iMac G5 Now Shipping

[Deadhead]

Education

Hooray. This switcher got his email this morning. My iMac has been dispatched. Ordered 23 Sept, original OOB date 28 Oct.

The package hasn't shown up with TNT yet. Is this normal?

Also this thread is so long now that I can't find it and I wasn't really paying attention well enough before; but is there some other place that I can track this box coming into the UK via The Netherlands?

I'm an Education customer via Apple UK and mine was shipped 2 weeks before the quoted OOB date.

Of course, it still hasn't left Shanghai yet ...

 

[JRichardson]

Walked into CompUSA and bought the Display.

The CompUSA in my town has been selling their display units as well, which is a real shame because it means that potential customers can't even see the machines. I had a tough time choosing between the 17" and the 20" because I couldn't see the difference. I decided to splurge and go for the 20" (bought through the online AppleStore because it was BTO); hopefully it will be worth the extra $400.

-Jeff

 

[MacinDoc]

The CompUSA in my town has been selling their display units as well, which is a real shame because it means that potential customers can't even see the machines. I had a tough time choosing between the 17" and the 20" because I couldn't see the difference. I decided to splurge and go for the 20" (bought through the online AppleStore because it was BTO); hopefully it will be worth the extra $400.

-Jeff

You not only get more screen real estate with the 20", but you also get a much higher quality screen with better brightness and an improved viewing angle. The larger HD on the 20" model doesn't hurt, either.

 

[funkycheesywhit]

Finally Arrived and Worth The Wait

Ordered BTO 20" iMac 1st Sept. After 6 weeks it finally arrived yesterday. What a great machine!!! No dead pixels, bright, sharp display. I maxed it out...2GB RAM, BT, APE, 250GB drive and wireless keyboard and mouse. The mouse sucks though...not only because it is one button without scroll wheel but the button is too sensitive even at firmest setting and there is a slight delay between mouse move and cursor move...but the BT keyboard is great. It is actually second BT keyboard from Apple and it is very good. Very responsive and the batteries last forever...the first Apple BT keyboard I bought in April, I have never turned it off and the batteries are still in pretty good shape.

I have not much time to get into heavy work with it yet but even at "Automatic" Energy Savings it blows the doors off my 1GHz PowerMac with 1GB RAM. I work alot in Illustrator and Photoshop with large documents (A2 and larger at print resolution - 120dpcm) and there is just no comparison...the iMac is so much more responsive...and when opening/rendering an Illustrator documnet in Photoshop it is amazing...insted of waiting 1-3 minutes the Illustrator doc is rasterized in seconds!!! I love it!!! Too all those still waiting it is worth the wait...

 

[kjgnola]

Education orders

I purchased mine on 8/31 on actually received it before the OOB date. So I don't know if I buy the Ed. orders get low priority either.

Honestly, I couldn't tell you how Apple is shipping, for all I know it could be alphabetical by mother's maiden name. I have seen almost identical orders going to the same country (US) get shipped IMO screwy, an order placed after one (several days that is) go out before an earlier place order. These were same order types meaning both ED orders.

I did read the story about the guy who cancelled his ed order and go through CDW, or maybe it was the other way around, cancelled CDW order and went full price no BTO through Apple Store Online. Can't remember now but yes it did change his ship time.

Just like those that are receiving the 'We're sorry, our bad.' letters now that are seeing similar orders placed after them go out while their order sits.
Enough rambling, no one really knows. I doubt Apple could even answer this one.

 

[one3]

...but the BT keyboard is great. It is actually second BT keyboard from Apple and it is very good. Very responsive and the batteries last forever...the first Apple BT keyboard I bought in April, I have never turned it off and the batteries are still in pretty good shape.

Does the BT keyboard have USB ports on it?

 

[Trekkie]

Does the BT keyboard have USB ports on it?

nope

 

[gatorron]

That's why they call it wireless, dude

Does the BT keyboard have USB ports on it?

And you don't want/need them...

 

[kr00zn]

My iMac G5 is on its way!

