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January 27" iMac Orders! (Those ordered in January)
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Hello people!,
I'm new to this cool site and I will soon own my very first IMac.
Here's my specs and date of order:
Ordered Jan 22, 2013 shortly after 6pm
Processing
Delivers* Feb 19 - Feb 26 via Standard Shipping
Configuration
2.9GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM-2X4GB
1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA Drive
NVIDIAGeFrc GTX660M 512M GDDR5
MAGIC MOUSE+MAGIC TRACKPAD
Apple WL Kybd (English)+UG
COUNTRY KIT
Ordering 16gb of ram from Crucial
I'm new to this cool site and I will soon own my very first IMac.
Here's my specs and date of order:
Ordered Jan 22, 2013 shortly after 6pm
Processing
Delivers* Feb 19 - Feb 26 via Standard Shipping
Configuration
2.9GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM-2X4GB
1TB 7200-rpm Serial ATA Drive
NVIDIAGeFrc GTX660M 512M GDDR5
MAGIC MOUSE+MAGIC TRACKPAD
Apple WL Kybd (English)+UG
COUNTRY KIT
Ordering 16gb of ram from Crucial
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I Ordered mine a week ago (UK).. how long does it stay as 'PROCESSING'.. Its like getting a christmas present but cant touch it till easter this ha 
I Ordered mine a week ago (UK).. how long does it stay as 'PROCESSING'.. Its like getting a christmas present but cant touch it till easter this ha
Processing usually lasts like 3 or 4 months PSYCH! it's ranging ... and becoming less and less each week. It took almost 1 month for me... I ordered mine Jan 3, it's preparing to ship now
WOOHOO! Well, after freaking out last night because I saw "Shipped" in my order status page. I realized it was for the Apple SuperDrive. Just checked this morning and my iMac's status has updated to "Shipped". I checked the FedEx tracking and it says it was handed over at 2:58pm Shanghai time which is 1:58am my time, Eastern Standard. Though I must say I'm a bit disappointed that the FedEx page shows a delivery date of Wednesay, February 6th. Which if that's the case, then I don't believe I received "complimentary Express Shipping", because if that was the case I would receive it on Monday. As another person on the forum had theirs ship on a Friday, and it was delivered the following Monday. But who knows, the delivery date may change. But really, I don't care, Express Shipping or not, it's on it's way, and I'm freaking STOKED!
Also, to all the people (if you're still watching this thread), did anyone have theirs held at the FedEx facility before going out for delivery? I'm thinking of doing that, so I can go pick it up at 9:00am, rather than waiting until 12:00pm noon, or later if there's a delay. Though FedEx always comes by at least 12:30pm, because the driver finished this route at 3:00pm. I just remember hearing somewhere that Apple requires at least one delivery attempt before it can be held at the operating facility for pick up. I don't know if that's true or not, as I'm very familiar with FedEx, and usually if the "Hold At Operating Facility" option isn't available, it won't give you the option to select it. But on my FedEx tracking page it does.
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Well, I ordered mine on January 10th, and Processing took just under three weeks. Well, it went to Preparing For Shipment exactly ONE day before the three week mark. Which was January 30th, at 10:45am. It then shipped on January 31st at 1:58am. The good news for you is that every day, they are getting more and more caught up with their orders, so processing times are dropping little by little every day. You'll probably be in "Processing Land" for just under three weeks, maybe 2-1/2. Pretty soon, hopefully, the 27" iMacs will be at 7-10 day ship times. But this probably wont happen until April. But who knows.
Also, to all the people (if you're still watching this thread), did anyone have theirs held at the FedEx facility before going out for delivery? I'm thinking of doing that, so I can go pick it up at 9:00am, rather than waiting until 12:00pm noon, or later if there's a delay. Though FedEx always comes by at least 12:30pm, because the driver finished this route at 3:00pm. I just remember hearing somewhere that Apple requires at least one delivery attempt before it can be held at the operating facility for pick up. I don't know if that's true or not, as I'm very familiar with FedEx, and usually if the "Hold At Operating Facility" option isn't available, it won't give you the option to select it. But on my FedEx tracking page it does.
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I Ordered mine a week ago (UK).. how long does it stay as 'PROCESSING'.. Its like getting a christmas present but cant touch it till easter this ha
Well, I ordered mine on January 10th, and Processing took just under three weeks. Well, it went to Preparing For Shipment exactly ONE day before the three week mark. Which was January 30th, at 10:45am. It then shipped on January 31st at 1:58am. The good news for you is that every day, they are getting more and more caught up with their orders, so processing times are dropping little by little every day. You'll probably be in "Processing Land" for just under three weeks, maybe 2-1/2. Pretty soon, hopefully, the 27" iMacs will be at 7-10 day ship times. But this probably wont happen until April. But who knows.
