12th :rolleyes: so when i don't, i'll call and give them hell.

[melchior counts the seconds with chick-peas until 8am tuesday the 12th]
 
For the first time I actually saw a 17" in the flesh at John Lewis over the weekend. My lady, in tow and often one whom affiliates with my Mac-phile tendencies when I approach the computer department, was amazed as much as I at the beautiful piece of equipment in front of us. She loves the sunflower-inspired G4, but could immediately get used to the G5 version ... so long as it was the 20incher.

With half-the battle won, I vowed that when the time was right to have my credit card take a beating and go for the 20; the Time being when the later of either Tiger is released or the second G5 upgrade comes out with better graphics and 512 ram.
 
Hooray for the Tax Man!

I am definately switching to mac from pc after seeing an ig5 in the flesh. If truth be known the decision was already made at the back of my mind, seeing the reality has moved it from the think part to the action part of my brain
20",1.8, 1Gig, 250 Gig hd, Airport Express, Bluetooth, Wireless Keyboard and Mouse, isight, Applcare, .mac.
Price?
Now here is were it gets interesting.
The British Government have launched a little known scheme wereby you can purchase a computer through your employer, it's known as the HCI or Home Computer Initiative. Your company buy the machine, claim back the VAT and then sell or lease it back to you over a period of time and, depending on the rate of tax that you pay, you could save 50% of the purchase price of a new computer. It's all to do with Blair's vision of us all becoming computer whizzes in this sceptered isle. By the time i've specced up my ig5, it comes to about £ 2200, buying that for £1100 is very good indeed.
 
runplaysleeprun said:
I had a small problem with the computer not realizing it had a superdrive (or any optical drive at all), took it to the genius bar, he said that he thought it was a lose cable, but, since he wasnt sure, he just gave me a new one. I was a bit suprised, not what I was expecting, but iMac 2 is up and running and performing great. The printer I got with it was just the 99 HP deskjet, with the 99 mail in rebate is free to me. a good deal, i thought. Thanks a million for the welcome.
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That's interesting. My iMac stopped recognizing its optical drive after I transfered files from my old Mac. Zapping the PRAM brought it back. No problem since.
 
Ordered 9/1 with OOB 9/30...delayed to 2nd OOB 10/6...delayed to 3rd OOB 10/13...

SHIPPED TODAY 10/11 :D
Est. Delivery Date 10/15

With a little luck it's here by the weekend! Now to go back through the tracking posts.

17" 1.6 1GB 160GB bt+WLKB+MsSE
 
Good News!

wdlove said:
For your sake I hope that UPS will deliver on the Columbus Holiday. It would be a shame to waste your speech. ;)
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A call to UPS, recorded message that they do deliver today! A check on my package status and my new Imac was loaded at 4:45 this morning and should be here by noon!
I've waited 7 years and 8 months for a new mac, but I can tell you these last few hours are the longest...got up at 2:45 a.m. and have been pacing ever since. :)
I really hope I don't need to go to the bathroom right before the truck shows up. :eek:
 
Haha, ive joined the Fedex checkers club

Well, just got the email that my new G5 shipped yesterday. Says it should show up in Broken Arrow,OK by friday. I got the free shipping, and that would be a total of 5 days....not bad. Ordered 9/15, shipped 10/10
 
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