I'm so excited!

I ordered mine on 10/4. I just shipped last night from Shanghai and today it landed in Anchorage. The scheduled arrival date is 10/20. I've already got my new speakers, external backup drive, and Airport base station so I'm ready to get rid of this awful old Win 98 pc forever!!!

 

[gatorron]

The mouse sucks though...not only because it is one button without scroll wheel but the button is too sensitive even at firmest setting and there is a slight delay between mouse move and cursor move...

Yeah. Love everything about this machine...except the one-button BT mouse.

Broke down today and ordered a RadTech 3-button.

I do too much surfing...I want to avoid Repetitive Motion Injuries.

Sorry, Apple, but this is one thing PCs have on you. The only thing, BTW.

KJ! Did you get my email? How's your project going?

 

[TheRat]

If anyone ordered a 20 inch 1.8 ghz imac with 1 gig (2 dimms) of ram, 250 gigs of hard drive space, no bluetooth but with an airport extreme card pre-installed after 9/20 and you've had it shipped, i'd advise you to contain your excitement.

that is all.

 

[JoanSews]

Now I just gotta get home to set it up....it's gonna be a l-o-n-g afternoon...

I still remember when my first Mac arrived -- a Performa 6100 (10 1/2 years ago!) -- my boss, also my friend, sent me home early so I could set up my new and first computer!

Joan

 

[stickyjohn]

If anyone ordered a 20 inch 1.8 ghz imac with 1 gig (2 dimms) of ram, 250 gigs of hard drive space, no bluetooth but with an airport extreme card pre-installed after 9/20 and you've had it shipped, i'd advise you to contain your excitement.

that is all.

Why do you say that? Did you hear something? I ordered a very similar spec machine - with 512Mb RAM - on Sep 22 and my OOB is still 21/10. Don't try and change my optimistic outlook and belief that Apple are working hard to cheer me up.

 

[mtorres]

Looking for my IMAC G5 in the US

Unable to get information about when to expect my IMAC G5 here in the U.S. - my sales agent simply says they have no information as to when they will be shipping, which I simply cannot believe.

Anyone here know when these babies might be landing in the US?

Wouldn't you think Apple would have figured out how to do this by now? Man, it's frustrating


M. Torres
Spokane WA

 

[TheRat]

My reseller will only know when it hits the door.

You're not alone.

 

[agibb]

Looks like things are moving now.

Ordered from the education store (UK) 6th October. Shipped 17/10. 17", BT mouse & keyboard, 160GB Hard drive. Otherwise standard.

Nothing else appears on the tracking page yet, though.

Can't wait! Good luck to all those still waiting.

 

[wdlove]

I'm so excited!

I ordered mine on 10/4. I just shipped last night from Shanghai and today it landed in Anchorage. The scheduled arrival date is 10/20. I've already got my new speakers, external backup drive, and Airport base station so I'm ready to get rid of this awful old Win 98 pc forever!!!

Welcome to the Mac side and MacRumors. Your excitement definitely shows. What type if external drive and speakers did you purchase? How long have you been a PC user?

 

[kjgnola]

Yeah. Love everything about this machine...except the one-button BT mouse.

Broke down today and ordered a RadTech 3-button.

I do too much surfing...I want to avoid Repetitive Motion Injuries.

Sorry, Apple, but this is one thing PCs have on you. The only thing, BTW.

KJ! Did you get my email? How's your project going?

I did get the email, thanks again! Right now we have just briefly discussed it, we are in the process of doing an energy audit on a building right now (a hotel) afterwards we get started on our presentation.

I've been looking at the RadTecg mouse as well, but I am trying to get used to the one-button. Don't know if that one will work out though

By the way, I am up to 1 gig now and lovin' it. the 128 really made a difference.

 

[melchior]

for those interested, apple australia now say they are shipping tons of imacs from china between the 19th and the 23rd.

They are *hoping* to get my iMac to me before november. pfft.