You can't hold it at the facility. I tried to do this today as my package made it to my local facility at 8:00 am, but didn't make it on a truck. I called and asked if they could hold it and they said it's required by Apple for them to make one delivery attempt. They are not authorized to hold it per Apple's wishes.
I just tried to do the hold option and it gave me this:
"Hold at FedEx Location
We regret any inconvenience but Hold at FedEx Location service is not available for this shipment because the length and girth exceed the allocations allowed for this service. "
Just saw the "International shipment release - Import" on FedEx tracking...
There is a FedEx 28 plane that left 2 hrs ago for Anchorage...don't know if it's on that flight...
Or now I see there's a FedEx 90 about to leave Shanghai direct to Memphis soon...
There is a FedEx 28 plane that left 2 hrs ago for Anchorage...don't know if it's on that flight...
Or now I see there's a FedEx 90 about to leave Shanghai direct to Memphis soon...
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Shipping update
27 inch iMac
3.4GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz
8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB
3TB Fusion Drive
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 2GB GDDR5
Magic Trackpad , Magic Mouse
Apple Wired keyboard
Order January 12
Expected Deliver Feb 11-19
Ohio
Just got tracking number, expected delivery Feb 6th.
27 inch iMac
3.4GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost up to 3.9GHz
8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB
3TB Fusion Drive
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 2GB GDDR5
Magic Trackpad , Magic Mouse
Apple Wired keyboard
Order January 12
Expected Deliver Feb 11-19
Ohio
Just got tracking number, expected delivery Feb 6th.
Just saw the "International shipment release - Import" on FedEx tracking...
There is a FedEx 28 plane that left 2 hrs ago for Anchorage...don't know if it's on that flight...
Or now I see there's a FedEx 90 about to leave Shanghai direct to Memphis soon...
Hey. I must ask. Where is everyone seeing these FedEx flights and such? Is it showing up in the tracking window or must I head to another website? If I need to go to another website, please give me the website. It would be interesting to see this information.
By the way, how is everyone else's order being shipping? I was told that I was receiving complimentary Express Shipping, and that everyone else was too, in order to get the orders to the customers as fast as possible. BUT, mine has shipped today, Jan. 31st, at 1:58am my time (EST), which is 2:58pm in Shanghai. It says it was picked up after the FedEx cutoff time, which I'm assuming means it will head out tomorrow. But even if, someone else on this forum, PhillyAnt's order shipped on a Friday, which I believe was last Friday, and his iMac was delivered on Monday. Which means the total shipping transit time was 2-3 days, or over the weekend. So mine will ship out tomorrow on the plane Im assuming, but the FedEx tracking is giving me an estimated delivery date of Wednesday, Feb. 6th. Also, at the bottom of the page in the statistics area, it says "Service: International Economy Distribution". I don't think that's express shipping. Not that I REALLY care, as I originally selected Standard Shipping, and I'll still receive my iMac before the estimated delivery dates of Feb. 7th - 14th (by a whopping one day, lol). But I'm just curious, what service did everyone else receive?
I ordered the same setup on Jan. 19th. Maybe my wait is only another week for shipment....My 32 GB crucial ram is already waiting...
I'm going on the assumption that if I order the RAM now, it's just going to be sitting on an empty desk, openly mocking me.
Part of the reason I waited. Waiting has been hard enough with keeping track of this thread.
Has Arrived!!!!! I can't wait to get home at lunch to start setting it up.
What day did yours ship?
1/28- Monday. I thought I wasn't going to get here it until tomorrow. That was the estimate. When I went to bed last night it was still in Anchorage and when I woke up this morning it was at my local facility, and by the time i got into work it had been put on a truck.
Look on Flight Aware for the FedEx flights out of Shanghai. There is pretty much a daily FedEx 90 that goes back and forth b/t Shanghai and Memphis and other flights to Anchorage.
If mine is on the FedEx 90 direct to Memphis, theoretically it gets there by midnight, but don't know if the iMac will hop on a flight to JFK overnight and be a able to deliver tomorrow. Otherwise, I'm waiting until Monday morning as scheduled.
Mine says "In transit" currently... I'm just assuming it might be on the flight.
I think you've got a chance for tomorrow mine went from Anchorage to Memphis to Michigan all last night before I got it this morning.
On the truck for delivery today! Basically, a week earlier than Apple's original delivery estimate, so I'm pretty happy.
