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iMac G5 Now Shipping

Anacondan said:
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:
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I hope that the timing will work OK in your case. That final wait can be very difficult. Sounds like it should be arriving momentarily. Look forward to hear your reaction. So have you been saving for this new Mac during the waiting period?
 
well just got home from work and i had an email waiting for me from Apple, not the one i wanted " Because of such a high demand ....." mine has been delayed till OOB 15th Oct. :(
 
Oh my god I can't believe it!!! My iMac was out for delivery this morning and showing on the TNT website - I've just refreshed the page and it has been taken back to the depot as the delivery address is wrong/incomplete or missing!!!!! What the hell is that all about ? :mad:
 
MacWhoopee!

wdlove said:
I hope that the timing will work OK in your case. That final wait can be very difficult. Sounds like it should be arriving momentarily. Look forward to hear your reaction. So have you been saving for this new Mac during the waiting period?
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Wow! It arrived about a half hour ago!
I don't know where to start. Beats sys 8.1 by just a tad. :D
Big and beautiful is the best way to describe it. I'm still completely lost but have figured out at least enough to turn it on, insert the aol cd and install aol so I could get online, and start the software updates running in the background. Wow!
The only cons I have so far is the mouse is kind of picky, couldn't use my old mouse pad, had to dig out a really old one that was completely black and more rubbery. The keyboard cable is really short and doesn't allow me to put the keyboard on the pullout keboard rack and run the cable out behind and up to the computer. I suppose I can get a short extension cable somewhere but It would have been nice if the cable had been about a foot longer. I just reached over and hooked up our new iPod that has been just sitting on the desk awaiting the arrival of the new Imac, it just hooked up and is doing...something :) I still have to figure out how to hook up the printer, the new digital camera and the video camera. I think I have my work cut out for me today, but I'm not complaining. :)
Well gotta go pla...work :D
 
andyblac said:
well just got home from work and i had an email waiting for me from Apple, not the one i wanted " Because of such a high demand ....." mine has been delayed till OOB 15th Oct. :(
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Well at least it is only four days instead of 30 or so. I've seen several posts here that show 30 day push outs instead of four...

Not that it helps any :(
 
ScotRobson said:
Oh my god I can't believe it!!! My iMac was out for delivery this morning and showing on the TNT website - I've just refreshed the page and it has been taken back to the depot as the delivery address is wrong/incomplete or missing!!!!! What the hell is that all about ? :mad:
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Ok so I called TNT and they didnt even have my house number or first line of my address - they said that is what Apple gave them! I was shocked that as the driver was in my area trying to deliver a parcel that they didnt think to give me a call to find out the address - instead they took it back to the depot. They did have my phone number!

So now I have to wait untill tomorrow and my partner may not even be able to be here when they deliver and I'm at work all day! :mad:
 
melchior said:
What kind of a difference do you think 2gb makes compared with 1gb in the imac?

and WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED in your garage??? mob hit?
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No, I don't think 2GB makes that big of a difference compared to 1GB, but I had purchased a single 1GB DIMM and when I heard this business about dual-channel and 128-bit memory bus I decided I wanted to go for it. I'm not saying 2GB is the reason why, but boy does this thing fly.

If people are interested in the story behind the photos in "One Smoking Barrel" please see this page: http://fiveaside.org/archives/2004/09/174/
 
ScotRobson said:
Ok so I called TNT and they didnt even have my house number or first line of my address - they said that is what Apple gave them!
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Mine arrived about a week ago. The TNT driver did phone me, but like yours, he did not have my full address. Bizarre or what? They send something out to be delivered sans address.

When it finally turned up, the box was bashed up a bit and pretty dirty, but the computer inside is brilliant. One of the Crucial DIMMs I installed proved to be dodgy however -- I had to run the Apple Hardware check CD to unearth that (sounds like a hairdryer as the fans are on full blast while the CD is running). The symptom was applications quitting unannounced. The chips were correctly seated etc, but it's one to look out for. Apple's on-line help (http://www.apple.com/support/imac/assistant/) proved excellent BTW.

Cheers
 
FedEX...UGH!

So I placed an order last week for a 20" iMac G5 and a few other goodies, AirPort, Applecare, .Mac, etc. Well they sent the small stuff and said it was delivered at 1:13PM today. Only problem is it wasn't delivered here. And my my house is the only house on the street. I wonder if I need to call Apple now or wait for FedEX to try to find my stuff... :rolleyes:


iReilly

Soon (if they find my house) to be a switcher...
 
6 weeks and counting

Still no show on my 20" BTO iMac that was ordered Sept. 1 from Apple Dealer in Germany. hmmmm...Anyone else here still waiting on iMacs ordered first week of Sept.?
 
Me too..

Decanus said:
Mine arrived about a week ago. The TNT driver did phone me, but like yours, he did not have my full address. Bizarre or what? They send something out to be delivered sans address.

When it finally turned up, the box was bashed up a bit and pretty dirty, but the computer inside is brilliant. One of the Crucial DIMMs I installed proved to be dodgy however -- I had to run the Apple Hardware check CD to unearth that (sounds like a hairdryer as the fans are on full blast while the CD is running). The symptom was applications quitting unannounced. The chips were correctly seated etc, but it's one to look out for. Apple's on-line help (http://www.apple.com/support/imac/assistant/) proved excellent BTW.

Cheers
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I had exactly the same problem with my address not being on the box. Not sure if this was just a problem with that batch or all UK orders. Luckily I was refreshing the TNT tracking page every 10 mins so as soon as I saw that message I rang them straight away to sort it. Even so, it stopped my iMac going out to be delivered on Friday morning and ended up sitting in the TNT warehouse all weekend. It finally arrived at my house about 20 mins ago :D.
 
The news I've been waiting to hear for 2 1/2 weeks...

It's arrived!!!!

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Now I just gotta get home to set it up....it's gonna be a l-o-n-g afternoon...
 
edesignuk said:
The news I've been waiting to hear for 2 1/2 weeks...

It's arrived!!!!

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Now I just gotta get home to set it up....it's gonna be a l-o-n-g afternoon...
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Congratulations edesignuk, a person would think that you aren't excited at all. :D

Hopefully your boss will have plenty to keep you occupied. Being busy will make the time pass by faster. ;) Will looking forward to the setting up party.
 
jimmyjjames said:
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
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I predict you should be getting a call in the next day or so. Set mine up on Friday and transferred about 12 Gigs of movie projects from my Father-In-Law's DP G4. Used ethernet cable and it only took about 10 minutes. The guy at the Apple store wanted to sell me a Firewire patch cable for $30 to save me a few minutes!! I guess that's what they do, sell things... Anyway, so far, so very impressed. Beautiful HUGE screen, no dead pixels. I've already put it through its paces using iMovie and iDVD and nary a hiccup. Very quick and smooth. Only after a hefty work out with some iMovie renders did the fans become noticeable.

Fabulous machine. I'm very pleased. Still trying to get used to all that extra real estate!!
 
wdlove said:
Hopefully your boss will have plenty to keep you occupied.
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Typical isn't it. I was run off my feet this time last week, but now it's dead, time is very s-l-o-w-l-y passing me by...

-152 minutes untill I can GO HOME!!!!
 
funkycheesywhit said:
Still no show on my 20" BTO iMac that was ordered Sept. 1 from Apple Dealer in Germany. hmmmm...Anyone else here still waiting on iMacs ordered first week of Sept.?
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4 weeks. Ordered on Sept. 10 or so. Still showing Oct. 15 or before.
 
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