I am seriously considering cancelling my order and waiting for rev. b

stuck in a dilemma now. but really just being irrational because i'm annoyed apple doesn't give a **** about australia.

lalala.

 

[nursers]

for those interested, apple australia now say they are shipping tons of imacs from china between the 19th and the 23rd.

They are *hoping* to get my iMac to me before november. pfft.

I am seriously considering cancelling my order and waiting for rev. b

stuck in a dilemma now. but really just being irrational because i'm annoyed apple doesn't give a **** about australia.

lalala.

Bloody hell! When did you order yours again? And I wonder what they mean by 'tons'

 

[mac_au]

Hi, I've also been waiting since 31/8 for an Australian delivery.

When they missed yet another ship date I rang today to be initially told that the system said that my iMac had not yet been built. The Apple store person was surprised by this and told me that she would investigate the matter and call me back.

She called back about two hours later to tell me that they "thought" my iMac was one of a number arriving in Sydney tomorrow. She thought I should receive it in Melbourne by Thursday....we shall see....

I have heard before that in Australia we don't get a shipping notification until it leaves the warehouse in Sydney - and so this seems consistent with what the Apple store person told me today. She seemed to genuinely look into it rather than simply give me the answer I wanted to hear (which I have had before!).

By the way - I ordered a 20 inch with 250GB HD, 1GB RAM (2 DIMMS), BT, Wireless Keyboard and Mouse.

 

[melchior]

Don't we live in the lucky country? what, with the incredible swing of voters IN FAVOUR of right wing politics AND apple doesn't ship us our imacs on time *hmph*

and yes, it is true. Apple australia get these vague memos from Apple US, that seem to go something like... Good morning Apple Australia, we see you are a a large market for imacs and want them desperately. Don't worry that you have orders waiting from 48 days ago, we are sending your 'some' imacs 'soon.

so yeah, they arrive in the country, they sit around in the warehouse and on the dock or whatever for weeks then startrak comes to pick them up and finally, at that moment we get our shipping notification saying "your imac has shipped, it will arrive tomorrow"

Hi, I've also been waiting since 31/8 for an Australian delivery.

When they missed yet another ship date I rang today to be initially told that the system said that my iMac had not yet been built. The Apple store person was surprised by this and told me that she would investigate the matter and call me back.

She called back about two hours later to tell me that they "thought" my iMac was one of a number arriving in Sydney tomorrow. She thought I should receive it in Melbourne by Thursday....we shall see....

I have heard before that in Australia we don't get a shipping notification until it leaves the warehouse in Sydney - and so this seems consistent with what the Apple store person told me today. She seemed to genuinely look into it rather than simply give me the answer I wanted to hear (which I have had before!).

By the way - I ordered a 20 inch with 250GB HD, 1GB RAM (2 DIMMS), BT, Wireless Keyboard and Mouse.

 

[mac_au]

And you'll like this Melchior....

If you go to the online Apple Store (AUS) now and set-up the custom config I ordered it says shipping in 2-4 days!!! That's great seeing as though I've been waiting since 31/8.

If you select the base 20 inch it says 2-3 weeks?!?!?

Can't figure it out. Could be a mistake or maybe there are a few too many BTOs on that ship.

 

[nursers]

And you'll like this Melchior....

If you go to the online Apple Store (AUS) now and set-up the custom config I ordered it says shipping in 2-4 days!!! That's great seeing as though I've been waiting since 31/8.

If you select the base 20 inch it says 2-3 weeks?!?!?

Can't figure it out. Could be a mistake or maybe there are a few too many BTOs on that ship.

It's all a bit bizarre. Please let us know if yours does arrive this week. I only ordered on 16th Sept, and ship date is 26/10......

Regarding BTO's, I had just presumed they did the building on arrival in Oz - you are saying it's all done in China?

 

[mac_au]

From what I understand, the BTOs with bluetooth have a different logic board (happy to be corrected if I am wrong). In that case I imagine they need to be assembled overseas.

Perhaps RAM etc could be added here - but my understanding (based only forum discussions) is that they are all assembled overseas.